Coaster Zombies Club Mexico City Coaster and Pyramid tour 2010
Steelforce
3 parks 14 coasters and 2 pyramids (and more)
also
10th Anniversary celebration of the Club de Montanas Rusas de Mexico
Approximate cost $1000 to $1200 would include airfare, hotel and park
admissions and some meals and ground transportation.
(We are currently looking into alternative pricing to allow people to
fly from wherever they live and meet us in Mexico City)
1st deposit feb 1st (total 4 deposits 25% each) (Final price has not
been established at this time so 1st deposit of $250 is required by
Feb 1st)
Tenative Dates July 7th to 11th
Tenative Schedule
July 7th Fly out of BWI airport early am flight. Arrive Mexico City
check into Hotel (Calinda Geneve)
Those interested will attend a Bullfight 1st day (if
available).
July 8th Six Flags Mexico
July 9th Parque Bicentenario also Pyramid tour
July 10th La Feria Chapultepec Magico
July 11th Depart back to USA
For more info go to www.coasterzombies.com or send us an e-mail at
coaster...@aol.com
***You DO NOT have to be a registered member of Coaster Zombies Club
to attend this event. Everyone is welcome regardless of your
affiliation with CZ or any other coaster club, web site or travel
group. Additionally, a valid passport is required for this trip.***
Coaster Zombies does not profit from this event.
AirtimeJunkie
> MEXICO CITY COASTER AND PYRAMID TOUR
>
> 3 parks 14 coasters and 2 pyramids (and more)
>
> also
>
> 10th Anniversary celebration of the Club de Montanas Rusas de Mexico
>
> Approximate cost $1000 to $1200 would include airfare, hotel and park
> admissions and some meals and ground transportation.
>
> (We are currently looking into alternative pricing to allow people to
> fly from wherever they live and meet us in Mexico City)
>
> 1st deposit feb 1st (total 4 deposits 25% each) (Final price has not
> been established at this time so 1st deposit of $250 is required by
> Feb 1st)
>
> Tenative Dates July 7th to 11th
>
> Tenative Schedule
>
> July 7th � �Fly out of BWI airport early am flight. Arrive Mexico City
> check into Hotel (Calinda Geneve)
>
> � � � � � � � � �Those interested will attend a Bullfight 1st day (if
> available).
>
> July 8th � Six Flags Mexico
>
> July 9th � �Parque Bicentenario also Pyramid tour
>
> July 10th La Feria Chapultepec Magico
>
> July 11th �Depart back to USA
>
> coasterzomb...@aol.com
>
> ***You DO NOT have to be a registered member of Coaster Zombies Club
> to attend this event. Everyone is welcome regardless of your
> affiliation with CZ or any other coaster club, web site or travel
> group. Additionally, a valid passport is required for this trip.***
>
> Coaster Zombies does not profit from this event.
That price isn't too bad, Sam. After a quick check, I found the
following:
SF Mexico - 290 pesos
Parque Bicentario - 250 pesos
La Feria - 150 pesos
TOTAL 690 pesos = $53.42
air/hotel on Priceline = $630 per person (double occupancy)
GRAND TOTAL = $683.42
This total price doesn't include a trip to the pyramids, but when I
was there several years ago, I joined two other people and rented a
taxi driver for the day for $50 which included a visit to the
pyramids. That cost would probably be in the $75-$100 range now.
Sounds like a fun trip and nice to see you're trying to keep the costs
down as much as possible...COOL! Have a great time! :)
Kevin
Steelforce
> On Jan 4, 8:12 am, Steelforce <steelfo...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > MEXICO CITY COASTER AND PYRAMID TOUR
>
> > 3 parks 14 coasters and 2 pyramids (and more)
>
> > also
>
> > 10th Anniversary celebration of the Club de Montanas Rusas de Mexico
>
> > Approximate cost $1000 to $1200 would include airfare, hotel and park
> > admissions and some meals and ground transportation.
>
> > (We are currently looking into alternative pricing to allow people to
> > fly from wherever they live and meet us in Mexico City)
>
> > 1st deposit feb 1st (total 4 deposits 25% each) (Final price has not
> > been established at this time so 1st deposit of $250 is required by
> > Feb 1st)
>
> > Tenative Dates July 7th to 11th
>
> > Tenative Schedule
>
> > July 7th Fly out of BWI airport early am flight. Arrive Mexico City
> > check into Hotel (Calinda Geneve)
>
> > Those interested will attend a Bullfight 1st day (if
> > available).
>
> > July 8th Six Flags Mexico
>
> > July 9th Parque Bicentenario also Pyramid tour
>
> > July 10th La Feria Chapultepec Magico
>
> > July 11th Depart back to USA
>
> > coasterzomb...@aol.com
>
> > ***You DO NOT have to be a registered member of Coaster Zombies Club
> > to attend this event. Everyone is welcome regardless of your
> > affiliation with CZ or any other coaster club, web site or travel
> > group. Additionally, a valid passport is required for this trip.***
>
> > Coaster Zombies does not profit from this event.
>
> That price isn't too bad, Sam. After a quick check, I found the
> following:
>
> SF Mexico - 290 pesos
> Parque Bicentario - 250 pesos
> La Feria - 150 pesos
> TOTAL 690 pesos = $53.42
>
> air/hotel on Priceline = $630 per person (double occupancy)
>
> GRAND TOTAL = $683.42
>
> This total price doesn't include a trip to the pyramids, but when I
> was there several years ago, I joined two other people and rented a
> taxi driver for the day for $50 which included a visit to the
> pyramids. That cost would probably be in the $75-$100 range now.
> Sounds like a fun trip and nice to see you're trying to keep the costs
> down as much as possible...COOL! Have a great time! :)
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
If the cost is found to be lower than expected the last payment will
be reduced.
Richard Bannister
flights - BWI isn't a workable option from here.
Steelforce
wrote:
> Sounds kinda tempting. Let me know if you work out a deal without
> flights - BWI isn't a workable option from here.
I should know in the next week or so about the possibility of this,
I'd estimate that the cost would be reduced by approximately $400 to
$500 it all depends on how the prices come in in the next few weeks.
keep an eye on www.coasterzombies.com for additional information.
Steelforce
Plus I don't have all the details up yet, but this trip will probably
include several meals, some ERT if possible and other surprises.
Richard Bannister
> I should know in the next week or so about the possibility of this,
> I'd estimate that the cost would be reduced by approximately $400 to
> $500 it all depends on how the prices come in in the next few weeks.
> keep an eye onwww.coasterzombies.comfor additional information.
Will do. Though please do post it here just in case I forget ;)
Steelforce
wrote:
> On Jan 4, 6:07�pm, Steelforce <steelfo...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > I should know in the next week or so about the possibility of this,
> > I'd estimate that the cost would be reduced by approximately $400 to
> > $500 it all depends on how the prices come in in the next few weeks.
>
> Will do. Though please do post it here just in case I forget ;)
I will keep that in mind, but I prefer to keep this out of the spam
category, and more of an FYI kind of thing...
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wrote:
>On Jan 5, 2:15?pm, Richard Bannister <richard.bannis...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> On Jan 4, 6:07?pm, Steelforce <steelfo...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I should know in the next week or so about the possibility of this,
>> > I'd estimate that the cost would be reduced by approximately $400 to
>> > $500 it all depends on how the prices come in in the next few weeks.
>> > keep an eye onwww.coasterzombies.comforadditional information.
>>
>> Will do. Though please do post it here just in case I forget ;)
>
>I will keep that in mind, but I prefer to keep this out of the spam
>category, and more of an FYI kind of thing...
If it's legitimately coaster related, it's not spam.
But while we're discussing this, could I ask you a few questions about your
choices here?
I'm not asking this to challenge you or anything. I'm genuinely interested
as to why you made the choices you did. Especially since you have already
done this trip once before. I'm interested in your answers, both to help
me decide on my own interest in your trip, and for my own info, if I decide
to go separately at another time.
I've actually considered hitting Mexico City several times, most likely as
part of a larger trip that would include elsewhere, like Miami/South Beach
and/or Orlando/Tampa and/or Texas. So, I've done a bit of investigating,
but not much. In fact, I've been considering going to the Winter Music
Festival in Miami in March, and adding on Mexico City for half a week, but
it's probably too late to get reasonable prices or reward travel for
airfare or hotels for this year. But there's always next year.
Why are you going in the middle of the Summer? Isn't it ungodly hot? I
was in Naples and Pompeii in Italy at around this time last year, and the
heat was oppressive. Luckily Pompeii and Vesuvius were so amazing that it
was worth it. I'm assuming that your hotel will have air conditioning?
(The air conditioner in my hotel room didn't work the first night in
Naples!) Honestly, this is the factor that would most put me off your
trip!
Is it for personal scheduling reasons, or do you think that that is the
best time to go?
If summer is best for you or the group, why not go a week later, since Six
Flags will be open several hours later then? (Or is that when school lets
out there, hence the later hours for bigger crowds.)
Where in the city do you think you'll be staying? Where did you stay last
time? I'm curious as to what you thought was best for hitting the parks,
and how convenient it is to sightseeing in the city itself.
What pyramid would you be visiting? I haven't done much research into
Mexico City yet, but I'd definitely want to visit a pyramid! How far is it
from the city itself, and the parks?
If I didn't go, is there anything particularly worth recommending about
Parque Bicentenario, besides some credits? Is it particularly close to
the pyramid? Unless there was something particularly interesting about the
park or if it was quite close to the pyramid, so it would be a quick stop,
I'd probably skip it in favor of more general sightseeing in Mexico City.
But you never know when some of these international parks which don't look
like much when you look at just a list of the coasters turn out to be real
treasures. Efteling is a great example. Or Tibidabo. Or Monte Igueldo in
Spain. (There's no way I'd have travelled so far out of the way to Monte
Igueldo if I'd planned the trip without ACE, and it turned out to be a
spectacular highlight of the trip!)
This may be an awkward question, but was there some issue with someone or
someones being robbed on your last trip? If so, where was it, and what
happened? I'm curious, because there have been all sorts of stories about
Mexico becoming more dangerous for Americans, and I'd want to gauge my own
safety, either as part of your trip, or alone or with a friend. I know
that ACE was in the preliminary planning stages of a Mexico City trip a few
years back, but decided to postpone it indefinitely because of safety
issues.
Again, I ask these questions out of genuine curiosity.
One last thing, for those who might be considering going. I'm about to
post a message about a credit card deal to get 100,000 miles on British
Airways. For anyone planning to go on this trip or to Mexico in general,
there is one big perk to using British Airways miles for travel to Mexico.
As far as I can tell, it's only 25,000 miles if you use BA's partner
airlines (which includes American), where most award travel on other US
airlines is 30,000 or 35,000 miles.
The second 50,000 miles on the deal probably won't post for a few months,
but the first 50,000 miles should post within a month or two. And that
would be enough for two tickets to Mexico from the US. (BA allows you to
give an award ticket to someone else.) Obviously, you'd still have to pay
the international fees. But this might save some of you some money.
David H, davi...@STOPSPAMbellatlantic.net, Boston, MA
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Steelforce
<davidhhhSTOPS...@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 13:28:47 -0800 (PST), Steelforce <steelfo...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Jan 5, 2:15?pm, Richard Bannister <richard.bannis...@gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >> On Jan 4, 6:07?pm, Steelforce <steelfo...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >> > I should know in the next week or so about the possibility of this,
> >> > I'd estimate that the cost would be reduced by approximately $400 to
> >> > $500 it all depends on how the prices come in in the next few weeks.
> >> > keep an eye onwww.coasterzombies.comforadditionalinformation.
>
> >> Will do. Though please do post it here just in case I forget ;)
>
> >I will keep that in mind, but I prefer to keep this out of the spam
> >category, and more of an FYI kind of thing...
>
> If it's legitimately coaster related, it's not spam.
>
> But while we're discussing this, could I ask you a few questions about your
> choices here?
>
> I'm not asking this to challenge you or anything. I'm genuinely interested
> as to why you made the choices you did. Especially since you have already
> done this trip once before. I'm interested in your answers, both to help
> me decide on my own interest in your trip, and for my own info, if I decide
> to go separately at another time.
2 reasons, 1. people constantly asking me if we're going again. 2. the
10th anniversary of the mexican coaster club
>
> I've actually considered hitting Mexico City several times, most likely as
> part of a larger trip that would include elsewhere, like Miami/South Beach
> and/or Orlando/Tampa and/or Texas. So, I've done a bit of investigating,
> but not much. In fact, I've been considering going to the Winter Music
> Festival in Miami in March, and adding on Mexico City for half a week, but
> it's probably too late to get reasonable prices or reward travel for
> airfare or hotels for this year. But there's always next year.
>
> Why are you going in the middle of the Summer? Isn't it ungodly hot? I
> was in Naples and Pompeii in Italy at around this time last year, and the
> heat was oppressive. Luckily Pompeii and Vesuvius were so amazing that it
> was worth it. I'm assuming that your hotel will have air conditioning?
> (The air conditioner in my hotel room didn't work the first night in
> Naples!) Honestly, this is the factor that would most put me off your
> trip!
>
> Is it for personal scheduling reasons, or do you think that that is the
> best time to go?
>
> If summer is best for you or the group, why not go a week later, since Six
> Flags will be open several hours later then? (Or is that when school lets
> out there, hence the later hours for bigger crowds.)
July is not the hottest month in Mexico City. in fact it's rather
nice. Mexico City is quite a bit high above (borrowing from
wikipedia
(Located in the Valley of Mexico, a large valley in the high plateaus
at the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2,240 metres (7,300 ft),
the city consists of sixteen boroughs. Its 2009 estimated population
exceeds 8.84 million people,[1] and with a land area of 1,485 square
kilometres (573 sq mi), Mexico City is the most densely populated city
in the country.[3] The city based on many variables, such as the
city's excellent climate, schools, cultural offer and infrastructure,
it also considered by many to offer a very good quality of life.)
> Where in the city do you think you'll be staying? Where did you stay last
> time? I'm curious as to what you thought was best for hitting the parks,
> and how convenient it is to sightseeing in the city itself.
We're planning on staying in the same hotel we did before in the Zona
Rosa. Here's a description from wikipedia.. http://wikitravel.org/en/Zona_Rosa
>
> What pyramid would you be visiting? I haven't done much research into
> Mexico City yet, but I'd definitely want to visit a pyramid! How far is it
> from the city itself, and the parks?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuac%C3%A1n its a good distance
out of the city 30 mins or so, and since we're out that far, and
there's a new amusement park near mexico city we should visit it! its
a very new park that opened just last year. While not a huge ride park
it appears to be quite well done. which I hope answers the next
question.
>
> If I didn't go, is there anything particularly worth recommending about
> Parque Bicentenario, besides some credits? Is it particularly close to
> the pyramid? Unless there was something particularly interesting about the
> park or if it was quite close to the pyramid, so it would be a quick stop,
> I'd probably skip it in favor of more general sightseeing in Mexico City.
> But you never know when some of these international parks which don't look
> like much when you look at just a list of the coasters turn out to be real
> treasures. Efteling is a great example. Or Tibidabo. Or Monte Igueldo in
> Spain. (There's no way I'd have travelled so far out of the way to Monte
> Igueldo if I'd planned the trip without ACE, and it turned out to be a
> spectacular highlight of the trip!)
>
> This may be an awkward question, but was there some issue with someone or
> someones being robbed on your last trip? If so, where was it, and what
> happened? I'm curious, because there have been all sorts of stories about
> Mexico becoming more dangerous for Americans, and I'd want to gauge my own
> safety, either as part of your trip, or alone or with a friend. I know
> that ACE was in the preliminary planning stages of a Mexico City trip a few
> years back, but decided to postpone it indefinitely because of safety
> issues.
>
> Again, I ask these questions out of genuine curiosity.
Before we departed for Mexico City I gave every attendee a guide on
how to avoid being taken advantage of (and/or robbed) #1 was NEVER get
into a green VW taxi #2 NEVER go out after dark looking like a
"tourist" ie: camera around your neck, fanny pack, shorts, etc etc.
Someone ignored #2 and some kids attempted to remove his fanny pack
and etc from his person. They didn't succeed. This was the only
occurance that I know of. (other than a steakhouse serving some of us
the HUGE steak rather than the regular steak and wanting us to pay for
it) We took the public transit to and from the bullfight and we found
that the locals were not only friendly, but to some degree very
helpful, and charming. The bullfight arena on the other hand was
rather icky, and the restroom was beyond 3rd world gross...glad I only
had to pee!
There are souvenir shops dotting the zona rosa so you don't have to go
to the square market and possibly get ripped off with hazardous
items.
We stayed at the Calinda Geneve hotel and it was VERY nice and
extremely convenient to numerous restaurants and clubs and nightlife.
http://www.traveling.com.mx/HOTELES-CIUDAD-DE-MEXICO/calinda-geneve-df-frente.jpg
http://www.traveling.com.mx/HOTELES-CIUDAD-DE-MEXICO/calinda-geneve-df-rest.jpg
http://www.traveling.com.mx/HOTELES-CIUDAD-DE-MEXICO/calinda-geneve-df-suite.jpg
All good questions! and the parks were clean and friendly, and the
guys from the mexican coaster club couldn't be better hosts!
Any other questions? Please feel free to ask. And as I said before
everyone is welcome regardless of their affiliation with other clubs
or travel groups. "*Everyone*"
SAM
kirk_ri...@yahoo.com
Can you comment on other rides outside of coasters that are notable?
i.e. are there good flat rides, vintage rides, dark rides, etc. It
has been 18 years since I went to Mexico City, but I seem to remember
there being a Traver ride or two.
Steelforce
Well there is a few stand outs that I'll talk about. The S&S tower at
SF Mex gave a breathtaking view of the vast humanity around mexico
city. There is a tilt house attraction at SF Mex too. Also a dark
ride that was closed when we were there. they also have several shows
including Batman Begins and a magic show and 70s musical review. This
is also the park that housed Keiko, the killer whale that was the
focus of the movie Free Willy. The marine show is still there, but
only has seals and dolphins. The park is so professionally run that
many rides actually have a comment box with paper and pencil to voice
your opinion of the rides operation.
Chapultepec magico was an amazingly cool inner city park with some
interesting rides and attractions housed within the 1st turn around of
montana rusa is a diving show, the train ride is a standard mini train
ride but the structures it passes are so close in that they have put
plexiglass on the sides of the cars and we kinda called it the prison
train. There's a dark walkthru haunted house (which isn't as acary
when the monsters growl at you in spanish) also a wonderful
schwarzkopf shuttle loop coaster and the new montana infinitum which
is the transplanted magnum force triple loop schwarzkopf from
flamingoland. Montana rusa is spectacular, the 2nd hill has a
screaming with rediculous airtime and a classic ride it was. a couple
"o plane rides and a few oddball rides made for a full day of fun.
Also a tilt house there too!
oh back to Daves park hours question, none of the parks are HUGE and
they can be easily done int the time allotted.. in fact some folks
did a cre-ho taxi to a mall coaster that has since closed..
SAM
Steelforce
> MEXICO CITY COASTER AND PYRAMID TOUR
>
> 3 parks 14 coasters and 2 pyramids (and more)
>
> also
>
> 10th Anniversary celebration of the Club de Montanas Rusas de Mexico
>
> Approximate cost $1000 to $1200 would include airfare, hotel and park
> admissions and some meals and ground transportation.
>
> (We are currently looking into alternative pricing to allow people to
> fly from wherever they live and meet us in Mexico City)
>
> 1st deposit feb 1st (total 4 deposits 25% each) (Final price has not
> been established at this time so 1st deposit of $250 is required by
> Feb 1st)
>
> Tenative Dates July 7th to 11th
>
> Tenative Schedule
>
> July 7th Fly out of BWI airport early am flight. Arrive Mexico City
> check into Hotel (Calinda Geneve)
>
> Those interested will attend a Bullfight 1st day (if
> available).
>
> July 8th Six Flags Mexico
>
> July 9th Parque Bicentenario also Pyramid tour
>
> July 10th La Feria Chapultepec Magico
>
> July 11th Depart back to USA
>
> coasterzomb...@aol.com
>
> ***You DO NOT have to be a registered member of Coaster Zombies Club
> to attend this event. Everyone is welcome regardless of your
> affiliation with CZ or any other coaster club, web site or travel
> group. Additionally, a valid passport is required for this trip.***
>
> Coaster Zombies does not profit from this event.
one week to the deadline to sign up for this trip