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I wouldn't even go that far. I feel like these coaster suffer far more from false advertising rather than their acutal length (or lack of it). Full Throttle is pretty much a Sky Rocket III, however it wasn't advertised as one, and due to the enormous space it could have potentially taken up, it...

I feel like Goliath at SFGAm is a great example for when a ride consists of entirely great elements, however so much attention is being paid to visual composition (especially the Zero-G-Interaction with the lifthill structure) that the actual ride composition falls short. It just ends without...

What park has ever invested in a Dive Machine while barely being able to afford it? Janfusun Fancyworld? Gardaland is not a case of "overspending" but rather Merlin being a good horse, since the park is printing money as is. KI 2020 coaster won't be a dive because that would be weird.

Looks slow. :p

Dragging „Merlin Making Magic“ into this swamp is like saying „Blackstone decided the fate of Colossos“. There are distinguishable layers to a company, especially with Merlin Entertainment. If anything, I feel sympathy for MMM since their potential is being held back by people who prefer turning...

I mean, it's pretty much a Sky Rocket on Steroids. Which, is fine I guess? Everyone loves these, and this one is all about the launch anyway. It definitely feels more "mature" than most of the Intamin hydraulic launchers (which is not necessarily a compliment, but it's something) and I feel like...

I mean, I know it's located across the pond but I really don't see Phantasialand doing something that everybody with a little bit of coaster-knowledge will identify as a weak Expedition Everest knock-off. I feel like Colorado does really well compared to DLP's Big Thunder Mountain because it's...

Gotta agree with Black Mamba here. I feel like the "classiness" of a B&M invert doesn't quite fit the rest of Phantasia's coaster lineup since all the other coasters are either complete Phantasia-exclusives (Taron, Winjas, soon F.L.Y.) or are executed in a way that one could only possibly find...

To be fair, I feel like decisions like that are just a side-effect of what management is: the art of dealing with bull**** that has absolutely nothing do with your actual business. Who knows whether SeaWorld has it's own internal committee dedicated towards demographical accessibility of new...

I honestly wouldn't care that much about technical milestones in a dark-ride. Maus au chocolat is a great example of this, it's a very well done execution of techniques that were available for a long time (even though the projectors could use a higher resolution upgrade). I think the ETF...

To be fair, I never understood how you lay out precise footer/support locations on bare mud. Personally, I'm glad when I manage to assemble Ikea furniture without having to apply brute force because something doesn't quite fit.

I don't see any chance of that happening honestly. The biggest problem with the lake is that the adjacent houses are so nearby that they would be affected by shade if you were to put up large sound barriers, and a themed car park is still a car park and I just don't see that fly with the...

Look, I'm usually an advocate for the idea of "whatever works, works" and I want to emphasize once more that I'm not seeing any necessity here rather than my own wishful thinking. But take a look at this wonderful map courtesy of Wikipedia...

Gottlieb Löffelhardt Put everything into a single quote, so that the list becomes expandable and doesn't blow up every single reply.

If a theme park were to build a Walk of Fame with important rollercoaster/theme park personalities, who must be included? I‘d like this to be a little namedropping-game, so following rules: - only one name per post - quote the previous post so that we end up with a list of all mentions to...

I haven't even taken the tunnel into consideration. Now I'm not sure whether that can fit two buses passing by each other, but I suppose worst case scenario they could work that out with traffic lights. My biggest concern would actually be noise pollution, especially because it's not completely...

It's mainly due to my lack of confidence in the German TÜV, especially considering their history with Phantasialand. They set Chiapas to 120cm despite Atlantica Supersplash being suitable for children of 100cm height, which is somewhat ridiculous. Looking at how Chiapas' restraint-system works...

Sure, crowd control is nice and all, but considering how places like Europa Park do perfectly fine with one single entrance, I don't think that it is a serious concern for Phantasialand. It's a "nice to have" right now, but it also has plenty of drawbacks, mainly being that 90% of guests enter...

What I'm wondering at this point now that a 2020 opening appears to be most likely is if Rookburgh will remain an isolated project, or if the Berlin area itself will receive an overhaul within the next 15-16 months that are still left. If the Charles Lindbergh hotel is actually going to be a...

I enrolled for university the day F.L.Y. was announced and will probably be working on my bachelor thesis when this opens. Absolutely crazy to think about the effort Phantasialand has and is putting into this (especially compared to my half-arsed studies happening in the meantime lol).