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Just planned a counting tour through Belgium for this weekend. Looks like I might have a chance to give it a try this Sunday! If that turns out to be true, I will share my review.

It is actually really challenging to design a „good“ layout with such insane speeds. - The variance between cold and warm trains (yes, even in the desert) will significantly increase with track length and ride duration. Same goes for empty and full trains. Elements towards the end need to be...

Oh boy, here we go: Date: 05/04/2024 Park: Osterkirmes Düsseldorf (funfair) Roller Coasters: 1 Front Row/Back Row/Solo/New-to-Me: 2 Water/Dark/Flat/Other Attractions: 0 New-for-2024: 0 Date: 05/04/2024 Park: Paaskermis Enschede (funfair) Roller Coasters: 2 Front Row/Back Row/Solo/New-to-Me: 2...

Btw, 25th of April will be a preview event for annual pass holders.

Nah, we’re happy with our 2 dummies, I don’t think that they‘d need a squishy friend. Also, carrying 2 at the same time is annoying enough.

I will be the first to comment on its lack of speed, as long I am fast enough ;-) If they really do open (still not safe in my opinion), this might be a guilty pleasure ride for me. I love high speed coasters and really enjoyed Formula Rossa for its sense of speed. But this is not only faster...

Date: 30/03/2024 Park: Funfair (FreDolino, Dortmund) Roller Coasters: 1 Front Row/Back Row/Solo/New-to-Me: 1/-/-/1 Points added = 32

You can see the tracks to the maintenance building in this shot:

To be fair, the „Dragster“ part of it is no longer there. A main part of the concept of the original ride was to be like a Dragster-race with its intense acceleration. That is now gone and replaced by a (what appears to be) weak LSM launch. I am not into Dragster racing, but I feel like they...

No you don’t. You jinxed it.

They where testing the capability of the launch system to see if TTD was viable. As far as I know, Xcelerator had already opened prior to this test runs taking place.

Slowing down the launch is (nearly) always an option. But with the highest element directly after it, your options are limited. Keep also in mind that the energy of a train is related in a quadratic function to the speed. Meaning: if the train goes 10mph at the slowest point, mph at the launch...

I booked a trip for the 14th of May, so that is what I call perfect timing!

I did not see any Trimm mounts on the ride, so the amount of speed reduction is limited. Keep also in mind that the ride will speed up within the first year of operation. It doesn’t look to extreme for me, and slightly to slow towards the end of the sections, but the latter one is to be...

The first picture is the queue, the picture is taken from the wooden emergency exit and shows what used to be the wooden fence and the painted concrete wall you used to walk straight towards to when passing over the bridge. Good to see that they finally realised they forgot to theme that area...