2018 Travels – Page 3 – Ronny's Travels

East Meets ACE – Part 1: Tobu Zoo Park

East Meets ACE – Part 1: Tobu Zoo Park / 東武動物公園 After checking in Saturday evening, East Meets ACE officially kicked off with our trip Sunday morning, September 23 to Tobu Zoo Park in Minami, Saitama, Japan. We had three hours that morning including an hour of ERT on Kawasemi and Regina. Operating since 1981,Continue reading “East Meets ACE – Part 1: Tobu Zoo Park”

East Meets ACE – A Journey to the Land of the Rising Sun – Prologue: Tokyo

East Meets ACE – A Journey to the Land of the Rising Sun East Meets ACE – Prologue: Tokyo When I first joined ACE in 2003 I was fascinated by the article in Roller Coaster about ACE’s European Coaster Odyssey in 2002. I thought how interesting it would be to go on an international tripContinue reading “East Meets ACE – A Journey to the Land of the Rising Sun – Prologue: Tokyo”

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Epilogue – Ocean City, MD

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Epilogue – Ocean City, MD On Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24 the ACE Mid-Atlantic Region held Ocean Fest at the parks of Ocean City, MD. We left the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg Saturday morning headed for Ocean City. We arrived around noon for theContinue reading “ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Epilogue – Ocean City, MD”

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Part 3- Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Busch Gardens Williamsburg On Thursday Coaster Con 41 moved to the location of Coaster Con 1, some 40 years earlier. Back then there were four coasters. Busch Gardens Williamsburg is an absolutely beautiful park; it is easy to see why it has been voted the most beautiful theme park so many years. It is filledContinue reading “ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Part 3- Busch Gardens Williamsburg”

ACE Spring Conference 2018 -Silver Dollar City

The ACE Spring Conference 2018 was held at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO on Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6. I decided to drive, so I left after work on Thursday. I spent the night in Arkansas just west of Memphis before completing the journey, arriving Friday morning around 11:30. I met upContinue reading “ACE Spring Conference 2018 -Silver Dollar City”