Erik Johnson

I have to admit that my expectations for many of the smaller parks we visited were quite low. Boy was I wrong, as they were the nicest parks on the trip. I can not wait until the next installment, which I hope will feature pictures of the log flume.

I know that Natalie took an awesome photo that proves your statement. I sure hope that she posts it somewhere.

Overall I thought Seabreeze was a nice a little park. It certainly was a great was to start the trip with. The next morning we went over to Darien Lake which I found to be a nice clean park with a good selection of coasters as well as flat rides. Ride Of Steel was running really well, especially for our afternoon rides. Notice the log flume water in Roxanne's cup. Yes, this counts as my "An Unacceptable Amount of Wetness" square. We all got really wet on the Log Flume. "Butt Stain" should really be a new square for Elissa Photo Bingo. "Elissa peels the skin from a hotdog." Check! While I did not have a Dan/Sugar square on my bingo sheet, I went ahead and took this photo....just to make sure. Thanks for helping me to earn the, "Bar Time!" Bingo square. Which way is the beer again, Neil? Vekoma Spooge! This was the first of four Boomerangs that I rode on this trip. The second half of the TPR train. The TPR train. Motorcoaster was a pretty fun ride, its a good new family addition to the park. Though the height limit was a bit on the high side. S as in Steel, not that other thing. This almost counted as, "We break a coaster" but none of us were on that train. Hanno actually found a little time to ride something on this trip. Anyone else think that the coaster station seems to be on the small side for such a big ride? Ride Of Steel was running really well for our visit, especially in the afternoon. Darien Lake is another new park credit for me. I do not think that Brent is aware of the Superman ban in Darien Lake. Roxanne helped me to earn the, "Breakfast Time!" square. "Robb Eats Everything" Though the picture kind of came out blurry. The next morning I was able to score a few points for Elissa Photo Bingo. This was my first "Bears" square.

I just got home from another awesome TPR trip this morning. Yes, I really had a blast. I was able to meet and hang out riding a bunch of roller coasters with old as well as new friends. We had a 6 hour drive at the very start of the trip where we traveled to Seabreeze which is located in Rochester, New York.....and this is where we shall begin. I will be posting a combination of photos as well as video. In case you have a difficult time watching the embedded video, you can download the video which is found at the bottom of this post. Also you should use the zoom feature while watching the video in case it looks a bit squished on the left and right-hand sides. Are you ready for another ride? We did get a little wet on the log flume. Since Flyers are my favorite flat ride, I always make sure that I ride them. Here are the, "Bobselds", which were quite interesting. I prefer riding backwards. Next was the Maurer Sohne Spinner, Whirlwind. This was the first time I got to ride one. And this is what the lifthill looks like. Jack Rabbit was the very first coaster of the trip. "Robb Videotapes Something"......check! First park of the trip, Seabreeze. I know I am ready. "You guys ready for Seabreeze?" Sheesh, people were already sleeping on the trip. We did go check out Robb's store for a few minutes. No, we did not get a discount. At least I did get the elusive, "Elissa eats McDonalds Food". This was my attempt at the, "Dave Wilson Eats Some Horrible Food...And Lives!" credit. But Elissa disqualified it. I am glad that our bus really stood out from all the rest. Ok, let us see what I can get. Elissa Photo Bingo was a big hit on the trip. U.K. candy really does rock. Someone just earned his Twinkie credit. I am happy to report that my lawn mower has been working really well this year. Seabreezetprinternet.wmv Seabreeze Video Seabreezetprinternet.zip Seabreeze For Download.

I am sure it will be pretty crowded Sunday afternoon and evening. Goliath does not have a single rider line (none of the rides at SFoG have a single rider line)and the line usually gets to be 60-90 minutes long in the summer. Since time is limited for you I would try to get both Goliath, Mindbender (since it is pretty close to Goliath and its really awesome), and maybe Georgia Scorcher since all of those 3 coasters are unique to the park. Mindbender's lines usually goes pretty quick though Scorcher could have a long wait.

Wow, some of those rides look very insane. Thanks for sharing this.

I had no idea that attraction even existed at SFA.

Heh heh heh...Congrats on your 400th coaster.

What a great idea Will, I can't wait till the next section. I am sure that Scott will like this update.

More Ice Bat please....thank you.

Great photo report as well as pictures! How many more days till Behemoth?

I will forever call SLC's, Satan's Looping Coasters. Great update as always.

Yeah, this is pretty sweet. I shall give it a try when I have some time later on.

Great update! I really want to go back to IB sometime.

Instead vote for Gainesville, Florida.

Well, Batman does need a new girlfriend. I should say that I really did enjoy the movie.

Sweet update Rick, thanks for posting all of this. It looks like that it isn't too difficult to get to EuroDisney from the UK. I will have to keep that in mind.

Maybe this will help

Oh wow, those slides really do look insane!

Nope, but I needed a new one anyways.

There are a lot of crappy people out there, and you did do the right thing. I once got held up right outside of Wal-Mart after getting off from work (when I used to run a liquor store, how funny is that). The guy had a gun pointed at my chest and demanded my wallet. All I had in it was $20 so I had no problem giving that up just to get him to go away. Conflict should only be used as a last resort, because as someone said, he could have had a gun on him.

Now I finally discovered your fasicination with those stand up drop rides.

I assume that this was not caused by the Miner Mike.

I hit about 7-8 different Wal-Marts a week due to my job (I am a wine vendor). I always find the ones located in much smaller cities to be a LOT more friendly. Fun trip report, thanks for posting.

Considering how well all the other "Wii" games have done, combined with how well Rock Band and Guitar Hero have done...I'm sure it will be another it. I think it looks pretty cool. All I care about is Chrono Trigger DS. Holy Crap!!!! There is a Chrono Trigger coming out for the DS? Oh, I now see it is basically the original version with the cool anime sequences that were on the Playstation remake (which was a real chore to play). I always felt the two Chrono Trigger games were a step above Final Fantasy. Dude, you weren't even alive when my first NES game was released! --Robb Was that the Wizardry port? I loved that game for the Commodre 64, I even used the remixed main title for most of my Busch Gardens Europe segment.