Annual Foto TR: 1 photo for every park we visited this year!

[chadster]

^ Yuuuuup! I agree!

[milst1]

Chris, Rick, Larry, great to hear from all of you.

 

It's getting harder and harder to do this as we run out of "low hanging" fruit. Then again, I didn't think we could match, let alone top, last year's park count.

 

Thanks so much for checking out the report.

[gisco]

1Just fyi, our first international theme park trip was the 2008 TPR Seoul-Tokyo trip, which was amazing.

 

Wow, that is where I first met you guys!

 

Love this recap that you have been doing every year. It is a lot of fun going to all these parks all over the place.

Edited December 28, 2011 by gisco

[tiger01]

So what happened to the rest of the Road to Cedar point TR? I checked and they've only posted 4 parks.

[milst1]

So what happened to the rest of the Road to Cedar point TR? I checked and they've only posted 4 parks.

 

You'll have to ask Robb about that one. Sometimes he gets a little behind because other things come up. Plus there are cool reports from others on the trip, like the Kiwi's report. Check it out.

 

Bob, hope to coast with you again soon!

 

Once, thanks to everyone who's checked out this 2011 update!

[milst1]

Added the final park of the year, Xetulul in Guatemala. Full trip report from Guatemalan and Costa Rican parks coming soon. Hope you like.

[beatle11]

^Looking forward to it!

[milst1]

It's that time of year again, and this seems to be the nearest thing to a holiday letter that I do, so Happy Holidays everyone! This was my worst year of online TPR participation since joining, so this really feels good to be posting again after so long.

 

This was a year of transition for us. After 3 1/2 years of Cheryl and me commuting trans-Atlantically, I gave up my teaching position in Holland and took an assistant professorship in an equally exotic place: Long Island, New York. I'm still studying the local culture. Fortunately, I can see Adventureland from campus.

 

In spite of the transition, it was still a very decent theme park year for us, starting out in Guatemala/Costa Rica and including major trips to Italy on our own and China with TPR, as well as some great North America trips to Colorado, Utah, Montreal, and Upstate New York/Western PA. We managed to hit 70+ parks again for the third or fourth year in a row. This was also the first year that we have ever gone to Orlando *twice*, which is just weird to me. Before taking up this hobby seriously, my visits to WDW averaged every *10* years!

 

Another major achievement this year was actually "finishing" the Netherlands, nabbing all 45 credits. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your POV, Toverland has a new coaster that opened up after we left, so we need to head back there in the Spring-time to mop up again.

 

This year's itineraries eerily foreshadowed TPR's, which wasn't planned. We would always rather do the trips with TPR than without, but school schedules are very hard to work around. We did love the China Trip (Part I) that we did with TPR, and we really look forward to 2013's Mexico Trip and at least part of the Japan Trip.

 

Anyway, Happy New Year Everyone! May your coasters be smooth and your airtime be ejector!

Mundo Petapa (Guatemala)

Parque de Diversiones Dr. Roberto Ortiz Brenes (Costa Rica)

Uncle Bernie's

WDW - Magic Kingdom (February and November)

WDW - Disney's Animal Kingdom

WDW - Disney's Hollywood Studios

WDW - EPCOT (February and November)

Legoland Florida

Duinrell (Dragon Fly Preview) (Netherlands)

Zoosafari e Fasanolandia (Italy)

Miragica (Italy)

Gomma Park (Italy)

Liberty City Fun (Italy)

Arcolandia Pacifico (Italy)

Bonus Park: Girabilandia (This park must have gone out of business shortly before our visit in April. Looked to be somewhat maintained, but it was closed. Now listed as defunct). (Italy)

Edenlandia (Italy)

Magic World (Italy)

Rainbow Magicland (Italy)

Zoomarine (Italy)

Italia in Miniatura (Italy)

Fiabilandia (Italy)

Mirabilandia (Italy)

Gardaland (Italy)

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

Stratosphere

Carowinds

Coney Island (Scream Zone, Luna Park, Deno's)

Sylvan Beach

Seabreeze

Darien Lake

Martin's Fantasy Island

Marineland Canada

Waldameer

Conneaut Lake Park

Kennywood

Steel Pier

Go Bananas! (Norridge, IL)

Safari Land

Santa's Village Azoosment Park

Six Flags Great America

Michigan's Adventure

Hoge Beukel Speelpark (Netherlands)

De Waarbeek (Netherlands)

Amusementspark Tivoli (Netherlands)

De Valkenier

DippieDoe/Aquabest (Netherlands)

LaRonde

Lagoon

Crab Island Children's Theme Park (TPR China Tour 2012)

Crab Island Resort (TPR China Tour 2012)

Aoyun Fuwa Paradise/Fuwa Eden (TPR China Tour 2012)

Beijing World Park (TPR China Tour 2012)

Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park (TPR China Tour 2012)

Sun Park (TPR China Tour 2012)

Happy Valley Beijing (TPR China Tour 2012)

Victory Kingdom (TPR China Tour 2012)

Youth Center (TPR China Tour 2012)

Langfang Children's Paradise (TPR China Tour 2012)

Floraland (TPR China Tour 2012)

People's Park (Chengdu) (TPR China Tour 2012)

Xinhua Park (Chengdu) (TPR China Tour 2012)

Happy Valley Chengdu (TPR China Tour 2012)

Happy Valley Wuhan (TPR China Tour 2012)

Wuhan Peace Park (TPR China Tour 2012)

Wuhan Zhongshan Park (TPR China Tour 2012)

Universal Islands of Adventure

Universal Studios Florida

Lakeside (Whoops, forgot this one. Should be up there after Glenwood Caverns). Thanks for checking out my report!

Six Flags Great Adventure (Another whoops, forgot this Halloween visit).

Edited December 22, 2014 by milst1

[AussieMum]

Thanks for the trip around the world.

 

What interesting parks & coasters.

[beatle11]

Great pics Martin! You doing any TPR events/trips next year?

[larrygator]

Martin, I love seeing this thread every December. I wish I had thought of the idea first.

[milst1]

Great pics Martin! You doing any TPR events/trips next year?

 

Martin, I love seeing this thread every December. I wish I had thought of the idea first.

 

Thanks, both of you, I really appreciate it.

 

We're doing the Mexico trip and we're trying to join the Japan trip at the beginning or the end.

[gisco]

I like the recap of all the parks you went to. This is a great idea and love seeing it each December. Maybe we will cross paths again in June.

[beatle11]

We're doing the Mexico trip and we're trying to join the Japan trip at the beginning or the end.

 

I'm doing Texas/Midwest. Maybe see you guys around if there's a bash.

[Werner]

Looks like another great year for you guys, would be fun to see you 2 again in 2013

[milst1]

Looks like another great year for you guys, would be fun to see you 2 again in 2013

 

Werner, we have to come back for the new Toverland credit!

[milst1]

Whoops, forgot one park. So that makes it 72 parks for 2012. If you haven't already, check out one photo for every park we hit in 2012, starting on page 6.

[milst1]

Another great year! We hit 75 parks this year and now I share them with YOU. There's no commentary, just the name of the park, with occasional geographic info. Unfortunately, we seem to not have any pictures of Connecticut's Ocean Beach Park, although both Cheryl and I remember taking photos. I must have mistakenly deleted them. So I'm throwing in a second picture from Adventureland Long Island, 'cause I went there twice. And there's a "bonus" park. See if you can catch it.

 

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to Everyone!

Sunway Lagoon (Malaysia)

Berjaya Time Square Theme Park (Malaysia)

Genting Theme Park (Malaysia)

First World Indoor Theme Park (Malaysia)

Universal Studios Singapore

Legoland Malaysia

Danga World (Malaysia)

Bosque Mágico (Mexico)

Parque Plaza Sesamo (Mexico)

Parque Francisco Villa (TPR Mexico Tour)

Six Flags Mexico (TPR Mexico Tour)

La Feria Chapultepec Magico (TPR Mexico Tour)

Divertido Family Adventure Park (TPR Mexico Tour)

Parque Bicentenario (TPR Mexico Tour)

Selva Mágica (TPR Mexico Tour)

Thorpe Park (UK)

Legoland Windsor (UK)

Chessington World of Adventures (UK)

Adventure Island (UK)

Boomers! (Medford, NY)

Cedar Point

O.D. Pavilion

Family Kingdom

Freestyle Music Park

Tokyo Disneyland (TPR Japan Tour)

Tokyo DisneySea (TPR Japan Tour)

Universal Studios Japan (TPR Japan Tour)

Hirakata Park (TPR Japan Tour)

Yokohama Cosmoworld (TPR Japan Tour)

Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise (TPR Japan Tour)

Nagashima Spa Land (TPR Japan Tour)

Hokkaido Greenland (TPR Japan Tour)

Rusutsu Resort (TPR Japan Tour)

Sega Joypolis (TPR Japan Tour)

Fuji-Q Highland (TPR Japan Tour)

Spring Park

Sourthern Adventures

Dollywood

Fun Stop

NASCAR SpeedPark

Camden Park

Adventureland Long Island

Funplex (Mount Laurel, NJ)

Sesame Place

Dutch Wonderland

Hersheypark

Knoebel's

Frontier City

Wonderland Amusement Park (Amarillo, TX)

Joyland Amusement Park (Lubbock, TX)

Six Flags Over Texas

Galveston Historic Pleasure Pier

Six Flags Fiesta Texas

SeaWorld San Antonio

Dixie Landin'

Fantasy Forest at the Flushing Meadows Carousel

Kinderstad Heerlen (Netherlands)

Toverland (Netherlands)

Kongeparken (Norway)

Washington State Fair (Puyallup, WA)

Silverwood

Quassy Amusement Park

Adventureland Long Island (went back for Halloween)

Aventura Center Alto Las Condes (Chile)

Mampato Lo Barnechea (Chile)

Mampato Las Vizcachas

Fantasilandia

Fun Spot USA

Fun Spot America

Magic Kingdom

Disney's Animal Kingdom

EPCOT

Disney California Adventure

Disneyland

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Knott's Berry Farm

Thanks for sharing 2013 with us! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Edited December 22, 2014 by milst1

[beatle11]

This thread is always a treat at the end of the year! Happy Holidays!

[Nrthwnd]

Wow, what a wonderful year you guys have had!

 

And I got a kick out of your choice for Cosmoworld,

that being the characature (sp?) artist there. I had

mine done on my first Japan tour with TPR, back in

2007, just before we were getting ready to leave the park.

And mine was good, too!

 

Thanks for sharing it all in a very unique way, Martin.

You, Cheryl and Lauren have a great holiday season -

and see you in June!

[WFChris]

You have such a cool life. It was a pleasure to meet you guys on the Mexico tour!

[milst1]

^^^

The pleasure was ours, Chris! Thanks for checking out the report everyone!

[technfxrick]

Looks great Martin and Cheryl! thanks for all the photo's.

[robbalvey]

Love this thread! I encourage everyone to check out the first post of this thread and look at all the other years as well!

[jmicha]

The levels of jealousy are rising with me This is great you guys, I loved seeing all these pictures from this year and past years. Thanks for posting.