Photo TR: Hanno joins the Middle America Trip

[PCW_Nut]

As always...no disappointing with your photos...great job.

[MisterP]

Hey guys, haven't posted in a while.

 

I love that you guys all enjoyed the City Museum so much. We're pretty proud of it here.

 

Not sure if you guys know, but they actually have concerts in the front room where the stuffed sea animals are hanging (outside the caves).

 

Back in June, I saw Fishbone there. It was insane.

 

And they actually had burlesque dancers as an opening act (pasties over their you-know-whats ).

 

It was a great night. The owners of that place are insanely cool and they apparently have been hosting occasional concerts for a few years (I didn't know until this summer).

 

Anyway, good to talk to my TPR friends again.

 

Now I'm off to Six Flags tonight to ride Evel Knievel in the dark...

[Hhappy]

Time for a small bump.. in preparation for the next update.. Holiday World.. Anyone interested??

[Guy T. Koepp]

Only if it's bacon wrapped, batter dipped, and deep fried. Served with a side of melted butter! Oh, if you could shove it into a zuchinni before doing so. That would be amazing.

[Moose]

Iamb glad you bumped this since I somehow missed this update. Great update from an absolutely miserably hot day. The park seemed like a nice place but with it as unbearably hot as it was, we just layed in the AC'd theater for quite a while.

 

Looking back at the pics, I am reminded what an absolutely great group of people were on the MidAmerica trip! I want to go back!

[jynx242]

Thanks ever so much Hanno! As always, I love your pictures. I had a BLAST that day, but truly almost melted Those sprayers (they weren't misters - they were like garden hoses set on Shower) were lifesaving!

 

D.

 

City Museum = AWESOME

 

I was only bruised from falling through the re-bar whale outside of the caves - and the airplanes just totally freaked me out. It was whilst crawling through those that I realized exactly what I was doing.

[cfc]

I missed the six-foot man eating chicken. Oh, well, . . .

 

I enjoyed Six Flags St. Louis, despite the outrageous heat and humidity that day. Mr. Freeze is the best shuttle coaster this side of the old Schwarzkopf loopers, Evel Knievel is a solid GCI, and the Scooby Doo dark ride is probably the best of the bunch. Next time, I'll have to check out the water park.

 

Great pictures, as usual, Hanno--thanks!

[derwood]

Great pictures Hanno. Glad I came to St Louis for the nonsense. Highlight of my summer!

 

-daron

[Hhappy]

Day 7: Holiday World.

 

This will sound borig (i guess) but yet another awesome day. I had been to the park in 07 amd had some great memories. This time it was more relaxing (no rush to get credits) and more time to enjoy the park.

 

We also got some amazing tour time and nice photo-ops. All in all yet another amazing day.

 

Pictures are posted in the order that they were taken during the day.

Feel free to comment.

after some sleep.. it was time to get up

looks like somebody takes a dump all day long..

love the sign

the "magic" door

yeah, this area has not changed much

good morning sir

nice turn, and lovely coaster

more wood

still walking "backstage"

first stop of the day

trying to get that one amazing image

happy riders

leaning in for the final turn

not sure what was happening, but i just could not resist posting

ok, time to check out the rest of the park

another coaster

and a train on it's way down

it looks so pretty

getting ready for that first drop

this years new addition

something trees

familiar faces

for some an awesome way to start the day, for others.. just another day on the job..

darn it.. that does look tall

"small" wave

a little spray is always fun on the way down

random riders.. although i think i recognize some

is it fear or is it joy?? so close yet so far apart

almost back at the station

photo caption contest worthy (i think). Not sure what Lou is looking at..

just in case you started to forget this trip reports current location

ok, time to move on.

Plunge tour time

control panel area

trying to get that awesome image

first looks down

spray

skloosh

it does look.. ehm.. tall and kind of weird..

fly by

relax time for the dummies..

next boat. Somebody is posing for the camera

elevator system

hello ladies

yeah, that's pretty close to the ride

here they go

higher and higher

all kinds of possible angles

interesting pice of enginering

but there's more

it does look big..

happy monkey

more ladies.. hmm, waterparks are fun..

a bit of an overview

but wait, there's a new ride to check out

nice way to keep folks cool

up close and "personal" with this fun ride

going up

water = waterride

riders going up

looks like everybody is enjoying the ride

bye bye

fun for all ages

scream if you like it

in the distance

just a part of the ride

relaxing and watching people having fun.

conveyer belt

a look back at the park

ok, time to move on and find a place to cool down a bit

fun ride

time for some more pictures

it looks so pretty

is it fear or joy??

is everybody having fun or??

more backstage tour time

nah, we're not going for this ride

here we go

first drop fun

the "old" train

lovely banking

away into the forest

and yes, this walk does go uphill

plenty of photo opportunities

so much fun to look at (and see everybody taking their own pictures)

another fun turn

why so serious??

almost perfect

the turn around

get that picture

happy rider time

pain, joy fun

some familiar faces

first drop fun

on the home stretch

such a fun turn. That's it folks

Edited November 15, 2010 by ernierocker

[krazekiddd]

Hanno! I love how you get all weird shots of us that turn out amazing.

 

Jenn - Lovely Face

Travis - WTF is my woman doing.

 

[ernierocker]

Awesome report and photos as usual, Hanno!

 

Looks like Holiday World put together some nice backstage tours for you guys.

[RoCo]

More great shots, and that "Jenntendo" tattoo (that is a tattoo, yes?) freaking RULES!Well done!

[Roachman]

Awesome photos, Hanno! The backstage tours that Holiday World gave us were great! It was a fun day!

[beatle11]

These are both so beautiful.

 

 

I could probably just sit there all day and watch those rides.

[VGplay]

 

Haha, I look like I'm not enjoying the ride at all. Though by that point I'm ready to get off...

 

Great photos Hanno. Thanks for sharing. Is it June yet?

[Swiftman]

Thanks for the free onride pictures!

[tiger01]

That TR was immense! Some great pictures of such amazing rides!

[PortugePunk]

amazing photos and update. i HAVE TO go here one day

[Hhappy]

Keep an eye on this topic.. there might be something new coming pretty soon...

 

Keep the comments flowing

[Moose]

I'm amazed at how many TPRers you managed to get on randomn trains! Great pictures as always.

[Hhappy]

^That's what happens if you're not riding yourself but instead spent your time trying to find new (better/different) angles to get pictures of coasters and people on these rides..

[Hhappy]

Time for the next update.

Day 8 : Indiana Beach

 

I was really looking forward to this day (based on the 07 experience) yet for some reason it did not feel the same.. I guess the heat was getting to me that day.. Not sure what happened.

I still had a great time (thanks to great company) but it felt different..

Missed the stunt show (which i loved the last time i was there) and did not get on many rides..

 

Anyway, enough said.. here's a bunch of pictures.

something about corn..

lots and lots of water

let's go to the rides

what a view

yeah.. this sign always makes me laugh

going up

tight fit

next load of riders

sorry, just got a little distracted..

back on topic.. there's more to this park then just one ride

there's so much to see everywhere you look..

nerds..

that looks like a lot of steel..

loving the different ride positions..

it's ok to smile or laugh

now i need to remember where i took this picture for the next visit..

first drop fun

in the distance

that does look like some fun (h)airtime

scream if you like it

back to the new credit (for me)

so much steel and fun on a small footprint

90 degrees

going down

fun turn

Yeah, Indiana Beach..

ok, time for the zoom

the kid does look a bit worried..

love this nerd shot.. it just shows how the wheel assembly works..

why?? it's fun

almost down..

ehm..

ok, enough.. time to move on

going down

in the distance

so many things to look at

fun ride, thanks for the time and rides.

[Godwyn]

sorry, just got a little distracted..

 

So as her shirt says, was she shaking it?

[Guy T. Koepp]

Indiana Beach looks soooooooo delicious! It is the park I am most going out of my way to visit next year.

[krazekiddd]

Time for the next update.

Day 8 : Indiana Beach

 

I was really looking forward to this day (based on the 07 experience) yet for some reason it did not feel the same.. I guess the heat was getting to me that day.. Not sure what happened.

I still had a great time (thanks to great company) but it felt different.

 

Nope, you had it right. Something felt so off since our last visit. It could have totally been the heat, but I remember MidWest being super hot too! Maybe it's because we were there in mid afternoon till closing originally.