Nrthwnd Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Well --- the photo copies are nice and clear....? (clears throat) Wow - each and (most of) every Sidebar lead-in - Tour Pic! Very nice. I want whatever Mark is sitting on/in... (Bad bear.) (...and might as well add a bit of Lava Girl 'on the side,' since they'll eventually find AND use that one, too, LOLOL!)' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiCoastal Kid Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Very nice. I want whatever Mark is sitting on/in... (Bad bear.) 'm'gawd! That's even more stalkerish than asking his whereabouts! hahahaha :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Wow, you guys really outdid yourselves this time! I just realized how much I want to go to Japan! Great TR and I will expect you will get a lot of well deserved sleep! ---Brent 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuck Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Damn it I forgot to ask Robb to pick up some soiled panties...I mean candy Sushi yes candy sushi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuakerOaties Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 The anal probe thing definitely threw me off, but it still made me chuckle! The trip is over, sadly... Japan was just awesome. The people, the cities, and the culture make for a truly unique place that everyone (at least those who can respect it!!) should experience. Mark "Time to try to get my internal clock back to east coast time" Luskus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelPeppe2000 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 This building is Fuji Television Head Office in Odaiba! P.S. sorry Robb for not being in Japan while you're there... I will come back in april, come visit me in Tokyo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneylandboy92 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 hey robb , it looks like a really cool 8) park , hope you are having fun ! happy new year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStitch626 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Elissa! LOL this looks like my computer desk right now. I have like a shrine. I'll even go as far to say as I met Chris Sanders the creator! and have a lithograph, authographed on my desk by him! Great Update guys , looking foward to the next Big trip you guys take. These updates always find someone of making me sit for an hour just luaghing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robgraves Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 god i wanna go to japan. the coasters there look awesome. not to mention TDL needs me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelPeppe2000 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 japan is a great country! next summer we'll have a new coaster in fujikyu, somone says it'll be a s&s triple axle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelydr Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Awesome trip reports, guys. You once again make me REALLY want to go to Japan and China. Japan especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKnight5150 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Must be nice to be able to do all that. Oh well, I've got your videos and pictures to keep me sane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frade Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hey Robb those globes look like the gloves I used on MNSCHP Look at my gloves, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyaGaddy Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 haha, perhaps those gloves are a new trend. Way to go Robb, you fashionista you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petestrash Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hi Robb, Can you post some hints on getting to some of the out of the way parks you visited? I'm heading back to Japan on the 17th of Jan and am keen to visit some of the more remote one's that I haven't seen before. How did you get back from Nasu Highlands ? Peter. Dodonpa, Coaster riding in the snow, in Japan is fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollermonkey Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I drove them back! Actually we were going to visit another park, but: A. We couldn't find it. B. We had other things to do. C. I couldn't stand the Alvey's anymore and kicked them out at the first train station I could find! D. The Alvey's couldn't stand me and begged to be dropped at the first train station they saw. E. My wife of about 2 weeks called me and said she wanted sex. F. A mixture of some or all of the above. If you want info on how to get to parks, I can help. I live here, speak english, and have figured out how to get to almost all of the major parks and many smaller parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petestrash Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Cool, thanks Chris. Was Rindouko-family-bokujo the other park you were trying to find near Nasu Highland? This is very much a last minute trip for me, and have only just started planning. I will be in Japan for 13 days and will have a 14 day railpass. So I'm starting with a blank canvas. I've been to Japan a few times before and have done most of the parks near Tokyo and Osaka, even went on Steel Dragon 2000 before it had the incident. I'll probably head east of Tokyo first before it gets any colder or deeper in snow, Possibly even up to Hokkaido. Then slowly make my way west to Kyushu. I haven't been west of Hiroshima before, so I'm keen to visit some of the parks in in Kyushu. The two Robb just visited seem to be easy enough as both have their own stations. Anything near a station is ok as I can work out timetables and transfer points fairly easily. But the problems come in when buses are added to the mix as their timetables can be hard to translate and it's not obvoius to know exactly which stand the buses pick up from when you can't read kanji. I was hoping to do Nasu Highlands as well , but if my translation is correct they close on the 10th of January until near the end of Feburary. I'll put together a more detailed plan, and give you a shout if I get stuck with access to any of them. Regards, Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Yes Nasu does close for most of January and February. In Kyushu it is very easy to do Space World as it has its own JR Station. Kijima has a bus direct from the JR Beppu Station that is very easy to take. Mitsui Greenland also has a bus but we were pretty much told to take a taxi and it was a pretty cheap and fast taxi ride (about 15 minutes $15) Those are the three main parks down there, have fun! Let us know if we can help in anyway as it's all still fresh in my head and binder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollermonkey Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Actually we were trying to drive to Seibu Yuenchi after sunset which made negotiating nameless streets more difficult. I am going there today by train which will be much easier! As for travelling around Japan this time of year, parks north of the Kanto region tend to have a closure period. The farther north you go the longer the period. Hokkaido parks closed the last week of October. (I was there the first week of November.) As for Tohoku, the closures were generally in December with a New Year's event, then closed again until March. If you are interested in things besides amusement parks up north, the Sapporo Snow Festival is fantastic, and winter sports are plentiful. Schuss-boom! As you head south, more parks are open. There are tons of parks on Kyushu, as well as other parks you may not have found on your first trip here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Very nice. I want whatever Mark is sitting on/in... (Bad bear.) 'm'gawd! That's even more stalkerish than asking his whereabouts! hahahaha :shock: Actually, it was of the 'thing' in the pic, that whats-his-name was sitting in, that AR&R showed . If Elissa was in it, in the pic, I would have said same thing - hah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan_SF Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Hi guys: I am a new member to the site, but have been peeking over the past years thanks to Screamscape. I just came back from Hong Kong myself and spent a few hours at Ocean Park on the 26th of December. The park has an amazing setting--loved the views of the ocean and surrounding islands. Plus, their atoll reef aquarium had some curiously strange fish. Did you get a chance to take the train to Shenzhen in China? They have a couple of parks there as well. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 We were thinking about it, but figured we'd put it off for our next visit. There are some other parks also in the area being built or getting new things so I think we'll be back in a couple of years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan_SF Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Yupp. Makes sense, since there is so much construction going on all around China. 10 years from now, you probably can spend a 4-week vacation just touring theme parks in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 ^Sounds like a plan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelPeppe2000 Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 I speak both japanese and chinese so If you're planning to do an Asia trip after april I'd be very pleased to help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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