PTR: Bill's Epic 3 Weeks in China w/TPR!

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Years from now we will have a thread "Bill's souvenirs from the past!"

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^ Yeah, eventually, lol.

 

And ^^ I thought the Christmas Story Gummies were great, too!

And I wish I had bought a few more boxes, too. This always

happens on most of the TPR tours I take. After I get home, I realize I

should have bought maybe two or three of certain things, for gift giving, etc.

 

Oh well. Here's one of the longest vids I took, that of the finale of the big

Festival of The Lion King, playing in Adventureland of HKDL. I have

heard it's the same production done in Animal Kingdom. Do not know, haven't

see that one. And this one was pretty good for what it was. Not exactly the

movie, but more of a 'celebration' of the Lion King's life, etc etc.

 

I enjoyed it. Very colourful, noisy and pretty entertaining.

 

[coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=MVI_1209_zse5[/coastertube]

(Sorry it takes so long to download. I have been having probs with this one, too.)

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So, tomorrow I leave for Mexico City...

 

 

...and do the TPR Mexico Tour, woo hoo!

 

But, one more video and one more pic ~ and some more pix to be shown when I get back, Easter Weekend ~ to be shown at the end of this TR. The video is pretty self-explanatory and only takes up only 25 seconds of your time, heh heh.

 

[coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=MVI_1324_kmbg[/coastertube]

 

And the photo is a dress rehearsal for what I will post after I get back.

 

Ole! everybody!

The All-Important On/Off Ride Photos! There is 8 of them, last time I counted. See y'all after Easter weekend!

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Sooo, now that I'm back from Mexico....

 

Great TPR Tour, but that's coming up in my next Trip Report.

 

So, here is all the on/off ride photos taken by others in China ~ and bought by me, heh.

 

And PLEEESE somebody from the tour let me know where that

"triple pic" mouse photo was taken! I cannot remember....

 

Enjoy.

14/09/12 - Floraland "Dragon Slider" - David/YVR in back, Neil/UK...and me, LOL!

Let's see now... 17/09/12 - Happy Valley Wuhan - me and Jon/Ont. behind Josh/Wisc. and his.... uh.... harem?

Hmmm. This be the mousie pix I can't figure out where (and when) taken. Anybody, help, please? Thanks in advance! (I did like how this was done. Very unique to me, from all the other on-ride pix taken in the tours.)

#4 - 22/09/12 - 15:01:48 (kool) - Dinosaurland - Betty/Chicago and me on (I believe) Dinosaur Mountains - an enclosed Zamperla motocoaster.

And this one - 24/09/12 - Chimelong Paradise - DIVE Coaster - Betty and me acting goofy. And we thought the guy beside us was going to follow suit. But as you can see....fail.

An easy one - 24/09/12 - Chimelong - on Pegasus - Jon and me (with Keith/OH in back) acting goofy....again.

26/09/12 - Happy Valley Shenzhen - The Awesome Bullet Coaster - so, let's play "Find Bill" - I knew you could do it (o:

And now - DISNEY!!! - me and Jon on the tracked Winnie The Pooh - which I really enjoyed, better than I thought I would. Considering I've been on trackless Pooh in Tokyo

And two shots of Space Mountain - me and Jon in their 'normal art framing'... And we should have known where the *^&%$ on-ride camera was, by that time, lol.

And this is what they designed for the "Halloween Look" - Cool huh? - and I'm behind Betty (we did single rider line, which was fast) with "somebody else" who took goofiness as seriously as we did, heh heh.

[rctneil]

Bill, The 3 mouse pic was on the mouse (first coaster we all rode) at Chuanlord Manor. We entered the park and took the path over to the left which was half under construction and the mouse was on the left hand side near the end just before the Ferris Wheel.

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^ Great!

Finally, good to know.

Thanks Neil!

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I love the psychedelic mousie pic (unique!), but the others are awesome as well.

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^ Yeah, that's why I bought the pic! When they showed me where "onride photos" were being sold, I just thought it was the usual one photo taken, blah blah. Was surprised and immediately bought the triple pic, LOL! I wish more on-ride photos were like this, although I do know a few around the world make photos like this. Just have to find them all, heh heh.

 

So - two more photos to share, and these two weren't actually taken by myself. Surprise and shock! One was taken by a tourist photographer (the Square) and the other, by Robb himself, when we all visited That Great Wall,

 

Now not everybody in the tours is in these first two pix. Some people left us after Beijing, others joined us in Shanghai and others left us before Hong Kong Disney. But these two photos show most of our bunch.

 

It was the longest tour I had ever taken with TPR. A workout, a challenge, an experience amazing and surprising, and never to be forgotten. So Thank You Robb & Elissa for really showing us The Real China, lol! And an especially Big Bearhug to Robb, who calmly and superbly got us thru not only a cancelled flight, but one of The Craziest Determined Ways to find a park with it's coaster, no matter how much that driver or the guide screamed that none existed. Intense, but you got us there, Robb!

 

And a big thanks to everybody on the tours who put up with me (as much as I put up with you HA HA), my roomie David, past touring buddies and new friends to meet and tour with. As challenging as this was (IMhO), you were all great, and I look forward to seeing many or you (if not all of you) on future TPR Tours.

 

Bearhugs - Bill

There we were, ready to start the adventure of a lifetime - with "some" coasters too, LOL!

And Us and The Wall. never thought I would ever get to see this in my lifetime. Robb and Elissa you RAWK! Again!

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And now ~ here's a peek at my upcoming "Photo TR: TPR Mexico Tour"...

The Agave fields, close to The City of Tequila, Mexico. Toured the fields, and then how to make...Tequila, OLE!