The total timber tour started on Wednesday August 20 2008 and finished on Tuesday September 9 2008.
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Fly London, UK to New York, then drive to Keansburg. Not been to this park before and we will be touching the Atlantic Ocean to help make the trip truly Coast 2 Coast! |
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After a quick stop at Keansburg is off to Clementon Park to ride HellCat for the first time. Clementon Park is investing this year to make the park more attractive, including an improved and stable operating schedule which has always worked against us in previous attempts to visit this park!. |
Wednesday August 20
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Knoebel's Amusement Resort to ride the Flying Turns for the first time (subject to opening). Knoebel's also has two classic woodies - Twister and Phoenix and the famous unique Knoebel's atmosphere!  |
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Waldameer to ride the Ravine Flyer II for the first time. Let's hope the park has improved since our last visit! |
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Nothing new for us here, but 3 world-class wooden coasters to take through their paces. |
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Six Flags St. Louis to ride their new Evel Knievel coaster. We have always had a great day out at this park and, with 3 woodies, this is definitely a coaster-lovers destination. |
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Again, nothing new for us here, but we couldn't drive by without stopping in! |
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Drive up to Little Amerricka for a quick go on the Meteor junior woodie, just to say we've done it! If we get to Wisconsin Dells in time, might sneak a quick go on Hades and Avalanche. Hades in the dark........! |
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A day in the Dells starts with Avalanche, one of the best kept coaster secrets in the 'States! |
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Onto Mount Olympus, home to our Number 1 coaster in the world, Hades! |
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A day at Valleyfair, and a new coaster for us to add to the list, Renegade Outlaw Coaster. It's been 9 years since we visited this park, so it'll be interesting to see how it's changed! |
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A quick trip to the Mall, before a long drive ahead! |
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Relocation driving day - we're going down to Texas! This might not be a "coaster free" day - we'll have to wait and see what pans out. |
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The original and, in our opinion, still the best Six Flags park in the chain. Texas Giant holds a special place in our hearts .It was Adrian's second US woodie and, with the demise of Astroworld, the 1st remaining. |
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Adding the Boardwalk Bullet to the 'woodies done' list is our main objective here. It'll be interesting to see how it rides as there has been various reports circulating about this ride.. Can't wait! |
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Labor Day signifies the end of the summer season for most parks, so just enough time to squeeze an addition to our wooden ride list with the Cannonball Run - the park is SO far out the way! |
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Time to rack up some of those 7000 miles and head west! |
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Yet more driving! |
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Adrian's (forty-something) birthday and a treat - not quite a theme park, but somewhere we tried to visit in 2005 and ran out of time - the big attraction here, the Royal Rush Skycoaster - only 100 feet tall, but swinging out over the gorge with a 1200 feet drop - can't wait! |
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Again, no coaster's here - or is there? The Alpine Coaster has a lift hill and uses gravity to get back down the mountain. Sound's like a coaster to us! |
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No coaster's here - but an adrenaline-filled evening awaits with Sonic Boom, Sky Sling, Screamin' Swing, Sky Coaster and a Bungee (that's for Ian only!!!) (Please note: The park has since closed, hence no web-link) |
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A full day's drive and we're on the home run! |
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Home to two classic wooden coasters and our number 2 in the world, Tremors. It'll be great to be back to the remote outpost, and interesting to see their latest coaster in situ - we've ridden similar elsewhere and they pack one hell of a punch, indeed, one of the few coaster designs that actually scares Adrian! It's gonna tower over the rest of the park. |
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Our final riding day and one those awkward-to-ride coasters as it has a very limited operating calendar - still, reports of the ride are good and it looks like the last 'to-do' wooden coaster in the US will be a good one. |
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Might drive to the coast today as our flight isn't until late - chance to touch the Pacific Ocean to truly say we have been coast 2 coast! - Due back in the UK sometime Wednesday. |
