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Somehow both?!? Totally agree with Roomraider on this ride, went in with very low expectations but was really pleasantly surprised! Good laterals too. Evidence below: Sorry to hear Flying Aces will be closed for you too! Their maintenance schedule is on their website, so at least they're...

Thanks, glad someone managed to get on both the big coasters! I suppose I hadn't even planned to be there so any cred I got was a bonus. As Flying Aces was closed actually I ended up walking over to SeaWorld during the peak of the day to spam Manta which was definitely worth another £30 for the...

Had an unexpected layover in Dubai (a terrible shame, truly) and managed to ride it on Monday (the 6th)! Happy to report it opened with the park and operated all day (11 - 8) with no issues. The reservation system is no more and the ride had a 60 minute wait with 1 train ops for most of the...

Notice the different language used for Kingda Ka - "retired" rather than "removed". Coupled with the lack of demolition permits for Ka, in contrast with the other (much smaller) rides in that announcement and I think a Kingda Ka 2 could well be in play here. Taking down a ride of Ka's scale...

Sad to see this go, but not entirely surprised given its age. Feels like it's part of a dying breed of smaller coasters with one or two inversions that can introduce kids to bigger rides whilst breaking the "upside down" taboo. Its role in the park reminds me of AT's corkscrew in its final years...

Looks...fast? Presumably because the holding brake hasn't been turned on yet. Looks like a great punchy layout though! Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

Definitely looks like all signs are pointing to a spike! Think this is definitely the best option for the project too. If it was just a question of retrofitting LSMs, the (albeit more reliable) new ride would always be in the shadow of its former self. A swing launch would sufficiently...

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That's just so bizarre and utterly cursed, but nevertheless I'm completely intrigued! Bet they try and advertise it as a world's first or something... Is there any chance this could be the first installation of the much anticipated surf coaster? I know it's definitely going to be winged, but...

Don't forget this is the same Fun Spot chain that has recently installed a large inverting woodie at their Florida park! I wouldn't discount a bigger IBox just yet. Exciting either way! Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk

As this is all hypothetical: Give Alton a cross-valley RMC to fulfill every British enthusiast's wet dream, then... Sell all of them off, each to a separate well-funded company, to break up the Merlin monopoly that has been holding the UK industry back for far too long. Use the big ol' profit...

From their promotional model at IAAPA 2019, I'm not sure they've ever planned on making whole coasters with the new track: And with inversions too (can't find a better shot): Seems to be the more modular approach you mention, meaning the rest of the track will look and feel exactly like a...

Thanks so much! Cheers! Ah, looks like I missed that one I'm afraid. Is it any good? (Or at least less annoying than the Disney equivalent?) Sorry it took me so long to write the last part up - I had to do this one from scratch! (At least it didn't take me more than a year....)...

That's clearly where we went wrong! Would've been a great place for a bar crawl, although not sure I'd have wanted to do Tornado or the Sky fly! You're completely right about the ghost train though - other than "that bit", it really is a bit rubbish. But the contrast is what makes it so...

Thanks! Looking back at all the crowds is definitely giving me mild anxiety over the lack of social distancing! At the current rate of expansion, Djurs is certainly a park I'd love to revisit in a decade or so. Bakken – 11th August 2019 We’d been extremely lucky with weather the entire trip...

I think it's both the angle and speed of the hill that makes it look so promising to me. Shambhala's speed hill is fast but very drawn out and whilst I haven't ridden Mako's yet, it's seems well-profiled, but pretty small in comparison. Orion's isn't so straight either. This looks like offers...

Looking forward to getting some first-hand reviews of this soon. Looks like it'll deliver some fantastic positives, the drop looks immense and that speed hill is really impressive. Can't remember seeing anything quite like that on a sit-down B&M before. From its height and speed, this will no...

Thanks - great to hear it's working as intended! That CF video cracks me up every time! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 2: Djurs Sommerland (9th August 2019) After an entertaining warm-up day at Tivoli Friheden, it was time for the first destination...

Just when we all though we’d broken the back of another off-season, you-know-what hit, closing parks worldwide and grinding updates to an unexpected halt. So, to keep us all going, I've decided to dust off some memories and finally write up a trip report from last summer. I know I haven’t been...

Even if the launch section was flat (which it probably isn't as Hixee mentioned), if the switch track failed, I'm sure the train could be pushed forward into the second valley right at the end of the launch track by a very gentle LSM launch. Or if the fault was detected early enough, maybe the...