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Best: New-Gen Intamin Worst: RMC and their shin-bars. Who tried those and thought „oh, you get a painful hit on your shins on every moment that is not a lifthill, that’s the experience everyone enjoys!“

Recently visited Linnanmäki again. This time, it was crowded, so it was a good way to judge their operations. While Vouristorata (Vintage wooden coaster with a brake man on board) was fine, other rides felt horribly slow. So at one point, I decided to time their dispatches. I haven't noted the...

They earn a decent amount of money, and have made profits for the years around Covid. Not sure around Covid though. I have to dig a little bit to find their statements, but they are public. As they are in polish, it makes since even harder to find, but they do exist. The profits I recall were...

Can we all agree that Furlongs, Barleycorns and Twips are the fare superior units of measurement? Polaris doesn’t sound fitting to me with them going for a racing theme. Polaris is a star, and does not at all relate to racing. Well except that you have to go really fast to be able to ever reach...

My favourite line from their complain: „It's time to review the park's strategy, for example by moving to a location far from the residents, by removing old attractions every time a new one opens or by investing in less noisy activities." Because moving a 50 year old theme park is easier than...

I am tall, and really dislike OTSR. But no, the accordion style restraints are worse.

Yep, Coaster-count is amazing for travelling rides. Not only do they keep track of loads of fairs in Europe (don’t know about other continents), but when using their iOS app, you can even look for the closest credit to your location, including fairs. Makes counting really convenient. Only...

BPB will never scrap Hot Ice. The whole purpose of the park is to earn money to pay for the Ice Show. Without the Ice Show, the park would have no purpose anymore and needed to be closed.

They already made plans to improve the front of the park, but this can only take place once the new entrance gate (R.I.P. 1h Zadra ERT on a busy day) is built. And if I remember correctly, the new entrance gate will be build with the hotel that keeps being delayed since 2019.

I know, but it is still a large scale park announced in an arab country, where construction is taking place. SF Dubai was at a similar stage when it was canceled, and I don't think that Six Flags has pulled the plug for the project.

It hasn’t opened yet; keep in mind that they also started Six Flags Dubai, and we all know how that went. I’ll still have to admit that it already got further than I expected.

The first ones were mounted on the Lethal Weapon coasters at Movie World Germany in 1996. So 2000 does not seem to unreasonable, but if a 2003 onride shows it without them, it is pretty clear that they weren’t installed at that point in time anyway.

No, there are not.

Even if reported to the right person, this does not mean that action will be taken. Most "complaints" by guests are just random, or some thoosies who feel like they know a lot about rides when they don't. And if you called maintenance 10 times for nothing, just because a guest felt like...

Maybe the sales-rep from Maurer who sold the Spike-Coasters to Mirabilandia and Royal Caribbean after the disaster that was/is Sky Dragster switched the companies?

It should also be noted that despite operating the rides, most technicians have little knowledge about the actual hardware itself. They know what to check, they now what to look for, but mostly from experience or the manufacturers guidelines. Most technicians do not know if a certain axis from...

It’s really funny, I was at the park on Sunday, and talking about how a multi launch coaster is really missing in their line-up, mentioning that a placement over ob of their lakes would really make sense. They obviously listened to me 😂 Unfortunately they misheard me, I said Vekoma and large...

700 for a place like PortAventura is fine for a smaller supporting ride, but with them hyping Uncharted as a major addition, it should have close to double that capacity. But PA is PA, and as long as they make money by selling fast passes, they will continue. The park is known for being...

Heide-Park in germany made plans to build a Giga-Coaster. After Colossos, the old owner planned to build a Giga next to it, occupying some of the space that Desert Race is located. I don't know why the plans were scrapped, but I suppose once the park was sold, the Giga was sure to never get...

Mack had little to no experience with full scale thrill rides at this point in time, they didn’t even have the track nor the trains to deliver such a large scale project (you could argue that any track is good enough if it is supported well, but there are also other things to be accounted for)...