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I could see the Wing Coaster being sold and relocated without too much issue, it would suit a medium tier park needing a 'new' thrill coaster. The Hyper though has a sprawling layout which could cause some major headaches in relocating it, as you'd need a HUGE area to construct it which most...

What on earth is this?

Goliath at Walibi Holland. Yikes.

From what I read in the press release: yes. Well, they said that their season pass would be valid at all other Six Flags par which implies that Six Flag passes will be valid there.

This is slightly offtopic but B&M fabricate their track on Ohio, shipping it by road to Carowinds or Disneyland etc. Mack fabricate in Germany, with higher wages, import duties and the higher costs of sea transport. Trains also are a super expensive too and need to be shipped from Germany out to...

The new housing development could be an issue, despite the park being there already. Brands Hatch was opened in the 1940s yet a housing development opened a few years ago forced them to restrict noise levels and days as the new residents complained. Same with many other circuits in the UK. Alton...

I'm not into counting the coasters I've ridden, it's around the 130 mark I think, but anything you've ridden should count. Anything I rode a while ago, before I was that into coasters, I don't put in any rankings. I loved both Flying Dinosaur and Hollywood The Dream at USJ but I don't put them...

Walibi Holland already have 2 coasters with tonnes of airtime, Goliath and Lost Gravity. Do they really need a third? I'm going to imagine it'll be like Wild Fire, enough airtime with some nice inversions. A nice all rounder.

Intamin do all sorts of rides, coasters and monorails. In fact the new Bologna Airport Monorail is from them. They just seem to invent new coasters, build a bunch of them and then move on. See: Mega Lites, Plug and Play Wooden Coasters, Wing (Skyrush style) and Accelerator coasters.

'Yeah I dropped my wristband somewhere, it was number 65. Yeah, the blue bag. Thanks'

Like others I don't think Cedar Point will get anything record breaking for 2020. Special events, maybe something like a 24 hour opening to coincide with the original opening day. Improvements, small additions and some new signage/merch for the year. I'm not sure they really need more family...

Liseberg is WEIRD. I noticed on several rides people stapling themselves into the seat. Like, full force pushing down. At least 2 or 3 people per cycle. Even after the ride ops had checked the bars. I've never seen anything like it. They added seatbelts to Helix because 'guests felt unsafe'...

Walibi Holland are happy to give you a loose restraint. Especially noticeable on Goliath. On some rides I could have probably gotten my fist between the T-Bar and my legs. They tended to simply pull the t-bar rather than the normal push and then pull. I found that Portaventura tends to staple...

I've only done Twister at Grun Lund, that thing has pops of airtime rather than long drawn out hills of airtime. Pops of airtime plus the consistent changes of direction make it awesome. This does look like it has more airtime though!

Like @Snoo I'm amazed more parks didn't look at Twister at Grun Lund and grab themselves a mini GG woodie. If Drayton Manor weren't in such financial trouble it would be a perfect fit for them, or somewhere like Paultons Park. Thorpe will probably get one at somepoint, maybe a replacement for...

The only thing 'official' from the park is the removal from the website, it's now no longer listed on the rides page. Seeing as they still have the rapids listed there, with a note to say that the rapids are currently closed, that really doesn't bode well...

Like a few above my latest new ride was Olympia (Munich) Looping. The shoulder pads really aren't great (I'm 6 foot 4) but the lapbar and legroom was fine. It was intense and pretty smooth. For a travelling ride it's a beast but, yeah, it didn't quite live up to the hype or the £9 per ride price...

I've only done one of the Sky Rocket II but I was very impressed. I do love the Intamin Gyro Swings (Maelstrom / Loke) too. SO MUCH AIRTIME. Silly amounts.

Balder at Liseberg. I was expecting a Wooden Intamin Mega Lite, it even has a similar kind of trains. It was super smooth but just... kinda boring really. First drop is fun but otherwise give me a good GCI instead.

Taron: in the morning Raik is honestly more intense. Once it's warmed up it tries to murder you with those twisted airtime hills and hours of airtime on those hills.