Your Travels Thread (2019)

Swoosh · July 11, 2019, 04:52:44 PM

CANADA'S WONDERLAND

SIX FLAGS DARIEN LAKE

Swoosh · July 12, 2019, 06:34:07 PM

SEABREEZE AMUSEMENT PARK

sirwillow · July 16, 2019, 12:24:34 PM

Started on my round of trips for the next month.

Worlds of Fun tomorrow
Busch Gardens Tampa next Weds
Sea World on Friday the 26th.
Disney Springs the 27th
WDW parks on the 29th and 30th
Cocoa Beach in Florida on the 31st for my daughters bday
Frontier City for GKTW Coasting for Kids on August 17th. I'll be livestreaming this if all goes well.

I'll try to post updates on the video channel, and expect the vlogs to be posting there a few days after each.

Swoosh · July 16, 2019, 06:38:10 PM

NIAGARA FALLS STATE PARK

AQUARIUM OF NIAGARA

CAVE OF THE WINDS

MAID OF THE MIST

Swoosh · July 17, 2019, 08:34:28 PM

SIX FLAGS NEW ENGLAND

KENNYWOOD

CEDAR POINT

chittlins · July 18, 2019, 07:40:40 AM

Here's my FB post with pics on Tivoli Gardens.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10211754055400576&id=1644354319 love this park. I have used this park as ehat Memphis should develop Mud Island into many times. After having seen it, I'm as convinced as ever. The Star Fyler has a unique ride program. Fairly lenghty and you go up to the peak and down several times. Fantasic views, exactly what one on Mud Island would iffer up with the Pyramid, the Mississippi River and the Bridges and Sky Line, especially at night with the new lighting programs on both crossings. We like the new version of the Huss Condor. It is two rides in one with the two different seating option for over 50 people a cycle. It is actually three rides and the tower is mounted to a huge concrete cylinder and thebloading platform is elevated. Underneath is a bumper car type ride that goes around the cylinder, thus giving you three experiences/rides in a single footprint. That would be something that would have to be used on Mud Island to max out sspace.the newer, covered, wild flat right next to the Star Flyer was the big hit, my kids rode in over a dozen times. How they made the area under the tiny but very fun B&M into midway games, shops and eateries was brilliant, the botanical park like areas made it all feel spacious. The variety of foods were great, they lease place out to outside vendors, the food hall was great, prices weren't horrible(speaking in terms of already very expensive Copenhagen) less than 4 bucks for a beer if you returned your plastic cup for the deposit and that is basically the same price for a soda. The Air race was fun for the kids, they rode it multiple times but that contraption by the Star Flyer stole the show. Loved the hand brake coaster and it was a bit more fun than I would have thought. I can see it being really fun if the brakeman was really adventurous.

sirwillow · July 18, 2019, 10:41:16 AM

@Chittlins Nice photos! Love the two arms on the Condor with the seats facing outwards like that. That would be a fun way to ride it instead of the typical seating, like on the other 2. They aren't the first place I've seen with the Condor on top of another attraction, but I wish more would do things like that. Especially parks pressed for space.

chittlins · July 18, 2019, 01:31:27 PM

The fact that they put a ride underneath it was icing on the cake. Think circluar, track line bumper car ride. Would love for SDC to get one of those Condors but with what happened with the topple tower, not a chance.

The outward facing seats tilt as well

Swoosh · July 18, 2019, 02:21:15 PM

KINGS ISLAND

GRAND CARNIVALE - KINGS ISLAND

chittlins · July 18, 2019, 03:37:31 PM

I see Swoosh loves Top Thrill. We loved the Ferrari Land one at Port Aventura, our most recent similar ride was Kingda Ka. We much prefered this one as it has the new Intimin resteains much like those in Time Traveler and it was sooooooo much more comfortable. That segways me to Port Aventura, the most American of the parks(once was a Universal). We stayed at the new Hotel Colorado. Very limited food options at the hotel outside of the Disney expensive buffet at night, the Breakfast was good and included. No fridges in rooms, no ice to be found. This was very typical of European hotels across the board. I was teally impressed with the Old West, Mexico and Italy areas while less impressed with the Asia area where the two biggies are at. We like Shambala very much. Oh Furious Baco is deserves all the piling on but was the longest wait of the day, even 20 minutes in the fast pass lane.

Place needs more shade but it was on 81 with breeze when we were there

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10211650692096558&id=1644354319

Swoosh · July 22, 2019, 07:29:31 PM

GRAND CARNIVALE - WOF

SPECTACLE OF COLOR PARADE - WOF

Swoosh · July 24, 2019, 01:08:49 PM

MOONLIGHT MADNESS - SDC

Swoosh · July 27, 2019, 02:30:42 PM

KENTUCKY KINGDOM

HURRICANE BAY

Swoosh · August 03, 2019, 07:05:04 PM

ADVENTURE BAY

ADVENTURELAND

THE PHOENIX ROLLERCOASTER

sirwillow · August 09, 2019, 06:53:52 PM

Just got back from the 2.5 week Florida trip, right on the tails of a week in KC, including a day at Worlds of Fun.

The Worlds of Fun vlog was posted a couple of weeks back. That park has some serious issues they need to work on with air conditioning, shade, etc. Just as bad as it was 2 weeks ago, and a lot of building A/C wasn't working right. Not good, and not something I've seen at any other park like that.

The vlogs from Busch Gardens, Sea World, Disney, and Six Flags over Georgia will all be posting over the next 2-4 weeks. Had a blast at every park, and was really impressed with the Six Flags park. Great coasters and rides at each, but Sea World's Mako was easily the cream of the crop on this trip. Wow, what a ride it was.

Less than 2 weeks until Frontier City where I'll be doing a telethon livestream raising money for Give Kids the World during the Coasting for Kids event. Hope you'll join me there!