Hhappy Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) Long story short.. things happened which made it not possible for me (at that time) to do the entire Scandi 2014 trip. But in the end I was able to visit for a few days. As usual everything was organized to perfection this tour and needless to say I had a blast. It also reminded me I should do more of these trips (opposed to what I had been doing most of the year) Being outside and in a foreign country (far away from home) with good company is such an awesome way to relax, un-stress and energize for the rest of the year... Had a blast. Anyway, picture time.. I usually take tons of pictures at parks, mostly with people having a great time on coasters in mind. Here's a couple of pictures from my Scandi visit. First up: Tusenfryd (see below) Day 2: Liseberg Day 3: Skara Sommarland First stop (for me) of this trip finally, after 5 years (long story) I got my ride on this GoGoGo launch time to roll a bit final turn who does not love a good launch expression? going down ehm... speed it is.. and yes.. it's an Intamin plenty of track to look at and here's a train bit of hairtime? ok, time to move on (for now) next stop was down the hill... a water ride bring on the poncho's work work work skloosh going down oops, there's a surprise (soak) bubbles expressions who's that in the back all wrapped up in poncho's? there they are Wanna ride again?? sure skloosh the latest big addition to this park (as far as I remember) tress, green, coaster track and a coaster train so yeah.. this thing is still there looks like they overshot the station.. time for a second ride once was enough (for me) more happy riders and.. here they go again and all of a sudden I heard some dutch in the park.. This group was at the park for a couple of months. new credit for me at the park (yippie) 2 train operation more speedmonster pictures?? why not spongebob gogogo scream if you like it over the escalator entrance but there's more lots of fresh timber joy, fear.. pick what you want/like Thunder Coaster it is digging the hair and yes.. there's air on this ride Edited July 15, 2014 by Hhappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XII Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Great Photos Hanno. Love all the expressions on Speed Monster as well as all the memories that are flooding back from that awesome trip. Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthFan Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Watching everyone over shoot the station on the Vekoma was really funny! So many looks of "Oh crap do I really have to go again!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Great photos! Was it cold that day? Looks even lower than 65 degrees from the reactions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Hanno as always great pics, it really was the six flags of Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 ^ QFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Was it cold that day? Looks even lower than 65 degrees from the reactions. Thinking the same thing. SuperSplash is not that wet - honestly it is quite hard to get a decent amount of wetness riding this watercoaster. Likely designed that way due to the Norwegian weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCTom Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Watching everyone over shoot the station on the Vekoma was really funny! So many looks of "Oh crap do I really have to go again!" We were not happy campers at that moment, nor, I imagine, were the people in line whose already ridiculously long wait time was being extended. Good park but worst operations of the tour. Your photos are fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Great photos, Hanno. While operations at Tusenfryd aren't very good, I do like Speed Monster and Thunder Coaster quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I feel like people were a little unfair to Tusenfryd. The problem was the company the park was in. Every other park on the tour was one of the 'OMG BEST PARKS EVAR' so by process of elimination there had to be a 'worst' park. To clump it with Six Flags though!?!? I don't think that's totally fair. The park was clean, nice, decent rides, most ops were friendly, food was fresh, etc. We were just spoiled by the other parks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 How does Speed Monster compare to some of the other Intamin Launched coasters of the world like Maverick or Superman Escape or iSpeed? (I realize some of those are LIM and some are hydraulic, but they're similar enough) I don't recall if I've ever actually read review of the thing, the layout looks awesome but I don't really remember ever seeing it in any top 10's or 20's? Great pictures as always Hanno, I always enjoy checking out your reports! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I prefer Maverick and Superman: Escape to Speed Monster, but I prefer Speed Monster to Liseberg's Kanonen. Can't speak for iSpeed, as I've yet to ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barge84 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I feel like people were a little unfair to Tusenfryd. The problem was the company the park was in. Every other park on the tour was one of the 'OMG BEST PARKS EVAR' so by process of elimination there had to be a 'worst' park. To clump it with Six Flags though!?!? I don't think that's totally fair. The park was clean, nice, decent rides, most ops were friendly, food was fresh, etc. We were just spoiled by the other parks! I wasn't a huge fan of Tusenfryd, but I agree that people have been a little harsh. I'd rather go there than Bon Bon Land! ***Edit: Great photos, Hanno, as usual. Glad you got to meet up with the trip for a few days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrlittle Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Great photos as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJMouse Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Hehe. Great photos Hanno, I think you snapped one of me whilst I was saying ZOOM ZOOM before being launched *ZOOM ZOOM is actually the tagline of Speed Monster! Looking forward to the next batch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozziboy Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Amazing quality photos as always, Hanno! I like the way you caught the Supersplash splashdowns 'frozen' right at the point of impact... I can almost feel myself getting completely soaked in that front seat all over again! (What was I thinking to take a seat there?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 We were just spoiled by the other parks! That's true. I found the worst line jumping to be at Tusenfryd, but really, that's not the park's fault, no matter how they try to enforce not to line jump. And trudging up and down those massive hills and paths got to me, for myself. I really tried planning my "route" so there wasn't too much "back and forth". But honestly, it couldn't be avoided much, up and down, up and down... And I still loved Thunder coaster, Speed Monster, and really enjoyed the new dark attractions, Thor's Hammer and Nightmare. So, I won't dump on the park. But if they get a new coaster (or something) between now and the next tour there? This may be my park to pass on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) I feel like people were a little unfair to Tusenfryd. The problem was the company the park was in. Every other park on the tour was one of the 'OMG BEST PARKS EVAR' so by process of elimination there had to be a 'worst' park. To clump it with Six Flags though!?!? I don't think that's totally fair. The park was clean, nice, decent rides, most ops were friendly, food was fresh, etc. We were just spoiled by the other parks! I agree 100% with this. While it may have been towards the bottom of the list of the parks we visited on that tour, it would most certainly be well above most USA parks, and I think that speaks volumes. --Robb Edited July 7, 2014 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainUnknown Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 This might make me sound a tad stupid (granted) but how do I make a photo trip report?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeojUK Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 My facial expression in this photo describes perfectly how I felt at that moment in time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I feel like people were a little unfair to Tusenfryd. The problem was the company the park was in. Every other park on the tour was one of the 'OMG BEST PARKS EVAR' so by process of elimination there had to be a 'worst' park. To clump it with Six Flags though!?!? I don't think that's totally fair. The park was clean, nice, decent rides, most ops were friendly, food was fresh, etc. We were just spoiled by the other parks! I wasn't a huge fan of Tusenfryd, but I agree that people have been a little harsh. I'd rather go there than Bon Bon Land! ***Edit: Great photos, Hanno, as usual. Glad you got to meet up with the trip for a few days! Exactly, I liked the park. The operations were sub standard but over all I thought it was a good day. I would pick Tusenfryd over Bon Bon Land too. Over all the parks are much better then what we have here. Great trip! Love the pictures Hanno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdaddy Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Park was fine, ops weren't terrible, people were a little ghetto. Definitely better than a lot of Six Flags parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyth70 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 they have to be the most fantastic photos i have ever seen from a theme park.xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarinetman Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Thanks for the photos Hanno! I liked this park also, Speed Monster ERT was fun, rod ops were slow but good, definitely thorough on the Vekoma! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Calling it the six flags of Norway might have been a bit harsh on my side, and yes every other park on that trip was outstanding, this was the one that was a bit of a let down. I think it was the loading of the Vekoma ( over 15 mins ) to dispatch the train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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