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UNITING COASTER ENTHUSIASTS SINCE 1988 [/url] Back to top reg Junior Hyper Poster Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 130 Location: Swindon Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:09 pm    Post subject: I just got a little too excited!     Was hoping for an ERS on this beast, but didn't want get my hopes up. Kudos to you Nev! _________________ 319 coasters: Steel 251 Wood 68 Park Count: 78 #1 Woodie - Shivering Timbers, Michigan Adv. #1 Steel - Expedition Ge Force, Holiday Park. First Public Ride on The Voyage! Part of the TTD Roll Back club!! Back to top Magic Site Admin Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 706 Location: Hampshire Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:29 pm    Post subject: reg wrote: I just got a little too excited!     I seem to recall that happened to you before at the opening of The Voyage. Evidence here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXKa2ZxyheA _________________ RCCGB Membership Number 1915 www.coastertouring.com Roller Coaster videos and much more. http://vimeo.com/channels/coastertouring NEW VIDEO: September 2009 Prater Park Back to top stevencaine Strata Poster Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 445 Location: Egham Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:50 pm    Post subject: That looks kinnda of fun Back to top nemesis scribe Moderator Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 726 Location: Birmingham Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:14 pm    Post subject: Wooo - hooooo!!!   _________________ RCCGB Club Member #1908 Back to top USfriends Hyper Poster Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Seattle, WA USA Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:08 pm    Post subject: ERS = YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One question: Are they going to change the name to "Superman: Ride of Fiberglass"? _________________ Yankee Freeloader  Pete Rollback Queen  Lisa Back to top nemesis scribe Moderator Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 726 Location: Birmingham Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:14 pm    Post subject: USfriends wrote: ERS = YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One question: Are they going to change the name to "Superman: Ride of Fiberglass"? good one pete!! Lets hope they DONT change it to "Superman: Ride of Rattler"         _________________ RCCGB Club Member #1908 Back to top Magic Site Admin Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 706 Location: Hampshire Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:29 pm    Post subject: nemesis scribe wrote: Lets hope they DONT change it to "Superman: Ride of Rattler"         Or Superman Soar: The Ride _________________ RCCGB Membership Number 1915 www.coastertouring.com Roller Coaster videos and much more. http://vimeo.com/channels/coastertouring NEW VIDEO: September 2009 Prater Park Back to top nemesis scribe Moderator Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 726 Location: Birmingham Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:26 pm    Post subject: Magic wrote: nemesis scribe wrote: Lets hope they DONT change it to "Superman: Ride of Rattler"         Or Superman Soar: The Ride Ho ho ho, very good     You see, i like SAW: the ride but i also like the Rattler . . .but which is better? Theres only one way to find out . . . FIGHT!!!!   _________________ RCCGB Club Member #1908 Back to top coaster-andy Mega Poster Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 382 Location: Crick ,Northants Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:04 pm    Post subject: I saw this news the other day and was hopping for a ers on this coaster and Nev again delivers. _________________ Memeber of the 08 Top Thrill Rollback Club +  Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club. A member of 2009 charity rider 100 times on Megefobia Back to top USfriends Hyper Poster Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Seattle, WA USA Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:07 am    Post subject: nemesis scribe wrote: USfriends wrote: ERS = YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One question: Are they going to change the name to "Superman: Ride of Fiberglass"? good one pete!! Lets hope they DONT change it to "Superman: Ride of Rattler"         I can't take credit for that one....musta been Lisa _________________ Yankee Freeloader  Pete Rollback Queen  Lisa Back to top c anderson Hyper Poster Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 274 Location: Ashford Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:36 am    Post subject: They have fitted the ride with loudspeakers so we cannot hear Gareth shout that his camera has flown out of his pocket on the ride like last time. A fantastic ride that I hope has not been spoilt. _________________ Regards C Anderson Back to top krusty_the_clown Site Admin Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 317 Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:14 pm    Post subject: I assume the purple paint means they wont be renewing the contract with DC comics (or who ever it is?) Back to top Magic Site Admin Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 706 Location: Hampshire Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:36 pm    Post subject: No it means it's got a new story line, but still connected with Superman, there's speculation that one of his super villains has taken over the ride. Here's a video from my visit to the park last year just to whet everyone's appetite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwPZR1tZec8&feature=channel_page and here's one featuring Ravine Flyer II, the coaster that if it was a scarecrow would be outstanding in its field. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhSEu54Bkf4&feature=channel_page _________________ RCCGB Membership Number 1915 www.coastertouring.com Roller Coaster videos and much more. http://vimeo.com/channels/coastertouring NEW VIDEO: September 2009 Prater Park Back to top USfriends Hyper Poster Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Seattle, WA USA Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:11 am    Post subject: Oooh,  extreme pun attack! _________________ Yankee Freeloader  Pete Rollback Queen  Lisa Back to top Magic Site Admin Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 706 Location: Hampshire Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:54 pm    Post subject: Here's another video that might interest those on this years trip http://www.clipmoon.com/videos/12.../six-flags-great-escape-2008.html _________________ RCCGB Membership Number 1915 www.coastertouring.com Roller Coaster videos and much more. http://vimeo.com/channels/coastertouring NEW VIDEO: September 2009 Prater Park Back to top Andy Hine MBE RCCGB Chairman Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 480 Location: Seat 3, Phoenix, Knoebels Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:46 pm    Post subject: Quick update:- Luggage tags printed today (just got to laminate them now) Airport Terminal guide written (new one as it's Terminal 5) The above will be sent in a week or two. ERS's 10 sorted (so far!) More to come (of course!) Lunches 4 sorted (so far) - lunches are not possible in all parks. Did I mention PASSPORTS! _________________ Andy Hine is also known as NEV! RCCGB - THE Club for trips! UNITING COASTER ENTHUSIASTS SINCE 1988 [/url] Back to top nemesis scribe Moderator Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 726 Location: Birmingham Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:06 pm    Post subject: [quote="Andy Hine MBE"] ERS's 10 sorted (so far!) More to come (of course!) quote] Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ERS's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           _________________ RCCGB Club Member #1908 Back to top frosty Strata Poster Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 430 Location: London Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:25 pm    Post subject: I'm more excited about this trip than last years - and I was exited then Let me at them thar' coasters !!!! _________________ Steve Member of 'non rollback' Stratacoaster club 06/08. Back to top Steven Burns Strata Poster Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 1777 Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:43 pm    Post subject: Andy Hine MBE wrote: ERs 10 sorted (so far!) More to come (of course!) Lunches 4 sorted (so far) - lunches are not possible in all parks. Did I mention PASSPORTS! That's great about the lunches Nev, 4 is great, more cash for t-shirts and booze them days them   , being me for one is really restricted this year on cash. Nev, we were talking to Harvey about Playland Park and there Kiddie Wooden Coaster. He was saying adults are not allowed to ride this ride unless it is privately hired out. http://www.rcdb.com/ig232.htm?picture=3 Is there any chance you could grab us an ERS on this? lol, considering the park only has 5 coasters and we could do the other woodie in our own time. I know a lot of the coaster credit hunters would appreciate the tick? http://www.rcdb.com/pd56.htm Nev, motivation. ITS A WOODIE !   _________________ My Site www.freewebs.com/big-Stevie-b/ Photo Site www.flickr.com/photos/stevie-b/collections/ RCCGB No. 2293 Back to top Coaster Police Tech Support Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 617 Location: Poole Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:08 pm    Post subject: Hi, I know some people were asking about these at the SAW-Ted trip, so i'd thought I post details incase anyones interested. These are pre-paid currency cards. I.E. instead of taking bundles of cash over (or old fashioned travellers cheques which can be a pain in the behind to cash sometimes), you buy these in advance and pre-load them. They act like debit cards and have all the usual features such as Chip & PIN, Cashpoint withdrawl etc. and have the Visa/Mastercard logo on, so you can use them everywhere, in froth shops / restaurants etc. I use one from FairFX.com, but there's also one from Caxton FX (links below). The exchange rate you get is always better than if you changed currency in the high street. The cards are free subject to a minimum initial load of £500 (about right for a 2 week USA trip). Any money you don't use up, you can either keep on the card until next time, or get refunded back to your account. (I still have $200 from last year which i got at 2.xx exchange rate on mine ) If you run out of cash on it while you are away... a quick twiddle with the internet (or a phone call) and you can be chinged up in 20 minutes again. You can read all the details on the website from the links below. They also do Euro ones if you do trips to Europe alot. http://www.fairfx.com/ https://www.caxtonfxcard.com/ I usually find the rate is marginally better offered by FairFX, however, if you call them, they will rate match - so they are much of a muchness. All the info you need should be on the websites. I totally reccomend them and I have the FairFX one, as i think the card looks nicer _________________ Matt RCCGB Webmaster + Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club. Back to top Death Strata Poster Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 2526 Location: Farnborough, UK Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:35 am    Post subject: Coaster Police wrote: I know some people were asking about [pre-paid credit cards] at the SAW-Ted trip, so i'd thought I post details incase anyones interested. These are pre-paid currency cards. I.E. instead of taking bundles of cash over (or old fashioned travellers cheques which can be a pain in the behind to cash sometimes), you buy these in advance and pre-load them. They act like debit cards and have all the usual features such as Chip & PIN, Cashpoint withdrawl etc. and have the Visa/Mastercard logo on, so you can use them everywhere, in froth shops / restaurants etc. I must admit that when I went to the US for a month, I simply took my Visa Electron card with me and it worked fine over there for both widthdrawls and card payments! From what I recall, I was getting a fairly good exchange rate for the time (About $1.75 per Pound IIRC) and I wasn't stung too bad on the bank charges - In fact, because of some promotion that Bank of America were running for foreign travellers, I was only paying $1.00 per widthdrawl (Which included the charge levied by my bank!) from their cash machines! Mind ye though, that was about two years ago when I went to see BAL-SAGOTH live in Minneapolis...So things might've changed since then. _________________ DieselDragon.co.uk - Deaths cluttered catacomb o' random stuff. Find me elsewhere! Back to top Coaster Police Tech Support Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 617 Location: Poole Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:43 am    Post subject: Well yes, normal cards work just as well, however the exchange rates are not as favorable and you don't know exactly what you pay until you're home and read your statement. With this, you know you have say $700 on your card, and you spend $40 in a restaurant you know you have $660 left. I think the best thing about it is, IF you were unfortunate and you're card was compromised such as being skimmed in an outlet with dubious staff, your total potential risk exposure would only be the amount on the card. (I.e. $700, not the total available credit limit on your credit card, or available funds in your bank if you used debit card). In the same way as normal cards, you can phone up and have the card blocked if you suspect it's been compromised.... however this is a separate card and not your own personal bank account - thus, it's a lot less hassle in the long run should it happen. Anyway, i don't work for them, so i'll stop selling now   - Seriously tho, it's just a convienience thing that offers you much better rates than cash. _________________ Matt RCCGB Webmaster + Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club. Back to top chillichutney Junior Poster Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 51 Location: Norwich Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:35 am    Post subject: I have one from the Post Office.  Thankfully as well it still has money on it from my last usa trip   Not sure what the exchange rate is now though but it was fantastic when I got it!!   _________________ Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. Every time I learn something new it pushes some old stuff out of my brain! Back to top frosty Strata Poster Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 430 Location: London Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:56 am    Post subject: For all those not taking such cards, remember that for the latter part of the trip you'll need Canadian dollars or a credit or debit card. Apparently Canada is not big on US dollars _________________ Steve Member of 'non rollback' Stratacoaster club 06/08. Back to top nemesis scribe Moderator Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 726 Location: Birmingham Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:26 pm    Post subject: I'm taking my Monopoly money as i have loads left over after winning the last time i played it   Seriously though, forgot about the canadian dollars thing, grrrrrrrr   _________________ RCCGB Club Member #1908 Back to top bradpeet Hyper Poster Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 222 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:35 pm    Post subject: frosty wrote: For all those not taking such cards, remember that for the latter part of the trip you'll need Canadian dollars or a credit or debit card. Apparently Canada is not big on US dollars Serious question - how acceptable are US$ travellers cheques in Canada then? _________________ Now counting my coasters at http://www.coastercounter.com/bradpeet - which even has the snails Back to top Andy Hine MBE RCCGB Chairman Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 480 Location: Seat 3, Phoenix, Knoebels Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:39 pm    Post subject: nemesis scribe wrote: Seriously though, forgot about the canadian dollars thing, grrrrrrrr   Tut tut - What does it say on Page 9 on the Trip Tip Guide? As for CaxtonFX/FairFX, they are a good idea and are a safe way to take money to America.  I use the CaxtonFX one and also have a business version for securing a better rate (than UK high street banks) for paying the US parts of the trip (hotels, coach, etc).   Finally, as we are at Six Flags New England on this day, I took the liberty of volunteering us to join in (in return for ERS's!) https://secure.walkintheparks.org...?EventID=23869&LangPref=en-CA _________________ Andy Hine is also known as NEV! RCCGB - THE Club for trips! UNITING COASTER ENTHUSIASTS SINCE 1988 [/url] Back to top coaster-andy Mega Poster Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 382 Location: Crick ,Northants Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:22 pm    Post subject: Upon Matts instructions I will apply for one of these cards before I go but have Canadian in cash for last part. I was thinking of doing it but as never had before I was dubious on doing so but recommendations from others helps with these chooses. _________________ Memeber of the 08 Top Thrill Rollback Club +  Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club. A member of 2009 charity rider 100 times on Megefobia Back to top Death Strata Poster Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 2526 Location: Farnborough, UK Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:40 pm    Post subject: Coaster Police wrote: Well yes, normal cards work just as well, however the exchange rates are not as favorable and you don't know exactly what you pay until you're home and read your statement. With this, you know you have say $700 on your card, and you spend $40 in a restaurant you know you have $660 left. Andy Hine MBE wrote: As for CaxtonFX/FairFX, they are a good idea and are a safe way to take money to America.  I use the CaxtonFX one and also have a business version for securing a better rate (than UK high street banks) for paying the US parts of the trip (hotels, coach, etc). Hmmm...Good point, that. I'll have to look into those cards before my next trip in the "local" area! (In my case though, "local" means the whole of continental Europe, Asia West, and Africa North! ) Andy Hine MBE wrote: Tut tut - What does it say on Page 9 on the Trip Tip Guide? As ye might already be aware, I'm fairly interested in joining one of the USA trips at some point in the future, but it would help me to have as much background info as possible for planning purposes and to see if I could cope with the intense schedule. Would it be possible to obtain a copy of the USA trip guide - Preferably one from a two-week USA trip - To get a general idea of what exactly is involved? If it's not desirable for non-US attendees to keep a copy of that guide for whatever reason, a quick flick-through of this years guide at the 'Bash would probabally give me enough of an idea as to what exactly to expect! Farewell, and cheers in advance! >> Death << _________________ DieselDragon.co.uk - Deaths cluttered catacomb o' random stuff. Find me elsewhere! Back to top nemesis scribe Moderator Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 726 Location: Birmingham Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:49 pm    Post subject: Andy Hine MBE wrote: nemesis scribe wrote: Seriously though, forgot about the canadian dollars thing, grrrrrrrr   Tut tut - What does it say on Page 9 on the Trip Tip Guide? Ohhhhhhhhhhh 'that' trip guide   I knew really, just checking to see who was awake and paying attention, thats all       I love canadian dollars me   _________________ RCCGB Club Member #1908 Back to top Coaster Police Tech Support Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 617 Location: Poole Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:02 pm    Post subject: Death wrote: Would it be possible to obtain a copy of the USA trip guide - Preferably one from a two-week USA trip You can have a flick through mine for a small fee of £500   The guide contains useful tips and information for non-frequent travellers really and includes information such as Passport info (the machine readable style needed), how to fill out the VISA waiver, flight info, what to do at the airport (incase you're not in the bar with most of us), parking, check-in and all the usual "travel" related advice stuff you can find on any good airline website. Trip specifics are parks and hotel lists. The intense? schedule detail is not contained in it, thats dealt with on the bus each day.... so for that, just read the trip reports as we go along. Hope that helps....(and saves you £500) So for everyone else..... What time are we on the bus? Where's your luggage? *can't wait*   _________________ Matt RCCGB Webmaster + Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club. Back to top nemesis scribe Moderator Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 726 Location: Birmingham Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:14 pm    Post subject: [quote="Coaster Police] So for everyone else..... What time are we on the bus? Where's your luggage? *can't wait*  [/quote] Also, just make sure you are not . . . .laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate!!!   _________________ RCCGB Club Member #1908 Back to top Coaster Police Tech Support Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 617 Location: Poole Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:16 pm    Post subject: Leeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn !!!!!!!! _________________ Matt RCCGB Webmaster + Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club. Back to top c anderson Hyper Poster Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 274 Location: Ashford Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:40 pm    Post subject: Sorry Matt but you forgot, "Ryan have you returned your room key" _________________ Regards C Anderson Back to top Rough Rider Strata Poster Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:51 pm    Post subject: c anderson wrote: Sorry Matt but you forgot, "Ryan have you returned your room key" I may have forgotton the odd key or 2 or 3 or 4......in the past _________________ Roll on 2011 "RATTLER" here we come!! DENISE DINN LARRICK & CHARLIE BOY, WALK ON WATER. "RATTLER" LIVES ON. You haven't ridden a coaster till you've ridden "RATTLER" "RYAN"......One of the original "MUSKEGON 4" Back to top USfriends Hyper Poster Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Seattle, WA USA Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:17 pm    Post subject: Are we volunteered to be volunteers or to do the "Walk in the Park"? ? _________________ Yankee Freeloader  Pete Rollback Queen  Lisa Back to top Andy Hine MBE RCCGB Chairman Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 480 Location: Seat 3, Phoenix, Knoebels Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:17 pm    Post subject: USfriends wrote: Are we volunteered to be volunteers or to do the "Walk in the Park"? ? Who mentioned volunteer?  I've put all your names down regardless! haha! _________________ Andy Hine is also known as NEV! RCCGB - THE Club for trips! UNITING COASTER ENTHUSIASTS SINCE 1988 [/url] Back to top amigasat Junior Poster Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 80 Location: Haltwhistle, Centre of Britain Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:51 pm    Post subject: I have the Caxton FX Card, both Euro & Dollar and have used these for my trips without problems. Both Caxton & Fair FX Price Match each other, just let them know via e-mail or phone and they will do the rest! and best of it they're free! to obtain, Caxton charge £10 per card but credit this in currency when you first load it with some currency. There is also another website i've come across offering better rates than these! My colleague recently got some Euro's from them without any problems. The dollar rates are pre-order. They also do Canadian Dollars but the minimum purchase is £300. The details are below :- http://www.crowncurrencyexchange.com/ The current rates for delivery between 28/05/2009 and 21/06/2009 is as follows :- USA Dollars $1.5025 Canadian Dollars $1.8625 Dave _________________ www.amigasat.eu/trips2009.html Next Trip : Early 2010 Coming soon Muskegon 2010 Back to top Rough Rider Strata Poster Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:58 pm    Post subject: Hi Dave Tell me one thing? Every time you use the card, are you charged???????????? by the bank  for every transaction?????????? Ryan _________________ Roll on 2011 "RATTLER" here we come!! DENISE DINN LARRICK & CHARLIE BOY, WALK ON WATER. "RATTLER" LIVES ON. You haven't ridden a coaster till you've ridden "RATTLER" "RYAN"......One of the original "MUSKEGON 4" Back to top Coaster Police Tech Support Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 617 Location: Poole Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:45 pm    Post subject: Yes we are charged, for the value of our transaction !!!!! But no, not by the bank. (Sounds like a trick question to me)   _________________ Matt RCCGB Webmaster + Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club. Back to top amigasat Junior Poster Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 80 Location: Haltwhistle, Centre of Britain Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:37 am    Post subject: Once you have your card as Matt said all you pay is the value of the transaction, if you get charged $25, only $25 will be debited from the card. There are no hidden charges as the currency has already been added to it when you loaded it. I'll take you through how it works in detail at Blackers. Dave     _________________ www.amigasat.eu/trips2009.html Next Trip : Early 2010 Coming soon Muskegon 2010 Back to top Rough Rider Strata Poster Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:27 pm    Post subject: amigasat wrote: Once you have your card as Matt said all you pay is the value of the transaction, if you get charged $25, only $25 will be debited from the card. There are no hidden charges as the currency has already been added to it when you loaded it. I'll take you through how it works in detail at Blackers. Dave     Thanks Pete and Dave. I haven't bought any dollars yet. I usually use travellers cheques. _________________ Roll on 2011 "RATTLER" here we come!! DENISE DINN LARRICK & CHARLIE BOY, WALK ON WATER. "RATTLER" LIVES ON. You haven't ridden a coaster till you've ridden "RATTLER" "RYAN"......One of the original "MUSKEGON 4" Back to top coaster-andy Mega Poster Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 382 Location: Crick ,Northants Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:29 pm    Post subject: I was informed today you will at the end of this month you will be able to get on of these cards from First Choice travel agency as I was informed today when I went to look at taking myself and Thomas to Europa Park I think she did say it would be one of the FX cards as well which could also be handy to know. Maybe the day of travels cheques are numbered as ew move in to a digital age. _________________ Memeber of the 08 Top Thrill Rollback Club +  Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club. A member of 2009 charity rider 100 times on Megefobia Back to top c anderson Hyper Poster Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 274 Location: Ashford Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:30 pm    Post subject: Ryan,since you only buy beer why not Beer dollars ? _________________ Regards C Anderson Back to top amigasat Junior Poster Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 80 Location: Haltwhistle, Centre of Britain Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:42 pm    Post subject: Beer Dollars $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ !! Like it Colin! Basically in the bar(s) he can run up a LARGE tab!! and then pay the bill with his FX card, you can even add a tip on the transaction so no cash is required! SORTED, and you get more dosh on the card than travellers cheques so for Ryan it'll be a few FREE pitchers!!!!!!! Dave Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club Member of the famous "Muskegon 4" _________________ www.amigasat.eu/trips2009.html Next Trip : Early 2010 Coming soon Muskegon 2010 Last edited by amigasat on Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:45 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top Coaster Police Tech Support Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 617 Location: Poole Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:44 pm    Post subject: coaster-andy wrote: I was informed today you will at the end of this month you will be able to get on of these cards from First Choice travel agency I expect so, I think Thomas Cook do something similar called "Travel Money Card", though i'd be suprised if high street travel agents give you the same decent rates. But you're right.... the travellers cheque is dead. Back to top amigasat Junior Poster Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 80 Location: Haltwhistle, Centre of Britain Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:47 pm    Post subject: The Caxton & Fair FX cards will definately have better rates and they are both issued by The Newcastle Building Society. Dave Member of the "First to be denied SAW by Technical Failure" club Member of the famous "Muskegon 4" _________________ www.amigasat.eu/trips2009.html Next Trip : Early 2010 Coming soon Muskegon 2010 Back to top Rough Rider Strata Poster Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:46 pm    Post subject: Can I obtain one of these cards from Nat West Bank?? or am I limited as to where I can obtain one?? _________________ Roll on 2011 "RATTLER" here we come!! DENISE DINN LARRICK & CHARLIE BOY, WALK ON WATER. "RATTLER" LIVES ON. You haven't ridden a coaster till you've ridden "RATTLER" "RYAN"......One of the original "MUSKEGON 4" Back to top amigasat Junior Poster Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 80 Location: Haltwhistle, Centre of Britain Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:13 pm    Post subject: You can only get one by applying online at this address for the Caxton one :- www.caxtonfxcard.com If you look at the website then all the details are contained there. I can help you apply for one at Blackpool if you wish as they only take 7 days to process. All you need is a debit card to register with them as it uses this information to transfer money to the card. Once you've got the card you can top it up via the net, phone or even a text message! 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