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I think it makes sense to have a "send-off event" for the closure of a big coaster if that coaster is the only one to be closed within a moderately short time period. But suppose that Kingda Ka's retirement is followed up by, for instance, Superman Escape from Krypton next year, then SFOT Titan...

The only reason I can think of to keep quiet about a ride closure like this, is as part of a chain-wide policy not to make a big deal out of a coaster's closing. Big coasters have a finite service life, after all, and Six Flags built *a lot* of them in very few years around the turn of the...

Ride open; thread unstickied. Fashionably late as always.

The UAE is on the coast, with prevailing winds from the sea. Riyadh is smack in the middle of the country, with the closest body of water being the Persian gulf 450 km away.

That doesn't sound like "currently operating" to me. So congrats to Red Force!

Yeah, a similar lesson to what was learned about wooden coasters. 20 years ago, they were all racing to build the tallest all-wood coaster out there, and nowadays, those same coasters still hold the records. Well, those that are left among them, at least. Quite a lot happened with hybrid...

Tallest and fastest, with Formula Rossa being SBNO. I really wonder if Ferrari Land saw that coming. When it was built, Red Force was the fifth tallest and fastest coaster in the world, and now it suddenly claims both top spots, with some margin. It is 30 km/h faster than Steel Dragon 2000, and...

Hard to figure out why they are selling, as well. Now that they've more or less obtained a monopoly, would it really be a good idea to put some of their parks back on the market for a competitor to buy? Wouldn't it make more sense to just close the parks and enjoy full ownership of the market?

If they did close Kingda Ka suddenly right now, Red Force would become the tallest operating coaster on the planet (in terms of how high the train goes, at least - Superman Escape from Trademark has a taller structure, which the cars aren't anywhere close to ascending), and the only coaster...

Having followed recent turns of events in Russia, I think they'll probably slap the coaster parts onto a defunct post van as makeshift armour, then send it to the front.

Is the 70-degree tilting of the whole coaster part of the retheme too? So that the lift hill is beyond vertical and the first drop roughly parallel with the ground?

That capacity of six riders per train, though ...

Those merely have a reputation for being boring or unremarkable, if their reputation is even brought up for discussion. Zamperla has a reputation for being utterly vile, as anyone who has ridden one of their thrill coasters can attest to.

If it failed inspection, they probably wouldn't be allowed to run it for another week. High costs of getting something important replaced is more likely. As in, they've replaced a few links in the chain lift and found that the box of spare links is now empty, and the manufacturer went bust in...

At least Zamperla's reputation as a coaster manufacturer isn't damaged in any way. That's the upside of already being at rock bottom.

Those streets of Paris are certainly a gamble. Diagon Alley was built up throughout several books and movies as a key location in the lore. It is visited many times and viewed from several perspectives through Harry's eyes: as a place of childhood whimsy of the first visit in Philosopher's...

Never thought I'd see the day. Somebody considering a B&M coaster too rough and wishing for a Vekoma in its place.

It's especially dumb when the video goes on to show that the roll is only 270°.

"Lemon eater decides no more juice to be found in lemon, throws away desiccated husk"

Yeah, you pass the when going to and from Super Splash, so it's not that far out of the way. A better reason to skip Thor's Hammer is that it's all in Norwegian. Now Ragnarok, on the other hand, feels like they wanted to put the queue entrance as far away from everything else as they possibly...