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Getting to recently ride yet another E&F Miler Hurricane model in Atlanta was a friendly reminder on how "theoretically" this is a roller coaster, though could be better described as "can of nuts and bolts, roughly assembled to mimic roller coaster aesthetics". Seriously, the train tries to rip...

They sell them for twice the price as "memorabilia". :P To game it out for a few more clicks, it makes zero sense to do any dramatic rebranding/renaming - the "Six Flags" brand brings zero benefit to Cedar Fair parks, and vice versa. Let's also not forget it is Cedar Fair management who are...

Date: 26/05/2024 Park: Tivoli Gardens Roller Coasters: 6 Front Row/Back Row/Solo/New-to-Me: 5 Water/Dark/Flat/Other Attractions: 1 Shows: 1 New-for-2024: 0 ORP/ORV/Character/Proof of Solo Ride: 0 CF-Live: N Trip Report: Y...

My wife and I recently had the pleasure of visiting Denmark and Sweden, skipping between Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Gothenburg. We originally planned a Covid trip for 2020, and we were excited to finally get it back on the books for a change of scenery and fun metropolitan travel. Being the good...

To have fun with this, I did a quick run of average ranks per manufacturer, top roller coaster per manufacturer, standard deviation of ranks-per-manufacturer (the lower the number, the better, and indicates an overall better ranking of their rides), and number of roller coasters. The results...

Eight years later, over doubled the count! VelociCoaster Islands of Adventure Skyrush Hersheypark Maverick Cedar Point El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure Intimidator 305 Kings Dominion Formula Rossa Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Millennium Force Cedar Point Top Thrill Dragster Cedar...

Hah! My Denmark/Sweden trip is actually my first European coasters! Trip report to come, but Helix and Balder were so awesome to finally get.

Welp have some new motion, this time in the form of finally getting a chance to ride ArieForce One down in Atlanta (slots in at #5). On reflection, this also causes Storm Chaser to tumble; Arie does what Storm Chaser does as a smaller RMC, just better. I also totally forgot to mention; TT2 also...

Don't overthink this - anyone with common sense will understand the extreme, purposeful lengths you have to go to for such a sad demise. You'll notice in general, American media and coverage of these and other incidents doesn't point blame to amusement parks (so long as they're not in the...

Look, just do the right thing. Build the Steeplechase.

Hah well said. The simplest way to describe the US is many small countries, with significant population density, that add up to a larger country. Yes, there is a certain, larger-scale to the American road trip. Only time will tell, but it could be a take of two park chains. To my earlier point...

A caution to European and English friends (and something I've noticed over time) - there can be an accidental fallacy in underestimating how actually large the United States is, and proximity of amusement parks. :P To earlier points, the genuine market overlap is in Los Angeles, San Francisco...

Can confirm it was closed during my visit earlier this month too. Twister also remains sadly under construction; not sure why the retrack work is so length on that end either.

TL;DR save any significant Federal Trade Commission intervention to stop it, Cedar Fair and Six Flags merge on July 1st. ;)

Twisted Cyclone SFOG - really enjoyed it, and an underrated RMC at that.

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Wusses, the lot of ya. ;) In defense of hours-long queues, while it's (obviously) not the standard operation none of us would hope for, there is a certain romance to "saying you were apart of it" when recounting the birth of a brand-new coaster or ride experience. Digging deeper, this might be...

Yeah, why are you so wrong @Hixee? 😜

Cedar Point - it is America's Roller Coast, and one of the most idyllic spots of roller coasters in the world. Knott's Berry Farm - what I always describe as the "LA local's" theme park, it's small footprint makes for very quaint and endearing design. Big park thrills with small park vibes...