Erik Johnson

What no Jimmy Neutron? Oh well. I am glad you liked The Mummy. Yeah its on the short side but like you said you do get some crazy airtime on it. The 2nd drop always gets me. I have not been on E.T. in at least over 10 years, and Im not planning on going on it anytime soon. Unless R & E force us on it in October. Beh! Anyways, looking forward to your pictures.

Thank you for making sure all the cables we fasten correctly, otherwise there could have been a real big mess.

Oh yeah! The shirt came from Toys R Us when I preordered Metal Gear Solid for PS1, I guess that was a while ago.

It was, but what was strange is that they sent me an opened Taiko Volume 4 game (though its obvious that it is brand new). I did order the game/drum co-pack, and it looked like they opened up the pack and just sent me the game. I did get an Email last week saying that the drum was going to be sent sometime this week. Why not send me the whole package I ordered? I dunno, everything else I ordered arrived, but I think they dropped the ball on this one. Sorry for getting off topic. Update. BTW, it did get my drum controller!!! Woot!

Welcome to the forums, we do have a lot of fun here.

On 9-10-05, we were able to ride Disney/MGM's Rock N Rollercoaster three times. This is the "Sweet Emotion" coaster train. Rock n Rollercoaster's building entrance.

Ok MGM goodness! They were only running two trains, but again that's all they needed. RnRC was pretty empty. As always, the dispatch crews were top-notch. There was hardly any wait for RnRC, it took us 30 seconds to get to this point, I wonder why ToT had such a long line? We got a quick bite to eat then walked over to Rock n Rollercoaster. WoW! ToT had a 50min posted wait time. So we got ourselves a fast pass. At least these machines work great with our AP passes. Did you hear that Universal? My favorite attraction at MGM. The Tower of Terror. The last of the Elissa friendly pictures. These are the new Chip & Dale items that are found at WDW. We ended up riding RnRC 3 times that day. Be careful of the Sith Lord near MGM's exit. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this Photo TR. Don't mess with Leanne. Me looking quite silly with one of those golden ear hats. There's a Vekoma coaster in Stage 15. Since the animation studio closed last year, MGM has been having a hard time finding talented artists. You get your MNSSHP tickets yet? While Night of Joy was starting over at MK, MGM was preparing for next month's pagan holiday. The coolest sign ever. Why the long wait for ToT? They were only running two elevators instead of the normal four. While MGM had light crowds, this line moved abnormally slow. A great hidden message while waiting for the pre-show. Thank goodness for fast-pass. One of my best friend's laughed at the "pink" building. Needless to say he will never ride it again.

Hooray we survived Dinosaur! Now unto more pictures. Right outside was the petting area. We rather enjoyed our "listening room". Though these "listening rooms" are the best. They are actually hidden rooms that couples can go to and make out. Actually its quite a nice building. Very much like a well funded museum. After going around for a little while, we finally get to the conservation building. Woot! We get to ride a train. It sits right next door to this. Again you can see the 80foot drop exiting the mountain. We decided to head back to the back of the park to ride the train ride to the animal conservation area. But we needed to make a pit stop at next year's most popular bathroom. You asking why its going to be popular? Well...... Another Elissa friendly picture. I guess Disney CMs have a hotline that they can call to ask questions. Notice what the hotline is called. We did have a good day at AK...Now onto MGM goodness. Several of the floats had tourist families on them. Notice the ear plugs and the sleeping kid. The 4th friendly Elissa photo on this TR. Hooray a parade. I see that this guy's Taiko drum controller arrived. The 3rd Elissa friendly picture. I thought it was kinda funny that you could buy all this snack food right beside the petting zoo. Maybe the donkeys would like some candy. At least Disney supplies soap and water after all that petting. However, it did take us a minute to find out how to operate the sink. You had to use foot pedals at the base of the sink to pump the water. Hey we got to see two logos walking around.

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18843 I added more Expedition Everest construction pictures on our 9-10-05 AK Photo TR.

More....AK Leanne happens to have two things that scare her. Complete darkness and loud Dinosaurs. Boy she is a trooper. Looping starships and pendelum type swinging flat rides are what scare me if you wanted to know. Again the queue theming is top notch at AK. Dinosaur! Since Alien Encounter is gone, this is now WDWs scariest darkest of all dark rides. Little kids beware! Sue is about to chomp off my head. I still need to ride the fast-pass side to the spinning mouse coaster for the other credit. We attempted but they ended up shutting down this side when we were going to use our fast-pass. Ugh! Tarzan Rocks! Well Leanne was happy to see it. Goofy wanted to say "Hi" to all the TPR members. While on the short side and not getting really wet. Kali was pretty fun. It actually has a nice sized drop which is uncommon on a rapids ride. Ok, onto AK's rapids ride. Wasn't Kali the god that was featured in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? There might be some nastiness on this ride. Mmmmmmmmmm! Pocahontas. Once a day after a performance they have a "behind the scenes" performance where they train the animals in front of AK visitors. Mmmmmmmmmm! Pocahontas. We found some ducks while walking into Camp Mickey. Hooray! Its Tigger. Maybe that's who she found while using the telescope. Dang, I got replaced by a cat. McDonalds has a pretty neat ad for itself. They are the sponsor of the Dinosaur area. Leanne is carjacking a car at the Dinosaur section of AK. The Tree of Life, its at Disney's Animal Kingdom if you did not know.

Well we went to one of those Orlando parks today. No, not The Holy Land Experience, we won't be going there until they build the Holy Roller Coaster. Anyways, we decided to go to Disney's Animal Kingdom today after planning it last weekend. I got some more pictures of the construction of the world's most themed roller coaster, Expedition Everest. I tried to take some different pictures of what was already posted earlier this week. Plus there are quite a few "Elissa friendly pictures" in this post. I hope these cheer you up Elissa! Anyways, I have now a new-found respect for Animal Kingdom. This was only the second time I have been to this park (thank you AP passes), but unlike the last visit (which was only four hours long) I was able to spend much more time to explore the park. AK's themeing is top notch. Ok enough of an introduction, its time for the pictures. I believe these are electricfied in order to keep the animals from wandering into the wrong zones. ZAP! We got to see some nice animals while on safari. Though this one was pretty standard when compared to BGT's version. Though its quite nice. Safari time! This is the first time either of us have done the safari. The crowds were very light at AK today (no FP required), plus the weather wasn't too hot. These Expedition Everest banners are found ALL over the park. Ok this is the first of several Elissa friendly pictures. This is me and Chip. If Disney only charges $8 for parking, how can Six Flags justify charging $10? While this is not a drop tower, you get extra cool points if you know its name and location. Leanne is very excited to get back to Disney's Animal Kingdom. That is EE's lift hill on the left hand side as well as the top of its 80 foot drop into the bamboo forrest below. Its supposed to have a top speed of 55mph. Ok, onto some Expedition Everest construction pictures. Yes, it is Florida's tallest mountain at 199 feet. This is me attempting to play Taiko since my stupid drum controller has yet to arrive!!! Dang it, where is it? Yes, I am talking to you video game store from Hawaii!! Leanne better not be looking for a new husband. Expedition Everest looks like its going to be the coaster of 2006. It looks like they already got the fast-pass section built. Another lift hill picture. More dirt pictures at the base of EE. Here you can see a part of the drop and the embankment of the track. After going down the 80 foot drop, the coaster wraps back around into the mountain up this embankment. EE is massive. Can you find the worker on the mountain? More moving around dirt pictures. I wonder if they are using donkey engines? Check out the roller coaster itself. While its a typical mine car coaster, it has a donkey steam engine on the BACK of the coaster. The front seat will be perfect for POVs. This is an artist's rendition of Expedition Everest. This is a different angle of the 80 foot drop.

Yeah in what will be the most "themed" roller coaster mine car type train in the world, each EE train will have a donkey engine in the back. Unlike Big Thunder where you have a train pulling you through the ride, EE has a donkey engine, in the back, which pushes you through the ride. This will enable you to get some great POVs in the front seat of the coaster, with no train to obstruct your view. Right before the ride opens maybe we can get someone to paint TPR's logo on each of the engines....jk!

Oh boy, this will soon be a locked post...sheesh!

While I liked some of the smaller coasters before, my wife got me into the big ones at the age of 32....Isn't love grand?

I believe that I followed the rules Pucechan. Would you mind checking out my Hell Mouth coaster to make sure?

Ok here is my first entry for this contest. The Hell Mouth For RCT3 (not soaked) The Hellmouth with its ratings. The Hell Mouth's loading area. The coaster gets its name from this steep hidden drop (the coaster's 2nd big drop) into the abyss. A side view of The Hell Mouth. The green cauldron on the left hand side marks the hidden drop. The Hellmouth20x30_giga_theming_challenge.dat Ok here is the track, fixed according to the rules.

The height requirement is going to be 44 inches, at least that is what it is right now.

Now that was very fast. We ordered our HHN tickets Tuesday afternoon and for some reason (for no extra charge) they sent them to us Fed Ex overnight. All we have let to receive is our MNSSHP tickets, they are supposed to arrive today...Woot! we got them today. We are now all set for October.

1. Montu at BGT is my favorite for now, though Dueling Dragons at IOA is a very close second. As for which coaster I want to really ride next? Alpengeist at BGW, then Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom. ^^At least I will get to ride them next year

Do you count coaster that have two seperate tracks such as WDWs Space Moutain as 2 or The spinning mouse coaster at AK as two credits?

Though with all the problems earlier, one neat thing that came out of all of this was the easy access to all those wonderful older Photo TRs which I never seen yet.

Its kinda nice to see some of these older photo TRs.

You also have to remember that R & E do not count rides that they have ridden a 2nd time after a relocation (i.e. Stealth--->Borg Assimilator). Also don't you count racers (such as Thunder Road at Carowinds) as one credit?

Looks like R & E maybe coming back over to Florida in the Spring time.

Some nice pictures, we are actually thinking of going to AK this weekend, unless we get hit by that Tropical storm (well now a Hurricane) which is hanging out 80 miles off the coast of Florida right now. wdwmagic.com has a bunch of pictures of inside EE. This maybe be the most themed roller coaster yet.