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Sadly I didn't have time (or money) as I wanted to wander around and had to be back up to 43 for Marry Poppins that night. "It's a small world after all. It's a small world after all!" hehe you say that like it's a bad thing. Don't worry I have a lot of pictures of other people too. And that coaster is indeed Raptor at Cedar Point.

Luckily I did take MANY and I got impaitient, you're not moving fast enough so i had to start with what i did before I headed off to Spain.

More pics, nothing coaster related in this one, but lots of museum pics! I'll end this with some floaty balls! Stick around for the start of the actual trip itself! Good Rex, good boy, Sit! Stay! Sarah! Where's littlefoot? Talocan? TPR approved? Hector Approved! I could live here... Rocks Gone wild by night! Conservative daytime rocks I got a rock... I spent about two hours just looking around Lots of totem poles all around I fell in love with the Northwest coast Indian exhibit at The American Museum of Natural History Big balls Night two had me visiting the wonderful Banks family and their f***ed up nanny! it won for good reason too! I love this musical! but this Church was all "nu-uh" These thatres pop out of no where begging for money YEAH Transformers! Self photographer extraordinaire! Man, writing this many captions is hard... I think i can see my house from here Nice view ooo good thing too, I almost forgot where I was That's better

So reading LOU's PTR has inspired me to post my pics I took on TPR's Spain 2007 Trip as well as the mini-Europe Add-on and my first trip to NYC! I ended taking 1,025 photos over the course of two and a half weeks, so bare with me as I re-size most (but definitely not all) and up-load them. Some of them you might have already seen on the mini updates and I'm sure more of them will pop up in the full updates when those finally get done too. *cough* Just as a warning I have the memory of a goldfish, so many stories have already been forgotten or will be jogged looking through my pics again. It all started when I got home from Australia 2006 and hadn't visited TPR in a while so it was a huge shock to find out they did a tour of UK that was open to everybody. Then I come to find out they had even MORE trips planned out and as soon as I heard about Spain I knew I had to go! Keep in mind I was never a huge poster in these forums and really didn't know anybody going on the trip. That in mind I had one of the BEST times I've EVER had in my life so far and have made many great friends out of it including Robb and Elissa themselves. (Shameless plug fo the trips? You decide. lol) In looking for flights I found an incredible deal through KLM and Northwest (blech!) out of JFK so I figured What the hell, I've never been to NY before, and here was a great chance to go for a bit. So there I was June 24, 2007 flying out on an adventure of a lifetime. After getting a decent nights sleep it was time to explore! I'm definitely not a planner and love to just go with the flow and see where things take me. I do usually have a few goals in mind but no structure to it. It definitely lets me have a much better time then fighting a time schedule to see as much as I can. I also figure it definitely would not be the last time I was in NYC. So the next morning we head off to Brooklyn to ride, what else, the Coney Island Cyclone! After getting my Nathan's Famous Hot Dog it was time to head off to the rides! A few rides on the Cyclone and a few of the other rides (inlcuding a really insane breakdance!) it was off to Times Square. I fell in love and actually spent the majority of my next two days around the area, I just couldn't get enough! Side trips to the Empire State Building, and The American Museum of Natural History (which also ate up a LOT more time then anticipated) Seeing both Spring Awakening and Marry Poppins (with ABC's SUpper Nanny sitting next to me!) and a whole lot of walking, off to Spain I went! Now for the pictures! Kinda looks photoshopped LEAVE ME ALOOOOOONE!!! Much cooler in person I don't want to grow up! When I played with LEGOS I never went that big... This was an animatronic, it kicked all sorts of a$$. Hello Kitty loves NYC too Toys"R"Us toy ferris wheel! it took me two seconds to realize which coaster wason the poster... is that bad? YES! New York's Hard Rock on broadway? These came out really good for not having a tripod... Almost as pretty as me! Time to head back to Manhattan see!?! This attraction is TPR approved! View up the Boardwalk This just cracked me up! My first wacky worm is actually on the lower left in this picture. overview of Dino's Wonder Wheel amusement park Cyclone from the top of the Observation tower. Oddly felt like I was back at Cedar point for a minute... When I sat down they actually had to hammer a nail back into place on our log! Safety first kids. ooohhhhh There she is the day before she turned 80! Flashbacks to Problem Child 2... *blech* awww look he made a friend! I shall call you Squishy! Insert a joke about the shaft here Astroland, but for how much longer? "feed the Clowns or they will kill you in your sleep" This ride is for swingers A look toward the Cyclone an Intamin Observation tower and that INSANE break dance! The "guts" of a ferris Wheel is one of my favorite things to look at. I'm actually terrified for my life right now... I didn't know Ghosts had holes... The Original Coaster Wheel. Jeff Johnson counts this as 16 credits! I see something in the distance...

Opps, I just meant Spain and Mini-Europe, should have specified a little more...

Ok you need to hurry up and finish so I can start mine! These are great and I'm loving re-living the Spain portion of the trip!

I believe you need to have Windows Vista Ultimate and download Dreamscape under extras. You can then download Stardock's Deskscapes as an add-on to Dreamscape and add even more backgrounds.

Yeah Baby! [/austin powers]

SQUEEE!!! I'm seriously loving these pics (and not cause I'm in a lot of them lol)! I should do a TR of them, but I'm lazy so I'll do them sometime in feb when no one expects it lol.

^but with the camel toe should come all the hot Spanish guys NOT wearing shirts cause it was so damn hot! YAY I'm totally loving these pics Lou! WHo knows I might even attempt a TR of this sometime next year here lol.

oooo get to the pictures of me! lol This is awesome so far, can't wait to se what kind of awesome adventures you'll get into next!

I miss the Spain trip... Awesome video though! I had a blast on the trip and am glad to see the return of this style of video from you guys.

I'm thinking a heavy trim right before the last dive and possibly heavy trims on that as well. Remember Vekoma's trying to better their name with better quality products (hopefully)

I'm going to have to agree with this page, while it does seem ridiculous for this particular child, it's not always the case. I doubt much will actually come from this case against the child except a lesson learned. Kids are not always dumb, they understand a LOT more then some people here are giving them credit for. While I don't think she really would have expected this, there was some thought into bringing a knife to school.

AHHHHH CREEPY!!! I think it could work, MGM could finally have a Indiana Jones type ride while not getting rid of that stage show they like so much there.

I had such an amazing time! I just want to thank everyone who could make it, and To the Alvey's who not only produce one of the cutest kids I've ever met, but to being such awesome hosts and just amazing friends! Enough ass kissing, who wants to try my bondage kit?

HA HA [/nelson voice]

Pretzel Loop > Vekoma > B&M I don't see why people are feeling so sorry for the park, it's not like the park couldn't say no when Vekoma gave them the specs, they know what they are getting themselves into.

http://www.cloverfieldmovie.com/ if you click the "grab this widget" you can see five minuets of the movie.

They are also giving away a free 32 oz. sports cup with free refills the first visit and $0.99 refills the rest of 2008 if the pass you got is ineligible for the 25% off (the XTREME Play pass or if you get a pass before December 31 after the sale as it can not be combined with the 25% off)

*Flashback to Spain trip* Awesome photos, and I loved Tibiyabadabado!

As for the flight, i only had to do the LA to Sydney and I was bored out of my mind (almost 15 hours flight with an hour delay taking off!) Luckily I was on QANTAS so the food was excellent and the TVs they had let you choose what you wanted to watch (or play games against other passengers like chess and checkers was also fun for a bit) My flight to Brisbane was only about two hours (and much further into my trip) so once you get that far, I shouldn't be that bad. As for the parks, I only went to Dreamworld and WBMW and both times lines weren't bad at all (length wise, time wise is a whole other story.) For Dreamworld, I would say run over to Cyclone (one train and at LEAST 5-10 minutes between cycles when I was there which was also during construction of their water park which had it closed the first half of the day)first and I would suggest riding Wipeout as it's an interesting ride being a Waikiki Wave Super Flip and it's definitely a bit different then a standard top spin (try and get an end if you can). Other then those two, Tower of Terror and Giant Drop also had massively slow lines. the other rides are standard fair (the moto coaster is new and I went summer 2006 so I have no clue about that) As for WBMW, the day I went had minimal lines, but Superman, again, ran one train, but it's definitely the ride you want to head to first. the ride is definitely unique with it's dark ride portion in the beginning, and is very well themed for a rocket, plus it's just fun and has a ton of air! Lethal Weapon is an SLC with bonus helix (the only smooth part of the ride, and that still confuses me an any "extra bonus helix" SLC I've been on) Definitely catch Rio Bravo as it's one of the better log flumes (backward parts!) I've been on, and There's this really random, really really messed up Loony Tunes Animatronics based boat ride that has to be experienced. SKIP THE BATMAN SIMULATOR, it seriously sucks, not as bad as the one in Spain (with those stupid cabins that hold like six people...) but definitely some early 90's CGI in there. Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster definitely HAS to be one of my favorite coasters ever simply for the dark ride portion before the "Mouse in a box/Rave," but although it has more then one car, it's also a slow loader. Not much else to do there really, it's a pretty small park. Other then that, enjoy the Gold Coast if you can! I was only there for a few days, but taking nights strolls was simply breath taking! take a ride up Q1 (World's tallest all-residential tower) that give you great views of all the man-made waterways. I'm sure some locals can help you more though lol. MVI_0877.AVI Now that's Superman Fast. Not the best lighting for the ride, but still a great ride. The Gold Coast at night is breath taking.

Three: Troy, Raven, and Shivering Timbers. No wonder Troy is my #1...

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Cutest kid ever! Congrats on staying on track, it must be difficult not feeling the difference, I have the exact opposite problem, I think I'm doing really good, then I step on a scale lol. I know some of it has to with actual having some muscle now, but it still stings a bit.