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Theme Park Review 2013 Trip Reports

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Part Four

Hirakata Park, Fushimi Inari-taisha, and More

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"Fantastic" isn't audacious overstatement; it's a big, fat lie is what it is. And I'm not sure what is going on here with the name and the theming. Is "Rowdy" that pirate guy? After five seconds of rigorous searching on the internet, I came up with bupkis.

And the alligator trains, why? I can only surmise that this is a Captain Hook "tribute" of some sort.

If you need the credit, gut it out, and don't let them see you cry...

And then go ride the teensy-weensy Peekaboo Town kiddie coaster, because if you've already got the credit-whore stank, own it. (And honestly, Peekaboo Town is more fun than Very Goddamned Far From Fantastic Coaster Rowdy.)

At this point in the trip, the obligatory giant Ferris wheel was still a bit of novelty, so we rode Hirakata's. (And then rode the park's Cycle Monorail, too, which was next door to the wheel. Snore. The novelty of those rides wore off much more quickly.)

Look at that artificial mountain down there! Doesn't that look cool?

 

The moment we entered the park, I was intrigued. Is there a dark ride up in this beeyotch?

 

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