The next morning we found ourselves standing in a line for a bus that will take us to Rusutsu Resort!

Better get comfy...this is a two hour bus ride! (Three in traffic on the way back)

I see a volcano in the distance!

I'm not sure what this is, but it makes me nervous!

Rusutsu had this amazing event going on that included Japanese cowboys and lots of MEAT!

Yummy charred animal flesh!

No, that is not a cemetery, those are rows and rows of Bar-be-Ques!!! That's right! You get some raw animal flesh and then you char it up yourself! Yum!

Ick...long lines. One train operations. Not as bad as Fuji-Q, though, it kind of reminded us of that park.

Yay! Moving walkways! Magic Mountain could totally use one of these.

The park setting is amazing looking. The coasters are just "ok" if not a bit "meh" (The shuttle loop and the Ultra Twister were awesome though) and the operations leave a bit to be desired. It took us just over 5 hours to get all 8 credits. Which isn't horrible, but it's not outstanding either.

This was the star attraction of the park!

"But it's just an Ultra Twister...right?"

WRONG! This is the Ultra Twister with a DIVE LOOP! Yes, this was totally insane!

Next up..the shoe coaster!

"Hey everyone...I'm riding in a shoe. Isn't that just wacky?"

The shuttle loop was the second best ride in the park.

It's identical to the one we rode a few days earlier at Sendai Highland, but still, it was very intense!

Next up was what we called the "box coaster." It loooked like you rode in a box!

The line for the Jet Coaster was long and the ride was lame!

Togo Stand up which actually hurt us in bizarre ways.

Click here for Page 2 of TPR's Japan 2009 Trip Photos

TPR's Japan 2009 Trip - Page 1 2

Click HERE to return to Theme Park Review