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We will be holding a CF Live meet up at Alton Towers in May for a day of laughs, thrills and the World's First Suspended Top Spin To Be Built Atop A Raised Platform! If you've never been to a CF Live meet up before, it's pretty simple: a bunch of coaster nerds meet up at a park and spend the...

Let's meet up at Alton Towers in 2025! What dates suit you best?

We will be holding a meet up at Alton Towers on Sat 29th March 2025. This date falls under the Alton Towers After Dark event, meaning the park stays open until 8pm! The brand new Huss Top Spin, Toxicator, is scheduled to be open in Forbidden Valley. So we can go see what all the huss is...

A poll to gauge interest in other CF Lives ideas for 2025. Looking forward to hearing all your thoughts - other park suggestions and dates also welcome!

Plop! In the name of love! Love is in the air for Mack coasters on Saturday 15th February 2025! We will be meeting up on this date for an official CoasterForce Live at Plopsaland De Panne. So, what's de panne for the day? Meet up: 9.30am by the small, subtle door outside the park entrance...

Putting the feelers out to gauge interest and the best time for a meet up at Plopsaland De Panne to kick off the season in 2025. You can select multiple options in the poll, so please select every date that you can do. What better way to launch in the new year than spinning wildly on Ride To...

It's 11pm, a hush has fallen over the shores of Sandusky, Ohio. I've crawled into bed at a hotel miles away from Cedar Point. The park has been closed for 1 hour. You'd think that would be enough time and distance, but no. It's not. I yelp and hold my pillow over my ears. But it does nothing...

I always wondered how I would feel, should I ever see the garish uncanny Luna Park face entrance in real life. It was a place that felt too far away to contemplate. Yet here I was in 2024, on tour in Australia, a little bundle of anxious energy repeatedly checking everywhere for spiders. I...

I've always felt Disney parks expect too much of their guests. There's so much homework involved in visiting Disney: learning about Genie Plus, Lightning Lane, when to arrive at the park early, knowing where to go and what to do. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's Disney visits that inspired the...

It's time to say hi to Hyperia and give it a big CF welcome as the new Tallest and Fastest Coaster in the UK. Day: Sunday 29 September 2024 Meet up time: 9.15-9.30 AM Meet up place: Outside the toilets on the left of the entrance turnstiles (Please allow plenty of time to get through...

As I write this I am packing to move in with a friend. A friend I met on CF ten years ago. I have travelled all over the world with her. She is just one of the very brilliant people I have met on a CF Live who has become a fantastic friend. When I think of CF Lives I feel a wave of sentimental...

What's better than riding your favourite coaster? Riding it in the dark. On a train full of people dressed as zombies, vampires and ghouls. The moment we booked this last-minute jaunt to Poland, I just knew night rides on Zadra and Hyperion would not disappoint. It's great when you can open the...

It's 6:30am. I'm flying home from Barcelona. I have laryngitis, my throat feels like a porcupine. The man sat next to me has just started playing a game on his phone at full volume with no headphones. I put in my earplugs for the fourteenth time this weekend and sigh. It's time to talk about...

At the moment, @Slamming Coastercore and I don't get to see each other very often. We've both started big new full time jobs, I'm also writing 2 albums, playing shows and rehearsing with the band in a different city every weekend. Why yes, "hectic" is indeed the word you're looking for. When my...

Ever been in a crowded amusement park in 36° heat with no shade? Ever been stung by a hornet and had an allergic reaction where your arm swelled to twice its' size so you had to seek medical help in said amusement park? Ever seen a teenager try to punch a goose? And that was just our day at...

My bandmates and I exit Helsinki airport where a member of festival staff picks us up. "What do you plan to do whilst in Helsinki?" he asks. "Have a few beers, watch some bands, play the show, hang out, eat" they reply. "And you?" he turns towards me. "I WANT TO GO TO LINNANMAKI!" He laughs. I...

Ah, America. Land of guns, flags and patriotic slogans on tshirts in IMPACT FONT. How I've missed you and your massive coasters. It's not usually the kind of place you pop over to last minute. But I was feeling very deflated when my bands big upcoming european tour in Feb / March got cancelled...

** SUBJECT TO COVID RESTRICTIONS ** I am delighted to announce that we will be running a classic GhosterForce Live in 2021! We're going back to the South Parks! (Hence the GhosterForce name 😅) Itinerary: Fri 29th October: Tulley's Shocktober Fest Sat 30th October: Chessington Howl'o'scream...

I love Nemesis Sub Terra. I also love rumours (and I don't just mean my favourite album by Fleetwood Mac) So imagine my joy when I saw murmurings on Twitter that something is going on with Nemesis Sub Terra. (Link to tweet) First, Alton Towers did an April Fools tweet saying it was going to...

Remember when you were a kid and mum said "you can pick out any sweet treat you want" but the shop only had Turkish Delite and Wine Gums left? That's how it feels to be an enthusiast in the UK right now. We can finally visit parks again! Sweet, sugary creds! But boy, is the selection dire...