It's time for a 2010 picture recap

[tiger01]

I found this picture of Joris en de Draak on rcdb today. I must say this is an epic picture!

 

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[Bolliger&Mabillard]

Here are some of my favorite pics traveling this year.

My Favorite overall. I think my friend Robert (lower right corner) was choking on something

Us Laker fans also rode The Bull

And finally in three separate visits to the park, I finall got my Kingda Ka credit

I was a big fan of this ride.

Me at the White House

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. We have no idea who this girl was, but she was a great sport for taking a picture with us

Walking through Alcatraz

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On the Powell & Mason streetcar to Pier 39

[mightypotato]

Here are my favourite pictures from this year...

 

Voyage right before the queue fly-by

 

Diamonback at dusk

 

Millennium Force's first overbank

 

Corkscrew over the CP Midway

 

First drop on Whirlwind at Seabreeze

 

Seabreeze's Yoyo

 

Second loop of Vampire at La Ronde

 

Klockwerks at Canada's Wonderland

 

It was a good summer...

[Snowboard246]

Here are some of my favorites from 2010 that I took personally

 

Rock-it streaks down the first drop at Universal Orlando

 

Goliath at SFOG towers over the tree lines

 

One of my favorites, Great American Scream Machine

 

Hulk at Islands of Adventure

 

Hulk in its first corkscrew out of the tunnel

[cfc]

OK, here's a mix of coasters, people, and goofiness from 2010.

From a whale-watching excursion during the TPR cruise in January--a friendly turtle gives a bird a ride.

This is my favorite picuture from West Coast Bash. Matt is trying for either "dead sexy" or "sinister."

BEST RIDE OF 2010--I305!

Best ride at Six Flags Over Georgia--and my favorite old Schwarzkopf.

My favorite picture of SFOG's Goliath: "Die, clock, die!"

Leslie Hall applies her deadly "camel clutch" during TPR's Mid-America Trip.

Best ride at Iowa's Adventureland--The Outlaw.

Best ride overall of the Mid-America Trip--Silver Dollar City's Powder Keg.

Lou gives Dave some of my kettle corn.

SpongeRobb at City Museum.

A City Museum freak out!

Artsy shot of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

Renegade ERT--TPR members shoot by the station.

My favorite pic from Halloween Horror Night at Universal Florida.

Let's finish up with Christmas Town at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.

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[greg spalding]

Take at this year's RCCGB Blackpool Bash, with an EOS500D and 300mm zoom lens. Taken from the station, toward the turnaround.

The Big One, Blackpool

[greg spalding]

The Big One, coasting the first hill after the drop.

[greg spalding]

Grand National's Red and Blue trains racing on the final straight, just before the finish line.

[montezooma]

Here are my favorite pics of 2010 from my favorite TPR trip of 2010...and a bonus favorite pic from Cowabunga Bay

[ScottBrown]

[Midgetman82]

I guess I'll post my pics.

I don't have many artsy shots, but these are my favorites out of many I took.

Getting on Tatsu

Sorta crappy panorama of SFMM

Sheikra's large Immelmann.

Enjoying Camp at Busch Gardens Tampa.

Feeding Kangaroos in Busch Gardens.

Batman at SFOG

Riding Space Shot at the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center.

And the Kentucky State Fair.

[aimster]

Ok here's some of mine...

Midway at the Florida State Fair

View from Montu's brake run tower

ShiekRa

The cutest wallaby EVER!!!

Hogwarts is so awesome!

Stuck on Forbidden Journey FTW!

A different view of Imagination

[TOPGUN1993]

SkyZip at Dollywood

On the way to Kings Island

Looking down over 300 ft from Kings Island's Eiffel Tower

Classic Kumba photo location

Arriving at Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdoms Haunted Mansion

Random lady behind us getting hit in the face with our park maps!! I love this photo

Incredible Hulk

Finally Six Flags Great America

(I apologize if I didn't add these in the correct photo format)

[traincrossin]

^That one of the butterfly and the Haunted Mansion is great!

[sspaz1000]

Here's mine for the year, a combo of parks and other travels, but 2010 was 90% a good year. The other 10% we're not discussing, lol.

January 2010, I went to Cardiff, Wales. I may or may not be a huge Doctor Who/Torchwood fan...

Caerphilly Castle, used in BBC shows such as Doctor Who & Merlin. Gorgeous old castle, has that eerie haunted feel to it.

This brings us up to February. What can I say blizzards and more blizzards came our way. That's the family dog in the snow. She loved it though.

Onto April, Knoebels Opening weekend Here's the Twister, or should I be starting to say brain scrambler?

My typical shot of The Phoenix. I still <3 this coaster.

Kozmo's Kurves- Kozmo still beat the crap out of me. And I'm still debating on which was worse, that or High Speed Thrill Coaster.

Now we're onto May, Here I am with the family at the Walk MS 2010 event. My mom was diagnosed with the disease in 2009, so we're doing the walk every year.

Mothers Day Phillies game. Yes it was that cold in the shade.

The Spectrum. Sadly this is being torn down, because people actually think Philly fans want to shop and eat at upscale dining places before sporting events. Last I checked we were all about getting hammered in the parking lots and booing everyone else.

Flyers playoff game against Montreal.

Memorial Day, I got to visit my friend in Toronto and go to Canada's Wonderland.

I like this picture, though I hated the ride. Never had a ride beat me up more than that.

Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Yep still a kid inside.

Brings us to July, I saw that GASM at Great Adventure was closing.So I had to get the credit before it closed.

My other wooden love, El Toro.

Love Bruises from Kingda Ka.

August saw some crappy time in my life, but I ended up going to Lakemont Park and Delgrosso's. Here is Leap The Dips. I loved it.

Skyliner. I liked this one too. First ride, I wasn't so impressed with it but as the day wore on, it got a lot better.

Crazy Mouse at Delgrosso's. First Spinning coaster. Not a fan. I felt so sick after riding.

Philies game in August.

The friend I visited in Toronto, came to visit me in Philly. I took her to Hershey. So here's Fahrenheit.

Storm Runner and Great Bear. I know I'm in the minority but I really like Great Bear.

Love Park in Philly.

Big Bird himself Mr. Carol Spinney

Back to the UK in October and was down in Bournemouth and Portsmouth. The sand was colder than the water.

Big Ben and I.

Hockey game this past week, with work. Good game and I got to test out my new camera.

See they are tearing the spectrum down. Very very slowly.

And to end my year, Santa on the firetruck at my apartment complex. Not gonna lie, I ran out there and got myself a candy cane.

[Myself]

Amusement park wise, this was an awesome year for me, and 2011 is looking to be even better.

To start, Kennywood built its first coaster since the Phantom's Revenge this year!

I loved being able to follow Sky Rocket's construction. Photographing each update made me that much more excited for its opening.

And it's a great ride. It's not necessarily extreme, but it's FUN and that's what counts.

This says it all. =D This ride deserves every bit of its success.

Needless to say, I had my camera all over this ride!

But we can't forget the other star attraction at the park.

Some close-up detail on Kennywood's carousel.

I'll admit it...I'm a sucker for antique wooden carousels.

The Idlewild Mouse.

Conneaut Lake Park's SBNO Toboggan.

I also got to spend two days at my personal favorite park, Knoebels!

Among many things, the atmosphere is awesome here.

Again with the carousels...unfortunately, I didn't get any good shots of the main carousel. So the kiddie one will have to do.

And a brief view of Twister.

Another great old carousel, this one at Delgrosso's Amusement Park.

The X-Scream drop tower at Waldameer.

Back to Kennywood for Phantom Fright Nights!

No caption necessary.

Now to close with Christmas! Here is the giant Santa outside Idlewild.

Last, but not least, Santa's sleigh on the Phantom.

[Six Flags Enthuseast]

Here are my favorite photos of 2010. Here's to some good photos in 2011!

Wild Thing at Wild Waves Theme Park.

I-5 Dive at Wild Waves Theme Park.

Timberaxe at Wild Waves Theme Park.

Extreme Scream at the Puyallup Fair.

Big Sling at the Puyallup Fair.

Aftershock at Silverwood Theme Park.

Aftershock again.

Boomerang at SFDK.

V2: Vertical Velocity at SFDK.

Panic Plunge at Scarywood.

Me on Screamin' Swing at Rocky & Bullwinkle's Family Fun Center. (Credit to my parents for this photo)

[LTG]

My best rollercoaster photos in 2010

Silver Star and silver clouds

iSpeed beauty at sunset

Spooky Belantis

My disgusting friend

Hellcoaster Goliath

Winter phantasy

-20° C in Phantasialand

Europapark Orange Star

So high

Amazing Mirabilandia night show

How is it possible?

Under the loop

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Eurosat on-ride

Beautiful sky

[pianojohn]

My year in pictures!

Magic Kingdom on my birthday. It's a yearly tradition for me!

My first trip to VA in years! and a pre-trim i305

Finally got my Griffon credit!

I still prefer Sheikra.

and let the credit whoring begin!

Python Pit in Williamsburg, VA.

Back home to Ohio for my yearly CP visit. I worked there 1986-1990, so it will always be my home park!

And one of the theaters in which I worked.

Me and TTD

The highlight of my year: the first of many visits to WWoHP

And the first of MANY Butterbeers!

Stitch and I under Spaceship Earth at Epcot

Lotso and I at DHS

HHN in Orlando with Jack

Is it Christmas time already??

IAAPA in Orlando

More IAAPA

Cheetaka under construction

More characters at Busch Gardens. This was taken during a FRIGID day (lows in the 20's!!)

And feeding the kangaroos! See you at the parks in 2011!

[BeemerBoy]

These....

[Chroniq]

The above trip report is, in my opinion the best of the year..

 

 

That being said, here is a video of Kristin and I on Intimidatour.. Music by the beatles.. Thanks again TPR..

[coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=My_Movie_ecav[/coastertube]

[nay]

Lots of pictures from a great year, especially thanks to TPR!

The WDW marathon weekend was the start of 2010 for me.

It was unseasonably cold, but as always, an awesome way to start the year!

I had the chance to check out the Richard Petty driving experience at WDW, too.

I attended my first West Coast Bash this year, where our team won the scavenger hunt at SFMM. Team 38!!

Also at WCB, on the Knott's day, Andrew and I were reminded of how horribly painful Ghostrider is.

At Bay Area Bash, we had great animal encounters at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.

A credit whore side trip at Bay Area Bash was at the Oakland Zoo.

Team Poncho, before getting drenched at the Tony Hawk Water Challenge at BAB.

One of my favorite flat rides, Survivor at California's Great America. Jabbaru, Jabbaru!

My 200th coaster, Flight Deck, at California's Great America. Unfortunately, shortly after that, I rode a spin-and-puke ride, and puked... so I sat outside watching Flight Deck go around a lot!

My favorite WDW resort, the Animal Kingdom Lodge.

Colin and I took on the Expedition Everest Challenge at DAK.

I went to the Star Wars weekends at DHS, which was very hot and crowded, but I got to meet these guys.

A shot from the queue in the Forbidden Journey ride at the WWOHP - a great addition to IOA!

Butterbeer and pumpkin juice, yum!!

Melissa, Christine and I got to visit Disneyland Paris prior to the TPR Europe trip.

DLP's kick ass Big Thunder Mountain.

On the Europe trip at Movieland Studios, Divv and I got completely drenched on U-571.

Euro Mir at Europa Park!

Some adventurous kids at Europa Park.

Cameron, Larry and I enjoying some beer at the German fair.

Tyler and Robby's 21st birthday at Busch Gardens.

Running the Disneyland half marathon through the parks.

Amy, Joey and I after finishing the Disneyland half marathon.

World of Color!

My first visit to Legoland in CA.

Epcot Food and Wine Festival.

I couldn't visit WDW during the holidays this year, but I got to see the Osborne Family lights up in October for the Wine and Dine half marathon!

Our MNSSHP group with the Disney villains. Boo to you!

Chris, Allison and I took part in the Indiana Jones stunt show at DHS.

Hanging out with Jack at HHN. Poor Texas!

Halloween at ElecTRONica in DCA.

I absolutely love Haunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland.

And I'll start all over again in a few weeks for the WDW marathon!

[Chroniq]

Awesome post Renee and Scott before..You both make me jealous of all the awesome stuff I missed in 2010. Great photos.

[BeemerBoy]

Thanks, Chris.

 

Yeah, this thread is pretty cool to look back through everyones stuff (post more, people!). I guess I was expecting to see the same old slideshow blah blah blah with your video there, but I really really liked what you did with it! Great music choice as well.

[JoeAcid]

This is my pic of 2010. This sculpture is called "The Awakening" and its located in East Potomac Park in Washington D.C.

It has nothing to do with Themepark or Rollercoaster. I find it very cool. In german i would say: "Ist einfach geil! "

The Awakening