Invertalon Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) As promised months ago, I finally got around to posting this TR from Florida. This is basically just a photo TR, so I will just caption the photos with the information. This TR includes SWO, BGT, Brevard Zoo, Downtown Disney and some other random photos. Let me know if you have any questions. The Hotel! Which was awesome... We had the mini-condo rooms or whatever you want to call them, hot-tub and all! <3 I-trolley... Love this thing! Took this to SWO a few days out of the week along with any other location along I-Drive. Was empty this day as you can see. SWO! Manta testing! Lift (such a beautiful ride!) The entrance. First Drop Now to Kraken for a bit. I love Kraken! Such a great ride, love the ZeroG. The Kraken itself! Penguin Encounter... Makes me miss Sea World Ohio / SFWoA Sleeping Sea Lion He really wanted some fish! Anytime I go to SWO, Kraken is walk-on Octopus located in Manta's exhibit. A small piece of Manta's Queue line... One of the best lines, ever. I mean, where else could you see this while waiting in line? Makes time go by fast! Luckily, wait of less than 20mins the days I was there, if not walkon. Manta observation area. Pretzel Loop Wee! Inside the Shark Encounter Florida squirrel... Tiny compared to our Ohioan ones! Speaking of, they are preparing right now for winter. Large as small dogs... This was fun... But made me dizzy as well. Do not do well in simulators, at all! Over the bridge. Love the views from here. Some midway So beautiful these parks are! At the front of the park by Manta Now a few photos from the Brevard Zoo! This is "cookie", he followed me everywhere. Would not leave me alone! He actually ate a part of my camera bag off for whatever reason. Um, yeah. Don't mess. Do not forget what this is, but it is one serious looking bird! High up in the trees. Silly goat. Welcome to BGT! I really like Gwazi, fun layout. Hate the PTC's. but maybe those MF trains will come one day. Flamingo! Sheikra Second Drop First Drop Will be missed... Man, I really miss the free beer Rhino Rally is a blast! Kumba Very original photo.... I kind of like the "rusty" look, myself. Montu... Oh sweet Montu! Love immelmans... Wish they were used more often. Tiger at BGT... Love that area of the park. I enjoy these boat things... They are a good way to burn a buck or two and a few minutes. Midway Saw the Cirque show down here and it was decent. I prefer many others, though. Varekai, Kooza & Alegria definitely beat this one. Downtown Disney is such a pretty area. Cool looking place World of Disney Back to Manta! Such an awesome ride. Kills the "Superman" varieties. I was actually expecting to be underwhelmed by this ride... But it was so much better than expected. Time for some animal shots... Here is a Puffin. I like Puffins. This poor Gull has no foot. Wonder what happened to it. Dolphin Nursery. He was playing with his brother/friend and a bird that kept coming by. Hello there The animal show at SWO... It was a pretty good show, I enjoyed it. through the hoop! jump! jump! Few more Kraken shots I really like the straight drops, versus curved. One final Manta shot Back to the airport we go! Self Explanatory. Edited September 21, 2010 by Invertalon
themeparkman25 Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 I heart Manta! Thanks for the great trip report!
saginawhxc Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 I really need to make it down to Florida. Thanks for posting this. As usual great photos.
Invertalon Posted September 21, 2010 Author Posted September 21, 2010 I really love Manta as well! As I stated in one of my captions, I really had low expectations for the ride due to the layout and my experiences with Superman's (I MUCH prefer the Vekoma's!)... But Manta changed that. I love how they integrated the aquarium with the ride so perfectly. The ride itself was awesome, and I really love the ending on the left side (knee choppers!) and how close you get to the waterfalls and ground in general. This is how flying coasters should be! Too bad more parks are not building them... They have so much potential IMO, if done right.. Like Manta!
tiger01 Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 Awesome Pictures! Love this one...! Lol The Guy on The Left!
YoshiFan Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 Seeing the people wearing winter jackets and hats reminded me of how cold it was in early January. Kind of crazy to be walking around the parks when it was in the upper 30's and low 40's, when you expect it to be 30+ degrees warmer. It didn't stop me from riding Splash Mountain though.
Invertalon Posted September 22, 2010 Author Posted September 22, 2010 You know, people looked at me like I was insane that trip... I was walking around in shorts & tshirt (it was like 60* I believe) but for those Florida locals, man was it frigid! Like you said, hats, coats, etc... I mean it got a little chilly towards the night, but compared to Ohio in January? It is MUCH warmer I was able to take it with ease! A few years back we actually went swimming in an outdoor pool and people though we were nuts. It was "only" 70 some degrees outside. Toughen up!
YoshiFan Posted September 23, 2010 Posted September 23, 2010 If it was 60 when I was there (from January 2nd to the 7th) I would have been wearing shorts and a t-shirt too. I wear shorts and t-shirts until it gets into the 50's and then wear short sleeve t-shirts all year. I would have been swimming too in 70 degrees. The craziest thing I saw was we were at the Grand Floridian for dinner at night and it was in the mid or upper 30's at that time and there was a girl swimming in the pool. I'd go swimming in cooler temperatures but even that is too much for me.
Electerik Posted September 23, 2010 Posted September 23, 2010 Great photos. In fact, many of them made me quite angry, as I've taken much worse versions of them.
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