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Any day apart from Scarefest wasn't it? Which was the only other time I went that year. Or was that the year after, I can't remember now? I sort of forget 2020 even happened tbh.

Of the coasters I'm most likely to ride over the next 12 months, I'd say only Zadra has a chance of being better than SteVe, but to be honest I doubt it. Looking wider, Iron Gwazi, Velocicoaster and Hakugei seem the most likely to dethrone it, but the two Florida coasters seem to get quite...

Fascinating list and analysis, thanks for putting the work in :) I'm really surprised nobody on this forum has Shambhala as their number one - you'd think a European enthusiast who hasn't been to the US or some of the other big Euro parks would have it up there. The rise of Millennium Force is...

Indeed. It was still open while we were there so we didn't see the new scene, but I assume they closed it shortly after.

Enough of the forum's old boys reminiscing, back to the trip report! As @Howie has already mentioned, there was a lot of messing about on the final day of this trip. What he didn’t mention was that the fun started a long time before we got to the park, with The Race… 😁 Having stayed in Bruhl...

Better themed, yes. Better coaster? Not even close 😆

I am, and the Gerry Anderson exhibition that was around there as well. #oldguys Another fab write-up that captured the essence of that day really well. I have a few additional thoughts myself, but I'll save them for another day (most likely tomorrow :D)

Ooh I'd forgotten about this topic. Been a few years since I last posted so my top ten has changed quite a bit. Meanwhile, I need to rearrange yours @redheadedRobin - not ridden in italics. Taron Shambhala Black Mamba F.L.Y. Raptor (Gardaland) Colorado Adventure Dragon Khan Winja's Fear...

I'm with @Howie, I've ridden them both twice but still not sure which is which 🤷‍♂️

If you’ve read any of my trip reports before you’ll know I tend to waffle a lot so I’m going to try not to do that since @Howie has summed up things up so eloquently already. As he already mentioned, I joined the trip a little late as the idea of getting up at 4am to drive to Belgium didn’t...

Given this is going to be named by the same geniuses that came up with Mandrill Mayhem, I think it will be named something similarly inappropriate given the ride type and stats: Tiny Tim's Topsy-Turvy Train Trip

Yeah, this was my favourite of the few official Lives I've done, such a great weekend with a fantastic group of people and some lovely weather. I'll never forget wearing shorts and eating ice cream on 30th November and laughing for hours whilst getting drunk on the Saturday night. My other...

Doubtful. The track is essentially B&M track and the trains are 4 across, so a conversion to B&M floorless trains would be more feasible if they are going to do it.

The first new one was shockingly good, way better than I expected it to be and captured the absurdity of video games in a really clever way. The second one was more of the same but still fun - Awkwafina channeling Danny DeVito was the highlight :D Personally I enjoyed both of them more than the...

Some people might not like this but I'm going to say Nemesis. Top 10 for me and thereabouts for the majority of goons I would wager, but the next best cred at the park for me is Rita which is way, way down the list. After that you have a reasonably good woodie, an overly rough multi-looper, two...

#1 SteVe and #2 Taron Having ridden Taron again last week it is almost impossible for me to say which of these two is better. They are so different that they are almost incomparable, and yet they are without doubt the two greatest coasters of the 350-odd I've ridden. SteVe has the height, the...

Noooo, surely they'll want to open it for Easter? I was hoping to tie in a visit with a trip to London in April :(

I won't go into as much detail as the rest of you but in terms of new creds gained and parks visited it would be 2017, where I rode 90 different coasters of which at least 80 were new and visited parks in the US, Belgium and France as well as lots of new British ones. In terms of riding top...

We went through this on our goon trip to the park last weekend. It was very extensive and a lot of fun. Some areas were blocked off, mostly the water related ones, but there was still lots to do. Definitely a few confined spaces for adults as a couple of us banged our heads climbing up tight...

These may be two unconnected comments but for those of us that have talked about it, our feeling was that Madrid was a better option later in the year since we don't know when the new cred will open yet and the parks are open throughout the autumn and winter months. :)