The Manhattan Express
Good Morning Gentle Readers,
Got a few emails questioning the 43 trips around New York, New York Casino and Hotel in the roller coaster. Some even suggested that TWC was engaging in rank hyperbole.
Nope, that is an actual number. The coaster costs fourteen bucks for the first ride. Seven bucks for a reprise. But, if you buy a pass for $25.00 you can ride as many times as you want between 11:00 AM and 11:00 PM AND you get priority seating without waiting in lines. Course, mid-week the lines were short anyway. TWC spent a goodly amount of time hanging around with a tall plastic cup, filled with Simi Cabernet waiting for the munchkins to alight and dash for the next train.
Body Damage? Yes, Jake was rubbed raw like road rash from where the mechanism clamps onto your shoulders so's you don't plummet to your death on the double loop. One elbow was pretty banged up as well. With the House Blond, it's harder to tell cuz she's pretty beat up anyway, but she seemed to have fared better.
Video is here. Night run here (taken from inside the train)
As Always,
TWC
Ho-lee cow! I even thought you must be kidding. Is there really not that much to do in Vegas? I suppose it's a lot cheaper than going to just one show at over $100 a ticket.
Posted by: Danny | May 08, 2008 at 09:15 AM
Danny, TWC isn't much for gambling, in fact, this trip I didn't even gamble at all. Ate a lot of good food, drank a lot of good wine (brought my own, and it was a dam good thing), sat in the hot tub, checked out the, ah, scenery, hiked the strip, listened to some music, had one high dollar Italian evening out, took photos of the desert in bloom at Red Rock Canyon, got a shot of a huge Ron Paul sign in the middle of the desert, and ran around making sure nobody made off with the kids while they were doing the roller coaster. I DID NOT set foot on the train.
BTW, Best show I've ever seen was Penn & Teller. Hands down. If you get to Vegas, you must see it.
Posted by: The Wine Commonsewer | May 09, 2008 at 07:58 PM
Danny, TWC isn't much for gambling, in fact, this trip I didn't even gamble at all.
Ate a lot of good food,drank a lot of good wine (brought my own, and it was a dam good thing),sat in the hot tub, checked out the, ah, scenery, hiked the strip, listened to some music, had one high dollar Italian evening out, took photos of the desert in bloom at Red Rock Canyon, got a shot of a huge Ron Paul sign in the middle of the desert, and ran around making sure nobody made off with the kids while they were doing the roller coaster. I DID NOT set foot on the train.BTW, Best show I've ever seen was Penn & Teller. Hands down. If you get to Vegas, you must see it.
FIXED THAT FOR YOU TWC
Posted by: Anon | May 09, 2008 at 10:11 PM