Recent content by Nick13

Having just returned from Orlando, I do now find the amount of ‘wizarding worlds’ rather overdone and boring. It’s no surprise that they are bringing it to the UK park, but I don’t think the original Hogsmeade land and Forbidden Journey ride will bring much excitement to those already familiar...

New Vekoma at Galaxyland 1 or 2? - 1 - Gold Rush at DMP (2 cycles on the same track) 1 or 2? - 1 - Moebius coasters 1 or 2? - 2 - Twin coasters 1 or 2? - 2 - Count clones as new creds? - Yes - Relocations count as new creds? - No - Re-tracks (eg Hulk, Nemesis etc) - No - Major change eg. Top...

Dubai Parks & Resorts posted on Facebook that their parks were closed today.

It sounds most likely that the 'piece of metal' this guy has mentioned and was picked up by the media was in fact a manual restraint release bar used to open the restraint once the train was back in the station.

Post road trip update: 80. Candymonium, Hersheypark 81. Iron Menace, Dorney Park 82. Rapterra, Kings Dominion 83. Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge, Busch Gardens Williamsburg 84. Georgia Scorcher, Six Flags Over Georgia 85. Superman - Ultimate Flight, Six Flags Over Georgia 86. Goliath, Six...

Rapterra at Kings Dominion is shockingly bad on the back row. I thought people were exaggerating about the new B&M roughness until I rode that in June. Iron Menace wasn't much better. Could it be that parks are haggling for lower prices and B&M are sacrificing on the quality of manufacturing...

If only they would continue with the nostalgia and bring back the Log Flume next 🙏 (no bathtubs though, please)

Mine is a bad one... X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain We had 2 days planned for SFMM at the beginning and end of our trip in September 2023. On the first day, we were there for just a few hours from opening and driving up to San Francisco later in the day. Through a combination of jet lag, being...

Just over a year after Hyperia opening, I hit 1100 in America last month on Hydrus at Casino Pier, New Jersey. It was a last minute addition to the trip, after a typical Six Flags day with Great Adventure closing at 4.30pm on a Saturday due to bad weather, we headed down to Seaside Heights for...

That's a shame to see. I just visited the park last month to ride Switchback. It's a really unique ride and pretty forceful, but also quite rough and I imagine it must be a drain on the resources for such a small FEC-style park to maintain it. It's also custom-built to the site and has a very...

I did 1 new B&M in 2024 and that was... 79. Mandrill Mayhem, CWoA Should get a healthy boost on a USA road trip next month :)

Wait, are they relocating the Flambards Hornet?! 😅

This quote is from the BBC article; Interesting that she has explicitly mentioned James Bond, Paddington and Harry Potter there. I hadn't heard the first two linked with the project before, but have seen them come up from a few people today, and both feature on the speculation map above!

Would Warner Bros give Universal the rights to Harry Potter for the UK park though? As it would take away business and £££ from the studio tour an hour down the road... I think Universal have also previously stated that they don't want to duplicate anything from the Florida resort.

BBC Breakfast have a reporter at the site this morning, looks like plenty of interviews happening there. I also picked up from the clip of the Universal exec showing the plan to Keir Starmer, he confirmed 4 lands in the park. Jurassic Park/World seems pretty much confirmed, along with Minions...