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Re: Watch this space for photos....
« Reply #90 on: April 11, 2011, 06:25:25 PM »
Great photos of your journey so far, did you see Yogi Bear at Yosemite  *)*

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edit: oops jellystone !@)
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« Reply #91 on: April 11, 2011, 10:00:13 PM »
Great shots of the National Park. Don't you feel the cold or something - snowing and your'e wearing shorts?

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« Reply #92 on: April 12, 2011, 09:36:30 AM »
Not cold in Yosemite - hence the shorts  ^^^


View from our room in Santa Clarita this afternoon and part of what awaits us tomorrow...

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« Reply #93 on: April 12, 2011, 02:16:08 PM »
Sweet, that will be awesome, looking forward to the pics  ^^^

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« Reply #94 on: April 12, 2011, 02:21:18 PM »
Keep the holiday pics comimg Wotto  ^^^, enjoying this thread, when my lot (the kids) get older a trip to LA is a must.

Hey Wotto have you seen any 50's or 60's cars cruizing around on your travels??
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« Reply #95 on: April 12, 2011, 03:51:39 PM »
Hey Wotto have you seen any 50's or 60's cars cruizing around on your travels??

Very very few mate - I have been really surprised by it to be honest.
I was wondering if Obama's 'cash for clunkers' scheme had worked really well to be honest  !@#

These are some of the cars I have taken shots of.....
There are HEAPS of these on the road - Chevy HHR.
About 17- 19k to buy....



Some richer ones....











Even the trucks are done pretty nicely here....

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« Reply #96 on: April 12, 2011, 09:47:58 PM »
That Chevy HHR is a cool looking ride, well priced @ 17 to 19k, thanks for the car pics Wotto
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« Reply #97 on: April 13, 2011, 04:09:48 PM »
BIG BIG Day today at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Heap of photo's here coming up for you.
This is one of THE BEST parks in the USA.





MASSIVE coasters of all types - will show a few in detail.
This was the park used in 'Vacation' as Wally World.
In shot here are Colossus ( double track wooden racer ) as well as the massive 26 storey drop of Goliath ( the orange track )





Get your laughing gear ready by the way.




This is X2
The BEST ride in the park - hands down.



On this ride the seats , 2 each side, are hangin out the edge of the actual track and they swing/pivot - the ride is simply indescribable and THE BEST ride I have ever been on.

They load you in backwards.



Then you rise the hill backwards and then drop off the edge straight down and just before you drop , your seat flips over so that you are facing the ground. You climb the rise, drop into the little dip and then BAM , you are OUT OF CONTROL for the next 40 seconds - INSANE



A closer look at those riders...









My daughter loved the ride so much - look...



What a chicken those 2 shoe shoppers are.....here are the tough guys


I hope you guys are p*ssing yourselves - just wait till later....


I reckon this guys sign was missing the word 'eating'



Well they also dragged me onto Goliath - this has a 26 storey drop and some insanely tight turns and I was hoping my 'head' would handle it....I am on dizzy pills from the doc, wearing a pressure band and keeping hydrated but a ride called tatsu ( more on that later ) had F*CKED me up at about 11am and I was cconcerned about getting on Goliath.



This first drop goes underground and I have not much idea what happens after that - it is VERY fast....





Here it is from the tower up high - this was the best shot I could manage of this huge ride.



Yet another GREAT on ride face from me



Some more later guys - hope this is funny for you.
GREAT DAY.
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« Reply #98 on: April 13, 2011, 04:36:20 PM »
So this ride is called Riddler Revenge - it is the fastest , tallest stand up coaster in the USA - apparently -  - - - it is massive as well and has about 7 inversions



Apparently it breaks down a bit ...........and well, it did today......when my family had front seats....



It soon got going again....





Close up of the kids and Diane




Now this is the ride that REALLY bothered me - Tatsu
It is the Worlds fastest and tallest 'flying' rollercoaster.


Once your in the seats at the station they seats fold up so that you are in a lying face down position...look at all them little feet .....and then, as usual you charge off up about 20+ storeys before they drop you.



This was a very hard ride to get good photos of - I hope you het the idea from this shot



This ride DID MY HEAD IN and my guts also , for about 3 hours.
One thing it did was to go into a loop like a forward "dive roll' which was unbeliavable , then the tight turns at the end screwed me up.


End of day - completely knackered.




By the way - tickets for this place ( that has 18 coasters like this as well as other rides and water rides ) were $39.00 each for the day - CHEAP AS !

We headed off and had THE BEST Italian feed we have EVER had.

Universal Studios tomorrow - more bloody rides !
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Re: Watch this space for photos....
« Reply #99 on: April 13, 2011, 06:40:36 PM »

Now I know "why" everyone carries a bag or back pack at Magic mountain. I assume this is for the spare PAIRS of underpants  <.>

Great photos Wotto - Also, some of the ride photos have a 70's feel to them - are they taken by site cameras and you buy them later or something ?
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« Reply #100 on: April 13, 2011, 10:14:48 PM »
Great photos Wotto, makes me sick just looking at them. Doesn't seem like this place was as busy as a lot of the other places you have visited. Sounds like the food is top notch on your travels as well.

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« Reply #101 on: April 13, 2011, 10:35:39 PM »
LOL--- my legs are tingling looking at that.
Heights scare the crap out of me which is why i cant resist a roller coaster.

$39 all day pass???... Last time i did a Gold Coast park it damn nearly broke me

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« Reply #102 on: April 14, 2011, 01:47:15 AM »
Also, some of the ride photos have a 70's feel to them - are they taken by site cameras and you buy them later or something ?

They were 'on-ride' photo's that you buy afterwards.
Normally I dont buy these but obviously in this case we just HAD to as they are SO bad  :lol
I then took photo's of them when we got back to the room so I could post here.

And TonyT - the crowds were WAY down at this park as it was a Tuesday.
This is where we will be coming back to for a day when we do the September PPE trip mate - so man up my friend  #@#

I found a better shot of Goliath.



And this is the hotel we are staying at ( and will re-book for September ) it's so close to the park and a nice place to stay too

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« Reply #103 on: April 14, 2011, 01:51:26 AM »
Now I know "why" everyone carries a bag or back pack at Magic mountain. I assume this is for the spare PAIRS of underpants  <.>

Well it appears that Jake required some  :lol



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« Reply #104 on: April 14, 2011, 07:36:17 AM »
And TonyT - the crowds were WAY down at this park as it was a Tuesday.
This is where we will be coming back to for a day when we do the September PPE trip mate - so man up my friend  #@#

Think I might have some shoe shopping to do that day  :lol <.>