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Oh no! Hoping it was just a minor closure when I went and Legendia isn't about to lose another. Best of luck for your return. :) Day 3 - Energylandia Day 1 Perhaps the only report I'll ever write featuring 19 new creds in one day. Ten years ago, southern Poland would have been on few people's...

Intro Earlier this year, I took my first coaster-centric trip to mainland Europe, featuring two days at Phantasialand. Realising I could see another part of the world and visit parks of a substantially higher quality for little more than the average weekend away by train in the UK unlocked...

...or late June, as the case may be. Thorpe Park - 22nd June 2024 I've yet to write about Thorpe Park here, but being vaguely local I'd estimate I've done about 10 visits since returning to parks a year ago (and I dread to think how many in my teen years). My first ever visit was in 2012, so...

South Coastering - 20th April 2024 Buried quietly in the Southern Rail website is the DaySave ticket - a one-day rover granting unlimited off-peak travel on the Southern network. Though not having the best PR, they actually run a decent service along the south coast of England and, at £25 for...

Blackpool Pleasure Beach - 13th April 2024 Because calling it "Pleasure Beach Resort" is rather like calling somewhere "theme park theme park". A new season dawns, and with my first coaster-driven international trip under my belt, a visit to the most significant park in the UK not under the...

Ok, so a bit of context: in a recent thread, I documented a few UK-based exploits rediscovering a passion for coasters I had last pursued in childhood. During those childhood years, I'd been fortunate to visit a few places in the UK as well as take a family visit to the Florida parks, but I'd...

Drayton Manor - 7th October 2023 When initially planning trips to get back into this hobby, a first time at Drayton Manor was definitely on the list for the medium-term future. The recent announcement about "changes" to Shockwave pushed the park far higher up the priority list - it's bad enough...

Alton Towers - 11th & 12th September 2023 5-10 years ago, an annual 2-day visit to the UK's biggest (and probably best) theme park was a family tradition. Last year we returned for the first time in many years, no longer restricted in visit dates by school commitments, and enjoyed it so much a...

Thanks @Matt N - I've been having a blast, hoping to get a few more good ones in before the end of the season. Completely agree about Paultons. At first glance, it seems a little out of the way and expensive for what may seem like just a few family coasters, but everything from the larger rides...

Paultons Park - 8th September 2023 “Yesterday I went, as we all must, to Peppa Pig World…” Despite having studied in Southampton for 4 years, Paultons Park had until this week been unexplored territory for me, demonstrating just how much of a reduced priority theme parks were for me during that...

Preamble Much like (I assume) many people, my love for coasters started in my early teens. At the time, I was stereotypically over-informed and over-opinionated for someone with a child's level of experience, although as part of a classic British "Merlin Pass family" I was very fortunate to rack...

I like this idea, I've just never enjoyed the prospect of managing it. It's entirely possible though. If we had a list (minimum 15) followed by "Good, but doesn't make my list", "Doesn't do anything for me", and "I hated it", that could work. In pairings, everything in the main list would get a...

Can't work out whether or not this is satirical ... :P In any case, I'm interested to see how this ends.

As a general rule, I'd say draught, but my only criticism is that I've sometimes found draught to be the flattest, although that probably has a lot to do with who's pouring it. Cans are good, and they're probably the receptacle I use the most. Only downside is they have to be enjoyed in one...

Defunct coasters can be submitted, though it's entirely possible that some won't reach the minimum ridership. Duelling coasters in general count as one, unless the two layouts have significant differences. I'd say Winjas would qualify as two though, seeing as they're different layouts and...

Err ... ok. It's done by a program I've designed which takes in a list in order along with their current elo scores. It then makes every possible pairing between the coasters in the list (without repeating itself), and essentially does a 1v1 for all of them. The Elo scoring system uses...

Hello everyone! I've been spending a lot of time trying to devise the best possible method of compiling a modern-day Mitch Hawker style coaster poll. I read this thread with great interest, and was disappointed to see that it seemingly didn't come to anything in the end. I've therefore designed...

Small contribution from me I guess: 1. Mako 2. Hulk 3. CuChullainn 4. Nemesis 5. Skeikra 6. Montu 7. Kumba 8. Manta (SWO) 9. Smiler 10. Zaturn/Stealth 11. Cheetah Hunt 12. Kraken Best of luck with your project. :)

Depressingly, this would be good advice if the OP had never visited before, what with its ridiculous queues and ERT. And The Smiler is rougher than Nemesis :) Take on Nemesis, then warm up for Smiler, it's usually quieter later in the day anyway.

So this will be incredibly poor: A - Well, we're off to a good start here, aren't we? B - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Florida) C - Cú Chulainn D - Dragon's Fury E - Expedition Everest F - Flight of the Hippogriff (Florida) G - I'm surprised this is only the 2nd letter I'm missing H -...