pkdcoaster Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 After much trouble obtaining my new camera and having a beautiful HOT day I figured Me,my Dad and my Son would have a "dude" day and go to BGE. Pretty crowded for a Fri in April but with the nice weather it was expected (Sunny and temps around 90). With Aidan at the magic 42" mark he got to ride a couple new rides like Pompeii and Dark Kastle and of course his favorite ride at the park Big Bad Wolf. I was wondering how he would react to some of the rides (pretty Scary scenes on those rides for a 4 year old) and he thought they were so cool. He is much braver than I was at his age. Gremlins seemed to be reeking havoc on the rides today for some reason everything had some downtime as we walked around but all the coasters had 3 trains going (Except LNM) and lines moved well. all and all a great fun day at the park. Here are some of the pics with my new camera. Enjoy, JEFF left the camera on auto settings and it made kind of a neat pic Thanks for looking Gotta get some more rides on the Wolf Sun going down there is a puddle in my shoe RUN!!!! Already wet, what the hell You suck DAD Go stand over there and watch Griffon son happy (and terrified) faces need no captions Griffon doing its thing oh no it was spiked! Wonder why he is downing the whole bottle? good times Splash Me and Aidan on Pompeii for the 1st time LNM Aidan riding with "Pop Pop" for the first time I love seeing people have a great time on coasters. IMO it is what it is all about. My Fav scene at the park I love the zoom The awesome working coaster dynamics model of Griffon in the gift shop Aidan and my Dad and stop and smell the flowers had to check out the waterfall first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Awesome trip report with some amazing pics. This is the park I'm looking forward the most during our coastertrip next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 There's an Alpengeist model in the shop across from DarKastle, too. Looks like your new camera was a good investment, Jeff--I especially like the Griffon-sign photo with the train in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike541x Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Nice TR Jeff. Great photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkd freak Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Great pictures!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsor Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Excellent pictures, Jeff! What kind of camera did you get? And what's up with the girl in the last row of Griffon in that one picture of the train at the top of the first drop? Talk about making an already scary drop even scarier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Wow what a great park. The landscaping is just amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Wow, you have some really nice shots there Jeff. Thanks for posting these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ONE Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Those are great pick's Jeff thanks for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampfox Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Love those pictures. Wish my camera was as good. I also really enjoyed how you focused on landscaping and people having fun other than just shots of coasters. One of my favorite parts about going to parks is watching people having fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Wow, nice report with some beautiful shots of Griffon. Love seeing the faces people make on coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 Excellent pictures, Jeff! What kind of camera did you get? Oops sorry, thought I mentioned it. Sony cybershot DSC H7 here is a review of it http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3115 Thanks for the compliments JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Damn, BGE is a beautiful park, look forward to being there in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywood!007 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Great Photo TR. The new camera takes some great pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I always knew BGE was known for being a beautiful park, but I never realized how nice it is! Great pictures! Especially of Big Bad Wolf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercrew1 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Well I was going to put up my Photo Trip Report of BGE on 4/19 but my photos can't compete with these at all. Awesome pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Upsidedown Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Nice Photos Jeff. I like to do a lot of photos of none coaster stuff. I like the nature settings in some of your photos. silvercrew1 . Post your photos anyway, its not a competition. Its about sharing you experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferfish Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Wow, these pictures make me seriously regret not going last year. I really hope I can go again this year. I love BGE and those pictures show the exact reason why. Thank you for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jten11 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Nice pics, man. I like seeing people's expressions on rides and I liked that last picture of Big Bad Wolf. Very photogenic. Great trip report as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastergirl26 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Wow awesome pics. Way to break in that new camera. Great TR. I am going this Friday April 25th, and this excites me even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Very nice trip report! I do like the close-up's of the people on coasters. It really is fun to see their expressions! BGE is one of my top three parks to visit...I am hoping to get back there in June, but the plan is still up in the air. I got my BF a new camera for his birthday...an Olympus 8 MP with an 18X zoom. Can't remember the model at this time, but I am hoping that we might be able to get some great theme park pictures (similar to these) to share with everyone soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagineer100 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Nice Trip Report! I absolutely love BGE its such a nice park. My favorite ride would have to be Apollo's Chariot. Loved the Griffon signage by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 It was really great to hang out with you on both Friday and Saturday. I can't wait to see what you were able to capture with your new camera those days. Thanks again for being our tour guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor6 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Great photos of a beautiful theme park! Thank you for getting me all psyched up for my visit to BGE next summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slither37 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Great trip report. Going to be in Williamsburg/Richmond the week of June 23 to hit BGE and KD. Any suggestions on which day of the week we should go to each park? I was thinking about going to KD on Wed. to make the most of the points perks, but would like any other opinions. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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