SteveC Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Hey Peter - your night mode shots are TOP Great report and thanks for sharing! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Those are some really cool photo's of Nagashima Spa Land! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 ^^ ^ Thanks to both of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 September 11-13 Day 12-14, Disney and SEGA Coaster today = 6 Missed coasters = 1 Coasters in total = 78 These days had been designated the Disney days, and one evening we went over to SEGA Joypolis to ride the credit there. To first sum up Joypolis, before we continue with Disney. Joypolis was pretty cool, but Spin Bullet (their coaster) sucked, one of the worst coasters ever made, and I don't have any pictures of it, but that isn't really a loss. Now back to Disney, I won't write that much about the place, because it's just too much and the best thing is to go there yourself and experience it first hand. I didn't take too many pictures either, but most of the ones I got are cool night photos. Bill, Mike and me went all over these places and rode pretty much everything, and the whole experience was just awesome, thanks for your company. And to compare them to each other, I would say that I liked DisneySea a lot more then DisneyLand, could be that I don't really like Disney and DisneySea was less children orientated. But both places are really well made and the quality is topnotch. Now onto pictures: It's pretty obvious where we are going, right... Monorail Entrance They had a cool globe outside Space Mountain Mount Prometheus The tower They had a big boat in the park DisneySea Mediterranean Harbor: View towards ToT ToT Mysterious Island Nice airtime here on Journey Big Thunder Mountain Now onto Night mode The Castle Space Mountain Entrance to Toon Town Carousel Haunted Mansion Halloween BTM More Halloween stuff Splash mountain World Bazaar Same as above Castle by night Disneyland entrance Mount Prometheus FIRE!! Captain Nemo's Sub Mysterious Island Port Discovery Aquatopia Cool longtime exposure Cool water effects Heading over towards ToT Big Boat Teh Towahh Mediterranean Harbor Mermaid Lagoon with Togo coaster in front Too bad no Mermaids were present Heading towards Indy Cool Raging Spirits was closed Entrance to Arabian Coast Another Carousel Overview And yeah, these are our Fan-girls we acquired during our first day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 September 14:th Day 15, Crusin' around Tokyo Coaster today = 0 Coasters in total = 78 While other decided on a 4:th day at Disney, 3:days were more then enough for me, and I spent the 4:th day sightseeing. My main missions today were Akihabara and also go to Tokyo Tower. Bring on the photos: Believe it or not, this is Tokyo Central Station, the car could easily block the view of it Around the station there is a lot of gigantic buildings More of them And the fun thing was that the whole place were almost completely empty Japanese Valuables transport Look the tower Over this old bridge Take a last look of civilization as we know it Pretty You could almost think that you had traveled back in time if it weren't for the cars Somewhere inside this moat lives the Emperor More mote Not the Palace Entrance, but it was closed This things goes on forever In the other direction as well Wake up sleepyhead Looks nice Cool this castle comes fully equipped with a large battlefield Some kind of gate This sign probably explain what it is Started to head back to the station The hopefully these trees would give me some shade, since it was really hot that day It's hard to believe that this picture is taken in the center of a city with 20 million inhabitants Old meets New Don't bathe in the moat, especially not naked Run it's the Police More tall buildings Next stop was this sorry looking station Cool Anime store Streets of Akihabara, and yeah all these stores sell electronics But this is the mother of all Take the largest electronics store you know of and quadruple it, and you still wouldn't be near the size of this one Headed over towards Shinjuku and passed this place More tall buildings In the store up front I bought my 60000+ watch, it felt strange to give that amount of cash for a simple watch Later that day I went to find Tokyo Tower Pretty easy to find, just head for that pointy thingy Through the trees From the tower you could see a lot of Tokyo: Cool intersection You can see the Ferris wheel at Joypolis I think that our hotel is in that direction somewhere This place is Huge It goes on forever Wait, what is that blue thing in the middle With super zoom on, it's Thunder Dolphin, stop sucking so much Outside there was this cool tour bus A last shot of this beautiful thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 ^ That would be so cool, and it could also protect the city from Godzilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 September 15:th Day 16, Fuji-Queue Coaster today = 7 Missed coasters = 3 Coasters in total = 82 This must have been the day that we stood most in line for less amount of rides. It all started on the bus from the hotel, there was huge lines on the motorway so the journey took an hour longer then anticipated. Well at the park we headed for Fujiyama which only had a 45 minutes wait. After that we went for Zola 7 which actually was walk-on. Since both Dodonpa and Eejanaika hadn't opened yet, we decided to go for the next coaster close by, the Mad Mouse. After we had waited in line for a while we saw that Dodonpa stared to cycle trains so we left the queue we were standing in and headed over there. Once in the line there was a 2+ hour wait until got on the ride, as soon as we got off we ran over to Eejanaika to get in another line which we spent the rest of the day in. So it was a bad day with really slow moving lines, but how was the rides. Fujiyama was cool, big drops, some powerful turns and some crazy contraptions in the end. The whole ride was smooth and really enjoyable. Zola 7 was one of those WTF rides that are only found in Japan. Dodonpa - even if many complained that it was rough, bad, etc. I didn't think so at all. One of the best rides I have ever ridden, the launch was the most incredible thing I ever experienced. Even if much of the ride is pretty uneventful the launch and the airtime and launch made up for this without a doubt. This have been my favorite ride ever. Eejanaika is the second 4D coaster ever created, was a really odd ride with a lot unexpected twists and turns. The whole experience was one of a kind and really cool, but I need some more rides on this one (without having to wait for almost 4 hours) to decide if I like it or not. Would I go back? I kind of liked the place, and would definitely head back there (but try and plan so I don't hit it during a national holiday) and I still have 3 coasters left to ride apart for re-rides on the big 3. But I would probably take the train next time. Pictures: (not so many due to that we stood in line for most of the day) There we have it Try and get a photo of the Dodonpa train when it exits Twisty Fujiyama while waiting for Mad Mouse Mad Mouse The silver train going for a ride I think they liked it, i did Eejanaika lift Full-Full First raven-turn Very disorientating Brakes Look, the sky Painted side on the station Nut buster 2000 14 inversions, yeah riiight Ignore this one, the loading is so slow due to the ride ops does everything for you Lift-hill You could see the seats shake while they were passing this point Muahaha, Dodonpa pawns the Ferris Wheel Wiiiii Don't look down Soon comes the brakes Eejanaika is really big Swoosh Can't wait until I can return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 September 16:th Day 17, Final day of the trip Coaster today = 4 Missed coasters = 1 Coasters in total = 85 On the final day of the Japan trip, we had the opportunity to go back to LaQua before Sea Paradise and Cosmoworld. Of course I joined that morning, I had to return back to Akihabara as well to do some more shopping before we left Japan. So first up was LaQua by day. It's exactly the same as before, but not so dark anymore, and a lot less crowded. So we managed to get 2 more rides on Thunder Dolphin and ride some other rides the park had to offer. I left the park 45 minutes before the rest for a quick shopping spree in Akihabara where I meet up with the rest of them when they were going to the next park. Sea Paradise A small place with a cool Togo coaster with massive Helices and a kick ass Droptower. They also had a rapids where I got soaked on and the best Drunken Barrels ever. Surf Coaster also had a couple of airtime hills to accompany it's massive helices, and the ride was really good, really smooth and nice. The Tower was 351ft of pure bliss, and one side had an extra trick up its sleeve. Next up was Yokohama Cosmoworld, this little park is situated in the Yokohama bay with a bunch of towering buildings around it. The park is divided into two parts, one with the Giant Ferris Well and the Vanish coaster and the other part had some other cool rides along the docks. Vanish was a pretty mediocre coaster it self, but the setting made it awesome, and the drop into the water is a really cool feature, both on and off the ride. Pictures: Tokyo Dome could only mean one thing LaQua This photo is pretty good, since it blocks out most of the crappy ride, only leaving a Deathtrap and another kick ass Droptower Cable lift leading up to the best thing on the ride, the drop There it goes Poor guys the trick-track is next You know it I didn't see one of these in the shop Back to Akihabara Some Cosplayers handing out advertising for their Maidokissaten This thing could be seen for miles Wiiii a coaster It's getting closer Toilet bowl helix of death This thing goes far out to sea The train looks tiny up there Swoosh These things looks worse then they are Bye now Man this thing is tall Can't even fit it on one picture Fake drop Where are you if you pass the tallest building in Japan? And then see this thing? If you say this place, then you are right This is the home to Vanish First you see it Then it's Vanished You can almost see the train in this picture And then Splash The other half of the park This also have a insane Helix, but nowhere near Surf Coaster Tallest building in Japan This Place looks really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 September 17:th Day 18, Korea here we come Coaster today = 4 Missed coasters = 1 Coasters in total = 88 Today we had some time to kill before the flight for Korea, So what to do? Find some coasters of course. So some of us headed of to Toshimaen, a small park near Shinjuku, to do a short credit run. All but the shuttle loop was running, and the coolest of these coasters were the Old Togo coaster, Cyclone. The train on this one looks like big logs and had a "nice" velour cover on its seats. Maybe not the best when riding it on a hot day. After a quick spin on some rides including an old carousel with 3 rings going at different speeds, it was time to head back to the hotel to get ready to board the bus to Narita to catch the flight to Korea. Pictures: Cyclone + Flume Arrow corkscrew with a newer car design Here it comes The fastest log in history Some strange ride And the old carousel Which came complete with boobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP Psyclone Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I'm so glad that Dodonpa ドドンパ was your favorite ride of the year. Finally, someone agrees that it is the most awesome power in the universe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 September 18:th Day 19, Too much aqua for Aquatrax? Coaster today = 3 Missed coasters = 1 Coasters in total = 90 We arrived late the day before and meat up with some trip participants and our guide at the airport. The schedule for the day was first a quick visit to Lotte World and then drive to the other end of Korea, to a Hotel near Tongdo Fantasia, which was the first park the next day. We arrived early to be able to beat most crowds, and we were the first to arrive to the entrance (not that anyone showed up). It was pouring rain so most of the rides on the outdoor parts were closed down, but that didn't hinder us to go and see if there was something running there at all, and what I find we did. In the inside part of the park there was a large Vekoma Looper called French Revolution, a pretty decent ride with a helix both before and after the loop. The first one was partly enclosed and the other circling a fountain, the second one makes this a cool ride to watch. Other things found inside was a Indy ripoff that was really cool, and featured a heavily themed queue area part Egyptian exhibit, part tomb, and the ride was top notch as well. There was also a "Ring of Fire" ride and a flume ride with boats that nearly sunk when we rode it... Even if most of the rides on the outdoor section was closed, meaning that Atlantis Aventure just stood there doing nothing, we managed to find the 3:rd coaster. The coaster Comet Express is situated underneath the outdoor section and is a really cool Intamin Spinner with heavy space theming. We found out that sitting alone in each pod gave the best possible spin, which meant spinning like crazy. We knew that Lotte World had this ride, but didn't know what to expect, we rode it a bunch of time while we were here. After a few hours at the park we jumped on the bus and started our drive down towards Tongdo Fantasia. Our guide had arranged a Korean barbecue for us to be able to try out some Korean food while in the country, and it was a mighty fine meal. They had plan it so that every night of the trip meant a new Korean dish. A few pictures from Lotte World: Entrance Indoor section With theming to give Disney a run for the money (and this is just a tiny part of everything) French Revolution station Fountain surrounding by track Looping Up there is parts of the Indy ride, and those balloons are a observation ride that went around the place The globe that was suspended over the ice rink below Outside in the rain it was quiet Train start moving Looks really fun, and the water is really close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Nice TR. Glad you had fun out there. Slightly jealous. But what can one do when one is poor and insecure. :S Jag har en tanke av att åka till Liseberg när de öppnar. Det vill säga om vädret tillåter och inget annat för mig som Sci-Fi Mässan på samma dag eller problem med vänner och bekanta. Kanske vi möts nå'n dag. Om du har problem att känna igen mig så kan du kolla på mina video. /Edward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 ^ Well I'm a student and I managed to do this trip, and I'm planning trips for this year that might bankrupt me in the end. And doing trips with TPR is a great way to go around the world if you are insecure. [swedish] Bor i Lule för tillfället men flyttar nog ner till Göreborgstrackten till sommaren så vem vet, vi skulle nog kunna träffas på Liseberg om det vore så. [/swedish] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 September 19:th Day 20, An Arrow that screws you more then any other and TPR takeover of Korean TV Coaster today = 6 Coasters in total = 96 This day was a bit special for me. Today I was going to ride Fantasia Special, a coaster I have wanted to ride for many years. Ever since I saw a few tiny pictures of it 5-8 years ago on internet. This Coaster is one of the main reasons why I have wanted to go on the Korea add-on. We arrived to an empty Tongdo Fantasia the next morning and the rides didn't open with the park, so we headed over to Fantasia Special to see when it was going to open. It was scheduled to open almost an hour after the parks, so the triple corkscrew had to wait a bit. So we headed back to the more central part of the park and found that the Mini Special would open soon. To say the least, it was an odd little coaster. After that I headed back for Fantasia Special to wait it out. Well there we discovered that the queue was open and nothing stopped you from entering the station, which we did. The whole place looked abandoned and while checking the place out we found something that looked like some kind of overgrown mascot/figure outside the station. When the time got closer to opening the ride an operator suddenly showed up in the station, he ran the chain for a while and tested the brakes, and after that he started to let us board the train, without test running it before, creepy. We filled the train and headed to the test/first run of the day. And what a ride it was, totally awesome, just a single jolt by the loops, but the rest of it is butter smooth. Nothing like the other Arrows I had ridden to that day. Too bad that this ride is in a remote part of Korea, I would have loved to have it a lot closer to home. Many other rides in the park remained close while we were there, but we had a nice time there anyway with the ones that were open. During lunch we had a big WTF moment when they outside the burger joint started to play and preform a bunch of 80's hits. We have no idea what that was or why, but it made us tear up in laughter. Next up was Gyeongju World, which was boasting with a brand new B&M invert, they arranged for us to do some "filming" on the ride, but not only that they had contacted Korean media and we were met up with both people from the park and a complete film crew. These guys were to make a report about the crazy foreigners that travel all over the world to ride coasters, and it was cool to see the reporter ride the coasters with us. They followed around the park the whole time we were there. I hope that the opening of Phaethon was a new start for the park since it looked out of place surrounded by a bunch of carnival rides and tacky theming. Phaethon was good, but a bit slow at some points, a few more months to break in the ride would definitely help the ride. The 3 other coasters in the park wasn't anything special at all. Space Tour - An enclosed mouse kind of coaster with lights to "speed" up the ride, much like the WTF coasters of japan. Dragon 2 Loop Coaster - A small powered coaster found in almost every park in Korea. Space 2000 - a really bad coaster that painful even while standing still, and the ride wasn't any better, 5g lateral spike while entering the corkscrews, on of the most painful coaster I have ridden. And you can walk up to the ride to touch the rails, whats up with that. They had a cool drop tower that was a lot better then it sounded. And the Zamperla Discovery they had was a whole new experience, the ride was INSANE, the most extreme ride I have ever had on any of these pendulum rides. We soon figured out that it must have been the monkey that the ride op was carrying when he loaded us that had controlled the ride. Totally awesome!! This day we had a Korean Buffet, yes the all you can eat type (dessert included). Lots of Kimchi and different kinds of seafood. Pictures: Our hotel With surroundings Entrance to Tongdo Fantasia Here you can find a lot of plagiarized goods Almost like Disney Jurassic park escapee Ah, just theming for the dinosaur 4D theater Mini Special Lift-hill There it is, my holy grail WHAT, it doesn't open until 9:50!! The gates were open though Strange looking thing It was even open to get in under the platform A forest of trees and supports Are you screwed yet? Waterpark under construction Here we go... Wiiii A final look before we leave Hello Phaethon Mmm, tight helix First droppage More Helix The track is banked in every direction Giant detonator Beware of horse PHAETHONN!!!! Packs a nice punch Cool twisty section under the zero-g Phaethon from Rudolph Rudolph DIE!! Creepy Sphinx WTF!! Please don't step on me... Curvy Best ride EVAR!! From the wheel of death Hello Rudolph It even hurts from up here Not only is it a wheel of Hades, but also a pressure cooker How many parks can you do this at Arty Nice drop Good bye to you too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 September 20:th Day 21, Vekomas, one freshly welded and one super smooth Coaster today = 7 Missed coasters = 1 Coasters in total = 102 First stop of the day was Woobang Towerland, which main feature was a big tower to jump off from. But most were there for the coasters. It was listed to have 4 but one had a train that felt a bit split and wasn't running. The other 3 took a while to start, some of which needed a bit of help with a welder first, but in the end every one got their credits. First one was the Magic Castle, which was some strange powered contraption with a spiral lift-hill. Next to open was the big coaster called Camelback, and if it had some more speed could be a fun airtime filled ride, but unfortunate it wasn't. The third coaster was Boomerang, a standard Vekoma one, which was the first I have ever seen with some Boomerang theming on it. They were welding on some extra metal parts on the ride before they started it. When they finally got it running we stood and watched it do some test runs and we noted that the car that attached to the lift up the second spike twitched peculiar when it attached. The ride was fine otherwise. While we were waiting for the Boomerang to open, some of us took a spin on the Dodgems close by, and these were the most violent ones ever made, I heard my neck crack several times, and cars were almost flying when they were hit with full force. Second park of the day was Kumdoriland, which had opened with the expo area that was sitting next to it. Both the expo and the park was pretty deserted and this was the first place we had to wait for a ride-op to come to the ride to operate for you. The place have 3 coasters, one enclosed that was really flying around it's track. One Vekoma Roller Skater that we broke for a while, since the ride wasn't made for a full train of foreigners and we overshot the station by a few cars. The signature ride of the place is the larges coaster in Korea known by at least 3 names (the most prominent one is Horror Express), a mighty Vekoma looper with a good looking helix in mid-drop. It's pretty different to other Vekoma looper because it's super smooth almost smoother then a bunch of B&M:s. After riding some of the rides in the park, I took a walk inside the expo area to look at all these cool structure before we left this place. The dinner today was Bibimbap. Pictures: Slight Disney vibes here as well If you need to know where we are Map Entrance Magic Castle Guess which coaster An empty and open station Coaster that feels a bit split Boomerang Looks a lot better then it is More boomerang Someone took the fast way down the tower Welding The expo at Kumdoriland Map of the whole area Cool Cool flags Entrance to the park Helix Airtime This thing is fun You even get some airtime of the MCBR Out of the station Ferris Wheel Loops Expo They was building a lot of stuff everywhere Sidewinder The transition into the first corkscrew felt and looked more like a heart-line roll More sidewinder action Upskirt on a loop The longest part of the ride is the incredibly slow lift Looks pretty cool from here Expo thingy Rockets are always cool Some abandoned Maglev train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 September 21:st Day 22, Riding the Eagle and finding Atlantis Coaster today = 4 Extra coaster = 1 Coasters in total = 107 This was another day with a coaster that have been on my list of coasters that I have to ride, well i think many of us have longed for this one. Of course I'm talking about Eagle Fortress, this could only mean that we are going to Everland. We arrived almost an hour before the park opened, because R&E had arranged so that we could get a few rides on Eagle Fortress before the crowd came, and what I ride it was, a lot of powerful swings, drops and super smooth. In the end you almost swung high enough to hit the wheel covers above you, totally insane. The trees around the rides had been shaped by the cars, and you are really close to the nature on the whole ride. After a few rides on that one we got a behind the scenes view of the new coaster they were building for the next year, some fine Intamin wood. The whole park is a really nice place with a really large number of good rides, and it will get even better in 2008. This is also one of those places you have to visit to soak up all the details. The Vekoma looper had some newer trains but the ride wasn't better. The small Roller Skater pack a pretty good punch though, at the moment the second best coaster in the park. We had a pretty quick visit to Everland since Atlantis Adventure was closed when we were at Lotte World, so we headed over there for the evening. But before I left Everland I got on Eagle Fortress again and it ran even better than it did that morning, some evening/night rides on this thing would be awesome. We got back to Lotte World on late afternoon, and the first thing everyone did was to get in line for Atlantis Adventure, it was a 1 hour queue and it were far out from the entrance of the ride. When we got to the entrance we noticed that the whole queue area was empty, and that they only let a group of people in from time to time, strange. Some of our group were told not to ride since they were to tall, this means that it's a pretty badly designed ride. Well on the ride we understood why they had this limit, it's impossible to ride with the hands fully in the air without hitting anything, they better do something about this A.S.A.P. The ride itself was really cool but a bit to fast to be able to see all theming inside the building, and it actually have a lot of track inside. The ride start with a launch into a Kanonen sized Top-hat and then do a helix, and a few drops before coming down to the turn by the water and then up the lift, and then some more helixy bits and drops before the finish. Good, one of a kind ride, but have some serious issues. Pictures: First stop of the day And then we headed to look at what had been erected of this Sweet I want to come back when this thing is done Then we did this thing (it had some funky trains) And loops From Eagle Fortress From the bottom of the park Ferris Wheel (closed, muahaha) Artsy shot of a fountain Eagle Fortress queue This thing is really hard to take pictures off Swinging It's probably the best suspended ever And we got the Korean Schoolgirl credit as well Now back to Lotte World And OMG it's running Wiiiii It's really fast up the lift And pretty fast down the drop Airtime ahead 2 cars in at the same time (this was a hard shot to get, but something to pass time with) After an hour we were greeted by this dude Yay, entrance Station They had the Pendulum ride going Mmm, Gyrodrop AA, by night More Revolution Skating rink and mall under the park They dimmed the lights on the indoor section on the evening One of the many bridges in Seoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 September 22:st Day 23, My first Sky Coaster Coaster today = 8 Missed coaster = 2 Extra coaster = 1 Coasters in total = 114 On the last day of the Korean Adventure we were supposed to go to 3 parks, Seoul Land, Childrens Grand park and Dream World. But Robb found out that Dream World had closed both their coasters, so we came up with the idea of heading a tiny park called Marine World instead. But first on the menu was Seoul Land. This palace is home to a bunch of strange rides, a wild mouse with full size Arrow track (a ride that looks a bit home made to me), an corkscrew coaster with it's inversions way up in the air, another looper with some bizarre theming in one of it's tunnels and a Flume ride with a pirate "peeing" in the water. They had a cool haunted walk trough as well, with live actors and other scary stuff, we had no idea of what it's was all about or what anyone said, but it was kind of cool. I also lost my Sky Coaster virginity in this park, a totally awesome experience. Next up was Marine World, home of a small coaster that looks like a Pinfari, feels like a Pinfari bit isn't, which means that Pinfari isn't the best company to copy a ride from. Her we also found a "Bouncy Bouncy" which were running in a manual mode which meant for a crazy ride. The last park was a large recreational area with a small attraction section in the back, there was a Meisho Looper with those tiny trains we had encountered before. It also looked like they didn't really have any height restrictions on the ride, because there was a few kids on the ride so short that their heads were under the OSTR:s. Scary. Todays dinner was a Barbecue again, mainly since we had loved it so much the time before. It was a great way to finish of this experience. A big thanks to Robb and Elissa from me, for arrange this massive trip, and I hope to see you all again soon!!!!!! Pictures: Black Hole 2000 High up in the sky Columbia Double Loop Tiny trains Strange mouse Rocket Food, is that like Hydrazine? This one wasn't too painful I have no idea what this is Special Price just for you Wiii Marine World Childrens Grand Park Map 88 Train Random rides in the area The get screwed part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 September 23:rd Day 24, The way home and Intamins Extra coasters = 3 Coasters in total = 117 We begun our travel back home early that morning, and while checking in I was if I would like to change to a JAL flight instead because they had overbooked the flight we were going with. The new flight would arrive 1 hour earlier which was a good thing, since me and Tom were heading for Tobu Zoo that day, since we couldn't make our connections the same day we left Korea, so we had to stay a day in Tokyo before we got home. We were thinking about going back to DinseySea since Raging Spirtits had reopened, but thus would be pretty expensive (even with an evening pass), so we decided to go to Tobu Zoo instead. There we had 3 coasters, and maybe be able to a glimpse of Heart Beat. So we said goodbye to everyone and got on our JAL flight, we were seated on an exit row on the Upper deck of a 747 so we had plenty of legroom, and with a giggly Japanese flight attendant that was sitting in a chair facing us on the opposite side of the emergency exit, mad this experience very pleasant. At Narita we made a quick run through the system and put our bags in the baggage facilities before leaving towards the station and try and get going as soon as possible. We managed to get on the wrong train, but we only lost 30 minutes by doing this, we on the other hand sawed a few Yen. Well at the park we headed for Regina (the best woodie on the trip), then Crazy Mouse (one of the looping mouses by Togo) an to finish it all of with the small kiddy coaster Tentomushi. Regina was really good and a positive surprise, maybe not the most airtime but had plenty of speed through the ride. The Looping mouse was something new for us, pretty cool experience, but the rest of the layout was both a bit boring and painful. Tentomushi was just another Zierer Tivoli coaster. We managed a few rides on the droptower and also a quick run through one of their newly opened mirror mazes with some added quests on the way, pretty cool really. We also noticed that they had erected some steel of Heart Beat, so we took some photos to make a quick construction update when we returned home. And when the park closed we had to hurry back to Narita to make the last transfer to our hotel. Pictures: Top floor on one of these you say, sure This is the goal Entrance Regina running Some strange ride A kick ass drop tower More Regina A pretty nice woodie Entry to Regina There is the looping mouse There goes the fun train Almost there Loop-di-looop You know it My computer didn't really like the ride Such a small loop Tentomushi This thing had a mean stop to it Can't wait There is something in there Up the Ferris Wheel we got a picture out the air vents of Regina Heart Beat through the air vents This thing had the strangest loading I have ever seen, the ride-op just placed people randomly G-max Strange mirror maze thing We had to find a ball with the same weight as the one in the beginning, but failed Bye Regina, you are a fine ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJJman Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Great pictures Peter! Brings back a lot of memories! JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 September 24:rd Day 25, The final stretch Coasters in total = 117 The final day, meant that it was time to go to the airport, check in and then take the long flight home. I miss you all so much. And I really want to return to Japan and Korea, this is the most awesome area of the world. And this was the final part of the report, I hope you have enjoyed it, I know I did. Peter Löfstrand Pictures: Our hotel for the final night The bus to the airport The flight home Ps. I'm working on a return later this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP Psyclone Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Bravo! I think you completed that in record time. Two things you did I'd like to do: Dodonpa, and fly on the upper deck of a 747. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 ^^^ Thanks. I'm glad you liked them. ^ Yeah, it was basically now or never, and since I wanted to be done with it before I left for school this Monday morning, so I stayed up late to finish it, last part were posted at 5:05 AM (no point to go to bed now). About the 747. I looked at the boarding pass an noted that it said "upper" and asked Tom what that meant, he had no idea, and when we got on and they said upper floor, I just thought "sweet" at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Really stellar TR Peter. It's great to finally see pics from the Korea add on! The parks in Korea look as amazing as the ones we hit in Japan. Anyway, thanks for posting all of this, and hopefully I'll see you again somewhere on the Europa trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagemaster_b Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I'm not sure what I was trying to do. Great TR. That was a fun trip. We certainly annoyed each other throughout. (And thanks for the Ghost in the Shell videos!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 ^^ I think I might be the first one to post any big Korea update, I just wished I had taken more pictures. But I still ended up with around 750 pictures in the whole report. ^ Yeah the love was in the air (no I'm not gay) (no problem) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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