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Looks like a major retheme of their old Intamin Motocoaster which closed earlier this year, including newer trains and extensive theming additions.

Tokyo Dome City is now set to reopen on 3rd of August (next Monday). https://en.www.at-raku.com/info/_724/index.html

Another update it is 1. Ride to Happiness, Plopsaland De Panne 2. Taiga, Linnanmäki 3. Wildfire, Kolmården 4. Zadra, Energylandia 5. Shambhala, PortAventura Park 6. Taron, Phantasialand 7. Batman Gotham City Escape, Parque Warner Madrid 8. Kondaa, Walibi Belgium 9. Hyperia, Thorpe Park 10...

Added a few since; 43. Sevilla 🇪🇸 (October 2024) 44. Larnaca 🇨🇾 (October 2025) 45. Treviso 🇮🇹 (May 2026) 46. Birmingham 🇬🇧 (May 2026) 47. Helsinki 🇫🇮 (June 2026) 48. Tallinn 🇪🇪 (July 2026)

I'm on the European Coaster Club tour through Finland this week and we just visited Powerpark today. Junker has just been struck by lightning last night and was closed for the entire day. It may remain closed for a while, as the park is waiting for a replacement part from Gerstlauer now. It...

1. Ride to Happiness, Plopsaland De Panne 2. Wildfire, Kolmården 3. Zadra, Energylandia 4. Shambhala, PortAventura Park 5. Taron, Phantasialand 6. Batman Gotham City Escape, Parque Warner Madrid 7. Kondaa, Walibi Belgium 8. Hyperia, Thorpe Park 9. Flying Aces, Ferrari...

We stopped there at the end of ECC's tour through the Alps last year. The people running the place were all really lovely and I feel bad that they'll have to close down the place after less than 6 years. That said, the park felt rather soulless and fairly bland, so I'm not surprised it never...

Not sure if you've done Skull Rock or not, but that ride is also excellent. Same owners and same manufacturer as for Hotel Psycho, though with a bit less of a horror theme. Shame about Wiener Looping, though that seems to be a bit of recurring theme with these new Macks. When I rode it, I...

The only thing I liked about it was that slow spiral lift with the 90s techno soundtrack blasting on full volume. Hopefully there's a way to incorporate something similar into the new coaster. The actual coaster is rough as pants and the layout is pretty unimaginative, so I won't miss it one...

From memory, I would say Plopsaland's Batflyer (or any Caripro Batflyer for that matter). Those brakes were extremely uncomfortable, not least because of the awkward straddled seating design. Lisebergbanan's brakes are quite extreme as well. But, otherwise, this;

Tykkimäki amusement park in Finland is replacing their old Mack Powered coaster with a brand new SBF Visa Ultra model of the Family coaster line for the 2026 season. https://huvipuistot.com/2026/02/pohjolan-express-tykkimaen-uutuus-2026/

Honestly one of the weakest 'straddled seating' coasters out there. Not a big loss and hopefully the park has decent plans with the space.

Here's a video from the train that experienced two rollbacks in a row Is this ride even allowed to operate without a thoosie with a GoPro on it?

The trains here are a fair bit longer than the Dive Coaster cars. I can imagine there's still going to be some whip over the drop in the back row. But yeah, this coaster is all about the sense of speed and I like that it maintains a lot of it after the arch. That bit looks more exciting than it...

2025 - Superman, New Jesolandia 2025 - Cowabunga Carts, Mirabilandia 2025 - Wiener Looping, Wiener Prater 2025 - Helios, Fantasiana 2025 - Antares, Conny-Land A fair line-up, given that I've only done 21 new coasters this year.