BorisTF Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 ^I like it. It smells like bubble gum and I have no idea how to describe its taste.It tastes like the color orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 ^^I like it! ^LOL, just like Tizer tastes like red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 They have purple and green and orange Tizer over here at the moment. I only had the purple one, and it tasted Red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Well at least you got to find out what "Irn Bru can do for you!" Two drinks I want to try are Irn Bru and Moxie. Anyhow - great photo TR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Day 8: Lightwater Valley Lightwater was an... interesting... park. I really liked The Ultimate, so shoot me! I didn't think it was too rough, and the second part was really fun. Rat Ride, an indoor Schwarzkopf Wilcat, was really disappointing to me. We used to have a Schwarzkopf Wildcat at Martin's Fantasy Island, and it was really fast and fun. Rat Ride was slow as hell and boring. Maybe I spoke too soon. I did not ride. Derek did, though. He did not suffer any lasting effects. It's time for the Toad Hole. The water ride into disease. Oh look! ANOTHER kiddy coaster! lol. Somebody's a bit too excited to be riding the kiddy coaster! Ok, a million and a half times I must have said "AWWW!!" a million times! I wanted to take one home with me!! See???? Grizzly Bear is some sort of Pinfari with the CUTEST THEMING EVER!!! The remote controlled ducks were fun. Tommy and Derek look like they're thinking "WHY are we riding this AGAIN!??!" Slowest lift hill ever! Longest trains ever! The Ultimate Welcome to Lightwater Valley, please enter through the green house and strange store area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Is it just me or does the "cute" Grizzly Bear picture kind of look like the "German Nazi SS Guard" Grizzly Bear? --Robb "Joey, look out!" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Is it just me or does the "cute" Grizzly Bear picture kind of look like the "German Nazi SS Guard" Grizzly Bear? --Robb "Joey, look out!" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Yeah--those bears are so damn cute, until you get between them and a pic-a-nic basket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Is it just me or does the "cute" Grizzly Bear picture kind of look like the "German Nazi SS Guard" Grizzly Bear? --Robb "Joey, look out!" Alvey Even more so when you flip the picture! That took all of 5 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Oh my God!!! LOL!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvcoasterguy Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 That's great! Nice pictures and TR. It's really enjoyable to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted June 30, 2006 Author Share Posted June 30, 2006 Day 7: Flamingoland The second half of the day would bring us to Flamingoland, home of two pretty cool Vekoma coasters, Velocity and Kumali. Everyone was raving about how smooth and good Kumali was; I didn't think it was THAT great, but it was definitely better than a normal SLC. Oh yeah, we also found the flaming o's. They sure were stinky! Yum! And some cool rope thing to climb on. Let's zoom in on this picture: Before ERT, we went on a mission to find the flamingos. We found a surprise dark ride! Looks like James has stolen my man! So then I stole his. Time for another pain-free Vekoma: Velocity! Our ERT on this was awesome, but after like 5 rides I had to take a break! Derek took pics of the Disk-O for me while I struggled to put away my sweet Velocity pin and Flamingoland eraser SIDELOOP! Oh, wait, it's Kumali. It doesn't hurt. Continuing the tradition of pain, time to ride an SLC! I see you, Chris Belson! Here's the worst flatride ever: Evolution. You spend the entire ride shifing uncomfortably on the restraint. Although not made by Vekoma, this wild mouse also delivers much pain Also known as the Land of the Vekoma. Here we have a fine example of pain Welcome to Flaming O Land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippyTrick09 Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Hmm pain free Vekomas... Sure sign of the Apocalyps... Well It looks like yall had fun.. I wish I could've went...Well keep the good pics coming- Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Booster Bikes are only pain-free to women. And eunuchs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaneymon Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Possobly they should rename Flamingoland Painland with Birds Any way Nicole Awesome pictures and keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 Day 8: Pleasurewood Hills Pleasurewood Hills is a strange little park with a Schwarzkopf Jumbo V, Enigma. It also has the dumbest "3d" dark ride in a boat ever. They don't try to keep you away from the track of their new Boomerang! This was my first Helter Skelter experience. Oh well. Either way, it generates plenty of sensations and emotions in all of us Or "The Rattlesnake"??? I'm so confused Is it called "Snake in the Grass"? Next is the coaster that's having an identity crisis It looked pretty cool, but was pretty slow and boring IMO First stop of the day: Enigma Welcome to another pleasure-themed British park, Pleasurewood Hills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorenightwithyou Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Your Photo Trip Report keeps on getting better and better. Now if only mine could be as good as yours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinb Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 They don't try to keep you away from the track of their new Boomerang! Isn't it kept behind a fence? Its not actually in the park is it? -Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 ^It's barely behind a fence. There's fence on one side of it, quite easy to walk around. People were just hanging out around the Vekoma track. No need to stealthily sneak around the fence or exert any effort whatsoever to get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Ah so now I see where your Sideloop avatar comes from. That SLC at flamingo land! Gotta love Vekomas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 Day 8: Joyland Next, we went up to the Yarmouth area to hit up Joyland and Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach. Joyland is a strange kiddie park. It's really tiny, with rides stacked all over each other. Bye bye, Joyland. Time to split a carriage ride with Derek, Ted, and Catrina. Would have been a romantic double date except Barry was also there with us. Here's another dubious credit: Tyrolean Tubtwist. It's a Virginia Reel. I count it. I have no logical reason why; I just do. Call it instinct. "Whee! I'm not a credit! If you count me you're a tool!" If this is a credit, so are all the other powered dark rides around the world, including Gold Rush, Ghost Train, and the Alice ride at Blackpool Here's a bizzare ride: Snails. It's listed in RCDB, but I do not count it as a credit. A closeup of Spook Express Here you can see Spook Express, the kiddy coaster, with some other rides underneath it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwantRevenge Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Sweet a operating viginia reel, do you have more photos of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 ^Unfortunately, it was in a very strange spot that made it hard to take pictures. Derek has one picture of it in his PTR: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26263&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 Day 8: Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Yeah, I dunno what to say. This is kind of parallelling my experience on the trip. By this point I was kind of tired and ready for Balder, and now I'm pretty tired of making captions and ready to post pictures of Balder. Here are some pictures from Yarmouth. "Durrrrrrr" Yet another bizarre snail ride! It's fun, we rode it twice Time for credit #100: Roller Coaster! Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure. Those Brits sure are into pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 Night 8: Bonus PTR So I was innocently minding my own business in my hotel room when I recieved a phone call. "Who could possibly be calling ME?" I thought to myself as I answered. Well, it was James, inviting Derek and I to a party celebrating the last night of the big losers who weren't doing the add-on. Enjoy! Awww, I miss you, Mommy! TED?!?! What are you doing???!!! (It's sugar in the spoon BTW) Barron is cool. Who are the losers and who are the cool people??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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