Erik Johnson

Oh, that is a shame about the motors burning up in the fire. Such bad luck. I hope to get my Cedar Point photos up pretty soon.

Day one was pretty good. Feel free to post pictures from your town! My TPR shirt made it!

Added both if you. I am going to be busy most if the day, but I should be free later this evening if you want to try to visit and swap fruit.

I figured out something neat. Whenever you walk around with your 3DS in sleep mode it counts how many steps you make. For every 100 steps you do, you earn a play coin. Inside the Nook brothers store you can buy a fortune cookie for 2 play coins. After you eat the cookie you get a number that matches up to a rare Nintendo themed item. You can only buy one a day.

Ok, I got my town set up. Name: Erik Friend Code: 0087-2622-9651 AC Name: TPR Erik City: Monkey Fruit: Pears Don't forget to get your bonus downloadable item from the post office/bank. Looks like I got a rainbow.

I ended up going to the park last Sunday. I ended up having a nice visit. They have and are trying to make small improvements where they can. Blue Streak was running quite well for our visit. Here is a recent trip report. http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=65558&start=10

Conneaut Lake Park! This was the first time I have been to this park. Both times I was in the area the park was closed that season. I am glad that they managed to reopen it. We ended up spending a few hours in the park after purchasing a $20 all day wrist band. The highlight is certainly Blue Streak. I ended up riding it 4 or 5 times that day. Fun ride, with a very insane violent first drop...especially in the back. I enjoyed it, and it does have some great moments of airtime throughout the ride. Make sure you do not miss Devil's Den, which is one of two surviving rare Pretzel gravity driven dark rides. The Tumble Bug was closed. I am sure they need an expensive part to get it working again. Yes, it is true that the park has seen better days, but they are trying to keep it open. I was certainly glad to help support it and they are trying to make improvements where they can. It is a place to should try to visit whenever you are near either Waldammer or Kennywood. It is located about an hour drive from either one. I understand that this sign was restored for this season. Looks like we are heading in the right direction. These would be the current hours. Let us head into the park, shall we? These would be the old ticket booths, which are no longer used. I am glad to finally make it here. Oooo....Flyers! I will have to try these out later. This would be the main reason why we are here. This way to the rides. They have a rare Tumble Bug. Unfortunately, it is currently closed for repairs. There it is! The original Blue Streak. Yahoo! And it is open today! A little ACE history. The coaster trains are classic cool. See what I mean? The coaster was running great! Plus, it is a lot of fun! As you can see, it really is buried in these woods. The first drop is really insane, especially in the back row. It actually is a nice location for a park. They have a rare Pretzel gravity driven dark ride. There are only two left. That would be the name. And yes, there is a gum wall right before the drop. Classic dark ride cars. There is a chain lift to get you going, after that, it is all gravity! The infamous gum wall! They have a classic carousel here. The history of the carousel. 1914! It is 99 years old! Here is a better look at the horses. Horses. I wished that this still worked One final photo. I found this to be really odd. I guess they got a super deal on them. Something seems to be missing. Yes, it is a real log cabin. Yep, this one no longer operates. There was a biker event going on. This would be the entertainment. There were a lot of closed facades in the park. I hope that they can continue to make it. They do have one of these here, but adults are not allowed to ride. It is one of the oldest steel coasters in the world. They do have a Witch's Stew. I do recommend the train ride. Our final ride of the day was the Flyers. They continue to spruce up the park where they can. The fence around the Flyers was getting a new paint job. Whenever you are at Kennywood or Waldameer, be sure to stop on by. It is pretty close to either, and Blue Streak is worth a visit.

This is the official TPR Community thread for Animal Crossing New Leaf on the Nintendo 3DS! Please respond to this thread and post your name, friend code, ACNL name, city name and town fruit! Add all the friend codes to your Nintendo 3DS so we can hang out in each others towns, swap items, trade designs, etc, etc... Feel free to use this thread to request items or talk about the game in any way you want! Welcome to the community! Erik Johnson Name: Erik Friend Code: 0087-2622-9651 AC Name: TPR Erik City: Monkey Fruit: Pears USCoaster Name: John 3d Friend Code: 3780-9190-3313 AC Name: John City: KiKi Fruit: Cherry CPmaverick Name: Richard Friend Code: 0774-4246-7779 AC Name: Richard City: New Bark Fruit: Peach Robbalvey Name: robbalvey FC: 2294-4245-1161 Town: Maihama Fruit: Pears AC Name: Robb Jray21 Name: King FC: 0688-5275-4791 Town: KingTown Fruit: Oranges AC Name: King Amyzoo Name: Queen FC: 0430-8312-2055 Town: Hidden Fruit: Apples AC Name: Amy Cameron Name: Cameron FC: 1607-2297-8272 Town: Boopville Fruit: Apples AC Name: Cameron Travis Name: Travis FC: 4356-0088-2299 Town: catville Fruit: peaches AC Name: Cassy moviekid21 Name: Chrisb Friend Code: 2251-4698-2109 AC Name: Chris City: Starwind Fruit: Pears Jcrouse Jack Crouse Name: SpecialTed FC: 2707-1618-3587 AC Name: DoughBoy Town Name: TwinPeak Fruit: Cherries Fire2box Name: fire2box Friend Code: 2208-5221-4039 AC Name: Tim City: Diddo Fruit: Cherries Wingwright Name: Michael Friend Code: 1633-4292-6835 AC Name: Weetrick City: Pico Fruit: Apples WillMontu Name: William AC Name: William Town name: Gatorton Fruit: Peach Code: 0920 0360 9573 Devilsaint Name: Chris Friend Code: 1907-8795-4644 AC Name: Chris City: Bellow Fruit: Peaches PALMTREE55 Friend Code-1521-3326-5647 Fruit-Apple City Name-BMcity AC Name - Palmer SoCalCoasters Name: AlexanderK Town Name: Axelan AC Name: Alex Friend Code: 2320-6637-2668 Fruit: Pears cmplxaud Name: Ricky Friend Code: 0490-5430-7737 AC Name: Ricky City: Boulder Fruit: Pears Mr. Starr Name: Ryan Friend Code: 0103-9963-2238 AC Name: Ryan City: Solisle Fruit: Cherries Robdrop Name: Robdrop Friend Code: 0430-8817-6575 AC Name: Rob City: Bioville Fruit: Pears bmull19 Name: Brad Friend Code: 1160-9740-8274 AC Name: Brad City: Indengo Fruit: Pears Name: Amber Boseley FC: 5429-6800-0248 Town: D~Ville Fruit: Peaches AC Name: Amber Name: DerekRX Friend code: 2380-3415-7842 AC name: Derek Town: Hopsburg Fruit: Pear Name: tomtom FC: 5000-2749-8863 Town: Parlin Fruit: Oranges AC Name: Tom TPR Name: RandyAU93 N3DS Name: McDoobAU93 N3DS Friend: 0087-2339-9130 ACNL Name: Randy Town Name: Windboro Town Fruit: Oranges 3DS Name -- DiSab712 Friend Code -- 2680-9615-2642 ACNL Name -- Derek Town Name -- Atillic Native Fruit -- Apples Name: bean.zilla Friend Code: 3411-1156-1467 AC Name: Squidgie City: Bibbins Fruit: Peaches name: Attack7 fc: 1435-4554-5048 City: Chicago Fruit: Cherry AC Name: Matt Disneyfan1313 Name: Stacey FC: 4570-7829-6044 City: DCA Fruit: Orange AC Name: Anna or Triton Mr Stratosphere Name: JP Town Name: Valencia (I know I know... Don't ask lol!) AC Name: John Friend Code: 3282-2942-7861 Fruit: Cherries Name: mattguyver FC: 4570-7957-8252 Town: G-Force Fruit: Pears AC Name: Matt For those of you with the QR code reader, here's a few great sites to scan QR codes for some GREAT custom designs: So far these are the best two I've found: http://qrcrossing.com/home/ http://bidoofcrossing.tumblr.com/qr http://newleaf-mensfashion.tumblr.com/archive http://agarthancrossing.tumblr.com/

Already Visited: Magic Kingdom Epcot Six Flags Great America Kennywood Waldameer Conneaut Lake Park (New for me!) Cedar Point Planning: Six Flags Fiesta Texas Six Flags Over Texas Sea World San Antonio Magic Springs (New for me!) Silver Dollar City Universal Orlando Sea World Orlando Disney Hollywood Studios Animal Kingdom Busch Gardens Tampa

Waldameer Time! Like I mentioned before I had been to park once before in 2008. That was when Ravine Flyer II was brand new. They had added a few new things since my last visit which includes probably the fastest cycled Music Express in the United States. Seriously the rumors are true, this thing runs at bat-insane speed. I understand it reaches an excess of 25mph and yes you do get quite a bit of airtime on the ride. It was really great to get back to ride Ravine Flyer II. We had multiple rides on it during our visit and it was running super great! A lot of work has been done on it during the off season so it was running just as well (well maybe even better) than it was in 2008! It did not even need much time to warm up. The first rides of the day was just as fast as they were later in the day. It is a great little park (My personal favorite during TPR's 2008 Ravine Flyer II/Behemoth trip). Be sure to visit it if you get the chance. Ravine Flyer II is still a top five wooden coaster in the United States. Erie's Land Lighthouse. I like lighthouses as well. Plus we had some time to kill before the park opened at 12:00 PM. All about the lighthouse. A long list of former lighthouse keepers. Proof of my lighthouse credit. Yay! I did get the bird! Ooooo......Waldameer! Here is a map of the park. The new Music Express looks so innocent over there, we will get back to that later. While the park opens at 12:00 PM, most of the rides open a little later in the day. We founds ways to amuse ourselves until some of the rides opened up. Almost as good as Boris, Chuck! Clowns do not creep me out. Ooooo....The Sky Ride is open! Comet! Random Scrambler photo! Random Cameron Photo! Again, we will talk about the awesome this is a little later! I have to admit I was getting anxious to ride this again! There are a bunch of bronze statues in the park. I would bet there is over 50 or so of these type of statues. The Bill Tracy dark ride is now open! Funky little cars! Chuck looks really excited! It really is a great one, if you like old school dark rides. My favorite part! Such a cool one! Yay! Now open! Can you find Waldo? Everyone is happy....because they are riding Ravine Flyer II! Hands Up, Waldo! Thumbs up for Ravine Flyer II!! Two of us needed the credit. Shameless......though I did the same back in 2008. Still super scary!! These are still fun! The rumors are true. This Music Express is insane! They run it at top speed both backwards and forwards. Yes you even get airtime!! You have to be 52 inches to ride this one as well. The manufacture requires this when run at full speed. And I leave you with one final photo of Waldameer.

I just returned from a bit of a whirlwind of a trip. For the last couple of years, Chuck (cfc) and I have been trying to plan a trip to go to Cedar Point. Chuck has been to most of the major parks in the entire world, but for whatever reason he had yet to visit Cedar Point! So 2013 was the year to do it. We managed to fit it three other parks as well. Those include Kennywood, Waldameer and Conneaut Lake Park. The last time I went to Kennywood and Ceder Point was during TPR's Midwest trip in 2007. The last time I went to Waldameer was TPR's Ravine Flyer II/Behemoth trip in 2008. Conneaut Lake Park was new to me. First, let us start with Kennywood. We arrived at the park right around 6:00 PM, so he had a good 4 hours in the park. All of us had been there before, but I had never been there at night. It only costs $25 to get into the park after 5:00 PM. Kennywood still holds up as one of my absolute favorite parks in the US. It still has that classic old park, non corporate, feel to it. Phantom's Revenge is still in my top 10. It is an airtime machine and I highly recommend trying it in row 2 sometime.....especially at night! Sky Rocket (Credit #427) was new to me and it proved to be much better than I expected. For one, it was a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be. Smooth, fast and fun! I was able to finally ride my first Bayern Curve (which I had no idea Kennywood had one). It was a blast, especially when the horn goes off to signify that the ride was running at top speed. The shooting dark ride was also new. While the ride itself was quite good, the shooting accuracy seemed to be way off. I am not sure if it was just only our car. Again, Kennywood proved to me to still be awesome, and it was a great way to start off this trip! Onward to the photos! My first Silver Airways credit! Just what I need to buy. Especially with the word Ohio on it. Pittsburgh really does have a cool skyline. This is such a unique building. It has been far too long. I have not been here since TPR's 2007 Midwest trip! Kennywood is one of my favorite parks in the US! Something new has been added since my last visit. What a cool and very unique looking train. Off they go! And it makes very little noise doing it. The first tower hill is a lot taller than I expected. Sky Rocket proved to be a fantastic ride! The launch is a lot of fun.....well the whole thing is a lot of fun! Hey wait! I know those people! I had no idea how awesome the Bayern Curve ride is! It is so fast and fun...just beware of the HORN! This means awesome! Phantom's Revenge is still ranked in my top ten steel list. It actually might have gone up a couple of spots. Row 2 is simply awesome. Lots of airtime! It is a long way up there...I think it takes almost 2 minutes to get the the top. It is super fast and super smooth. Yeah, I love Phantom's Revenge! Best indoor spinning mouse on the planet! The dark ride revamp happened after my last visit. Creepy! And well done! Totally trackless! Thunderbolt is still fantastic! It still is quite insane! Neon Turtle sign as well as Phantom's Revenge. This was about as close as I got to riding the electric cars. They broke down about an hour before closing. This was the first time I have been to the park at night. All the neon was very cool! I ended up running out of time to be able to ride The Racer this time. I will be sure to next time. I could not skip out on Jack Rabbit though! Jack Rabbit!!! It is really fun at night....it gets really dark after leaving the station. Goodnight Kennywood! I love Kennywood!

I have been keeping people on 24 hour tasks. I plan on continuing to play, but Animal Crossing comes out on Sunday!

According the Screamscape, Sandstorm is being moved to Sesame Place.

I just used the Fast Lane Plus last Monday and I can say that it saved us a lot of waiting time. The park was pretty crowded (90 min waits for both Gatekeeper and Maverick) and it cut down our wait for them to about 10 minutes. FYI, Wicked Twister and Iron Dragon are not Fast Pass so you may want to hit them as early as possible. Dragster and MF was about a 15 minute wait for either, but that really depends on how many trains are running. CP really makes it a point to have fast operations, so they should not be more than that. I was with a first timer and he was able to get all of his credits (with multiple rides) as well as many other attractions in that day. I should also say that the weather was perfect that day, so nothing shut down due to that.

I heard him interviewed in a NPR show last week. He said he modeled the park after Canobie Lake Park. He then threw a bunch of extra carnies into the mix as well.

That would have been Derek. We were in the train behind you when the ride went down. The manual launch looked and sounded really funny. Probably took you by surprise.

Fantastic, especially the log flume! Thanks for posting.

I hope so since it is the only one that is complete. It had both the cover as well as the fan.

I had a great visit to The park today. Ravine Flyer II was running just as good, maybe even a little better, than it was opening year. Even the first few rides of the day had airtime galore. The real surprise was the insane cycle that you experience on the brand new Music Express. Seriously I have never ridden one so fast. Videos simply does not do it justice when it pops into overdrive speed. I do not think I have ever experienced airtime on one of those rides before.

Was Pitfall the one at Kennywood?

I would classify it as more of an out and back. The station is built high off the ground which is why you have that drop out of the station. If I recall, it was not built on top of a hill. I liked the original Hades (I never rode it when it got super rough). The new track element certainly helps the coaster maintain it's speed through that section of the ride. Before it used to really slow down when the train emerged from the first tunnel as it headed up an incline. I believe it was in this area that they used to have valley problems.

Looks good! Thanks for posting!

The really fixed the pacing of that section of the ride. Before it used to lose a lot of speed in that section, not anymore!

I am looking forward to visiting the park a week from Sunday. I will be sure to add it to my future Photo: Trip Report.

Easily The Magic Kingdom's Space Mountain. It has got to be up to well over 100 by now.