Recent content by Gavin

My big question as to whether they're going to reopen is the fact that they're all still standing. OCT generally don't leave coasters SBNO. If they know the rides are done, they get them ripped out/replaced very quickly. There's an exception with Wood Coaster, but that whole park is done. To me...

That underground thing was quite ridiculous. Yeah, from what I could make out, there were extensive passages connecting a bunch of different stuff around the city centre. I think there were even entrances to it near the tower. It's probably a godsend in winter, but quite confusing for a...

On to the main point of taking this rather excessive trip then. Rusutsu, through a surprisingly English-friendly website, offer shuttle buses between central Sapporo and the resort. Through sheer luck, the pick-up point was directly behind my hotel (chosen purely for train station access...

Rusutsu Resort in Japan has been a personal vendetta for way too long. I’d intended to finally get to it last Easter, but because of its location in the north, it was still a few weeks off opening. I ended up using a long weekend a few weeks ago to finally get it done. Since direct flights from...

Every summer, I head back to the UK from Hong Kong, spending a couple of weeks in my glorious hometown of Wrexham before taking myself on a proper trip somewhere. I’ve usually got this planned out quite far in advance, but had left everything quite late and only got my s**t together in the few...

Yeah, it was cool for the weirdness, but it was one of my least favourite Fantawild parks when it was still Fantawild, so for it to now be sooooooo much crapper was an achievement. I'd love to know the details of how it all went down. My "expired contract" theory was pulled from the deepest...

It's been a while since the trip, and all the Oriental Heritage parks are kind of blurring into one now. There were definitely some timed rides somewhere, a few of those huge capacity "show" type rides, and I skipped some stuff because of it. I think I only did one of the flying theatres for...

I've only just realised that was an option, so thanks for that info. It seems that it's a relatively new feature. I'll probably still ride/add the disc o coasters since they're not really too common and they're not bad rides anyway. I'll just continue not including them in my own count.

They're pieces of playground equipment that some very sad and desperate people tried to classify as coasters. Some pictures from Coaster-Count:

Overall, I think it's a pretty good sign that something as small as one guy (who's renting anyway) being made to move has been made into such a big issue. It just shows how overwhelmingly positive the general reaction is.

I think the furthest from here in Hong Kong would be the Brazil/Argentina trip I did a few years ago. I've done Australia a few times, and New Zealand, which would both count amongst the furthest for anyone based in Europe or the USA, but from Hong Kong is "only" around 8-9 hours. Despite...

New Vekoma at Galaxyland I haven't looked into it closely enough to make a call, but probably just 1 Gold Rush at DMP Definitely 1. Don't be silly. Moebius coasters I personally count both sides as 1 cred, but that's due to overall enthusiast consensus, and I have no problem whatsoever if...

There was an alpine coaster just across the river from the city centre, which had probably been there on my last visit, but it either hadn’t been listed or I’d skipped it for whatever reason. It’s a whole “scenic area” kind of place, with a bunch of walking trails, but I just got the cable car...

This is going back to around May, a long weekend where I had a Monday off work. I got the train from Hong Kong to Shantou sometime on the Friday evening, taking about 2 hours. I’d done a similar weekend trip back in, I think, 2015, but there was some other stuff to check out and it was an easy...

And we’re finally at the end of this f**king thing. Despite Haichang Ocean Park opening in 2018, with me visiting Shanghai on multiple occasions since then, I still hadn’t managed to get to this place. There had been a definite plan to head there after my last Shanghai Disney visit, but the...