ChrisZer0 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Having 1/2-3/4 of your annual budget going to Fried Chicken, Gravy and meatballs is a problem in this slow economic era. Its time ACE tightens their collective waistbelt and cuts the fat from their diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull24471 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I was going to join ACE but after X-mas found my laid off due to company cut backs. Also i had heard a few things about them from others that there way of doing things is more toward a controlling style not like TRP were your allowed to say what you feel. guess that is why i am a TRP member now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 ^ Please tell me more about this TRP place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atem122 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 ^ He's of course talking about T rowe Price a fantastic and fun place to plan your retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull24471 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 ^ Please tell me more about this TRP place No what i mean is the TRP forums are less restrictive of what people say and do on here. I meet some ace's a while back and they where up tight and some what rude to me and then girlfriend. Now I know that this was a small group of them but it did leave a sour note on my first impression of ACE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 ^ Theme Review Park sure is a good place to hang out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 What's a Theme Review Park?? ^ Please tell me more about this TRP place No he's talking about The Raptor Pit forums... http://www.theraptorpit.com/forum/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull24471 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 What's a Theme Review Park?? ^ Please tell me more about this TRP place No he's talking about The Raptor Pit forums... http://www.theraptorpit.com/forum/index.php HAHAHA make fun of my redneckese i see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachKidBoy Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I have been a member of both for just over a year. I have been on trips put together by both groups. I have noticed the group sponsoring the event seems to rag on the other gropus and visa-versa. I am just a theme park fan and enjoy both groups for what they put together for us all. It's all about having fun and giving common respect. Earlier this year I attended Winter Coaster Solace (ACE) and WCB (TPR) on back-to-back days, some of the same people were at both and we ALL had a great time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachKidBoy Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 One more follow-up to my last comment. And I don't mean to be biased but at this year's ACE WCS at Knott's, the regional rep didn't even show up. The nezt day at TPR's WCB at SFMM Robb was all over the place and even in passing by him and his 'posse' at 10pm he asked if we were having a great time. Plus TPR has Big Mike, a great fun gut I met that day and couldn't have been more fun and nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 ^ One of my personal goals is to meet every single person who takes the time to post, read, and contribute to the site. If people are going to take the time to hang out here, I at least owe them the courtesy of saying hello and saying "thanks." Granted since the site is always growing that means I'll be meeting new people forever! It's one of the best things about running the site! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachKidBoy Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Thanks Robb, and I am sorry for the misspellings, especially when you have a checker involved. I just like having the opportunity for both groups, and seeing as a lot of us are involved with both, 'can't we all just get along' and have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 ^^ While I don't know our rep personally, I have met him and he seems like a nice guy. Remember, too, that even ACE reps have lives and sometimes can't make an event. I did get an e-mail from him last year regarding the behavior of Solace attendees. (I know I posted this previously, but it's worth a repost.) While Pony Express was under construction, Knott's had a very important person from Zamperla come out to speak to the group during lunch, and many of the people just couldn't stop talking long enough to listen to him. Pretty rude. Had I been him, I'd have just left the area, thanked Knott's for inviting me, and headed for the airport. ^ Truth. When you host an event, be it a coaster event, a wedding, etc., you do have to at least try and meet/greet your guests. Every TPR event I've been to (including the now two WCBs), Robb and/or Chris Godsey have made it a point to say hi to me. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachKidBoy Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Thanks Eric, And you remember me, we have met a few times either on the net or in person. You have been a great informative buddy to meet. I met you last June and this past March. Will you be at SFMM June 14th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 ^ I plan to be there, and my daughter is interested in going this time, too. Hopefully she can make it---she wants her Deja Vu credit...badly. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 ^ Please tell me more about this TRP place Yesterday in biology we started talking about the "trp operon" in genetic engineering, and I must have misspelled it "TPR" about 10 times. Dan "Tryptophan Park Review!" Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull24471 Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 As to what Robb said earlier i hope to meet alot of you in the future. i know there are alot of TRP members here in VA and in near by states. But that will have to wait till next year when my economy is stronger..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 ^ I visited TRP and it I don't see that many Virginia residents around there. See for yourself here... http://www.theraptorpit.com/forum/index.php However on TPR, there are a lot of Virginia residents around (including me). Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to go on any TPR trips in the future. I've noticed that members of all kinds of other coaster forums tend to make fun of ACE just as much as TPR does. There seems to be a general stereotype that most ACErs live in their parent's basement oogling over pictures of Intamin and B&M coasters while eating excessive amounts of gravy. So TPR isn't alone when it comes to making fun of ACE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterfan99 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 ^ It does not help the stereotype when you go to an event like Ride Warriors weekend, you leave to go to the bathroom and in the 3 minutes your fiancee has already been hit on by an ACEer with an awful pick-up line. After this, he goes to talk to an older lady, whom looks like his mom, about said pick-up attempt. With that said, the members were like any fan group: Some fun people, some who are not into the social aspect, some only in for the social aspect & some who have no life outside of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 ^ That's very creepy! Almost a little too creepy for my tastes... Its people like that that really ruin ACE's reputation... Although it DOES make for some funny ACE-related jokes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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