Recent content by Matt N

I think cautious maybe was the wrong word, but I think the industry has become more iterative and refining how we use what we already have technologically rather than bluntly mechanically bold in the vein of, say, the strata coasters and the “traditional” 4D coasters. Those 2000s rides pushed...

It does feel as though X2 was maybe one of those 2000s rides where we hit the peak of what rides can actually do, and as brilliant as it may have been for many years, we’re perhaps paying the price for that sort of bombast as the ride ages. I would file the likes of the strata coasters in the...

It oddly brings to mind the now closed American Adventure in Derbyshire for me, even though I was only a toddler when it closed and never went… I don’t particularly like it, but I can’t think of anything else that would be an awful lot better…

I’ve also heard reasonably good things about Tormenta compared to other B&M rides built post-2020, so maybe they’ve turned a corner?

I don’t know too much about Motocoaster other than that it was apparently absolutely dire… are we under the assumption that they’re replacing the vehicles? It certainly looks like some extensive theming could be on the way!

I think it could be a reflection of the line between family and thrill growing increasingly blurred. Going back a couple of decades, you had little middle ground between your Vekoma Rollerskaters and stock wild mice and your enormous thrill machines. There has always historically been quite a...

I’m not a die hard nostalgic by any means, only rode the ride for the first time this year and had no memories of the original… but even I’m here and saying this is excellent news! You can just tell that that ride wants to be a Jules Verne ride, and the Star Wars theme might be the most...

This is actually a very opportune revival of this thread @Hyde, as I recently started a new job where my team are significantly more dispersed geographically and I’m the only one in my office location, and it’s given me a new perspective! My organisation, on paper and in the job adverts...

To make matters worse, they’ve allegedly closed the Single Rider and Fastrack queues and moved RAP due to the sign over the entrance not being secure… This is relatively small fry overall if temporary, but it looks absolutely dreadful and shutting queues and sacrificing the actual ride...

I think it could be a retrack, despite Busch Gardens seemingly advertising to the contrary at present. If they do retrack, I wouldn’t be stunned if they do floorless trains; despite them arguably being somewhat of a pointless gimmick outside of the front row, I think it would be an easy new...

Congratulations, all!

Is it maybe a funny way of marketing a Nemesis Reborn-style retrack? It is sad that Kumba is going, though. Of the 4 B&M sit-down/floorless coasters I’ve ridden, I would almost definitely say it was my favourite, and it will probably top Megafobia as my favourite defunct coaster if it really is...

Great reports so far @Hixee; it’s a shame you didn’t get to ride Tormenta, but it looks like you had fun regardless! The review that particularly surprised me so far is Barracuda Strike. I’m surprised to hear it rides so badly; I know new B&Ms have garnered a bit of a reputation for being...

I recently rode my first new B&M invert in around 10 years in France, and with my last ranking post in this thread having been in 2021, I thought it was time for an update, as I think it’s fair to say that my opinions on some of the existing ones have also changed in that 5-year time frame! My...

I’ve had two new nominees for this thread since my last post. Funnily enough, both were on gyroswings! The first nominee was Cyclonator at Paultons Park in June 2025. It was pretty dreary weather for the entire day and the park was deserted as a result, but during my one go on this, it started...