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This is insane. Just barely hinted at and then suddenly happens. Absolute madness, came out of nowhere.

Been a pretty successful year for me: Coaster count at start of 2024: 59 Coaster count at end of 2024: 81 Coaster count increase: 22 Favourite new to me coaster: Taiga, Linnanmaki - absolutely nuts Biggest surprise: Gold Rush, Drayton Manor - this is really fun and whippy for a family coaster...

This year! I normally do like 2 parks in a year if I'm lucky but I did 6 this time round and got 22 new creds. Only one abroad though, compared to the two last year, and only half of the parks were new to me, but all the ones that weren't had something new. Hoping to cross the 100 mark next year...

Joy. Not even joking. Or Yoking maybe.

Stealth Sik Gold Rush The Wave - I honestly preferred this as Shockwave and it might be above even Sik, though nostalgia is talking there Rita Thirteen Colossus

Taiga, Linnanmaki Stealth, Thorpe Gold Rush, Drayton (yes really) Speed Monster, Tusenfryd (I haven't ridden this for ages so it could be above Gold Rush, I can't remember it well) Rita, Alton Towers

They're not wrong in that it's easy to pronounce, but then they ****ed it up by showing it as "yoy" instead of "joy". Anyway this looks sick, almost feel like the family portion looks better with the twists and turns.

Wave probably doesn't really count, but I did also get both Hyperia and Gold Rush this year.

I actually preferred Gold Rush. With Thirteen I only really liked the drop track. Gold Rush felt like it was whippier and has more reride value due to the two settings.

Got a few creds this week to cap off the year at Flamingoland and Drayton Manor: Velocity Great launch, great first airtime hill, however the rest is a bit bumpy and not that fun. The restraints aren't that comfortable and it's not overly smooth. Yet this was the second best coaster for me...

75: Kumali, Flamingoland Didn't specifically pick Kumali, it was just in order of what I rode. The real milestone was "got Flamingoland done after bad weather screwed me last year, now I don't have unfinished business and don't have to go back."

Yes I am also struggling to figure out how the **** to get there from the midlands. Flights to Brussels are better timed in Manchester than Birmingham, and Brussels doesn't even seem that close so I might do some sightseeing. I don't know the logistics yet but I have got time off work around...

You did the coasters almost in the reverse order I did, hah! The night shots look epic, and I'm surprised how quiet it was. I was waiting 30 minutes in May on two train ops! Taiga is great though, just hauls ass - I knew you'd like it! And yes, the interconnecting flight situation is...

I would say the whole of Mandrill Mayhem is a wacky bit. A family shuttle wing coaster already sounds insane, but being a multi-launch made by B&M? With a rare spike and a bizarre helix that just ends? Again, made by B&M?

Why would you do this, sounds like a terrible idea by car, let alone public transport 🤣 Just because you could, doesn't mean you should.

Wow, quick turnaround! Not that it might not still break down, valley, or have other technical issues it probably shouldn't have but I am quite impressed with how they keep turning it around. Even during the Live, it broke down multiple times and was back up pretty fast. I just recall saying to...

I'm in the maybe camp right now but the January dates would not work for me. Both of the Feb ones would be sound though.

Yes the tests were pretty slow during the Live. We got extremely lucky with that weekend's weather being better than it had been. It is concerning though as it's often cold here even in autumn or spring so this could be a persistent problem if not resolved in a more permanent way.

I finally got some new creds this weekend, particularly of a certain Live variety. First time I've had chance to sit down and write about them! First stop on Saturday was Chessington, but despite the park being slammed, I got all 4 creds and a few rerides. Means I don't have to revisit for ages...

Having finally done Hyperia, it's that. Icon is still very solid though.