gerstlaueringvar Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 This thread is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vtafro Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Really enjoyed it, actually read the thread from beginning to end just now, seems to be a nice way to wrap up a year. Thanks for the time you put into this, will be looking forward to it next december. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milst1 Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 We're not worthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaGuy Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Love this thread! I encourage everyone to check out the first post of this thread and look at all the other years as well! Â Great pics!! There's one pic in there of KidTums coming down the slide that is too cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 That's a really awesome collection! I've really enjoyed the updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alilstronger Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Love it! Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip422 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Martin and Cheryl - Love this post! What wonderful travels you have done! Always so adventurous the places you have been! Â Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Stratosphere Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Went back from the start, what a fun TR these are, thanks for sharing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Love this end of year thread you do Martin. I'm curious, doing a drive by of Freestyle Music Park is in your count of 75? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomman295 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 I need to know. How were Dixieland and Castles-n-Coasters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milst1 Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 No, Freestyle Music Park is not in this year's count! I didn't show the photos but we did actually go into the old parking lot and take photos of the remains. The 75th park, not shown, is Ocean Beach Park in Connecticut. Â Dixieland and Castles-n-Coasters are basically very large and elaborate FECs, with Dixieland a little more like a park, and C-n-C a little more like an FEC. Both were fun and worth a visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Great idea and nice pictures. You visited a LOT of parks this year  When I posted this, I obviously didn't read the topic title too well and was convinced your first post were the parks you visited this year. So let me rephrase my post : You visited a LOT of parks the last 5 years Great thread Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftdude16 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Awesome. Hitting all those parks must have been quite an adventure! What a fun journey! When did you guys visit Knott's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milst1 Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 Awesome. Hitting all those parks must have been quite an adventure! What a fun journey! When did you guys visit Knott's? Â Disneyland Resort, Magic Mountain, and Knott's were over Thanksgiving. We flew in Thursday and out on a red-eye Saturday night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolercstrluvr Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 This looks like something I would love to do with my significant other, you don't know how jealous I am. Â But i have noticed hat out of all the places you have been, I didn't see anything from nor-cal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milst1 Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 This looks like something I would love to do with my significant other, you don't know how jealous I am. Â But i have noticed hat out of all the places you have been, I didn't see anything from nor-cal. Â There are four NorCal parks in the 2011 report (Happy Hollow, John's Incredible Pizza, Micke Grove, and Oakland Zoo). We haven't been to the majors since 2008. We know we're overdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Nice pictures. A couple questions for the OP? Â Did you get to a point where you got tired of going to parks? Â Also, what was the roller coaster that got away. The one coaster you were looking forward to riding, but was closed at the time of your trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Looks like you guys had another great year! Looking forward to the TR's in 2014... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milst1 Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 Nice pictures. A couple questions for the OP? Did you get to a point where you got tired of going to parks?  Good question. The answer is mostly no. We don't spend a lot of time repeating experiences unless we love them, so the visits are usually either novel, or they're a proven enjoyable quantity, if that makes any sense. I'm generally bored by repetition, so we don't re-visit many parks unless they've added something worth re-visiting. It's also fun to re-visit parks when we're with new people or with friends, which is one reason TPR trips are so much fun, even if you know the park already. We also enjoy traveling in general, so that means always learning new places, new languages, new kinds of food, etc. I've also managed to fold this hobby into my professional life (research and consulting), so even the boring bits have become about studying the guest experience. Yes, there are moments when Cheryl and I will look at each other and sarcastically say, "Living the Dream", but those are far and few between. At the moment, we have no plans on slowing down.  Also, what was the roller coaster that got away. The one coaster you were looking forward to riding, but was closed at the time of your trip.  We've missed credits all over the world, but the two that stick out are in Taiwan: Gravity Max at Lihpao Land (formerly Discovery World Yamay, when we visited) and Diving Machine G5 at at Janfusun Fancyworld. We went in April, which is a low season there, so there was a lot of maintenance downtime. The parks weren't crowded, but not everything was running. We missed one other credit in Taiwan, so we're thinking about a return in 2014.  Thanks for checking out the report and thanks for the thoughtful questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
805Andrew Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 That's cool you got to visit so many parks in many countries in 2013. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctneil Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Great overview of all the places you visited and it was a pleasure to hang around with you both at DisneySea and some of the other parks on that trip. I'll see you again in Scandi I guess! Â (BTW - Get back to Taiwan ASAP, Gravity Max is awesome. I can't believe you annoyed you must have been when you heard it was down for maintenance.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 This looks like something I would love to do with my significant other, you don't know how jealous I am. Â But i have noticed hat out of all the places you have been, I didn't see anything from nor-cal. Â There are four NorCal parks in the 2011 report (Happy Hollow, John's Incredible Pizza, Micke Grove, and Oakland Zoo). We haven't been to the majors since 2008. We know we're overdue. Â If you ever run by northern California again, let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milst1 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) This was another amazing year. Since we started taking the theme park hobby too seriously , we've tried to hit around 70 parks a year. That's been the goal, but this year we blew the doors off and went over the century mark! We did not one, but two Theme Park Review trips, which were both amazing. Add to that a bunch of trips on our own and we end with a record-breaking year. Since we're over 99, this will be in two pieces.  So once again, without further ado, it's one photo for every park we hit in 2014! Hong Kong Disneyland Ocean Park (Hong Kong) Pixieland Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Zoomer's Family Amusement Park Washuzan Highland (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) New Reoma World (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Himeji Tegarayama Amusement Park (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Kobe Fruit and Flower Park (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Tojoko Toy Kingdom (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Universal Studios Japan (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Misaki Park (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Adventure World (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Suzuka Circuit (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Japan Money Park (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Enakyo Wonderland (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Tokyo DisneySea (Theme Park Review's Weird Japan Tour) Enchanted Forest (Turner, Oregon) Oaks Amusement Park Adventure Wonderland (UK) Paultons Park (UK) Funland Amusement Park (Hayling Island, UK) Clarence Pier (UK) Blackgang Chine (Isle of Wight, UK) Pirates Cove Fun Park (Isle of Wight, UK) West Sands Fun Fair (UK) (Sorry, I can't figure out why this is upside down!) Harbour Park (West Susses, UK) Brighton Pier (East Sussex, UK) California's Great America Fun Town at Micke Grove Funderland Amusement Park Blackbeard's Family Entertainment Center Rotary Storyland and Playland Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Playland Park (Rye, NY) Sommerland Sjælland (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Bakken (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Tivoli Gardens (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) BonBon-Land (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Hansa Park (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Legoland Billund (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Djurs Sommerland (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Tivoli Friheden (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Fårup Sommerland (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Tusenfryd (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Liseberg (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Skara Sommarland (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Gröna Lund (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Funpark (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) PowerLand (Kauhava, Finland) (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Wasalandia (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Särkänniemi Amusement Park (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Linnanmäki (Theme Park Review Scandi Tour) Miracle Strip Pier Park Waterville USA Sam's Fun City Jolly Roger Amusement Park Jolly Roger at the Pier Trimper's Rides Baja Amusements Six Flags America Adventure Park USA Hersheypark Knoebels Amusement Park & Resort Luna Park (Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY) Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park Fantasy Shore Amusement Park (Staten Island, NY) Adventureland (Long Island, NY) Funtown Splashtown U.S.A. Palace Playland York's Wild Kingdom Atlantic Beach Park Canobie Lake Park Funworld Game Center (Nashua, NH) Santa's Village (Jefferson, NH) Story Land (Glen, NH) Fort Jefferson Fun Park Donley's Wild West Town Six Flags Great America Wisconsin State Fair Little Amerricka Bay Beach Amusement Park Brookhaven Exchange Club Park Kings Island Coney Island (Cincinnati, OH) Stricker's Grove Indianapolis Zoo Washington State Fair Wild Waves Theme Park Remlinger Farms Kermis Gouda (Netherlands) Walibi Holland (Netherlands) Conny-Land (Switzerland) Flugplatz Sitterdorf (Switzerland) Kinderparadies Sedel (Switzerland) Valleyfair Schwaben Park (Germany) Legoland Deutschland (Germany) Bayern Park (Germany) Edited December 22, 2014 by milst1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milst1 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 And here is the last part of 2014. Hope you like it. Skyline Park (Germany) Freizeit-Land Geiselwind (Germany) Freizeitpark Plohn (Germany) Belantis (Germany) Six Flags Great Adventure Schnepf Farms Arizona State Fair Enchanted Island Castles n' Coasters Traintown (Sonoma, CA) Universal Studios Islands of Adventure Universal Studios Florida Magic Kingdom EPCOT Thank you so much for joining us in 2014! Happy Holidays! See you next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwaziBSRider1 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Great summary, Martin! Â Just wondering...how did you manage to get the Kiddie Coaster (Rye) and Pteranodon Flyers credits? I wasn't able to get either when I visited. Â Also, I'd love to go on a park trip with you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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