Last Call- Whoop-De-Doo Edition


Norway’s Atlantic Road permits travel between the nation’s coastal communities. Voted Norway’s Construction of the Century, it also appears to be an E-Ticket* ride.
Image source: [Twistedsifter]
* For most of its existence, Disneyland required individual tickets for each ride, and guests could buy them in booklets. The quality of the rides was reflected by a letter grade, and the most popular rides (Pirates of the Caribbean, Matterhorn, etc) required a ticket with the letter “E” on them.

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  1. Alff Avatar

    Damn, Graverobber, you're out to get me today. First you start the day by eliciting the graphic image one my childhood heroes (Mr. Hooper) with a boner, now you're reminding me how old I am by having to explain what an e-ticket is.

  2. skitter Avatar

    Contemporary reports of the Porsche 930 describing it as an 'E-ticket ride' always left me scratching my head. Thanks for clearing it up.

  3. CptSevere Avatar

    I wonder if the local geology dictated the design of that bridge, or if the engineers and architects just decided to give everybody a thrill just for the hell of it. Man, that's graceful. Must be a joy to swoop up and over it.

  4. LTDScott Avatar

    I went to Disneyland at the beginning of the month. Got cheap tix on eBay and then used the Ridemax program to maximize our fun time. And a fun time it was. Kinda nerdy way to approach Disneyland but it works.

    1. Tim Odell Avatar
      Tim Odell

      I am obsessed with the Buzz Lightyear ride.
      It's like the dream every guy's ever had about Disneyland (no…not that one involving Belle): to go through one of their stupid "ride in a box and look at diaramas" rides and shoot the scenery!.
      It's a ride with a score. A ride you can win.

      1. LTDScott Avatar

        If you like that ride, you'll love the Toy Story ride at California Adventure. Same concept as Buzz Lightyear but you shoot at a 3D screen instead of physical objects, and you get a score. It was so cool we decided to wait 30 mins in line to ride a second time.
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_Midway_Man
        This ride, plus California Screamin' and Soaring Over California make it worth while to get the park hopper ticket and visit California Adventure too.

      2. superbadd75 Avatar

        The way I look at it, Belle would be a ride with a score too. And it would have win written all over it.

  5. engineerd Avatar

    I've been to Norway. Beautiful country and I want to go back. My wife's best friend is Norwegian, so all we really have to pay for is a plane ticket there. Which is good since that country is freakin' expensive.
    I learned a few things while I was there, including their insane approach to road construction. We took a ride up a mountain near Drammen and half the drive was in the huge tunnel with other tunnels feeding into it. It was crazy. I also know that they spent most of the last century in fear of a Soviet invasion. Which leads me to my point — this road is very Norwegian. Insane enough to confuse the invading commie hordes.

    1. muthalovin Avatar

      On of my dad's (god, muthalovin talking about his fucking folks again) was a ship captain from Norway. He always had great things to say about Norway. And seeing this, it makes me want to take a holiday and visit. The tunnel tunnel you speak of sounds about as awesome as this bridge.

    2. FTGDHoonEdition Avatar

      Awesome place, but damn near bankrupted me the last time I was there. $8 for a freaking beer? And this was at cheaper places. How the hell am I supposed to pull a Norwegian chick if I can't even buy her a simple beer? And she thought I was cute too, but felt I was a cheap skate or something…