Loefet Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 September 13:th Strange mouse + Scary mouse + Lotte Coaster today = 7 Coasters in total = 46 New Coasters = 1 Today Was the final day in Korea, and the itinerary said that we were going to Seoul Land, but I had found out that the Mouse at Children's Grand Park had opened (Thanks to Gavin!!) so we did a quick trip there as well. At night me and my brother decided to have a look in the Lotte Mall that was located under the Hotel/Park and in the end we took a walk around the lake that surrounds the outside part of Lotte World for some nice night photos. Last year when we visited Seoul Land it was more or less a dump, but this year they had really cleaned up the place and repainted most of the stuff, we guessed that they decided to do that due to that this year it was their 20:th anniversary. Now it was a pretty nice park that you could spend some time in, still same strange rides. That crazy mouse that were my new credit of the day, was really rubish and pretty scary since the lap bar on our car didn't lock... I'm just happy that I don't have to ride it again though... Pictures: Since we took the subway here, we ended up for a pretty long walk up to the park We soon ended up at the entrance Our first ride of the day was the crazy mouse See it looks really strange They repainted the Rocket Food place since last year, it does still however look pretty ghetto After a quick walk around we found out that Black Hole 2000 had opened, so we gave it a quick spin Not the best coaster really... Next was Columbia Double Loop Coaster, and it still had it's strange corpse in one of it's tunnels (just remember to look right) It had also received a brand new paint job Some credit whores went for the power coaster While some rode the power coaster, me, Robb and a few others decided that we were to ride the High Roller next I had to get really dirty to get everyone in it though Last coaster of the park is the Kiddy coaster It's a really small coaster that you have to master the art of Origami to get into properly Random stuff at Seoul Land: Next up was Children's Grand Park With a crappy mouse that it took them several years to even get opened Parts of it had just received a brand new paint job The ride though, was one of the worst I have experienced The view out of our room, My guess would be that they are building an Aqua-Trax, oh wait... The shopping mall is pretty awesome, you can take pictures of inside the park from it Then we went outside, and was gawking at this See what I mean The whole outside area Our Hotel Other side of the park More to come tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absimilliard Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 The "Viper" at the Korean folk village is actually an outdoor clone of the La Ronde Dragon rollercoaster. The point of view confirmed that. Wow... I really need to get that credit next time I'm there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 T-Express...it just.....it....it just looks unreal! With the way the drops turn into the curves and the hills...it just looks un freaking real! -JZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 ^^ Yeah viper is a pretty awesome little coaster, so you better. ^ Yeah T-Express is awesome, let's just leave it at that. I guess that Toro and Voyage have another contender on the top spot of the Mitch poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 September 14:th Getting crowded Coaster today = 1 Coasters in total = 47 New Coasters = 1 So in the morning we headed back to Japan for our last days before we went home. Today we had planned to do a quick visit at Hanayashiki and Akihabara, but as a bonus we also stopped by Tokyo Dome City to see if we could spot some TPR people. This weekend is the same weekend that we went to Fuji-Q last year, so we were expecting a bit of a crowd, but boy were we in for a chock, there were people everywhere. We even had to wait 50 minutes!! to get on the coaster at Hanayashiki, but they were doing a great job running it though. In Akihabara it was the same way, with people everywhere, and when we got to Tokyo Dome City there was even more people. The queues were overflowing everywhere. Pictures: Another Plane that we flew with, still an awesome airline company in my books Finally got around and took some pictures from our train journey's to and from Narita Random cityscape Skyscrapers Woo tilted Somewhere in Tokyo Overtaking a Yamanote train As good of a POV you can get from these trains Mamonaku Shinjuku First stop Asakusa There were people everywhere They had a lot of cool buildings there Head building Different angle Entry to the shrine area But that's the reason why we went here They even had a space shot But this is what we were going for Some nice gardens Some German coaster enthusiasts we were talking with while waiting in line for the coaster Itterashai They have stuffed in rides everywhere This small coaster clings to the sides of the buildings Scary tower ride Lot's of stuff Have they changed the trains recently? Now this is an electronics store My favorite anime/manga/etc. store Some other cool buildings There was a lot of people here as well Guess where we are A couple of steps on the ev-value and here you got the answer A nice shot of Thunder Dolphin But what is that I see?? strobes + train at night... Oooo I love these photos!! LaQua area Really fast carousel! And I give you all even more Penguins!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 September 15:th Big disappointment Coaster today = 8 Coasters in total = 55 New Coasters = 8 \(^0^)/ Today we had an even earlier morning, since we were going to meet up with the TPR people at 6:30, which meant that we had to leave our hotel at least 1 hour before to catch one of the few trains that early in the morning so that they wouldn't leave without us. So we got on the bus with them and started to head north up towards Nasu. It took a bit longer then expected but we still arrived before the park opened, so we got a few rides before they let in the GP. The day was pretty cloudy and cool, but all the rides were opened. During the few hours we were at the park we managed to do almost everything. This must be the biggest collection of coasters that I can say are mediocre at best, nothing mind blowing here just pain... One of the reasons why I wanted to go here is that last year they opened a ride, called Parabow, that looked like it was one of those Togo Wild Storms. This ride was one of the big disappointments of the day. It wasn't made by Togo (have no idea on which company that have made it though), still good to see that this ride type survived the Togo bankruptcy though. Too bat that it was nowhere near as intense/insane as the Togo version of the ride. It was like the operators had stuck the ride in kiddy mode and it rode more or less like a normal Paratrooper. The second disappointment was that Lightning Coaster, the BHS/Meisho (near) clone of Knightmare (BMRX) and Jetline, have been scrapped. I would have loved to take a picture of it and touched it, just so have at least seen the 3 of them. But then again now I have ridden the ones that are existing instead. On the way back to Tokyo we ditched the TPR bus (hope that you had a great trip in Tokyo) and got back into the city by public transport. Which meant that we got the random Japanese Bus and another Shinkansen credit instead. We spent a little time in Shinagawa for the evening before heading back to Ikebukuro for the night. Pictures: The Boss Asahi Beer building Random area in Tokyo Starting to get out of the city A big mess of coaster track With a Loop Crazy airtime hill Where the other rides are Mouse kind of coaster Much like the one at Hamanako Pal-Pal One of the worst SLC I have been on Had a strange colour scheme Ouch This Ferris wheel have a propulsion system that I haven't seen before Para Tower Ship Top Loop or Top Gun, you decide Parabow No way near as close as the "Togo flat ride of Death" SLC with construction area in front of it Painful Even more track Asakusa Hmmm, weren't we here yesterday W00t! Loads of track At Shinagawa station we discovered that it was 123 years since last time Godzilla destroyed the place SONY Pretty park area Shinagawa Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 September 16:th The flight home Coaster today = 0 Coasters in total = 55 Time to head back home. It was a long way back home but at least I found an awesome book at Narita so I had something to do on the flight home. And after another 24 hours on the go (2 trains, 3 flights and a taxi journey), i was home at last in northern Sweden. But I will do all of it again in an instant. Pictures KLM from Tokyo Racing with a ANA flight to Europe Flight from Amsterdam I haven't got anymore pictures from this day since I was just to tired... I hope that you have enjoyed this PTR as I had during the actual trip Until next time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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