Four Brits hit the world the TR! ***Finished***

[Lauralee131]

Givin' ya a bump my friend...NO PAGE 2 FOR YOU!!!

 

[dismom9761]

Just dropping in to say hi!

 

[TEminnie]

Hey Jo!
What's up today?

 

[jcc0621]

Hmmmm, wonder if we will get an update today

 

[DisneyJo]

Givin' ya a bump my friend...NO PAGE 2 FOR YOU!!!

No way how did I get there Thanks

Just dropping in to say hi!

Hey Jo!
What's up today?

More golf, I won my match and I've been asked to join the club team

Hmmmm, wonder if we will get an update today

Maybe, it's almost done, it's a bit boring though!!!!!

 

[sharkB8HooHaHa]

Congratulations on being asked to join the club team! That's great.

Now, I have a question. I need to know what netball is. You spoke of Ellie (I think) playing it the other day, and whilst I was reading last night, the young girls in the story were playing netball. Please help an American out and enlighten me.

 

[DisneyJo]

Now, I have a question. I need to know what netball is. You spoke of Ellie (I think) playing it the other day, and whilst I was reading last night, the young girls in the story were playing netball. Please help an American out and enlighten me.

TE just asked that on TFW chat I can't believe you guys don't play it, unless you call it something else It's similar to Basketball but no dribbling the ball or running, there are 7 positions and you are only allowed in certain parts of the court also you shoot into a ring which has no back board! Click here

 

[sharkB8HooHaHa]

TE just asked that on TFW chat I can't believe you guys don't play it, unless you call it something else It's similar to Basketball but no dribbling the ball or running, there are 7 positions and you are only allowed in certain parts of the court also you shoot into a ring which has no back board! Click here

I read it over on TFW after I posted here. It's interesting that it was popular here once, and now we've never heard of it. I found it coincidental that it was mentioned in the book I was reading after you had mentioned it on here. Thanks for the Wiki link

 

[english rose 47]

Ahh Jo the days of playing etball on the school playground !! What memories! How about ROUNDERS?? Waiting for the question

 

[DisneyJo]

Today was a water park day We don’t have anything like this in the UK, yeah some of our pools have waterslides but nothing to compare to BB or TL! Last trip we went to both water parks but we loved BB best so that was the plan today. The water parks have EMH’s every morning and although I normally avoid them like the plague this was different. We ate some doughnuts and cereal bars for breakfast washed down with pink lemonade, very healthy


We boarded an empty bus, one of the huge perks of CSR is that the buses were very rarely crowded even after fireworks, and we were soon at BB, it literally is only across the road. We waited about 10 minutes before the park opened and we got our wristbands and we were in. We had decided not to take any valuables with us and just chuck our stuff on a chair and save a few bucks David kept our KTTW in his sealed trunks pocket.


So plan for the day, rides, rides, rides We got into the near enough empty queue for the chair lifts, shows how empty it was as we didn’t even have a single rider with us We were nearly at the top and we stop, now have I told you that my oh so brave hubbie is scared of heights and it is a huge accomplishment for him to get on here in the first place, well as we’re swinging there for absolutely ages, me and Jess are spotting lizards, watching daft people going down summit plummet just having a nice girly chat whilst David is holding on for dear life whilst trying not to show his fears to Ellie We literally were stopped for 10 minutes and all I was thinking was we were losing valuable EMH time!


Once we get moving again we walk straight on to Teamboat Springs, our favourite ride here, and it didn’t disappoint, we jumped straight into our own raft, remember we are completely dry, and OMG I totally forgot about those rollers at the top just before the raft is put onto the flume, they’re bumpy on your bum Then we were off you zoom down a really wide open flume and the raft twists and turns and OMG that waters freezing first thing, now my wonderful husband manages to steer this thing, he grabs the handles and uses his body so I’m the one going down backwards So I’m there trying to counter act it We get to the bottom and oh so gracefully we get out, why is so incredibly hard to get out of those rafts and keep your dignity


So we get off and what do we do? Yep want to do it again but we didn’t want to risk a long chairlift queue so it was up those 698 steps (well that’s what it feels like) to the top and it’s another walk on We then caught the lazy river for 2 stops and grabbed 2 double rafts for Runoff Rapids, again another walk on, I went with Ells and whooped every time we went over a bump, she made me When we got to the big pool I got off the raft and managed to tip the whole thing over and dunked Ellie, whoops, good job she’s a good swimmer We then all grabbed single rafts and were off again, once at the top we didn’t realise that single rafts had to go down the covered flume and Ellie, who did it in 2005 and loved it, totally freaked and refused So get ready to flame me, we told her to stay put and we rode down We then grabbed another single and a double and walked up again, we were slightly wishing now that there was actually a queue because our legs were burning from all the steps So we find our little angel and she’s perfectly fine and all is well again. Ellie and I jump in the double whilst Jess and David go singularly. We decide that after 3 turns we really should go find another slide.

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[DisneyJo]

Caught the lazy river for one stop, we had this to ourselves Next stop was Downhill Double Dipper, we grabbed a ring and within a few minutes we were plummeting down, this is a great ride but near the bottom you go through a wall of water and ouch that hurts your face! Up some more steps to the Toboggan racers, we all lined up and I won David said I cheated and went before I was meant to, sore loser I think David and Jess went again whilst Ellie and I went on Snow Stormers which is right next door. Ellie doesn’t like TR because she is the lightest so she never wins She loved SS but all those twists and turns hurt my back, obviously being short was good on this ride On both rides you have a foam toboggan which you lay face first on holding the handles, now the trick on TR is to just kneel on it and when the CM says go you launch yourself forwards and down to get extra speed Oh just remembered that the first go on TR as I launched myself I missed the raft and scrapped all my knees on the way down at least I won though It was now 9.20am and we’ve done so much, I can’t stress enough you must get there early it’s great! We did another race down TR and David did win this time, it happened every time after that, that I would win right up until the very last moment and as we went under the finishing line he’d pass me Must be because he’s soooooo much heavier


Back in the lazy river, why do the girls refuse to be lazy here? They swam and pulled us around in our floats. We then did the raft ride 2 more times and there was now a photopass man there.

The girls wanted to play in the kiddie area…………….

Neither of them could manage the one where you have to hold on to netting above you and step onto the icebergs, I think Jess managed 2 steps and Ellie 3

It was now 11.15am and we were starving, we had lunch at Avalunch as normal we shared, we had a hot dog and a Turkey club wrap, these came with a bag of chips, drink and a choice of ice lolly, a good deal for a CS I think. It was all delicious and the girls enjoyed having some chips rather than fries for a change.


We gathered our stuff had a quick dry off dumped our towels and headed to the mini golf. Last trip we played the Winter Course so this time we played the Summer one, sorry there are no photos as we didn’t want to leave our camera when we went to BB. Again we don’t get mini golf like these here in England so we have tons of fun. And with David being a golf pro things get a bit competitive, first hole Ellie and I get a 2 whilst D has a 3 and J a 4, E and I are beating D Well it didn’t last long!!!!! Now things I’m afraid get really fuzzy sorry, I do remember that it was great fun but incredibly hot, D, E and I got 2 holes in one and J got 1 and the final scores were pretty tight Jess took 46 shots, Ellie 44, me 39 and David 37, way off the course record I would highly recommend the course but maybe not in the middle of the day

Up next HDDR! Click here

 

[DisneyJo]

Ahh Jo the days of playing etball on the school playground !! What memories! How about ROUNDERS?? Waiting for the question

Rosie you are so naughty So what position did you play I always loved WA The girls play rounders, always good at a large picnic too

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

The family picture on TS is really cute! You all look like you were having so much fun.

 

[winkers]

I loved reading about BB, you even had me convinced to take the kids there next time untill you mentioned photopass photogropher!!! My huge whiteness in a swimsuit would cause such a glare it would break the camera!!

What's an ice lolly? is that a popsicle?

 

[scottny]

sounds like you all had a great morning at BB and Summerland golf. I want to do the winterland next time I am there.
Nice family photo from PP.

 

[zigzagzerr]

the trick on TR is to just kneel on it and when the CM says go you launch yourself forwards and down to get extra speed Oh just remembered that the first go on TR as I launched myself I missed the raft and scrapped all my knees on the way down at least I won though

My daughter would live at the water parks if she could -- must be a fish underneath.

And ouch!!!!!!!

I would win right up until the very last moment and as we went under the finishing line he’d pass me Must be because he’s soooooo much heavier

Truly evil.

 

[TEminnie]

Great BB review--we have never been to any of the water parks! And I love slides and lazy rivers!
So--is it high like a ski lift??

So no mini golf in UK? We like to play too but DH gets too competitive--he used to keep the kid's scores when they were 3-5 years old. I just said "hit the clown and move along home"


(BA liked the pics of the zip line thing! )

 

[Disneyolic]

Sounds like a super fun time at BB!!! You telling Ellie to stay put whilst you all went down sounded just like Rob telling Alec to stay right beside the life guard and stay put while he and Evan went down one. Hey...sometimes you gotta do what cha gotta do!

 

[puggymom]

Wow, I love your BB day, and you are so right about the EMH at the water parks, they are a must do

I haven't been to BB in so long, now I want to go now!

I love HDDR, can't wait to read your review!

 

[jcc0621]

Blizzard sounds like great fun. We were thinking of doing a water park next year if our nephew winds up coming with us....

Looks like fun