Coaster Palooza Posted December 7, 2005 Posted December 7, 2005 I have to agree with Robb on the fact it is how you budget your money. I have my vices of shot glasses, Hard Rock Cafes, etc., but if I were to look even a little more closely at what I spend money on, I am sure that I could do a little more. One of the most recent things I do is I take the light rail to work instead of driving and I bring my lunch. It saves at least $6 a day in gas and possibly $5 a day for lunch, that's $55/week! :shock: I also look into cheap airfares and use frequent flyer miles. It is also how you budget your vacation time. I have heard Robb talk about instead of taking the Memorial Day off, combine it with a couple vacation days and you have nearly 5 days to go to a few parks. Yes, Memorial Day at an amusement park is crowded, but the other days around might not be. You should also take red-eyes to the east coast, if you're from the west, because that will give you one more day. We also have season passes to almost everything. There are some other ways to get tickets too. You just need a creative mind.
momo1tx Posted December 7, 2005 Posted December 7, 2005 That would be great if you went on that escalator, you need to make a special trip to ride it! If you can go out of your way to go to Uncle Bernie's Theme Park, I think you can do this! I've been on the world's second largest, but that's just the escalator out of one of my local subway stations...
rollermonkey Posted December 8, 2005 Posted December 8, 2005 Hey, Robb and Elissa, I'm in Kuala Lumpur right now. You said you wanted on-ride footage of Supersonic Oddysee? Ask and you shall recieve! I will send it to you Saturday after I get home. Incidentally, did I mention that I'm 20 feet from Starlight Express at The Mall? What a dump! Photo TR for Escape Theme Park (Singapore), Cosmo's World, Starlight Express, First World Plaza, Genting Highlands, and hopefully Sunway Lagoon (Malaysia) coming soon! (SL is looking very likely, depending on how fast I finish Genting. Chris B Less than two days until I get home!
SharkTums Posted December 8, 2005 Posted December 8, 2005 ^Awesome! Can't wait to see all of your photos and videos from these real 'off the beaten path' parks!
robbalvey Posted December 9, 2005 Author Posted December 9, 2005 Here's a few more teasers from our upcoming Asia trip: Kobe Portopialand: Yummy Schwarzkopf Goodness!!! More Schwarzkopf's! (This one looks a LOT like Shock Wave!) Yay! Mack Bobsled!!! This looks like a cool place. Too bad it's closing next year....but we'll have LOTS of photos and video from it! --Robb
Rider117 Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 Sounds like an awesome trip! I really need to start getting out of the country to ride all these awesome coasters!
dandaman Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 Random, I know, but which European park had the Michael Jackson Thrill Ride?
rollermonkey Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 I can't upload my movies to TPR without heroic measures like mailing them on CD-ROM to Robb. They are all over 20MB! Any suggestions? Chris B
Jeezus Juice Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 ^ yousendit.com, megaupload.com, rapidshare.de...I'm sure there are a lot more. ^x5 DIE! -Don
benzo41190 Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 will this trip be on your 2005 DVD like you did for 2004, Or will it be its own seperate DVD?
SharkTums Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 Our next DVD will be released in March and will have: - All of our US stuff from the past 12 months - Robb's Around the World Stuff - Japan / Hong Kong Trip
coasterfreak101 Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 So then, stuff like Hades and Avalanche will be on there, along with Robb's Hong Kong trip (?) and this trip (?) and the UK trip (?). Hehe, lots of questions. So, I guess my question is, will all 3 of the international trips be on the next DVD?
benzo41190 Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 but then, will parks be combined into one segment? EXAMPLE segment 1 -Mt Olympus -Timberland falls -little america -SFGAm all in one segment? Or will i be like all the other parks in one closing segment like in the 2004 DVD? IMO, I think that you should have a seperate DVD for your Asia and Hong Kong trip. Then have all of your US parks for a differnt DVD. That way you can dedicate a park to its own segment like you did for 01, 02, and 03.
SharkTums Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 Um, the video will be awesome, we'll decide about the segments when we look at all of the footage.
Meteornotes Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 At least there won't be any Wisconsin State Fair footage tainting the whole production... dt
OldJJman Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 Since I just started reading this thread... Where do you get all that money :shock:! --Robb "Wishes he had as much money as people seem to think we do!" Alvey Can you imagine how much money they'd have IF they cut McDonald's out of their budget??? JJ
robbalvey Posted December 12, 2005 Author Posted December 12, 2005 Here's another installment of "messed up rides" we'll be hitting during our trip. This one is called "Gao" and from what I can tell it's basically a hyper coaster built on the back of a dinosaur!!! :shock: YES!!!! Take a look: Accoring to RCDB the stats of the ride are as follows: Length: 5692' 3" Inversions: 0 Speed: 60.8 mph Duration: 3:56 No idea how tall it is, but from the photos it looks to be around 200 feet. Crazy, huh? --Robb "Can't want to get better photos and video of this wacky stuff!" Alvey
WillMontu Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 From the pics, that looks like a mine train style train. Any idea how this fits into the dinosaur theming?
rollermonkey Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Robb, it looks like the whiners have won again. Duane sent me an article, and it appears that Halfpipe on top of Don Quixote may never open. It seems that it will be disassembled without ever opening. Chris See you soon!
Jew Posted December 15, 2005 Posted December 15, 2005 I hate you guys. I hope Godzilla gives you SARS.
SharkTums Posted December 15, 2005 Posted December 15, 2005 I'll bring some bird flu and sars back for you jew!
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