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I had a look at the site on Google maps earlier and there’s a load of huge electricity pylons currently there, including the biggest in the UK at 190m (you can see it in the background of the above image). Could this “ foadarche“ be something to do with these perhaps? Trying to disguise the...

I had a similar experience at Brean last year where the ride op disappeared for his 15 minute break and left everyone stood there in the Crazy Loop queue wondering what was going on. Ended up waiting well over half an hour for that awful ride. Then we got back to the car 10 mins late and...

I’ve done 17/25 of these, and would have been 21 if trips to Energylandia, Magic Mountain and PortAventura hadn’t been cancelled this year. I am very intrigued to ride Shambhala, hopefully in 2021, and see if it really is better than Fury 325!

I think that means they have changed the opening date from Easter to July. And the hotel has been pushed back to February. That’s a shame as I was planning a trip for May!

Flamingoland seems to be connected to a few well-travelled coasters... Their other old Schwarzkopf, Bullet, has been from Austria to Florida to England to its current home in Mexico. And the ten looper of course has come via Brazil and Malaysia without completing a single lap yet!

- Coaster Count at start of 2020: 423 - Coaster Count at end of 2020: 484 - New coasters ridden in 2020: 61 - New parks visited in 2020: 13 (Pleasurewood Hills, Joyland, GYPB, Oakwood, Barry Island, Funland, Brean, Leolandia, Euro Park Milan, Magicland, Cinecitta World, Cavallino Matto, West...

Judging by that tweet above, the track removed so far is from the helix over the water at the end of the ride. That is one of the most forceful parts of the layout so perhaps that particular area needed replacing due to the amount of wear & tear over the years... if they were taking all the...

Hopefully it’s not a removal, I thought Shaman was pretty good for its age and surprisingly forceful. Blue Tornado and Sequoia Adventure on the other hand... tear them down!

A big part of B&M’s ‘stagnation’ in the Western market has got to be the loss of Six Flags as a customer for them. Just had a look on rcdb and they built 25 coasters across their parks, all between 1992-2006 other than X-Flight in 2012. If SF hadn’t had their bankruptcy and change in strategy...

I made the trek to Cavallino Matto last week and rode Freestyle, the relocated Togo standup from Canada’s Wonderland. It was very intense through the loop and helix, and had some crazy airtime hills as well. The ride and trains especially appear to be in great condition considering it’s now 35...

I have vivid memories of doing Alien Encounter in 1996 when I was 8 and leaving in tears! It definitely wasn’t your typical Magic Kingdom attraction ?

I’ve just got back from Italy today where I shamelessly rode 6 worms these this week. Finished up with this one today where the ride op tapped me on the head and called me il bambino ? https://rcdb.com/15473.htm

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Wodan for me, I have also only been to Europa in very hot July weather so may have benefit from @Trax theory, but it had non-stop crazy speed and airtime right up to the brakes. I’m visiting again in August so fingers crossed for more hot weather! Troy is also very much a great coaster, but i...

1. Stealth 2. Smiler 3. Nemesis 4. The Swarm 5. Icon 6. Wickerman 7. Oblivion 8. Nemesis Inferno 9. Galactica 10. Vampire

There’s some more news following the accident at Parc Saint Paul here, and it doesn’t sound great for the owner of the park. The noose tightens around Parc-Saint-Paul after the accidental death of 32-year-old Elodie Duval. A judicial investigation is underway to determine the possible...

This latest episode of the BBC Travel Show is filmed in Margate and has a segment on theme parks reopening around the world. They have interviews with the CEO of Dreamland and Taylor from Coaster Studios pops up as well! Starts around 15 mins in.

Tripsdrill is in a fairly remote location so I’d imagine public transport will be tricky. It’s not too far out from Stuttgart though.

HRRR was built under GE’s ownership of Universal when the parks were nowhere near as successful as today, until WWoHP opened in 2010 and Comcast came in to invest a lot more into the parks. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the ride go in the next few years to be replaced with something of a...

It was new for 2019 but I don’t think was open for much of the season at all. They had removed sections of track from the station when I was there last September.