Movieguy Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 ^Well remember their history, gladiator battles, killing animals for fun, they were always quite gory! Very true. That was from Italy's pre-christian era, obviously, but I guess old habits die hard. They're especially good at scaring people with their driving. hmmm...I'll bet some of their descendants live in my town, currently. Here, it seems if you're not going 20 over the speed limit, you're going too slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaFlyer Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Thank you for the delightful "not a Disney park" photo tours. I laughed until I cried... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyyyper Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Whahaha, that 'fully licensed' Disney stuff is awesome. I can't wait for the Movieland Studios report. They haven't heard of copyright infringement either. BTW, that doesn't mean I'm not looking forward to the other updates. Italy is an awesome place, keep the update coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazekiddd Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Wait, am I really going on one of these trips in a couple of days? WHAT HAVE I DONE?!!?!?!? Why yes you are! Robb, thanks for the awesome updates! I'm ready to fly out tomorrow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) The next stop on our Italy tour...Rainbow Magicland just outside of Rome! Rainbow Magicland... A park with no shade and very few drinks! Other than that, it's pretty nice! Our day at Rainbow Magicland starts out with some ERT on the indoor spinning coaster... Lights On!!! Here's a lights on look at Cagliostro This is the only part of the coaster that goes outdoors! After the spinner, we moved over to Shock, a Maurer Sohne launched X-Car which is sort of a follow up to Rip Ride Rockit! I think I see a hidden Mickey here! TPR is ready to launch! This one also has a non-inverting loop, like Rockit, and the entire ride seems to work sooooo much better! Seriously, a really great, intense, smooth coaster! While it's shorter than Rip Ride Rockit, Shock is VERY intense and crazy smooth! I kinda wish Orlando would have gotten this ride instead! LAUNCH!!!! No lines for TPR members! We are all armed with Rainbow Magicland's fast pass system! Yay! For fast pass systems! Although all the Italy parks still use this crazy automated queue counting system. Thankfully, because we had Magic Pass, we weren't annoyed by this counting system too much. The first of two dark rides at Rainbow Magicland... This one for kids themes to fairies. I sorta feel like I'm at a Cosplay convention! "Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour...it's been an incredible success..." "Excuse me, can you please tell me where the stunt show is?" Mad house. Haunted swing, etc... And it wouldn't be an Italian park without a Wacky Worm! New name for the Wacky Worm? Yay! Another Wacky Worm in Italy! Love this awesome "automated onride photo system!" First you see your photo on the screen... ... Next insert four Euros. ...choose the number of the photo that you want.... And about 45 seconds later... Your photo pops out! Why don't more parks have this??? A couple of pics of the parks kids area. Looking at the rest of the park from the kids area. The buildings are all well themed! I was told this show is just as authentic as being in Rome! Is it bad that I look at this and instantly think of McDonalds? More park theming. Here's the awesome 4D.... Sorry 5D shooting dark ride! Entrance to the Vekoma Mine Train Coaster. And there it is! You guys ready to ride? You can see that the mine train had some decent theming on it too! Another look at the mine train coaster. Park map!!! More park theming! Looks very impressive! The splash down boat has to be one of the best themed ever. Another look at the Vekoma mine train. Everyone is really hoping the dark ride opens at noon! Huntik was a really cool dark ride! I mixed 3-D screens with "video game" shooting elements.... ...and some very impressive dark ride sets throughout the ride. This and Shock are easily the "top two" attractions at this park! Lunch time fed TPR VERY well! Is it just me or does this Tiramisu kind of look like a chocolate hot dog. Another day... More cheese! This is the condiment area! I love Italy! While it's not quite "better than normal sex", it's say it's "on par with your average quickie." Drop ride! Yay! "We found the shade at the park'l Craig... Cold! AGGGHHH!!! RUN AWAY!!! Another view of shock. That turn was completely insane! This ride was seriously good! While the park seemed much nicer, and would appear to have a much brighter future, there are several comparisons to Hard Rock Park that can be made. The park looks really nice! Souvenir cigarette anyone? Ha! Caught Kevin in the act! The entrance area of the park wants to feel very "Islands of Adventure." Lots of attention to detail. More theming.... She looks bored! This bridge REALLY wants to say "The Adventure Begins..." This machine was awesome! You pulled the finger and the monkey actually farted! They had a really awesome themes "kids driving school" like you see at the Legoland parks. This one was kind of themes to 1950s USA. Loved the car wash part! Vekoma Roller Skater... Yup. KidTums loved the awesome kids area at the park! Simba? Check out the park from the Flying Island observation tower! It really is a big park with room for expansion. There's the other side! And some of the front area. When it's about 95 degrees outside, a little bit of arctic circle is very welcome! Hooray for the non-inverting loop! (POV of this ride will be coming soon!) A few photos of Shock...because it's awesome! Looking down the launch track! At the top of the airtime hill looking into the non-inverting loop. I really think this ride works so much better than Rockit, mainly due to the single car trains. At the top of the non-inverting loop. And this is the totally inverting loop! Some SERIOUS airtime on this hill! You take this curve very, VERY fast!!! This ride is pretty bad-ass! We all had a great day at Rainbow Magicland!!! After a day at a decent park and a long drive... Time for a round of beers! It was a great day at a really fun park! It was a great day at a really fun park! Now... POST YOUR COMMENTS!!! Inertiatic.nltrack Edited June 21, 2014 by ernierocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Looks like you all had a fantastic day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXman308 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I've always wondered, going up the hill are those magnets trims, or do they help boost you over the hill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brio94 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Shock is Epic, and many say they've had Black Out on the Overbanked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuurvogel Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Nice to see the park already added new attractions. Driving school and stunt show were not there when we visited the park last year. But the vegetation really needs to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 That park looks pretty awesome. Can't wait for Shock POV. Looks epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Looks like a great park, but they really need to invest in some trees! And I loved the automated photo machines. That really needs to show up at more parks. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 The park seems to have much in common with Hard Rock Park as far as rides, shows, great theming, and lack of shade go. The major differences are that there were more people waiting for the dark ride to open than in an entire day at the entrance to HRP, and this park is still open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 What that park needs is more beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy524 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 It's a Winx Club dark ride! Does KT watch Winx Club? My girls would have loved it! Looks like a really well-themed, nice park. Great update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrlittle Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I love the theming of the park. Even on the small rides, they had great theming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Still looks like a must visit park for in my near future... You guys must have had a blast over there! But what's up with that wacky worm, driving school and stuntshow! it's looks like it's downgrading the park on theming, how are the operations in RML? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cool Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 That park looks amazing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCo Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Just caught up with this entire trip report: I am so sold on the next Italy tour. Must ride the "Copyright Infringement Express" before lawsuits totally destroy it. So many neat little parks, and Rainbow Magicland looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 The park seems to have much in common with Hard Rock Park as far as rides, shows, great theming, and lack of shade go. The major differences are that there were more people waiting for the dark ride to open than in an entire day at the entrance to HRP, and this park is still open. Yup. I agree with more parks need the automated on-ride photo machine, too. And more beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movieguy Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 This is a very well-themed park from what I can tell, and hopefully it'll continue to grow from here...it kinda reminds me of Spain's Terra Mitica, only this one is still open, and it has better coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alilstronger Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Such a beautiful park! The themeing looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Ironically, the most shade is found in the parking lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneRider92 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 When Shock first opened, I thought "Meh, it doesn't look like much". Great to hear that the ride is much better. The overbank in the offride footage I've seen does look completely insane. I'm curious to see how this park develops over the next few years. Too bad I'll most likely never even get remotely close, and even if I did, I'm not sure I'd make it. Us guys from Wisconsin don't do well in hot weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbill245 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Awesome park and I'm glad to see it has a wacky worm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 So is this trip going to be like a record for wacky worms on a trip? A credit is still a credit no matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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