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Jeff Keller
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California Adventure Trip Report – March 2012
Mar 26th
The biggest surprise of my March 2012 wasn’t all the construction at DCA (which was nice and all), but the incredible crowds. Not too long ago I recall practically having the whole place to myself — not anymore. At least Cars Land will spread the crowds out a bit more.
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- New Carthay Circle Theater at DCA
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- A closer look
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- These are on the ground next to the new trolley tracks
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- Looking right down Route 66 in the upcoming Cars Land
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- My favorite non-rollercoaster
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- Once home to an uninspiring movie about California history, now a decent attraction
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- Paradise Pier is always beautiful at night
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- Highlights from World of Color
Disneyland Trip Report – March 2012
Mar 26th
I joined my old college roommate and fellow DL aficionado Ashley for a trip to the Disneyland Resort. It was a fairly crowded day, though it was actually worse next door at DCA. Below are photo from Disneyland that I took with the Canon PowerShot SX260 HS:
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- Standard park entrance shot
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- Beautiful trees in the hub
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- Another angle
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- Took this one for my niece
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- Postcard castle photo
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- Another angle
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- Space Mountain looks the same as last time
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- The Matterhorn is being refurbed, big time
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- Thunder Mountain
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- Thunder Mountain blur
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- Top goat in the petting zoo
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- Random artsy shot near Rancho del Zocalo
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- Mark Twain
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- Haunted Mansion
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- Lunch was at Blue Bayou. Haven’t been since I was a kid.
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- The clouds made this probably my best Splash Mountain shot ever
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- The only part of Splash Mountain that doesn’t come out blurry
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- Main Street at night
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- More night Main Street
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- Night castle
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- Fireworks from a distance
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- Star Tours sign at night
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- Inside Star Tours queue
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- Our future pilot
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- Astro Orbiter in motion
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- Still love the Star Trader sign
Six Flags Magic Mountain trip photos
Nov 26th
It was just like old times earlier today, when my friend Ashley and I went to Magic Mountain, just like we used to do several years ago. We rode some new rides as well as some old favorites. The sleeper hit was probably Apocalypse (formerly Terminator: Salvation), and Tatsu and X2 were newer rides that we enjoyed, as well. Below are some photos from the trip!
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- X2 – much smoother than the original and just as intense. I spent most of the ride trying to keep my glasses from falling off!
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- Tatsu, an amazing flying coaster
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- Tatsu train approaching
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- What a ride…
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- The second time we rode we got the front row, and it was well worth it.
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- More Tatsu
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- The Sky Tower with Tatsu track in the foreground
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- World’s tallest and fastest ear-bruising stand-up coaster, Riddler’s Revenge
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- We didn’t ride Superman due to the lines and short park operating hours.
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- More Superman
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- Apocalypse (formerly Terminator- Salvation) is a fantastic two year-old wooden coaster.
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- I’ve never been on a wooden coaster that gave an “out of control” sensation as this one.
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- The new Green Lantern vertical coaster (note how the cars are on the sides of the track). Didn’t ride.
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- Riddler’s Revenge with the moon
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- Superman at night
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- Goliath entry at night
A trip to the 2011 LA Auto Show
Nov 25th
Long-time readers of this blog may recall that every year, my dad and I go to the car show in San Francisco. Over the summer, my parents moved down to Southern California, so that was no longer possible. Thankfully, the much more impressive LA Auto Show is at the same time, so we went on Black Friday to check out the latest models. Below are the most interesting cars that I saw at the show:
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- A3 e-tron concept
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- Audi e-tron Spyder
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- And the back…
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- R8 GT Spyder
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- Sigh… maybe one day
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- Audi S7 – love it
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- Back of the S7
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- Audi TT-RS
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- Back of the plug-in Prius
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- New Lexus GS is a lot sportier
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- Lexus LF-A
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- Honda Fit EV
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- Two new BMW electric cars
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- Small…
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- And sporty
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- Coda electric car
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- They had the build quality of something from Eastern Europe
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- Coda electric platform
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- Ford C-Max Energi
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- Ford Focus EV
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- A very yellow Land Rover concept
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- Hideous new Mini
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- It’s a two-seater and ugggly
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- Hot Wheels Edition Camaro
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- Sportier version of the Mitsubishi iMiEV
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- Sportier version of the Mitsubishi iMiEV
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- Love the “woodie”
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- Brand new BMW M5
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- Subaru concept
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- Nissan Murano convertible (!)
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- This crazy Kia concept has rear view cameras instead of mirrors
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- You can see the screen for the right “mirror” in this photo
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- Volvo concept with suicide doors
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- Beautiful Jaguar C-X16
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- Back view
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- Very rare (25 cars-yr) Jaguar XKR-S roadster
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- Back of the XK-RS
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- Aston Martin
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- Retro Cadillac concept
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- Takes you back to the 60s
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- Not that I was around in the 60s
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- New Porsche Panamera GTS (still ugly)
Bonus panorama from NYC
Nov 7th
I took this panorama of one of the reflecting pools at the World Trade Center. Definitely a solemn place (though not everyone there seemed to think so). Love the Sweep Panorama feature on the NEX-7 that makes shots like this easy.
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