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Oooooh Guy. I love your trip reports, they're the best I am such a fan. You have an "eye" for taking picture perfect, um pictures, yeah. The proper use of light is amazing. You must be a professional. And I love KP. She is hot. I can't wait to read more of your trip reports. Your #1 fan! (boy)

"Pain Relieving and Intravenous drips" should be offered more often after riding some coasters....maybe thats a good idea (but of all parks, not in Lisenberg)

http://www.absolutelyreliable.com/ I just want to thank all the little people, but most importantly Guy, for showing me the importance of "representin" with a signature move. Thanks Guy.

You actually like one of their coasters? No kidding? I am surprised.

Balder is the smoothest of the baby bottoms I have ever been on.

I wish I had something to do with that ass bruise....and hey, I'm not fat! Rich "I beat those other three pansies down the slide" Elie

Thanks for the comparison Larry. But only #5 for Balder, how sad. JK. The more I rode Balder the more I loved it. Added to that, the cool ride ops, the "set your own height on lap bar" and the "warm welcome, ie. beer, bags, hammer and nails, crane and 2.5 hours of ERT" surely helped me come to my decision that Balder is my favorite. In a way though, that's a bad thing since it is SO far away! But at least that makes it elusive to most everyone else in the US! Cheers Larry

That's because you are TROUBLE!

BALDER! yeaaaaaaa

Prior to the TPR UK Trip I would have said SRoS @ SFNE, but not anymore! Balder rules all.

I don't hear any comparisons to Balder yet. Maybe I'll be one of the first to be able to do that thanks to Robb and Elissa.

Guy, I didn't think you'd actually use that pic of me, I look psycho!

Guy, why the hell do you have star wars figures with you at the park?? Anyways, funny shtick man, very funny.

Coke stinks. Go Pepsi! Surge is crap, Mountain Dew is the life blood!

During the past two days I had the chance to go to Six Flags New England and Lake Compounce and meet some fellow TPR members. Since I am the least media savy of the group, my pics are minimal at best. There are no pics from SFNE, but I'd bet the others will post them later "Websites bringing people together"...thanks for the great time guys! Photo courtesy of Kim Possible. The swooping turn just after the drop. I have a few other pic's of Boulder Dash, but in fear of "being arrested!" (see Thunder and Lighting caption), I will not post them ! Still a great ride, though not as good as I remembered. Maybe having just ridden Kentucky Rumbler and Voyage had something to do with that. Boulder Dash's lift through the gnome infested woods. Ah, here's our group (minus me ).....back row: Guy (Guy), CanobieFan (James), TokenYankeeGuy (Craig), front row: "Eeek", Craig's sister.... Oohhh, Thunder and Lightning...new for this year. A larger version of the pay-per-ride S&S Swing I have been on in the past...plus its free!

See, it's information like THIS that I'd like to know as soon as possible so I don't plan to go there on my own!

Cool looking shirt, but I wouldn't want to "mis-represent" since I wasn't there nor have I ridden Tatsu

Sure, no problem. Just PM me with your email address.

Hey Hilltopper, yeah I had a great time on the Rumbler. Thanks for the rerides . As you can see it photographs quite well.

Thunder Run was better than Twisted Twins imo Thunder Run was better than Twisted Twins imo.

I didn't take many pics of the wood at SFKK ..but here they are....

Continuing a recent trend, I will post my trip report of SFKK, HW and BB. I flew out early on Friday morning and went to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. Saturday was all about Holiday World and ERT on the Voyage. It was definately worth the $203 I spent on ebay to be one of the lucky 28 winners. Sunday I spent at Beech Bend. Here is my first photo trip report, so be gentle. MOV00179.MPG Lastly, here is a little video from the exit of the Kentucky Rumbler. And similar to the Hellavator @ SFKK, I liked their drop ride. It scared the crap out of me when it dropped as soon as it reached the top. Bigger isn't always better. So Beech Bend was actually pretty fun (except when I got stuck on the stupid Power Surge) due in part to no crowds, no waiting and unique rides..... If only more wooden coasters were as fun as the Kentucky Rumbler. and a couple parting shots.... and plenty of times where I didn't have to get out of my seat to go again! and some head choppas There are plenty of airtime spots and high banked corners for all. Not sure where, but there'e not a dull moment on the ride. The corners were banked to my satisfaction First drop. Not huge, but still a nice spot of airtime. So I'd figure I'd take some POV pics. Here is Rumble Cafe located in front of the Kentucky Rumbler during peak lunch hour (12:30 PM). It was actually quite difficult to get pics of the train in motion because of the lack of people in the park. I imagine as the season gets going, the wait will be quite long. But I'll take an empty park anyday. Kentucky Rumbler is such a nice coaster. It ran quite smooth. I liked the trains better than the ones on the Voyage. It is a quite re-rideable coaster. (And the ride was empty as you see all day) Such a nice looking coaster. So, since I didn't have ERT here, I had to partake in the running of the bulls. Actually, I was racing a 10 year old kid, and that's it. I won of course. This is the sign inside the Beech Bend gates. Take note of #1. 12 airtime minutes! Holy crap, and I thought the Voyage had the most with 24 seconds! Day three: On the road to "no-man's land" we see a sweet looking coaster in the distance. The Raven is a pretty good coaster. I understand why this sign is here. I see the Voyage with a sign like this in the not so distant future. I really did not like the Legend. The turns seemed way under-banked and were quite painful. Besides, I had just gone on Voyage 10 times in a row. Tough to compete with that I suppose. Final Voyage pic. As you all know, most of it is not visible to the public from the ground, so there's not much else to photograph What's the rush? After ERT, I got to enjoy the running of the bulls. That's usually me, but not today suckas! The Voyage shop has everything for the shopper, including Robb! The last ERT run with Coasterdave. As you can see, many of the ebay winners didn't ride the full hour. Pfft, enthusiasts, ha! Thanks to CoasterDave for this shot. We ended up being riding buds for the hour of ERT. One of the last turns....but still full on speed. Thir, urgh...well, you get the idea. Airtime aplenty I promise you that. Second hill. Up and over. The drop actually reminded me of Millenium Force. I know its not the same angle (so Fanboys don't flame me!) I think there still is a bit of work to be done in and around the station though. But check out those perty trains. And the sound of the train roaring past only adds to the anticipation. Coaster track surrounds you as you approach the station. I had goosebumps just taking this massive coaster in. So at about 8:45 AM our group was led down to the Voyage. So I showed up "Representing". My first time at Holiday World and I couldn't think of a better time to come! Oh yeah baby, the Voyage! And looking through the bug spattered windshield what do we see? Day two: Holiday World. It was about 7:30 AM opening day. I was one of the ebay winners to ride the Voyage for 1 hour of ERT. Chang and T2.....the latter actually smoother...but you gotta hand it to Chang for being so photogenic. T2 - the credit I put off as long as I could. I had my fill of coasters after this ride. Not an acceptable amount of wetness - don't let the blue skies fool you. Backseat POV of my favorite coaster in the park. Last of the exclusives. More exclusive pics.... Chang was definately nicer to look at and photograph than it was to ride. Way to much headbanging going on. Couple of credit pics.....nothing noteworthy IMO My first ride (and favorite) of the day was the Hellavator - my first intamin drop tower....and after riding it, I now know why Elissa speaks so highly of them. arrived at SFKK, despite Kentucky Derby weekend races Friday woke up around 3:30 AM to catch a 6:00 AM flight.....

Well, so much for being the first TPR member to report back after riding it. Coincidentally, I met CoasterDave at the ebay auction charity ride and we ended up riding partners for 10 trips on the Voyage in that hour (sorry not 43 times though). In total, I rode it 14 time. I preface this review with this comment, I am not a wooden coaster lover. This ride is absolutely amazing. The drop is INSANELY steep for wood. The fresh smell of pine all around. The airtime on the first few hills is quite noticeable. The tunnels do add to the ride as well. The train carries amazing speed in the turn around portion. The triple down after the brake run and the following bunny hill are my favorite. The last portion is quite amazing as well as to the turns and the increase in speed carried throughout the ride. I found that as the day went on, the ride got much quicker. The front proves to be the best view and imo, the best floater airtime. The rear of the train I found to be too violent to keep reriding. The middle surprisely has a decent amount of airtime all around. I plan on posting a ptr when I get home (still have Beech Bend to hit). But I can say without a doubt, this is my favorite wooden coaster to date. My previous favorite was Boulder Dash. As far as the air time, I feel SRoS @ SFNE has more intense ejector air than the Voyage. On the Voyage's best runs, I found constant floater air all over the ride, at every turn and rise and fall. This is a profound ride for this park and all enthusiasts. Just watch out for the portion of track before the first 90 degree turn and the part as you go under the lift hill

So what's the deal with this? Do you have to be a member of the media? Will the rest of the park be open? Give us the scoop because I'll be in the area from the 5th to the 8th hitting HW, SFKK and BB. Thanks Rich

Millenium Force