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    New rides @ small parks

    Bakken has opened a Zamperla Magic Bike called Svæveflyveren -- apparently recently enough that it's not even featured on the park map yet...
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    Europa Park | 50th Anniversary Attraction | 2025

    The new addition(s) for 2025 is set to be revealed on Friday next week
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    Efteling | Spookslot Replacement | Intamin Dynamic Motion Stage | 2024

    Efteling has released a teaser showing what appears to be bits of the interior queue for Danse Macabre: The ride gondolas were also teased in an earlier video from late June:
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    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    I believe Shanghai Pirates uses two sets of wheel assemblies that ride along independent guide rails, so it needs to have space for two separate tracks whenever Disney wants the boat to turn to face a specific direction: (from the Shanghai Pirates patent) The new patent looks to be a...
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    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    Disney has submitted a patent for a two-dimensional guiding system that would allow boats on water rides to turn to face specific show scenes as opposed to always be locked straight ahead, while still being propelled by the waterflow rather than any other method of propulsion. The vehicle would...
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    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    An unfortunate (but cuddly) incident befell Heide-Park today. A plush elephant fell on the track for the Mack powered coaster Grottenblitz and got lodged beneath the front car of the train. No injures were reported among riders, but the plush elephant sadly did not survive the slow-moving...
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    Jardin D'Acclimatation | Unknown | €10m Gerstlauer family coaster | 2025

    The 2025 coaster now has a March completion date, according to signs posted upfront. Work has begun on the station building and the budget for the whole project has apparently ballooned to €12m.
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    Futuroscope | Mission Bermuda | Mack Rocking Boat Ride | 2025

    Current state of the Mission Bermuda construction site: The park has also put up a sign advertising an April 2025 opening. Let's see if they can hit that target. Source: https://forum.coastersworld.fr/threads/futuroscope-mission-bermudes-rocking-boat-mack-2025.11114/post-399890
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    Fire at Liseberg's Oceana water park

    This is what the Oceana site looks like at the moment. Not sure if demolition is still ongoing or if attempts are being made to restore what’s left. Source...
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    Last Cred Review

    Uncharted: The Enigma of Penitence - Boy howdy, does Avengers Assemble look a whole lot better right about now. Uncharted: The Enigma of Penitence is the textbook definition of a mixed bag — a technological marvel of a coaster that's undercut by a disastrous execution from a theming perspective...
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    Last Cred Review

    Some reviews from my May 2024 Paris trip: Toutatis - This was the whole reason I wanted to go back to France this year (I would've gone last year but I had to spend my vacation money in England instead), and after rushing to it on opening and waiting through a breakdown to get a chance to ride...
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    WTF Disney?

    The tier system isn’t new, it was there with Fastpass+.
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    Walibi Holland | YoY | RMC Raptor | 2025

    Wonder Woman developed a terrible rattle pretty quickly from what I’ve heard. The entire fleet of trains is being replaced because the old trains were falling apart faster than anyone could’ve anticipated. It’s also part of why the newer installations are a lot less rapid-fire than the prototypes.
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    Universal considering UK theme park in Bedford

    It's rumoured that there's a slight delay because of the election, but apparently some sort of announcement (probably the first applications being submitted) is happening the week after.
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    WTF Disney?

    It's the same service under a more direct name and a return to the Fastpass+ days where you could book them in advance (at WDW. The service in Anaheim is still day of). Seems like they came to the conclusion that the "Genie+" branding was causing too much confusion.
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    Warner Bros Movie World | Various New Vekomas & relocated Intamin | 2024

    The park has released more concept art of the "Emerald City" part of the Oz expansion, including a fairly elaborate walkthrough experience themed to the classic film: Source...
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    Efteling Expansion + New Coaster

    Efteling will add a new display to their fairytale forest next year based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea", with the setpiece stylized as an annex of the Efteling Grand Hotel serving as its backdrop:
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    Walibi Holland | YoY | RMC Raptor | 2025

    Footers a'plenty have gone up. Looks like the two raptors are going to take up a pretty big area. Source: https://coasterfriends.de/freizeitparkforum/index.php?threads/2025-neuheit-dueling-single-rail-coaster-raptor-track-coaster-rmc-walibi-holland-niederlande.1226023/post-1269198
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    Phantasialand | Avoras | 2024

    So there's a report from the Cologne tabloid Express indicating that Geister Ricksha is on its last legs and is looking to be replaced in the near future, and that sources claim Phantasialand has been in contact with Efteling to help design a replacement...
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    WTF Merlin?

    Despite being open until 11 P.M. for most of the summer, Gardaland is now closing the majority of its attractions at 8 P.M. at the latest outside of select dates. This includes even major rides like Oblivion: The Black Hole, Blue Tornado (both of which bafflingly closes at 6 on weekdays), and...
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