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Is it maybe a funny way of marketing a Nemesis Reborn-style retrack? It is sad that Kumba is going, though. Of the 4 B&M sit-down/floorless coasters I’ve ridden, I would almost definitely say it was my favourite, and it will probably top Megafobia as my favourite defunct coaster if it really is...

Great reports so far @Hixee; it’s a shame you didn’t get to ride Tormenta, but it looks like you had fun regardless! The review that particularly surprised me so far is Barracuda Strike. I’m surprised to hear it rides so badly; I know new B&Ms have garnered a bit of a reputation for being...

I recently rode my first new B&M invert in around 10 years in France, and with my last ranking post in this thread having been in 2021, I thought it was time for an update, as I think it’s fair to say that my opinions on some of the existing ones have also changed in that 5-year time frame! My...

I’ve had two new nominees for this thread since my last post. Funnily enough, both were on gyroswings! The first nominee was Cyclonator at Paultons Park in June 2025. It was pretty dreary weather for the entire day and the park was deserted as a result, but during my one go on this, it started...

Great detective skills @VonRolland! Slightly unrelated, but can I quickly ask; what do you mean by male/female track ends? I’ve never heard that terminology before, and it seems odd that coaster track would be gendered!

Brilliant news! Given B&M’s recent reputation, the crucial question is; is it smooth? Or does it have the much-maligned rattle (although I myself question whether this is being exaggerated in the first place)?

Following various trips in 2026, but most notably a trip to France where I visited Parc Astérix for the first time ever and Disneyland Paris for the first time in 15 years, I can make my first update post of 2026 with some movements and additions to the top 30 and top 10, including a new crown...

I reckon the key differentiator could be speed and raw length of sensations, which I think is quite difficult to gauge in a POV. I think it looks awesome! I love a good Dive Coaster, particularly a wide one, and I think the size of this one could make it something quite special! It’s also...

2nd July 2026: Disneyland Paris After a successful trip to Parc Astérix on Monday and trips in between to Paris and Versailles, we headed to another theme park (well, duo of theme parks) today; we visited Disneyland Paris! Now unlike Parc Astérix on Monday, I had visited Disneyland Paris prior...

Oh, I can 100% relate to this uncultured food lark! We had French McDonald’s on the way home from Parc Astérix on Monday, and I had lasagne for lunch in a restaurant in central Paris yesterday and chicken nuggets for lunch in Versailles today! A lot of my family love going to these posh...

After some events today, I suggest a new thread for those moments where you maybe aren’t as cultured as you’d like or as the world wants you to be. Many of us aspire to have good knowledge of history, fine art, classic literature and such, or at least appear to have good knowledge of these...

I did love PortAventura, and I myself thought that the reputation for poor operations and abundant Express sales was vastly overblown; while not amazing, the operations were not nearly as bad as is often made out, in my view. I stayed on site at Hotel Gold River and spent 3 days on park, and...

Thanks @Nitefly! I had extremely high hopes for Toutatis, but even I was marginally surprised to see it top VelociCoaster; I’m not sure how much of a common view that is, but Toutatis seems less talked about than VelociCoaster, for some reason. That swing launch alone was something else, though!

I’m glad someone agrees with me on OzIris, and I echo everything you said! I feel like the Nemesis fan group might come for me on a British forum, but there’s no question in my mind that it’s my favoured B&M invert! While B&M inverts are usually good to excellent, it’s not a model that’s the...

I’m going to bump this thread, if nobody minds! For those interested, I had my first ever visit to Parc Astérix yesterday. All in all, I had an excellent visit, with 2 rides on Toutatis, 1 ride on each of the other coasters and 1 ride on the rapids too. I was anticipating it being sort of like...

29th June 2026: Parc Astérix Today was an exciting day; after months (well, years) of UK park visiting, I had my first foreign park visit since September 2024, and it was to a very exciting park; today was my first ever visit to Parc Astérix in France! I couldn’t wait to get on the rides for the...

As promised, I can now add another slightly tenuous milestone to the milestone list… 1) Troublesome Trucks Runaway Coaster - Drayton Manor (18th April 2008) 50) Nickelodeon Streak - Blackpool Pleasure Beach (14th August 2018) 100) Iron Gwazi - Busch Gardens Tampa (22nd June 2023) 150) Trace du...

Would it be Cedar Point, by any chance? I know it and Canada’s Wonderland aren’t enormously far apart, and it is a pretty momentous destination!

As an aside, why is it that American parks have taken to opening things so late in the season? We’re nearly at the end of June, and it seems like very few of the big 2026 rides in America have opened. I thought Memorial Day (?) weekend at the end of May was where the US parks traditionally...