fatdaddy Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 ^LOL, after this trip report I'm gonna retire, this is taking forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrooper Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 There is so much that I didn't see at The Great Escape. How did I miss it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Wish I would have done the train ride. And thanks for getting me in the Hama Ian bobsled pic, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I wouldn't mind going back to get a better taste of the quirky stuff I missed out on, like the bridges and the Alice walkthrough. I also didn't take a close look at the fairy tale buildings (I can do that at Enchanted Forest any time), but now I borderline regret that. Ah, well...secondhand info is good enough when there are drunk kittens involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdaddy Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 OK, so when I did the last installment I had forgotten that I put more pictures in a seperate folder, so I had to get them resized and edit um down. Â So, we left The Great Escape, I guess Robb had heard about this little coaster up the street at some kiddie park called Magic Forrest. When we saw Uncle Sam, we knew we were there. I can't even describe all the weird and wonderful "theming" that was everywhere, like someone puked up all their distorted memories of theme parks from their childhood all in one place. Then we saw it, Roller Coaster, a credit even Big Mike would be proud of. So, we loaded up, and um, well look up Robb's video of it, I had the pleasure and shame of being one of those on the first train, and one of those who had to get off. At, least I got front on the next train. So, I headed over to the gift shop and was really surprised to see all the "Magic Forest" merchandise, I got a couple magnets, and headed for the bus. Took some pictures of the randomness that was in the parking lot, and we were off to Carrabba's. Â ...and Peter Weller as the voice of RoboMoose. Restaurant open, now serving horse and buffalo! Giant statue of Neil dressed as a lumberjack, WTF?! This would be a really cool setting for a slasher film. The picture is blurry because we are in space. Roller Coaster, why yes I am enthusiastic about roller coasters, you might even call me a roller coaster enthusiast. Man, this kid in front of me is kinda big. Robb sets up a camera for what is supposed to be just another kiddie credit, unaware of the epic events about to unfold. A lot of beef on the hoof here. And then, three rollbacks the coaster kinda didn't come all the way back into the station, so those of us in the back car had to take one for the team and get off. Just look at Robb video, you'll see what I mean. It was a pretty good sized loop for a kiddie. So fast, you couldn't even get a clear picture of it. Also, note the random giraffe head. Yes, they made it back to the station, we may have had trouble getting up the lift, but at least we didn't valley it. And you can tow this behind your car too, AWESOME!!! I would love to come back her and just stare at all the weirdness. Your a bunch of credit ho ho ho's! Uncle Sam wants you...to get the hell off his kiddie coaster! Located on Bloody Pond Road. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to dip my bread in that, or if there was a rodent problem. I'm joking of course, but really I was supposed to dip my bread in that stuff right? It was a farewell dinner, except I wasn't leaving yet. In some countries this would mean they're married. Â Ok, so then on the bus, and next up is my last day, Six Flags Great Adventure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdaddy Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) Ok, now that I have totally forgotten everything about the trip, let's put up another update. Ok, so I remember heading out in the non-Brian bus and getting to the park, which looked awesome from the parking lot. We had ERT on Nitro, Dark Knight, I seem to remember riding Batman, and Green Lantern (I stood up the fear, and fear hurt me), and then we got first on Kingda Ka. I loved Nitro, was disappointed by Kingda Ka, Green Lantern was rough enough to be a one and done, Dark Knight had the lights on, Batman was Batman, and it was pretty awesome to kill that many credits during ERT and still have the whole day, with a Qbot too. Â Â Got our Qbots at the exit of Ka and made our way through the credits. Really nice park, which was great cause this was gonna be a long day. Ok, lunch was lunch, there was beer, Q and A, prizes for the lucky, and then they told us we could do a photo walkback of Nitro, which was amazing, but then after that walkback we were told that, if we wanted to, we could also do a walkback of Kingda Ka, awesome! The walkbacks were cool, cause the people conducting our walkback were really into coasters too. I Know this is the most boring report ever, but I really have a bad memory and pretty much all the days from the trip have melted down into one huge memory of what appears to be just one very long park day with endless coasters and lots of beer. El Toro ERT, amazing, I rode as long as I could take it, but El Toro beat me after about 8 rides in a row, that thing is a beast! Headed back to the bus, back to the hotel, I know a lot of people were like "I don't want the trip to end.", but dude I was so ready to go home. Packed up, had to buy an extra bag for all the crap I bought, checked both bags, cause I didn't wanna carry anything around the airport, and headed home. Trip over, yay...trip over, boo! Â So, pictures, I divided this up into three parts, first before lunch, then Nitro tour, then Kingda Ka tour and anything after that. I took a lot of picture of Nitro, which killed my phone battery, so fewer pictures of Kingd Ka, not to mention the fact I was about to have a heat stroke after the near 2 hour photo tour. I eventually was able to recharge my phone, I learned at previous TPR events to bring a wall charger just in case, so there are a few pictures from after the Ka walkback. Ok, installment one. Â Looks like it's gonna be a Six Flags day! Really, I'm totally outta captions...and beer, the two may be related. "Why did the vegan meat cross the road?...To prove it wasn't chicken!" No, he didn't say that. I heard it from somebody, no wait that was me, yeah...moving on. Nerds by the busload. Actually it's a cargo shorts enthusiast convention, true story. Remember that game Lemmings? Yeah, I'm pretty sure if Robb walked off a cliff... You can be whores, just not prostitutes. Did I say cargo shorts enthusiasts? I mean sign enthusiasts, we love a good sign, and honestly who doesn't? Fly up to fear... in this jet, I dunno. Stand up to beer...fear, I mean fear. Beer might actually make you fall down. The loop is yellow...WHO CARES! Thumbs up to fear, or something. As you can see, we got ERT, Extreme Rider Trauma. Ok, maybe not extreme, but it hurt! Some people act like El Toro was created by God himself, we shall see. I think I just saw god! He said he named it "El Toro", cause cows are delicious and we should all eat them, true story. I took this picture while I was walking on the water after seeing god during my El Toro ride, true story. A little light credit whoring never hurts. I bet that's a fun ride. I know this has probably been said before, but does that look like huge hands getting a giant boob credit to anybody else? This is what my daughters refer to as "baby" cars, cause they have obviously not grown into full size cars yet. Â Ok, that's if for the before lunch section, I'll get to work on the next installment. Edited September 12, 2011 by fatdaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdaddy Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) Ok, Nitro walkback, this was awesome. I will say that there will be few captions for this section, because they are pretty much all coaster pictures. Also, there are quite a few pictures, but I really cut a lot out, we were pretty much allowed to nerd out all we wanted to. Â ...and off we go on our photo walkback, even more nerdified by these spiffy orange vests. Footer fetish. Â Ok, soda break and then I'll upload the rest. This was actually as far as we could go in the direction we were heading, we had to take a turn to see the rest, it's a huge coaster. Edited September 10, 2011 by fatdaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdaddy Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) Ok, back from break, now for the rest of Nitro. Â The coaster is L shaped, so we had to head down this road to get to the rest of it. Yeah, it was a "nerd off". We got really close, it was awesome! You shoulda been there. Danger zone! How bout deez nuts?! As you can see the yellow vest has been rejected by the orange group. Tour was over, then the guy surprised us with a bonus tour of Kingda Ka, awesome! Â OK, that's it for part 2. Kingda Ka walkback up next, and whatever pictures I have from the rest of the day, and then it's over, cause I went home. Edited September 11, 2011 by fatdaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatle11 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Â GP can't do this! That was seriously awesome getting so close! I found it amusing how many items were dropped from the ride. There were phones, glasses, maps, hats, etc everywhere. You would think people would know better, but then again, most people there were American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdaddy Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) Ok, Kingda Ka walkback, pretty much we got to walk all over, ask whatever questions we wanted, and take all the pictures we could. After that, I hit a few more rides, got something to eat and drink, bought my kids some souvenirs and got ready for El Toro ERT. Pretty great day at Great Adventure, would like to go back again, but I don't think you can beat a day there with TPR, Robb and Elissa put on one hell of a shindig. Â Yes, I am soooo friendly it's frightening! Hey, wouldn't it be cool to get a walkback of Kingda Ka? It was funny, cause we got to the ride just after it broke down, so everybody thought we were there to fix it...and we did, with the sheer power of awesome! Follow that train! This hill is here to jam the restraint into you. These people saw us taking pictures and thought they were famous or something. Dude, I'm using a cell phone camera, you ain't gonna be famous! It's no Xcelerator, but it sure is tall. I've done a few walkbacks on different coasters, but none so in depth, and while the coaster was running, awesome! They erected this in 2005 and it's stayed erect for years. We went deep inside Kingda Ka's area, fenced area actually. Nerd shot. I bet you wish you coulda went way back here. It was practically on my face! Not Tatsu. If only this were Knott's Berry Farm. Ok, I understand the thumbs up, but whys he pinching his nipple...Nevermind, I don't wanna know! We are el whoros, for El Toro! Ok, time for me to go home. I am old, fat, and tired and can take no more. Â Ok, there you have it, the NE tour as it happened, true story. Thanks Robb and Elissa, and everyone else who was involved in making this trip great. Look forward to doing another trip and hopefull meeting up with some of you nitwits again. Edited September 11, 2011 by fatdaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I don't believe any of your so-called true stories, and I don't believe you were on this trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I know you think this is a picture, but it's actually a video, the ride ops move so slow its like they are standing still. LOL! I don't know why i found that funny, but I actually did LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STR8FXXXINEDGE Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Dammit Caesar, I don't want this to be over! I wish there were more updates to be added. Even though your photos suck, I'm pretty sure you're my new favorite caption-er (is that a word?). I'm totally kidding, you had some great photos. I seriously had some LOL moments through all of your updates. Â It was great meeting you on the trip. I had some great laughs with you, and sometimes at you, but they were great either way. Hope we can cross paths soon on another TPR trip or even a bash. Â F*ck this sh*t, I'm outta here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Those are some artful backstage shots you got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdaddy Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Skycoastin Steve it happened exactly like this, you can't make this kinda stuff up, except for the part where you won a certain contest, that was fake. Â Thanks Robb, I was hoping somebody was getting a laugh outta this. Honestly I think that wild mouse was the longest wait of any ride on the trip. Â Brian, you running from the bird may have been the funniest moment of the trip, I thought you were joking and then you just kept walking, LOL! Â Laura, the clouds kinda working in our favor for the pictures, and being as we were right on top of the coaster, it was hard to take a bad picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Kinda rough, a few stains, a little old, no back seat allowed, sounds like a bad date. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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