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I recently rode Stunt Fall at Parque Warner Madrid and was genuinely scared for my life. The restraint lock just felt spongy, I felt it slowly moving away from me as my whole bodyweight was against it on the reverse pull up the first spike. The additional seat belt feels old and brittle. Doesn't...

Just seen this post on LinkedIn

PortAdventura showing Parque Warner how to promote properly and provide an opening date over a month in advance, very professional job

I was at at the park at the end of April and saw it testing, the airtime hill following the top hat looks brilliant, the I must say the rest of the layout also looks pretty quick irl, the profiling on the overbank diveloop is also really wippy. The severity of the tophat trim seems to be...

Info regarding the mini flume has been released today. It will be called Thomas and Percy's Submarine Splash and will open April 29th. Source...

I visited Leipzig on Easter Sunday (09.04) which included Belantis followed by a Fairground cred: #90 Huracan (Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter): On paper it sounds interesting but overall it was a fairly forgettable coaster. The 97° first drop is fun and popped me out of the seat a little, the 'zero-g...

Does anyone have any schematics/material/info etc on how the quick switch track system works? I thought it was a hydraulic system with pistons, but could it be a hydraulic motor and chain, or electric motor + chain? Would love to understand more

The first video of full circuit testing I have come across:

This honestly looks pretty fun and fast, the airtime on the hill looks like it'll be decent. The squeeling noise is a little concerning, is it rubbing? Hopefully this'll reduce after more testing

I assume there'll be all new trains for that guage? Or is there an existing intamin coaster that's so wide?

Seems like there's a lot of POVs up on YT now but I find this ridercam especially good as it shows the forces quite well in the guy's hoodie strings:

This is just speculation, but over the past few days I’ve been thinking about what Merlin’s plan could be for Oblivion in the coming years. With Nemesis getting a retrack 30 years after its initial opening (1994), and 20 years being a common design life for steel coasters, surely Oblivion (1998)...

I have received some info from a reliable source that the new Bibi & Tina World in Elstal will have at least 4 coasters, including a family dueling model and a launched family/thrill coaster. Currently the project is still on schedule with final permit planning ready by the end of this year, I...

Gerstlauer yet again showing how weird their footer connections are 😅 having to adjust the supports with those wooden wedges before removing them to to cast the concrete just doesn't make sense

apologies if this has already been asked but do we know if the 'backwards' seats will be an upcharge?

Replacement/upgrade of Limit to a Vekoma STC model would be ideal

Jesus, surely there will be more diagonal bracing on that huge overbank! I imagine the lateral sway there will be immense otherwise. Looking huge!

Not a coaster, but I had a zen-ride on Highlander at Hansa Park during a hailstorm, sat alone quietly at 103m whilst being pelted with ice was quite an experience

I’ll start off by saying my CC is only 88 and planning some trips to the best parks in Europe this year so this list definitely going to be hugely different in 12 months. I have a massive bias for the engineering story behind a coaster, as a practising Civil Engineer I geek out on the...