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Huh? Stealth is definitely much smoother. Red Force isn't as rough as Kingda Ka, but it's far from smooth.

I'm a little surprised that Red Force is the clear winner here. Stealth has a much better launch and is much smoother. Sure Red Force has the better presentation and has lap bars, but it still rattles its way down the launch track and the LSMs are a step down from a hydraulic launch. Even...

Day 6 - Efteling The journey to Efteling was thankfully much easier than yesterday’s hike to Toverland. I ended up taking the same train in the morning, this time getting off earlier at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (however the f*** you pronounce that). From there it’s an easy bus ride to the park, however...

Sorry for taking a while with this one. Hoping to pick up the pace with these last few! Day 5 - Toverland So normally, the transit journey to Toverland would’ve been a train from Utrecht Centraal to Sevenum (nearest town to Toverland) and then a bus connection to the park, but of course the...

Day 4 - Delft In between my overnight stays in Amsterdam and Utrecht, I thought today would be a good time to explore Delft. Thanks to @Indy for suggesting this city back during my planning process. It was a great way to spend a few hours. Still feeling tired from our night out, I left...

Just walking around the park for the first time a few weeks ago, it's incredible how much money and effort they put into maintaining and updating their rides.

I'm from a couple towns over from Salem and don't think I've ever gone through it during October. Everyone's been told to just avoid it entirely if you can since it just gets slammed with all the Halloween tourism. It's been maybe a decade since I've wandered around town properly too. Think I...

Day 3 - Walibi Holland From Amsterdam Centraal, it’s about 2 hours to get to Walibi Holland via transit, which is fine. I had a train connection in Amersfoot, and then the Walibus from Harderwjik. The multiple connections seemed awkward, but it was pretty straightforward, and I never spent more...

Little bummed that they're maintaining the Six Flags brand. I get why, but their branding and visual design is one of my least favorite things about SF in general. I'll still take Cedar Fair's planning/operations though. I just hope that the current CF parks won't be tainted visually.

Couple of weeks ago I hitched a ride with a couple of random Dutch dudes after a visit to Toverland, on my way back to Utrehct. For context, the rail line near/through Sevenum (local town near the park) was undergoing maintenance, so they had a couple of shuttle buses connecting you to town...

Day 2 - Zaanse Schans I had plans to do a little trip up north to the Zaanse Schans, a historical neighborhood home to some classic windmills. It's a really easy train ride from Amsterdam Centraal. On my way to find the nearest tram station, I realized it also happened to be the Amsterdam...

The best thing about this ride is that it'll be a cheeky +2.

Separating this one out from my general thread as I’m featuring some cultural stuff as well (meaning you’ll have to wait a few days for the creds). After a couple Europe trips last year, both of which were group trips that I “tagged along” on, I wanted to do an international trip solo, do and...

Finally! After a few modest entries into the Top 30, finally got myself on a new banger this year. Twisted Colossus falls out to make way for another, far superior RMC. 1. Steel Vengeance 2. Skyrush 3. Voyage 4. Lighthing Rod 5. Wildcat's Revenge 6. Piraten 7. VelociCoaster 8. Ravine Flyer II...

I actually prefer Heide as well, mainly as I prefer their coasters (love Colossos... Karnan didn't quite do it for me on the coaster side of things but it's still an incredible experience). Theming wise Hansa is definitely better, but Heide still has lovely landscaping and architecture as well...

Top Thrill Dragster and Kingda Ka. Obviously their layouts aren't exactly the same, but they're essentially the same ride. I could name through some of the minor differences that made Dragster better, but the big one is that Dragster was smooth and Ka was just shambles.

After the post-wedding brunch on Saturday morning, my plan was to spend the rest of the day at Hersheypark. On the way over, I ended up popping into another park that was never really on my to-do list. I knew two things about Dutch Wonderland that don’t go well together: they have a few family...

One of my college friends got married this past weekend in southeastern Pennsylvania. The ceremony and reception took place on Friday, which conveniently freed up the rest of the weekend to swing by one of the local parks before driving back to Boston. Originally, I was more than happy to just...

Yeah unfortunately I never got to SFMM in time enough to ride Revolution before they renamed it to New Revolution. Missed out on that bonus +1!

Ahh so THAT'S how we argue how this is a new cred.