Don’t forget the “extra sauce” RD!
Only then will you achieve Me-N-Ed’s pizza bliss!

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Glad you and the rest of the family could make it out for INDISC and congrats to Danni for taking home the Women’s title!
As always, your travel threads are some of my favorite on Pinside and I’m glad I can help you find some tasty; sometimes forgotten, places to eat along the way.

Have a safe trip back to “The Othaaahhh Siiiiiiide!”

Till the next episode of "California's Gold".

Air New Zealand is hands down the BEST I have flown on. The Hobbit inspired safety film they show is classic....

Also Geauga Lake, the Bobs, modeled after the original at Riverview in Chicago. Next to Bally and Williams/United... Oh, never mind, thanks Cedar Fair.....

Could it be, is it possible????? Find out next year when RD travels to America.

That's Amaaaazing.

HH would have loved filming a visit to the pinball museum, that is so right up his alley. (so to speak)

Another great travel thread! Thanks for sharing. Always a fun eye opener.

Shawn

After learning you guys had a flight that departed like an hour(?) from ours, from the gate next to ours, we were so sure we'd run into you again the minute we got off the plane at LHR.

Instead we run into two other Finnish pinheads there, who were there to check out Stern's offerings at EAG expo.

The travels of RD pretty spectacular. It’s safe to say you are my spirit animal RD!

Thank you for posting your travels.
I'm now off to binge read your earlier travels.
Is https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/rotordaves-route-66-odessy-is-underway the first?

CONGRATULATIONS RD and LIL RD!
One of these days I'll be lucky enough to see the RD family play.

Ideally that would be late some night in my garage.

With Seek and Destroy on loop. Not the whole song. Just the hit start and walk away first riff. Over. And over.

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RD's travel threads are kinda like getting invited over to watch family vacation movies.

You'd think it would be like getting kicked in the nuts.....but it's not!

Did I miss the reason for buying a 2nd Pin*Bot?

My project manager at work is from Pukekohe originally, every time I speak with her it reminds me to check this thread.

Awww. Im sure they miss you.
Thats a cutey pie.

I hope to one day enjoy this special place as well!

That's the best reason I have heard in my life.

Thanks for yet another amazing travel report and the dinner meetup, always a pleasure seeing you folks!

Well done in INDISC classics, that Star Light match in playoffs was just epic! Danni's play in Women's final was also just amazing. Huge congrats to her!

Yet another MrBally travel odyssey:

The Salton Sea from a 15,000 foot level today, January 20th.....

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Also flew right over Bally's Las Vegas Casino.

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And I'd be remiss if I didn't post a photo of the Konami and Scientific Games (formerly Bally) slot machine plants along Sunset Road that my plane taxied by this afternoon.

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Yet yet another MrBally odyssey. Flew back into Las Vegas today. A airplane view of the Solar Mirror farm in California along I-15 near Primm/original Stateline, Nevada.

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Also, Bally Technologies/Scientific Games newer Las Vegas valley plant. Located between the 3rd & 4th interchange from the 90° curve in the foreground on the 215 Beltway. I also zoomed in and it is in the very center of the 2nd pic.

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2017 attendance to INDISC was 120
2018 attendance to INDISC was 700
Every attendees gets opportunity to register and play (2 free) in the tournament.
You can do the math, that's a huge growth factor in one year.
INDISC is really only a pinball tournament but public is welcome and this year we turned all 500+ pins on.

INDISC shouldn't be confused with Arcade Expo (March) and Pinball Madness (October). These are our three events and the three times we're open tot he public. AE and Pinball Madness are both larger parties with all 1100+ machines on (free play).

Let me know if anyone ever have any questions about the Museum of Pinball, a non-profit 100% volunteer pinball and video game museum.

Chuck Casey
Museum of Pinball - Curator

I would love to visit the Museum of Pinball and it looks like I will get a chance in March during Arcade Expo. Will there be pinball tourneys during this event? It looks like there was last year but I didnt see anything on the website. Thanks!

Chuck, thanks for turning on all of the pins for us! I would like to try a tournament some day (have never been in one) but it turned out that I could only make it over on Sunday this time around, so it was too late at that point. But still, being able to go to the museum on Sunday and play all the pins - THAT NEVER GETS OLD!!!! Thank you!!

VERY cool!

Is there a website with info for each event which is open to the public and dates?

Sounds like this is a must visit place and I would like to plan a trip! Rather than ask a bunch of questions, I am guessing this is readily available somewhere.

I was told there would be no math.

The family and I had happened to hit this pub for some great food this summer, I was happy to have found this place with great pins to boot. My wife didn’t believe I found the pinball games by accident lol. I concur and highly recommend this place to all Pinsider if your in the area! The fried artichoke tacos were to die for!

Another post of me talking about this pub:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/your-advice-for-new-female-player#post-4137802

Yeah, for sure we'll have a tourny in the back corner of the pinball room. Jay will run the tourny. Not sure of the format yet but he normally gets between 40 and 80 int these tournaments.

www.museumofpinball.org (primary site will information to all other events sites)
www.arcadeexpo.com
www.pinballmadness.com
www.INDISC.com

and if you'd like to volunteer on a monthly bases or at any of the three events contact me. I'll get you all set up. We're a non-profit and can always use all levels of help. I had 80 different people help in 2017. I have 45 technicians who come once a quarter and 25 that come at least once a month. During the events we need more help. Volunteers get t-shirt, free entry and a meal ticket. PM me.