Goliath513 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 The TPR east coast trip was the trip of a lifetime. Once again, thank you Robb and Elissa for everything you have done to make this trip amazing. I met many great friends and the memories and experiences of these past two weeks on the east coast are priceless! I hope everyone else on the trip had as much fun as I did. Day 0: Arrival and Six Flags Great Adventure (scroll down) Day 1: Sesame Place& Coney Island Day 2: Six Flags New England,Quassy& Lake Compounce Day 3: Six Flags New England& Rye Playland Day 4: Six Flags Great Adventure Day 5: Six Flags America Day 6: Busch Gardens Europe Day 7: Kings Dominion Day 8: Morey's Piers& Clementon Day 9: Hersheypark Day 10: Dorney Park Day 11: Knoebel's (and GCI factory tour) Day 0 - Arrival and Six Flags Great Adventure About 10 of us arrived early to hang out at SFGAdv before the official trip. After a night flight into Philadelphia, I met up with Drew and Oliver at the hotel before heading out. This sets a record for messiest car. Oliver went with the rest of the group to the park, while Drew and I decided to do a little side trip to Philadelphia to the home of the Philly Cheesestake - Geno's. After a long drive through the ghetto of Philadelphia, we found our destination. Lunch was great, and we arrived at SFGAdv around noon. The rest of the group went to another restaurant to get tacos, so we didn't meet up with them until later in the day. Yay we're here! After getting in free with my parking pass and our SF season passes, the credit run begins! First credit of the trip for us, Skull Mountain. Better than SFMM's Batman. A very sad and pathetic takeover of Roadrunner Railway - in the front seat! Last stop of the back of the park, Blackbeards Mine Ride, before heading to the other side of the park. It's like being back home at SFDK! A Cedar Pair amount of concrete. GASM isn't as bad as people say it is. Jahan will need new pants after riding this! Stupid GP. They don't know there's another side of the coaster with no line at all. After meeting up with Jay and everyone else in lne for Kingda Ka, we decided to head on over to El Toro and Medusa. Medusa west is still better in my opinion. Saw Mill Log Flume looked like fun. Too bad we didn't get around to riding it. Oh well, credits first. El Toro is probably what sex will feel like the first time. Fast, intense, wild, and lots of airtime! I got on every coaster except for Dark Knight and Superman because they had long lines and I have heard they are not very good. When we come back with the group, we have gold Q-bots and we can use those to get the credits. After we got back to the hotel in Philadelphia late at night, we met up with the group from the Behemoth trip that ended earlier in the day. Next up, TPR's epic takeover of Sesame Place with credit whoring to the extreme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 El Toro is probably what sex will feel like the first time. Fast, intense, wild, and lots of airtime! ^I think this would be more the first time experience of a typical coaster enthusiast (which fortunately I am not, I don't think I even rode a coaster in my high school years) - clumsy, awkward, and then they find out it's a guy in drag (and keep going anyway). Nice report BTW, Sam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillgeek Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Sam....Like I said before at the time of your trip you were like my idol. I was so jealous of this awesome trip. By the looks of the pics so far I'm really mad I didn't save money for this one. Oh well. Are those the only pics you took while you were there? Because you didn't even get any of El-toro and Kinda Ka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinciDAWGS12 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Great report! You should have ridden Superman! It's a fun coaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Nice job on the TR and I agree with you about the GASM. It's not that bad considering it's an Arrow and will be turning 20 next year. Heck, it was one of my favorite coasters through the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiFan Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 That always seems to happen with Rolling Thunder, in June I remember the left side had the line and no one was at the right side. What I think happens is some people pick a side and everyone else follows them thinking that is the line not realizing there are 2 sides I also agree about GASM, other than the once in a while headbanging in the corkscrews I don't find it rough at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollin_n_coastin Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Hey Sam, great pics and TR so far! Great meeting up with you and Drew at Ka. Later, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.C. Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Great PTR so far Sam! It looks like you had a great time at SFGAdv. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Adam - did you not see the last picture? Everyone - thanks for the comments! Day 1, Part 1 This morning, the first park for most of us was an optional trip to Sesame Place. Those who eiter arrived later in the day, or slept in missed out on a TPR takeover of epic proportions. "Hi Elmo, we're to take over your park!" A group of 50+ adults walking up to a park themed for young children felt kind of awkward at first. We all felt like pedophiles walking up with our cameras ready and smiles on our faces. Quick to point out that Robb's ass already has a home at Sesame Place!:'> Tyler and Brad get the award for being truly sad and pathetic! "Drew, do NOT molest big bird!" Bird will never be the same after what happened later during TPR's visit! May have to close after our takeover. I don't think the park or the ride was designed for people like us! "Drew it's bad enough that you molested Big Bird, you've had your fun, now it's time to let him go and recover!" Part 2 of Day 1 will be posted shortly featuring the first official park of the tour and my 100th roller coaster credit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.C. Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I don't even want to know what happened to Big Bird while you guys were there... lol. It looks like Sesame Place was a good bonus park. I wonder what your 100th coaster was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Day 1, Part 2 After meeting up with the rest of the group at the Quality Hotel after Sesame Place, we did the long drive up to New York to go to Coney Island. "Not Just Chicken" adds to the randomness of shops on the streets of Brooklyn! Slavery not gone entirely. Um that bum is just sleeping... Here we are! CREDIT 100! Crap for Prawg Dawg's donation! What's with these east coasterners and their obsession with big asses? Didn't get around to doing Deno's wheel. Credits were more important! Cedar Fair trash cans form before the modern era now reside along the Atlantic coastline. Look at the whores (of credits) Jahan and Axel! Adults on a children's ride? Never! No bumping the hot chicks! Boob credit! Despite what others said about it being rough as hell, I enjoyed it. It's sure better than Mean Streak! Dante's Inferno was quite good for a dark ride! No we are not at SFGAdv yet. Oohh all light up! Next up, Six Flags New England! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.C. Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 It's cool that you enjoyed Cyclone. It looks like it could be fun. You know you "whored" that kiddie coaster too.... They have the exact same dark ride (Dante's Inferno) at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. I didn't ride it, but it looked kind of cool. I'm looking forward to seeing how SFNE was for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliraiden Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 For the record Big Bird came on to me first.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil jimmy norton Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Wow, you guys were so close to my house. I hope no one wondered off past the stadium, it gets a little rough over their. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Day 2, Part 1 Here we are at Six Flags New England! Why does this look more like Cedar Fair in this picture than Six Flags? Oh right, the trash cans.. I'm not so sure about sacrificing my brain this early on in the trip. The original Dark Knight! With ERT! Best part of the ride! New favorite coaster? Oohh! New loose article policy. Seems a bit strict to me, but as long as it works. Superman is TPR approved! Airtime is always good! Next up, we had ERT in Hurricane Harbor on Typhoon (Deluge style LIM slide) and another one which I forget the name of. Whatever one was the large family slide - it wasn't that one. Not even 20 minutes into ERT we broke our first ride of the trip! Too bad I couldn't have been on that raft.. Good times! Shark Attack slides were short, but fast. Yay for body speed slides! The other Dark Knight was replaced by a football field. Didn't this come over from Astroworld? Group lunch time! This too nice for Six Flags standards! Q&A with the management was quite interesting! Not quite Supreme Scream... That's all for day 2. We also went to Quassy and Lake Compounce the same day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Awesome report! Have you seen the videos from my report yet? Your in a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillgeek Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Great pics Sam! If you liked Cyclone than I'm thinking you would have thought phyclone at SFMM was ok as well. I've heard that SFNE is the highest standard SF park. It looks so much cleaner than others. I can't wait for more pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 Day 2, Part 2 After our morning at SFNE, we headed over to Quassy for a credits stop featuring the Mad Mouse of DEATH! For those of you who don't know, this coaster sits on top of a grass field with almost no foundation. Seriously, I wonder how this thing passes safety inspections and standards. This could also be known as High Die. Nate and Bethany ready to face death: the ride! Why do Nick and Jay look so happy about this? Surprisigly, it withstood our group takeover. Carousel takeover! Dave, Robb, and Tyler doing their thing! "Absolutely no pole dancing Drew!" KidTums credit number 7! Hanno was eaten by the Quassy shark... The "Hanno takes a picture" bingo square credit! This dino was violated on unimaginable levels! Oh my god...This is a new low for TPR. After the epic takeovers and statue violations, a few of us went over and took over the RCT style slide. I'm surprised nobody died on this while we were here! We also took over the yellow slide of death (like the ones at ghetto fairs). I forgot to get a picture of it but you can see it briefly in my east coast trip video posted below. This was no ordinary slide. Before going down, the guy at the top greased the track with some sort of lube/grease for extra speed. For the last run of the day before getting back on the bus, the ride op greased up the middle lane, and gave Jay a nice strong kick start wich sent him flying down the hill at crazy speeds! That's all for our 2 hour stop at Quassy. One of the most memorable credit stops of the trip. And now for the music video! A music video about the Theme Park Review east coast trip in 2008. This video features the song Oceans (Deep Blue Sea Mix) by Cosmic Culture and lots of off-ride footage including the new for 2008 attractions Dominator and Fahrenheit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Khan Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Not bad at all Sam ! Good job ! A very good sample of the great coasters we rode. I wish I had filmed more, I ended up shooting pics only. And actually, I shot the buddies much more than the rides themselves. Can't wait for more of your pics, as well as for Robb's DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.C. Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Great pictures Sam. It seems like you've been able to capture the whole experience pretty well so far (at least I think you have...). Quassy seemed like another good little park on the trip. There seemed to be a lot to do. Didn't J's Amusements here in Northern California have a mad mouse like the one at Quassy? I'm pretty sure it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted August 27, 2008 Author Share Posted August 27, 2008 Great pictures Sam. It seems like you've been able to capture the whole experience pretty well so far (at least I think you have...). Quassy seemed like another good little park on the trip. There seemed to be a lot to do. Didn't J's Amusements here in Northern California have a mad mouse like the one at Quassy? I'm pretty sure it did. Yeah according to RCDB it did. I never got a chance to visit the park, but I drove by it a lot to go camping. Too bad the place closed down. Day 2, Part 3 After our stop at Quassy, we headed over to Lake Compounce for some night time ERT on Boulder Dash. "Balder Dash, Jahan?" They have a Spin Out! Dark ride credit. Log flume looked fun, but never got around to it. This can't be good... No ferris wheel credit either. Retracked by GCI + night ride = new favorite woodie! Lol at the ACE plaque on the right. Free Pepsi products! Deeeniiied. Right before our ERT on Boulder Dash after park closure, a worker asked us if we are with TPR because "they re now letting you guys on." There was pretty much a stampede of TPR people over to the Kiddie Coaster for the largest single takeover of the trip yet! Awesome! Tyler and me with Brandon and Jahan in line for the front before our first ride! About 8 of us (Me, Jahan, Tyler, Brandon, Bethany, Dave, and some others) all took over the Rotor immediately after dinner. Not such a good idea. Space shot! Yes, that is all TPR people! And that is just the beginning. We filled up the line and then some with our group! Day 3 - SFNE again and RYE Playland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.C. Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 TPR Takeover! It's funny that they wouldn't let you guys on until the ERT was happening. How was Boulder Dash? I'm sure it was awesome, but what was your opinion on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillgeek Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Lake Compounce looks like an awesome little park. I love seeing all of these parks that very few people really comment on. I hate when all they talk about is the biggest and best parks. Boulder Dash sure looks pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godwyn Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Lake Compounce was great! They may not have the biggest and best coasters, (except for Boulder Dash which is tied for my favorite with El Toro) but this was one of my favorite parks on the trip. It has a nice small park feel to it, and has one of the wildest chair swings I've been on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerryB Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I absolutely loved Lake Compounce! It was a surprise favorite of mine the entire trip. Boulder Dash ERT forever ruined me for regular theme park travel. I also got one of the biggest bruises I have ever had thanks to Boulder Dash, but it was well worth it! I am sad that I missed the TPR take-over of the kiddie credit. I didn't do so well with the kiddie credits, but I'll try harder next time. So, Lake Compounce is definitely worth the effort to visit if you ever have the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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