robbalvey 102 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Hey everyone! A lot of people have been asking me lately "are you still going to do traditional style TPR music videos?" Well, I'm happy to announce that after a year hiatus from doing our most popular style of video, they are BACK!!! We had to take time off because of KidTums so that meant not very many coaster trips between July of 2006 and July of 2007. The first real trip we took was the TPR Spain Trip. And with the footage shot from that trip plus the mini-Europe trip we are now hard at work on our "Coaster Expedition Volume 9" DVD which will be shipping on January 21st, 2008! So here you go...the latest TPR music video...PortAventura...from the recent TPR Spain Trip... Enjoy! --Robb "It's good to be back doing these videos again!" Alvey portaventura_tpr.wmv PortAventura Video - 640x480 WMV version. If your browser only displays 320x240, download the .zip version below. portaventura_tpr.zip .zip version for you to download, convert to your ipod, or just play on your computer! Link to post Share on other sites
coasterdude5 1 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Great video as always. There's been so much content over the past year I didn't notice the hiatus. Good to have new ones again. Link to post Share on other sites
diznee 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 wow....great to have u bring in a new traditional video! especially on the Eve of Christmas....awesome video! Link to post Share on other sites
MollyG 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Thanks for the video, Robb and Elissa... very enjoyable! MollyG Link to post Share on other sites
knottslover77 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 This is one of best, thanks. --Jay Link to post Share on other sites
Corkscrewed 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Awesome vid! Port Aventura is an amazing park, and it's good to see the traditional TPR vids back! Link to post Share on other sites
BarryH 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Cool vid! There's a wooden coaster better than Balder? No way! I'm anxiously awaiting videos from the bestest TPR trip, Japan! Link to post Share on other sites
ms13 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Now that was a great video! My favorite type of video (nothing wrong with the others). What a great christmas present from TPR! Here's hoping for many more of these very soon!! Link to post Share on other sites
RCFreak 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I miss the Spain trip... Awesome video though! I had a blast on the trip and am glad to see the return of this style of video from you guys. Link to post Share on other sites
ikari 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Thanks guys!! Amazing video as ever!! PortAventura is my hometown theme park and I'm glad to see you enjoyed it a lot!! Merry Christmas!! ^_^ Link to post Share on other sites
FLIPDUDE 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Yaaaay! Great video, Robb! Despite being halfway across the atlantic from where this was shot, it reminded me alot of the midwest trip(namely the Racer at Kennywood) Can't wait to see more! What trips will be included in the coaster expedition DVD? Link to post Share on other sites
Wilram 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Thanks for the video And A very happy Christmas and a happy New Year gr From Wil Maastricht Holland Link to post Share on other sites
mickske 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Quality video's as usual, thanks Rob. Link to post Share on other sites
The Patchman 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 loved the video, now that makes me want to go to Spain...... lol Link to post Share on other sites
jedimaster1227 119 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Its beginning to look alot like Christmas... Even though I celebrate Hannukah! A truly spectacular return to the Coaster Expedition music videos! I cannot wait to put in my order for Volume 9! Thanks again and Merry Christmas to all! Link to post Share on other sites
Carnage 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Has it really been that long?? Great job as always Robb. Link to post Share on other sites
Kim_attacks 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 This is my first post here, so hello everybody!! I'm from Spain and I worked during two years in Port Aventura. Yes, Stampida is a great ride, but It was much better with the old trains. It's nice to see my hometown park at TPR. Thanks!!!! Stampida's old trains were better than the new ones from 2007's Season Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Khan 2 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Oh, his highness Robb... Just tell me you have the whole POV of my all time favourite Dragon Khan... PLEASE ! I have dozens of onride footages of this great ride, but not one is good... even the pseudo pro video version of World's greatest Coaster Thrills in 3D sucks, in my opinion. The passages I see of it in your video seem millions times better. I have also tried to film it myself, but the result is just crap... Please Sir Robb, king of the best rollercoaster site in universe, do me the favour Link to post Share on other sites
robbalvey 102 Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 Stampida's old trains were better than the new ones from 2007's Season I can only imagine! I really felt that there was a good ride in Stampida somewhere, but it just shook us to death. Why did they feel they needed to make the change? Was it too difficult to get parts from the US-based PTC? Did they not operate well on the ride? It seems that most of the CCI's that do not use PTCs end up falling to peices even MORE than the ones that use them. --Robb Link to post Share on other sites
Roachman 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Awesome video Robb! Glad you brought back the music videos! Brad Link to post Share on other sites
dsngiem 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 and with bringing back the videos, he also brought back "crotch vision" going down the drop tower. Link to post Share on other sites
TheStig 0 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Great video, Robb. Makes me all the more pissed that I could only see the park from about two miles away! Oh well, I guess that means that I have to go back, right? Link to post Share on other sites
mcjaco 1 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Ah, the TPR video returns! Yay! Awesome job Robb! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 What kind of videocam did you use its was a great video no flaws no jumpyness? Link to post Share on other sites
Groteslurf 0 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Stampida's old trains were better than the new ones from 2007's Season I can only imagine! I really felt that there was a good ride in Stampida somewhere, but it just shook us to death. Why did they feel they needed to make the change? Was it too difficult to get parts from the US-based PTC? Did they not operate well on the ride? It seems that most of the CCI's that do not use PTCs end up falling to peices even MORE than the ones that use them. --Robb It is indeed a pitty that they bought the Kumbak trains. Port Aventura must be unhappy with their purchase aswell, I can imagine. While Stampida was a great ride with the old trains, it is now much slower and quite painful. Ok, the old trains were in the end ragging through the course and it felt like there was no rubber on the wheels anymore. But I guess a new set of wheels could have solved that. The main problem with the old trains and probably the reason why Port Aventura decided to buy the new trains from another company, was the capacity problems due to the safety bars not opening after each ride on 30 to 40 % of the seats. The ops had to manually open all those seats after each ride and a lot of time was lost due to this. Great video by the way ! Link to post Share on other sites
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