Recent content by Gavin

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...

Jumping back to Shanghai then. The main purpose of heading here was for Legoland. Not really a priority for me, admittedly, since it’s probably my least favourite chain of parks, but it was a very new park and a +3 is a +3. I agreed to it on the proviso that we hit up a proper rollercoaster on...

The last day in Wuhan was set aside for some sightseeing since I’d done none of that when I was last there, followed by a bit of cred grabbing. I started off with the Yellow Crane Tower, probably the most famous (busy) tourist site in Wuhan, and even early in the morning it was pretty packed. It...

I’m a dirty liar. I’ve just realised there was more Wuhan before I headed over to Shanghai. The memories are getting increasingly hazy, so we’ll see how this goes. There was another Fantawild park much further west of Wuhan in Jingzhou. Annoyingly, a really cool looking one has also opened just...

There's nothing "historical" in keeping the name of a coaster that's only 3 years old. It might be well-known to enthusiasts, but outside that, very few people will have any idea, so there's nothing in terms of branding either. The narcissist ex-owner has clearly made it part of the deal.

I can only apologise for the three and a half months of disappointment as you’ve been checking daily for updates on this report. I had half days at work (not doing these reports on my own time at home thank you very much) followed by the summer holiday (epic summer trip report to come), and I’m...

As much as I'm sure it'll likely go to one of the ex Six Flags parks, I would love for this to end up with one of the Asian chains (Sun World - Vietnam, Wonderla - India, Trans Studio - Indonesia) who have some form in this area though admittedly with older and much cheaper coasters. The...

I saw Disclosure Day yesterday and was really disappointed. I was waiting for some kind of surprise or twist to make it interesting, but nothing ever came. Crap. Masters of the Universe, however, I really enjoyed, but having been a kid in the '80s, I was obviously the perfect target audience...

It'll be even easier to build houses on now.