robbalvey Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Hey everyone!!! TPR's Europe Trip 2008 has officially begun! We will be doing trip updates as often as possible. For starters we have posted the arrival and "credit whore" day as some of us visited a few bonus parks prior to the official trip starting. Check out "Park Saint Paul" with some WEIRD Pax coasters and Mer de Sable with too much "Western" Theming. Please post your responses here! --Robb TPR's Europe 2008 Trip Updates: Day 00 - Arrival and Credit Whore Parks Day 0 - Jardin d' Acclimatation! Day 1 - Parc Asterix Photos Day 2, Part 1 - Walibi Belgium Photos Day 2, Part 2 - Adventure Parc Ropes Course Day 3, Part 1 - Bobbejaanland Photos Day 3, Part 2 - Toverland Photos Day 4, Part 1 - Efteling Photos Day 4, Part 2 - Drievliet Photos Day 5 - Walibi World (aka Wobbly World) Day 6 - Heide Park Day 7, Part 1 - Movie Park Germany Day 7, Part 2- Schlossbeck Day 8 - Phantasialand Day 9, Part 1 - Tripsdrill Day 9, Part 2 - Holiday Park & Expedition GeForce Day 10 - Europa Park Day 11 - Walygator Parc Day 12 - Disneyland Paris - Part 1 Day 13 - Disneyland Paris - Part 2 Click the link above to check out today's update!
mattnz Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Wow, very interesting report, especially those PAX coasters. Would love to see a POV - but it looks like it might have been slightly dangerous to make one! Thanks for sharing!
sfne2005 Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Just some random thoughts: *The Kyle cutout is great! *Love the hanno photo....Lou seems so dramatic. *Some pretty interesting coasters. *Already sick of seeing Big Mike *There will be far too many responses that say "Looks like you guys are having fun", "Wish I were there", and "Where are the updates?" I want a tally of those who lose their luggage!
robbalvey Posted June 24, 2008 Author Posted June 24, 2008 ^ The tally of lost luggage was a big fat ZERO!!!
downunder Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 ^No lost luggage, that's pretty good, I thought Charles De Gaulle and Heathrow airports were like black holes that the world's luggage just vanishes into. That Pax coaster looks outrageous.
ebl Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 There is no way on this planet that any of those PAX coasters would ever make it here in the U.S. I think they'd have "lawsuit" written all over them. But that green-tracked thing looks...interesting. Eric
Canobie Coaster Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Can't agree more about those PAX coasters. Formule 1 looked really good from what I saw and Wild Train, well it looked wild. How did they compare to more common compact coasters like wild mice or galaxies?
Wood Dragon 1988 Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 *There will be far too many responses that say "Looks like you guys are having fun", "Wish I were there", and "Where are the updates?" Since you've already covered all that, I say someone should delete all further similar posts! Can't wait for the Telepherique POV. I loved those zip-line sort of things when I was a kid, but now that I am 6.5 feet tall, it is hard for me to find adult sized ones!
gotdane Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 I'm SO sad I'm not out there with you guys! I'm at home, sick, and sorting thru stuff, deciding what I want my parents to take to Tennessee with them. Those Parc Saint-Paul coasters look amazing. I love how the rides everywhere in Europe are so different than what we have here in the states. But...I'm not gonna lie, I'm already sick of seeing the same 10 people in every update!
Skramp Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Damn Robb, looks like fun and you have certainly way out done yourself with the comments in the PTR, those are F*&^ING hilarious. That mine train coaster is way messed up, almost like they dug it up and unearthed it and went "what the hell, let's see if it still works?"
JimmyBo Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 So how many people are doing extra camera work for you Robb? Is it just the Big Man? Hopefully you guys will think of me when you are all at the bar getting trashed because I will surely be doing that this coming weekend thinking of you guys. Have fun you b*stards! JimmyBo
RIP Psyclone Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Anyone notice how it's now Lou who has a tumo(u)r? And who else, Big Mike!
caliraiden Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 ahhhhhhhhhhh im so jealous, I totally want to be there right now! And I spotted my hetero life partner Tim aka darklingscribe hooray!. Enjoy peoples!
thrillgeek Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Wow, glad you guys are having fun on the other side of the world! Those coasters looked small but intense. They should totally rip out Kong at SFDK and put that Formula 1 coaster there. Hahaha. Anyway I can't wait for the pov's and more park pics!
RaptorBoyASU Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 OMG, I'm on the Europe trip and sitting at work in Cali at the same time.....PARADOX! On a more serious note, if my cutout rides all the coasters, do I get to count them as credits? Love the update, miss seeing everyone together already! Can't wait to see more.....especially the hilarious update to come from Aqualibi.
BarryH Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Great photos! Of course, if there is a Credit Whoring Day, we always will see Jeff Johnson.
darklingscribe Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 ...hetero life partner Tim aka darklingscribe... Umm... thanks? It's turning out to be a great trip so far. I'll leave it to Robb in posting updates, as i am waaaaaay too tired after doing the ropes course of death today.
msep003 Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Hey i will try to meet you guys at Disneyland Paris when you re here . Iknow you were in Parc Asterix the other day . Robb i ll call you soon to meet up at Disney .
TheRapidsNerd Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Can someone please photoshop the official Hanno shot with Lou and KT into an academy award winning movie poster? Because it certainly looks like one. Maybe title it "The Long Road Ahead" or some dramatic thing like that. (big grin) Good idea CTU! I'm on it.
TheRapidsNerd Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 With great pleasure I introduce KT and Lou in they're dramatic film debut. Enjoy you guys! My best to you all.
Guy T. Koepp Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Looks like you all are having an awesome time. Die F*(kers! Lou looks sooooooooo maternal in some of those shots. Is there something we should know? Looking forward to seeing more. Have a fun! Guy "If Lou is stuffed. I swear it ain't mine. " Koepp
caliraiden Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Arg I cant wait til the EC trip, I wish i could afford both and be there right now, again you guys suck!
digidude18 Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Despite how absolutely crazy and messed up those Pax coasters were, they look kinda fun. Wish we could get a POV of those coasters but we were already promised a POV of the "wild-n-wacky rope ride of doom", so I'm not gonna complain . Looking forward to seeing the rest of the trip.
PeoplemoverMatt Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 "What do you think the temperature is?" "One." Nice Steve Martin to John Candy Planes, Trains & Automobiles reference there Robb.
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