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Without a doubt, the Rolling Thunder Hill on El Toro. Runners up would be the 3rd hill on Bizarro and the final bunny hop on Coaster @ PNE Playland.

Sent my ballot in. LOCATION IN NEXT LINE (Please LEAVE THIS LINE IN BALLOT) ~"California" NAME IN NEXT LINE (Please LEAVE THIS LINE IN THE BALLOT) ~"Kevin Bujold" RANK THE FOLLOWING RIDING SENSATIONS <-LEAVE Abrupt Airtime_____________________________,y,y,1 Floating Airtime___________________________,y,y,3 Lateral Forces_____________________________,y,y,5 Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_,y,y,2 Positive G's/Loops_________________________,y,y,6 Sensation of Speed_________________________,y,y,4 COASTER NAME PARK LOC <-LEAVE Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE,y,y,1 Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,2 Bizarro SF New England MA,y,n,3 Maverick Cedar Point OH,y,n,4 iSpeed Mirabilandia IT,y,y,5 X2 Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,6 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,n,7 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA,y,n,8 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,n,9 Katun Mirabilandia IT,y,y,10 Behemoth Canadas Wonderland ON,y,n,11 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL,y,n,12 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,n,13 SheiKra Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,n,14 Storm Runner Hersheypark PA,y,n,15 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA,y,y,16 Euro-Mir Europa-Park DE,y,y,17 Shock Rainbow Magicland IT,y,y,18 Winjas - Fear Phantasialand DE,y,y,19 Winjas - Force Phantasialand DE,y,y,20 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH,y,n,21 Tatsu Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,22 Monster Walygator FR,y,y,23 Raptor Cedar Point OH,y,n,24 Dominator Kings Dominion VA,y,n,25 Riddler's Revenge Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,26 Chinese Fireball Islands of Adventu FL,y,n,27 Hungarian Horntail Islands of Adventu FL,y,n,28 Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point OH,y,n,29 Mr. Freeze Reverse Bl Six Flags St. Loui MO,y,n,30 Blue Fire Megacoaster Europa Park DE,y,y,31 Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks **,y,y,32 Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,n,33 Medusa SF Discovery Kingd CA,y,n,34 Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR,y,y,35 Rock n Roller Coaster Disney's H Studios FL,y,n,36 Wildfire Silver Dollar City MO,y,n,37 Flight Deck California's Great CA,y,n,38 Goliath SF New England MA,y,n,39 Wicked Twister Cedar Point OH,y,n,40 Expedition Everest Disney Animal King FL,y,n,41 Revenge of the Mummy Universal Studios FL,y,n,42 Powder Keg Silver Dollar City MO,y,n,43 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH,y,n,44 V2: Vertical Velocity SF Discovery Kingd CA,y,n,45 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL,y,n,46 Goliath La Ronde Parc Amus QC,y,n,47 Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,48 California Screamin' Disney CA Adventur CA,y,y,49 Manta SeaWorld San Diego CA,y,y,50 Spongebob Squarepants Nickelodeon Univ MN,y,n,51 Bizarro Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,n,52 Scream! Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,53 Krake Heide Park DE,y,y,54 Fav El Loco Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,55 Fav Eurofighter 320+ Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,56 Fav Half Pipe Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,57 Possessed Dorney Park PA,y,n,58 Steel Venom Valleyfair! MN,y,n,59 Vertical Velocity Six Flags Great Am IL,y,n,60 Superman The Escape Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,61 Euro-Sat Europa-Park DE,y,y,62 Space Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL,y,n,63 Space Mountain Disneyland CA,y,y,64 Speed Nascar Cafe NV,y,n,65 Black Mamba Phantasialand DE,y,y,66 Silver Star Europa-Park DE,y,y,67 Raptor Gardaland IT,y,y,68 Hydra the Revenge Dorney Park PA,y,n,69 Fav Schw Shuttle loop Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,70 Green Lantern Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,n,71 Desperado Buffalo Bill's Res NV,y,n,72 Firehawk Kings Island OH,y,n,73 Revenge of the Mummy Universal Studios CA,y,n,74 Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland Paris FR,y,y,75 Big Thunder Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL,y,n,76 Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland CA,y,y,77 Green Lantern:1st Fl. Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,78 Wild Thing Valleyfair! MN,y,n,79 Steel Force Dorney Park PA,y,n,80 Mamba Worlds of Fun MO,y,n,81 Desert Race Heide Park DE,y,y,82 Fav Vekoma Invertigo Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,83 OzIris Parc Asterix FR,y,y,84 Silver Bullet Knott's Berry Farm CA,y,y,85 Crush's Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR,y,y,86 Viper Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,87 Talon Dorney Park PA,y,n,88 Patriot Worlds of Fun MO,y,n,89 Batman - Dark Knight SF New England MA,y,n,90 Flight of Fear Kings Island OH,y,n,91 Vortex Kings Island OH,y,n,92 Mantis Cedar Point OH,y,n,93 Matterhorn Bobsleds Disneyland CA,y,y,94 Great Bear Hersheypark PA,y,n,95 Space Mountain Disneyland Paris FR,y,y,96 Backlot Stunt Coaster Canadas Wonderland ON,y,n,97 Backlot Stunt Coaster Kings Island OH,y,n,98 Gemini Cedar Point OH,y,n,99 Scandia Screamer Scandia Family Fun CA,y,y,100 Superman – Ultimate F Six Flags Parks **,y,n,101 Le Cobra La Ronde Parc Amus QC,y,n,102 Vortex Canadas Wonderland ON,y,n,103 Flight Deck Kings Island OH,y,n,104 Trace Du Hourra Parc Asterix FR,y,y,105 Fav Loop. Star/S.Arr. Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,106 Excalibur Valleyfair! MN,y,n,107 Divertical Mirabilandia IT,y,y,108 SkyRider Canadas Wonderland ON,y,n,109 Matterhorn Blitz Europa-Park DE,y,y,110 Fav Motocoaster Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,111 Schweizer Bobbahn Heide Park DE,y,y,112 Schweizer Bobbahn Europa-Park DE,y,y,113 Fav Jet Star Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,114 Apocalypse Six Flags America MD,y,n,115 Cagliostro Rainbow Magicland IT,y,y,116 Sierra Sidewnder Knott's Berry Farm CA,y,y,117 Fav Gerstlauer Spinn. Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,118 Fav Vek Susp Loop SLC Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,119 Fav Vekoma Boomerang Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,120 Vortex California's Great CA,y,n,121 Fav Zamperla Volare Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,122 Colorado Adventure Phantasialand DE,y,y,123 Fav Galaxi Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,124 Fav Intamin Bobsled Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,125 Whizzer Six Flags Great Am IL,y,n,126 Ninja Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,127 Poseidon Europa-Park DE,y,y,128 Van Helsing's Factory Movie Park DE,y,y,129 Fav Spinning Mouse Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,130 Demon Six Flags Great Am IL,y,n,131 Demon California's Great CA,y,n,132 Mammut Gardaland IT,y,y,133 Olandese Volante Rainbow Magicland IT,y,y,134 Fav Wild Mouse Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,135 Fav Windstorm Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,136 Fav Loop-Screw Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,137 Fav Vekoma Corkscrew Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,138 Fav Powered `Coaster' Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,139 Skull Mountain Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,n,140 Fav Arrow Corkscrew Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,141 Dark Knight Six Flags Great Am IL,y,n,142 Dark Knight Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,n,143 Iron Dragon Cedar Point OH,y,n,144 Fav City Jet/Jumbo V Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,145 Santa Monica West Coa Pacific Park CA,y,n,146 Journey to Atlantis SeaWorld San Diego CA,y,y,147 Revolution Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,148 Fav Arrow Mine Train Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,149 Crossbow Bowcraft NJ,y,n,151 Fav Mack YoungStar Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,152 Fav Vek Susp Family Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,153 Fav Tivoli Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,154 Temple of Nighthawk Phantasialand DE,y,y,155 Typhoon LA County Fairgrou CA,y,n,156 Sequoia Adventure Gardaland IT,y,y,157 Roller Coaster New York New York NV,y,n,158 Ninja Six Flags St. Loui MO,y,n,159 Dragon Adventureland IA,y,n,160 Goudurix Parc Asterix FR,y,y,161

Crystal Beach Cyclone Airplane Coaster Revere Beach Lightning The Bat @ Kings Island Eagles Fortress Moonsault Scramble

All right. Time for the next park of the trip and man was this a crazy park. Movieland Studios is definitely a very interesting place. It, and its adjacent water park, Aqua land Studios are both extremely awesome and contain several crazy rides. The closest I can come to describe these parks is if you took Universal Studios Hollywood and Wild Rivers, put them next door to each other, upped the awesomeness by 100, and then both parks decided to just throw up their arms and say "F*CK SAFTEY AND F*CK COPYRIGHT LAWS!!!" That's the closest thing I can come up with, and even that doesn't fully capture the craziness of these parks. Aside from being totally crazy, this park may not be huge on roller coasters, but it does feature several unique rides that can't easily be found at other parks. Stuff like a crazy Tram Tour, a Vekoma Wacky Flip, an Intamin 1st Generation Freefall, and probably the most insane water slide ever. Why talk any more about this park. Lets get on with the photos. Oh yeah.If you haven't seen Robb's wipeout video, I highly recommend you check it out as this shows just how insane the slide is, plus I was on the wipeout tube. Good morning Gardaland Hotel. Hows it going. Today we're going to be at Movieland Studios. Yeah. Here you can see all that this place and the water park have to offer. All right, first off, we started out the day with our very own exclusive ride on Magma. This is pretty much a knock off of the Tram Ride @ Universal Studios Hollywood. Ooh!!! Fire!!!!! Dude, this thing does so many insane things that the Tram Tour wouldn't even DREAM of doing. All right, now we get our own exclusive ride on Hollywood Tower. Gee, I wonder what ride they're hoping to imitate here? I've never seen font or signs like that anywhere before. I really miss Freefall right now. Intamin 1st Generation Freefalls are so rare and so hard to come by these days that getting on this was a real treat today. I'm sure that they have all the rights to those characters right there. After all that, they also gave us an exclusive ride on their only credit, Bronto Jet. Much like Hollywood Tower, it was one of the last of its kind and very rare. So it was nice to get an exclusive ride on it. Hey, they're really fun. I definetly wish they were at more parks. Love the setting of Movieland Studios right along Lake Garda. They also gave us exclusive rides on their psuedo credit, Bronto Ring so the pathetic people who count powered coasters wouldn't have to emberass themselves. All right. After all our exclusive rides, we decided to hop onto U-571, or as I called it, Drowning: The Ride. BRING IT ON!!!!! Yeah. This ride is freaking insane. Awesome!!! Another year round horror house. It was mostly confusing as I kept getting lost in the dark. "Nonsense. You'll all be fine. Just get in a conga line and follow me." *evil laugh* All right. Lets all hop on Tomb Raider. Hmm. Just looks like an ordinary Top Spin. Nope. Its actually a Vekoma Wacky Flip, which does way more crazy stuff than just a normal top spin. All right. Time for lunch at the Rodeo Grill. And with our lunch, we got unlimited soda, beer, and wine. Considering how rare unlimited drinks are in Europe and how hot it is in Italy, this was especially appreciated. Yeah. This is a pretty good lunch. And thank you for this free merchandise. I really like the Snowglobe you gave me. "I'm just riding a Mechanical Bull while drinking a beer. Nothing can possibly go wrong here." All right. Lets see how well I can do here. Not bad. I'm hanging on for some time. DAMMIT!!!! I'M DOWN!!!! But hey. At least I got a good time. Now its time to check out their water park, Aqualand Studios. These weird spermish water drops welcome you to Aqualand Studios. Here you can see construction on their newest slide. Black Hole. Looks like its going to be a fun slide. This is probabably a good thing for us to know. But enough touring around. Its time for us to look at the star attraction and my favorite water slide of all time. Twin Peaks. You first start out by going down this big steep drop. Yeah. You gain a lot of speed right here. And then...AIRTIME!!!!! This moment right here is seriously insane. If the photos I took don't show how much airtime you can get on this slide, then take a look at this photo that Hanno took. That should really show the craziness of this slide (Like I said, Photo by Hanno). But Twin Peaks isn't the only crazy waterslide they have here. They also have the Water Jump. Yeah. You really make a BIG splash on the Water Jump. It really reminded me of Bombay Blasters @ Wild Rivers, which was AWESOME!! There's one last crazy slide for us to check out. Stuka's Boom. This looks like just an ordinary drop slide. But nope. This one has a trap door, which makes it much more exciting. All right. Now we're gonna see the Rambo Show. TPR Members!!! You're all under arrest!!!! "Once again, we at Movieland Studios would like remind everyone to please keep all sexual activities to yourselves. Please wait till you get to your hotel rooms to butt-f*ck each other. Thank you." "This is all your fault. If it wasn't for your..." "Shut up before we get raped like the girl that was here earlier." "Give me the TPR Members!!!!" Yes. Having real explosions in the stunt show is a great idea. What could possibly go wrong!!? Yes, the TPR Prisoners are behind that wall of water. Yay!!! We didn't die!!! Sorry about kidnapping you and arresting you. We hope this Frappachino makes up for all we put you through. Thank you Rambo. Now we know that we are all destined to be famous Hollywood Actors someday. Dude!!! Check out the Back to the Future Monorail!!!! "I'm not lying!!! It really is a Back to the Future Monorail!!!" OMG!!! We're going back in time!!! There's so many things I have to warn myself about!!! Bronto Jet from the monorail. Anyone want to get wet? Ooh. Something unsafe. Must take picture. All right. Time to check out Terminator 3D while we're still here. This is the guy who's gonna save us all. We're f*cked. Hmm. Not a bad score. Gardaland Photos will be up next.

All right. Time for the next update of the trip. Todays park was my favorite park of the Italy Portion of the trip and a general favorite of mine. Mirabilandia. I loved this place. Ok, lets state the obvious reason first. Katun and Ispeed are amazing. Seriously, these are two of the greatest coasters ever and they're both right here for you to enjoy in Mirabilandia. Katun is a good old fashioned forceful B&M. It ranks up there with Montu as one of my favorite B&M Inverted Coasters. And Ispeed, good god. This ride is amazing. Good Launch. Great Airtime. Great Laterals. Insane Heartline Rolls. It's definitely in my Top 5. But on top of that, its just a really good park. They have a wide variety of rides to enjoy, a really good water coaster thats a lot of fun and really helpful in the Italian Heat, and its just got a lot to do. I found it to be a great park and would highly recommend it to anyone in Italy. Not only will you love Katun and Ispeed, but the rest of the park is really good as well. Anyways, onto the photos. All right. Time for us to hit the best park in Italy. Mirabilandia. I'm definetly hoping we'll get on Divertical today. Though rides that literally just opened a few days ago tend not to be so reliable. Welcome to Mirabilandia. Home to two of the best coasters on the planet. Both of which, we have ERT on!!!! Yes please. I would love a half hour of ERT on Katun. Yeah. The theming on this ride is awesome. And yeah. Just as expected, Katun is freaking amazing!!!! Its practically an Italian Montu. A great ride and it managed to make it on my Top 10 Steel Coasters List. And now we come to the other star attraction of the park. "This ride is so good I delibrately planned it out as my 150th credit!!!!" (Coincidentally, Ispeed just happened to turn out to be my 300th credit. I just never bothered posting a sign or doing any nerdy thing. And yes, it really was an unplanned coincidence!!! I'm not lying!!!! I swear!!!!!!) THIS RIDE IS AMAZING!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!! Ispeed not only made it onto my Top 10 Steel Coasters List, but it made it into the Top 5. Do not underestimate this airtime hill. You get some SERIOUS ejector air here. And this heartline spin? Expect some of the most insane whipping on any ride. All right. Time to start the credit whoring. "Dude, we were just riding two Top 10 Coasters. Riding anything else at this point would pretty much be considered credit whoring." Though by kiddy coaster standards, it was fun. There is a very interesting story behind the theming of these drop towers. They opened up in the 90s and it was called the Twin Towers. However, they immedietly changed that after 9/11. So they decided to retheme it to Space Shuttle Columbia. Time for the next credit. Oh joy. Its a wild mouse. Dude!!! This thing is truely crazy!!! It literally tried to beat the crap out of you!!! And I liked that about it. Oh yeah. Let me talk about the V-Pass Wristband. Best Flashpass Option ever. You just show the wristband and you immedietly get on the ride. And they have it for all of the rides here!!!! Are you guys suffering from Heat Stroke? Cause you do realize that this is NOT a credit. It was a fun ride. But it was not a credit. "Hey!!! We don't take kindly to your kind around here!!!" Hey. While we're here. Lets take another ride on Katun. Why? How about because its freaking awesome!!! "Water Water Everywhere. We're gonna get wet." Well, since we're already wet and its like 100 degrees outside and we don't have to wait in line, lets check out their rapids ride. Those water cannons would be a lot more fun if it was cold outside today. Really? There's an issue with swinging the boats!!!? Well, its only a matter of time before some dumbass learns how to swing the Roaring Rapids boats and I'll have to end up yelling at them about it. These types of rides are always more fun witht the cover. Dammit!!! Master Thai broke down and they're evacuating it. Not sure if we're gonna be able to get it in today. Hmm. I wonder what Phobia could be? Dude!!! Its a year round haunted house. Yeah, its an upcharge!!! But who cares!!! Lets try it out!!! It was actually a really great haunted house. Though a funny thing about haunted houses in Europe is the fact that you all have to go through it in a conga line. =/ Why can't we have more lunches like this in American Theme Parks? HOLY CRAP!!!! DIVERTICAL IS OPEN!!! GET ON IT NOW BEFORE IT BLOWS UP!!!! At first, Divertical just looks like a Pilgrims Plunge clone. But upon a closer look, you can see that its a full water coaster and does indeed count as a credit. And its a fun ride for that matter. SPLOOSH!!!! All right. Lets check out their shooting dark ride, Reset. Dude, between the destroyed Apocalypse New York City shooting dark ride and the World Trade Center themed Drop Tower, this park really must not like New York City. Meh. I guess thats a good score for this ride. But then again, when have I ever been good at shooting dark rides? Hell no!!! We are not leaving Mirabilandia without getting more rides in on Ispeed. This really is the Maverick of Europe. Dude!!! Its a log flume themed to cars!!! Maybe cramming 5 of us into a boat wasn't such a smart idea. So for the stunt show, they actually had Robb and Elissa partake in the craziness of the show!!! I would've loved to stay and see the show... But Master Thai just opened back up and I had to get the credit before the bus left in an hour!!! I really hope the credit whore inside me really appreciates this since I gave up watching what sounded like a great stunt show so I could get this sh*tty credit. Ok, Master Thai was a peice of sh*t. But hey, we have Katun right next door to wash it out of our mouths. Aww. I really don't want to leave. This park is awesome!!! =( But hey. At least we're off to a really nice hotel. I challenge you to one of the most extreme and powerful games on the planet. Air Hockey. There, we tried what I consider to be my least favorite drink ever. Grappe, which is basically an Italian version of Moonshine. The look on Robb's face pretty much sums up my thoughts on the drink. Hope you enjoyed this update and Movieland Studios will be up soon.

Yes. Looking foreword to seeing more of this ride. Have you ever been skydiving before?

I Sold My Soul - Andrew W.K

Nice Photo TR. Seeing these photos really made me miss Schlossbeck. Movie Park Germany, not nearly as much. Keep posting photos.

All right. We're now on Day 4 of the trip, and todays definitely one of the slower and more relaxed days of the trip. We spent some of the day at a small park called Fiabilandia. Not too much is here other than some of the longest and most glorified Wacky Worms out there. Most Wacky Worms are just plopped down like a carnival. But these have unique layouts and theming. These are the real deal when it comes to Wacky Worms. They also have a Fabbri Spinning Mouse that ran a really good program. Other than that, it was just a few dark rides and some kiddy rides. We were originally planning on staying till 4:00, but around 12:30 or 1:00, we voted that we had spent enough time there and left. A big group of us later decided to go out to lunch at a local pizza place and check out the small beach town of Rimini. After taking a break doing that, a good chunk of the group hopped on the bus and we went off to some local park called Santa Fe that had a pseudo-credit. I didn't care either way if we'd get it since I don't count it, I was just in it to hang out with people and have fun. But sure enough, thanks to Robb & Elissa's great skills, we got it. We then had a great dinner at the hotel with some really good food and unlimited wine. I really enjoyed this day as it took a much slower pace than other days and I got to check out the really nice beach town of Rimini. Anyway, onto the photos. All right. Luckily, today was our relaxing day of the trip with only a small park and time to spend enjoying Rimini, so we had a late morning, which after last night, was needed. The hotel we stayed at was very nice and all, though one complaint that I have with this hotel is that these elevators are pathetically small. So much so that I never even bothered, I just carried all my luggage up the stairs. But from what I heard, these puny elevators are fairly common in Europe, though this was the only hotel on the trip with them. Though in more good news about this hotel, they literally serve pie for breakfast!!! Now thats my kind of breakfast. Lots of fun was had here last night. Ooh!!! You have to take an escelator to get to this park!!! Fascinating!!!! Yep. We're here at Fiabilandia today. First ride of the day would indeed be the ghost train. Fiabilandia recognizes the loneliness of their audience and is supplying pet rocks for those truly lonely. Hats. One of the greatest threats to amusement parks around the globe. I hope I brought some spare underwear with me cause this ghost train is so scary that it'll literally scare the sh*t out of you. All right. Time for the first credit of the day. This looks like yet another Wacky Worm. WRONG!!! This is one of the longest and coolest wacky worms ever. "What do you mean no strollers allowed!!!?" "I know that this ride was meant for people just my size." Ooh. Look at all the stuff this Wacky Worm does!!! Ooh. I wonder what this could be. Why do I end up riding this ride every single year? First several CA Fairs and Castle Park, so I go all the way to Europe and this ride just had to follow me there. But hey. It was running great and spinning like crazy. So I can't complain. This is the most original statue ever built. You will never see this anywhere else in the world. Didn't someone ask if European Parks have American themed areas? Someone give me some bread for me to feed to these geese. All right. Time for us to get the final credit needed here. Yeah. This is pretty much just another super long Wacky Worm with a Western Theme. Hey. It does look like a fun ride. You see those trims right there? They are HORRIBLE!!!! They COMPLETELY stop you and TOTALLY kill all of the potential that the ride has to offer!!! Yeah, I know its a kiddy coaster. Yeah, I know that it was mostly just looking cool. But man. I just hate that trim so much. "I would like to give Fiabilandia an award for high concern for saftey and great measures taken to protect guests." Meh, these slides are fun and all, but just wait till you see the slides we'll be doing later in the trip. Do you get wet on this ride? Damn!!! My plans have been ruined. =( So this is what the inside of a dragon looks like. I guess all those Biology Textbooks were wrong. All right. Our time at Fiabilandia is now over. Now we get to relax and hang out in Rimini. And look. Our hotel is giving away free apples. Awesome!!! First things first. A big group of us all decided to go out to lunch. Dude!!! This place was awesome!!! After lunch, we all decided to go check out our hotels private beach. Here I am sticking my feet in the Adrian Sea. Yay!!! New Sea Credit!!! These Rimini beaches are fantastic. They totally beat the crap out of our local Ventura Beaches. Thanks for having it when we're gone. >=( Worst Abbey Road Impersination Ever. All right. Later that evening, we all decided to go look for this tiny little park called Santa Fe because they have a powered coaster so the cheaters can get a new psuedo credit. I joined in not because I care about riding this not-a-credit, but because I'd be with fun people, and it'd be a fun adventure. YAY!!! With a €50 bribe, we managed to get on the ride!!!! One of the highest quality rides on the trip. One of the highest quality rides on the trip. My count may not have gone up, but I had fun acting like an idiot. All right. Time for our hotel dinner with a great view of Rimini. Ooh. Lets see what we'll be served. Dude. This dinner was AWESOME!!!!! Oh, and the dinner came with unlimited wine. I'm not really a wine person, but hey. They had some really good wine here. "I am so gonna get diabetes!!!" Mirabilandia photos will be up soon.

Hey, just to let you know, I am in the middle of posting my Photo TR of this trip. So if you want to see more photos of the TPR Italy 2012 Tour, just click here. http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=64481&p=1259053#p1259053

All right. We're now on Day 3 of the trip, and now its time for our first real park of the trip. Rainbow Magicland!!! This is a fairly new park and you can see that. I like the park a lot. They seemed to have opened up with a good variety of rides and some really good theming. There are really only complaints I would have with the park. A: They need more shade. There is way too much sunlight here which is not good on those super hot Italian summer days. B: They need more water fountains. Again, its a very hot Italian summer day and I only found two water fountains in the entire park. Its not a very big park, but I still wish they had more water fountains. But then again, this is something that I found all throughout Europe. Its much harder to find a water fountain in Europe than in the U.S. So yeah. Aside from more shade and more water, I don't see anything else for this park to fix. They have some really good rides including Shock, which I loved, and some really good theming. Not to mention they have the coolest park theme song ever. I do hope that this park has a great future. Anyways, onto the photos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ70HUx396A Time for us to go to our first real park of the trip!!! Oh, and on the drive there, we passed by this really cool building. Well wherever we're going, they have these great solar panels to help power the place and bring shade to your car so you don't physically burn yourself trying to drive away. Ooh!!! A coaster that isn't a pathetic kiddy credit whoring machine!!! Yep!!! We're here at Rainbow Magicland!!!! All right. Lets first start off with some ERT on Cagliostro!!! Cagliostro is the parks spinning coaster. And since its mostly indoors and in the dark, I didn't know what to expect. But the park did give us lights on rides, which is very cool. But the ride itself is fairly lame. It doesn't really do all to much, nor does it really spin a lot. Well the park is now open and here they are doing their opening dance number which includes the amazing Rainbow Magicland song. If you haven't seen the video I posted of the song right above, watch it right now. Why don't more parks sell Nutella. Mmm. Italian Gelato. *drool* Yep!!! Its time to get on the star attraction of the park. Shock. Now we supposed to get ERT on it before the park opened, but it was having some problems. But when it did open up, they still gave us the ERT!!! YAY!!!! Dude. SHOCK IS F*CKING AMAZING!!!! Shock pretty much has everything you want in a good coaster. Shock has it all. The launch is powerful and fast, the big hill provides some nice ejector air, and the non-inverting loop is a crazy element that has both airtime, and great laterals. And Holy Crap!!! This turn is just insane!!! You WHIP through it at ridicously fast speeds!!!! Yeah. You pull quite a lot of G Forces right here. And then we have the final inversion. You get some seriously wicked hangtime here. Yeah. Good speed, Great Airtime, Great Hangtime, Insane Laterals, Great Whip. Great ride. 2 thumbs up. Since this park has no shade and barely any water fountains, this was a very nice sight to see. All right. Time for another credit. Yay!!! A Vekoma Roller Skater!!! Not only that, but its one of the big models too. I rode the big model now, I just had to fly out to Italy to do it. You have no idea how happy I am to be riding yet another Wacky Worm. All right. Just one last credit for us to get at Rainbow Magicland. And yep. It is indeed a Vekoma Mine Train. Meh, its fun. But can I go back on Shock now? WATER!!!! I FOUND WATER!!!! ITS A MIRACLE!!!! Now please leave me here for a good 5 minutes. This was a fun drop tower, though I did feel that the brakes were too harsh. Seriously, I've had smoother cliff jumping landings than on this thing. Can someone please explain to me what the hell was going on in that shooting dark ride? Dude!!! The dining options here are fantastic!!! I wish more American Parks had stuff like this for lunch!!! This may very well be one of the best themed water rides I've ever been on. SPLOOSH!!!!!! I was impressed with their Shoot-The-Chutes. Lets see how well their rapids ride turns out. Dude, from my experience working at Roaring Rapids at SFMM and then riding this, the differences in saftey standards are astounding. First off, the ride has no seatbelts, and EVERYONE is standing up, and nobody cares since its not against the rules. Yes please, I do want to take the bizzare Rainbow Magicland Cat home with me. What the hell are you talking about? Of course this merchandise is family friendly!!! Ok, lets see what the hell this dark ride is all about. Umm, its some sort of weird bizarre Peter Pan sort of knock off. YAY!!!!! All right. Time to get some great ariel shots from the flying island. Yeah. I'm pretty sure this was supposed to be a dark ride section, but they didn't have the money to do it. Aww. We could've been at the Fashion District instead. Why didn't we go there!! Well, we had a great day at Rainbow Magicland, but now we have a long drive out to Rimini. But hey. It was a really great drive that included real nice mountains. Beautiful Italian Beaches. And I even managed to see a real castle!!! Well, we made it to Rimini!!! Later, a group of us hung out and had a fun night at the local bar. Fiabilandia and Rimini photos will be up soon.

Great Photo TR. I really enjoy seeing Photo TRs of parks like this that aren't typically found on the radar.

26/26. Knew most of them and guessed lucky on the few I didn't.

Nope. Not this year. Are you riding a new 2013 credit that is not in your home park(s)?

Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne

With all the over-regulation today, especially in California, I'm very happy to see that common sense is not extinct in my home state. Hoping that our Supreme Court uses this common sense more often.

All right. We're now on Day 2 of the trip, which is pretty much just Rome Credit Whoring. We also did a little bit of credit whoring on Day 1 at Parco Morelli, but I just put it in here with the rest of the credit whoring. Though the day was pretty much just riding a bunch of Wacky Worms, it was an awesome day hanging out with TPR Friends, getting a bunch of crappy credits, and hey. They snuck in a good ride with the Schwarzkoph Looping Star at Zoomarine. Well, thats enough culture for now!!! Time to go credit whoring!!! And here we are at our first park. Parco Morelli. Ok, thats where we are right now. Warning. If you credit whore enough, you will be turned into a Dalmation. YAY!!! BONUS CREDIT WHORING!!!!! All right. Thats why we're here!!!! Umm, why the hell is there are a Paris themed coaster in the middle of Rome? "Umm, we tend to figure that people who ride this thing aren't smart enough to ask questions like this, which brings us to what the hell are you doing riding this?" Cha-Ching. Umm, Colin. You do know that Kristen is indeed on the floor right now. Just wanted to make sure you knew. All right. We're now onto Day 3 of the trip. Its officially Credit Whoring Day, and we're off!!! Oh, and on this drive, we literally saw all sorts of crazy sh*t off the side of the road including couches, and all sorts of other garbage. Hell, I think the only thing we didn't see was the kitchen sink. Yep. Our first stop of the day will indeed be Zoomarine. Ooh!!! Is that what I think it is!!!! Yep. Our first stop of the day was Zoomarine, a sort of Italian Knock Off Sea World. It wasn't amazing or anything, but it was nice. It definetly had the best coaster of the day and its the only park we went to on the Credit Whoring Day that I'd go back to. So Zoomarine, you ever thought about getting a nicer entrance? Ahh, the Looping Star doesn't open until around 12:30. But crap!!! We don't have that kind of time!!! Oh well. Lets just get the Wacky Worm out of the way. Or, I guess its really just a Wacky Shark. And hey. Wacky Shark > Wacky Worm. It is such a privelage for us to ride this totally rare and unique coaster with absolutely nothing like it anywhere in the world. Good News!!! With a bribe of €50, they managed to open up the ride just for us early!!!! Oh my god. Its unbelieveable!!! I'm riding a roller coaster today that doesn't suck!!!! It's a miracle!!!!! I totally wish there were more Schwarzkoph Looping Stars out there in the world. And more Schwarzkoph rides in general (that aren't ruined *cough* SFMM *cough*!!!). Who needs Sea World when theres Zoomarine!!! See look!!! Animals!!! We have animals!!!! Well, we've got some time to kill. So lets see what all Zoomarine has to offer. One of the things we did at Zoomarine was this Dinosaur exhibit. It was fun and all, but by far the funniest part was when we were in the exhibit. The guide must have said "Look Out!!!" in Italian. Cause I was like "Huh?" And just right then, I was smacked in the face with a Dinosaur Tail. Yeah, it was funny. Crap!!! We made a wrong turn and now we're stuck in Italian Beach Traffic. We made it to our next park of the day. Fantasialand. This place was so nice that they actually had Donald Duck out front to welcome us. Wow. It looks like I'm gonna have to update my Top 10 Theme Parks List. This place is really that good. Wow. I see Mickey Mouse, Bernard from the Rescuers & Rescuers Down Under, and Basil from the Great Mouse Detective. What is it with this place and Disney Mice? Bumper Cars Takeover anyone? All right. Story Time. We drive up to this place and the park is closed as you can clearly see. Robb goes in and tries to bribe whoevers there to get us on the ride. At first, the security are not amused, and oh, did I mentioned that they were carrying a gun? When they didn't take Robb's bribe of €100, I was sure that that was the end of getting this credit. But Robb gets the bribe up to around €300 before they start to take him seriously. They said that they could open the Galaxy for us, but they couldn't open the Wacky Worm since they didn't own that ride and whoever owned it weren't there. But hey, Robb did manage to get us one of the credits I was certain we weren't going to get!!!! Hey, a credits a credit. BEST COASTER EVER!!!!!! WORTH EVERY SINGLE EURO!!!!! The Dining Options in this park are fabulous. It makes the food at places like Epcot and Silver Dollar City look like complete sh*t. Yeah. Typical TPR Lunch. All right. Time for our next park. Oasi Park. And hey. They literally let us park the cars RIGHT INSIDE the park. Cool. The credit didn't open for 10 minutes, but thats ok since its just entertaining to be here and look at all the Illegal Disney Stuff. "Hello fellas. Its me, Tweety. A little help here as I seem to have misplaced my body." I saw more Disney stuff here than I did at Disneyland Paris. "Hey guys!!! I just won this Kermit!!!!" Along with Disney, Loony Tunes, Pokemon, and Muppets, this park also features American Conservative Talk Show Hosts. Damn, Rush Limbaugh really lost some weight. Holy Crap!!! They also have a credit here too!!! It was a fun kiddy coaster, but I wanna go back at laughing at the Disney Stuff. Hey Cliff, I think this a cow you should really invest in. Now onto our final park of the day, Eden Park. Hey look!!! More totally legal Disney Stuff!!! "Hey, would you rather see the Disney Characters all over the place or me?" We saved the best for last. ANOTHER WACKY WORM!!!! COME ON GUYS!!!! MORE EXCITEMENT!!!! I MEAN, IT'S A WACKY WORM FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!! And what better way to end this update than with an exclusive onride shot of the Wacky Worm. Thanks for reading and Rainbow Magicland will be posted soon.

Here's the cream of the crop of my list since my whole list is too long to post. Jamaica New Zealand Costa Rica Dubai Any Polynesian Country Oktoberfest (The rides look good, but even without them, I still really wanna go to this event) Mardi Gras A Brazilian Carnival Antarctica

Most likely Xcelerator @ KBF.

Skydiving Voucher Money KBF Season Pass New Headphones Gas Gift Card New Clothes Mario Party 9

Had a Coke at lunch.

Gouderix @ Parc Asterix.

Back in June, I left this country and went on over to Europe for two insane back to back TPR Trips. Now I had gone on several roller coaster trips before such as the TPR Middle America and Northeast Trips and I technically have been to parks outside the U.S (Canada barely counts), this was my first trip to a different continent and man was this an awesome trip. All the other trips I had been on were awesome, but this takes the cake. This was definitely some of the best 3 weeks ever. I miss the trip, but hey. Now I can re-live it through my photos and so can you. Grr!!! I'm getting anxious!!! Just start the plane already!!!! Quick layover in New York City. Sorry New York City. I loved seeing you last year and all, but I have better things to do. Tell Scotts Pizza Tours I said Hi though. Holy Sh*t!!!!! I'm here!!!! Well. Time to take the Metro into Rome. Hello Rainbow Magicland. I'll see you soon. Yeah, they're advertising the park everywhere in Rome. Its on my metro ticket, and plasted on countless buses in the city. Cool Italian Graffiti. Well, here I am in Rome. Ooh. Funky Looking Bridge. All right. So its lunch time, and I'm hungry. But I don't have much cash (A reucurring theme on this trip). So I'm trying to find some cheap place for lunch. I keep finding a bunch of places that only serve stuff at around €10. Then I stumble upon this amazing little hole in the wall Pizza Place. It may be the size of a janitors closet and have no name, but the pizza was Scotts Pizza Tour good and I got 3 slices and a Coke for only €3.20!!!!! Awesome!!!!! I have no idea what this is, but it looks cool. Well, I made it to the Colloseum. I'll see you in full detail tomorrow Colloseum. OH THANK GOD!!! A WATER FOUNTAIN!!!!! AFTER WANDERING AROUND ROME FOR HOURS IN 95 DEGREE WEATHER DEHYDRATED, SEEING THIS THING WAS AMAZING!!!!!! Hey, when you gotta go... MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All right. Italian Gelato is just flat out amazing. I love this stuff. The stuff I had in Solvang last week, crap compared to this. So good!!!!!! I can see that the Vending Machines in Rome are only of the highest quality and in excellent condition. Well, I lost my Metro Ticket. So now its time for me to try walking through the city to get back to the hotel. Hey, Challenge Accepted. Ooh. Pretty Rome Shot. Blah. I don't need you. I have legs. =p Hey, I may be completely lost and have no clue where the hell I am, but it does look nice. Hello dog. Hows it going. All right. Its the end of the line. After an encounter with some VERY interesting (not in a good way) people, I was ready to get back to the hotel. I got on the Metro and went back to the Hotel. All right. The TPR Italy Trip has officially begun with a great lunch at Paino Pizza. The four cheese pizza here was really freaking good. This picture is awesome on so many different levels, especially with the no smoking rule down below. This thing tastes as good as it looked. All right. First stop of the day would be the Piazza Navona Square. This is one of the most famous squares in Rome. Its been around since the 15th Century. Hey, its a really nice looking square. "OH NO WILBUR!!!!!!! I'M SINKING!!!!!!" Up next, we checked out the Pantheon. "You expect us poor innocent children to climb a dangerous scaffolding and paint naked people all over a church!!!? WE'LL DO IT!!!!!!!" "But we're not doing it for the sake of art, and we're not doing it for the sake of money!!! No, we're doing it because...we like painting naked people!!!" Up next, we checked out the Trevi Fountain. One of the most famous fountains in the world. Screw the fame. We're all just here because its 95 degrees and we can soak our heads here. The Samsung Galaxy Ad really adds to the ancient feel of this place. Anyone want a free rose? Some of the best and most authentic cuisine you can possibly find in Rome. Burger King. Here are the Spanish Steps. We voted to see them from the bus since its air conditioned, though really, I feel that everyone just didn't want to get any damn exercise. Here are the Roman Forums. Yeah. Its old. I get it. Hey. They may not be the Spanish Steps, but whatever. Close enough. I'm not sure what building this is, but its near the Roman Forums and it looks nice. Mussolini gave some big speech here. Because if theres anyone who did wonders for the world, it was Mussolini. He was such a wonderful man. Such a good guy he was. And now we saved the best for last. Yep. We're gonna see the Colloseum!!!! And yes, we got to see a full tour of this place!!! Blugh. Religion. =( Starring up at the Colloseum. Colloseum Steps > Spanish Steps. Here's a painting of what the Colloseum was used for before it became a giant decoration/tourist attraction. Awesome. Yes, this indeed, the inside of the Colloseum. And for a little more history. Before the Romans built the Colloseum, this doucebag built his palace here before the Romans took it, destroyed it, and built the Colloseum. We're here at the Vatican City. I now have the urge to just sit down in St. Peters Square, get some Italian Gelato, and eat it while reading a book by Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens. Quick!!! To the car!!!! Before the Pope sentences us all to hell!!!! Ooh. Pretty shot of Rome from the hillside. All right. Time for some more Italian Gelato. This stuff is f*cking amazing. All right. Rome Credit Whoring Photos will be up soon.

Mountain Dew at lunch today.

Holiday Clusterf*ck - Nostalgia Critic