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So my and I family have just arrived two nights ago, from a 5 night holiday in Rome. Last Sunday we visited the two Roman theme parks, Rainbow Magicland and the new Cinecitta World on the same day. All in all, it was an absolutely fantastic day and I actually think doing both parks on the same day made it even more exciting.
The only disappointing thing was that neither of the theme parks were open on my birthday the next day :cry: , which was a shame, but the most important thing was that I got to go them.
We did Rainbow Magicland first because it only stayed open till 6, whereas Cinecitta World stayed open till 10.
Just to warn you, I only took photos of shock (because its so damn beautiful<3 or just general photos of the park, so my photo selection is a little incomplete
Anyway, the park was very pretty as shown in the picture above. I kind of felt like it was inspired by Islands of Adventure, in terms of having rides around a lake and a very high standard of theming.
For a fairly new park, I felt it was fairly complete in terms of ride selection for a family park and as I said, I thought the theming of the exterior part of the buildings was very good. I also liked that most rides has their own individual theme, rather than being part of themed area, much like a lot of the rides at Gardaland.
However, I thought this building (which you can see in full in the other picture) was a real eyesore. I know it was in the kiddy area, but it just looked like a big, inflated bouncy castle and I detested it with a passion.
Anyway, on to the rides, first of which was Rainbow Magicland's star attraction, Shock.
The line was about twenty minutes, which wasn't too bad considering its poor capacity. There seemed to be alot of people in the park, but the queues were never too bad.
First impressions were very good. I was glad to find that the restraints didn't tighten like I found on G Force and Abismo, so the three airtime pops were very enjoyable.
The launch didn't have a massively fast acceleration, but I like how it got considerably faster towards the end of the track. There was a nice pop of airtime at the top of the first hill and the non-inverting loop. The following overbank was excellent; really intense. The final pop of airtime was found entering the MCBR.
The last twisty bit was very average, but the inversion nice floaty fun. Overall, I really like the ride. It has a good mixture of airtime and strong forces. However, I found that the braking on the MCBR was quite harsh and the ride just generally rattled a fair bit, almost like it was significantly older than what it is.
Despite the negatives, it's a very solid attraction and I like that it is quite different in terms of the layout from most coasters.
Next rides:
Bombo - Vekoma Roller Skater with a name that apparently means 'bumblebee'. It was alright, but just a cred.
Bruco (or Catepillar) - My first wacky worm of the year <3.
Mystika - A drop tower, but have no idea who it is made by. Enlighten me please Anyway it was quite lame. It braked like half way down the drop.
Didn't ride Shock next, but I thought I'd just throw in a photo.
Cagliostro (can't find out what it means) was a most-indoor Maurer spinner and had the longest queue of the day at 35 minutes. The exterior theming for the ride was very impressive, but the inside was very basic, as in no theming.
It was a fairly decent coaster, but I would've liked it to either have some interior theming or at least be in pitch black. I also hate it when rides have a chain lift up into the station.
Next up was the mine train, Olandese Volante (Flying Dutchman). It's similar (or exactly the same?) to ones at Gardaland and Walibi Belgium, but I preferred it slightly because it was less rattly. Still a fairly poor layout though.
Next was a nice fast food type lunch. It was fast food style, but the food itself was pretty decent, though most of drinks on the drink machine weren't working so I was forced to have Coke
Lunch was the followed by the following rides:
Huntik - Felt like going on a dark ride, which is unusual for me and it was actually fairly good. It was in the style of Spiderman, but with a shooting element.
Yucatan - Splash boat water ride. Beautifully themed and I liked that both the drops were a good size. A nice soaking it delivered, but lots of spray as opposed to a deluge of water.
Le Rapide - I told my dad and sister not to worry about getting too wet because I assumed they would have any of the showers turned on. I was wrong
We then rode Shock another three times, before I decided to have a second ride on Yucatan, solo My sister wasn't sure if she liked Shock at first, but after these three rides she was sold
I wanted a fourth ride, but they decided to close it for 20 minutes :?
So we had a ride on the flying island, where I got some good aerial park photos.
After that, I got my final ride on Shock, which maintained its brilliance throughout the day and had the advantage that the queue was completely non-existent each time we rode it apart from the first time.
Finally, we grabbed a couple of snacks and we were on our way to Cinecitta World, which I will cover in my next report
Thank you for reading.
So my and I family have just arrived two nights ago, from a 5 night holiday in Rome. Last Sunday we visited the two Roman theme parks, Rainbow Magicland and the new Cinecitta World on the same day. All in all, it was an absolutely fantastic day and I actually think doing both parks on the same day made it even more exciting.
The only disappointing thing was that neither of the theme parks were open on my birthday the next day :cry: , which was a shame, but the most important thing was that I got to go them.
We did Rainbow Magicland first because it only stayed open till 6, whereas Cinecitta World stayed open till 10.
Just to warn you, I only took photos of shock (because its so damn beautiful<3 or just general photos of the park, so my photo selection is a little incomplete
Anyway, the park was very pretty as shown in the picture above. I kind of felt like it was inspired by Islands of Adventure, in terms of having rides around a lake and a very high standard of theming.
For a fairly new park, I felt it was fairly complete in terms of ride selection for a family park and as I said, I thought the theming of the exterior part of the buildings was very good. I also liked that most rides has their own individual theme, rather than being part of themed area, much like a lot of the rides at Gardaland.
However, I thought this building (which you can see in full in the other picture) was a real eyesore. I know it was in the kiddy area, but it just looked like a big, inflated bouncy castle and I detested it with a passion.
Anyway, on to the rides, first of which was Rainbow Magicland's star attraction, Shock.
The line was about twenty minutes, which wasn't too bad considering its poor capacity. There seemed to be alot of people in the park, but the queues were never too bad.
First impressions were very good. I was glad to find that the restraints didn't tighten like I found on G Force and Abismo, so the three airtime pops were very enjoyable.
The launch didn't have a massively fast acceleration, but I like how it got considerably faster towards the end of the track. There was a nice pop of airtime at the top of the first hill and the non-inverting loop. The following overbank was excellent; really intense. The final pop of airtime was found entering the MCBR.
The last twisty bit was very average, but the inversion nice floaty fun. Overall, I really like the ride. It has a good mixture of airtime and strong forces. However, I found that the braking on the MCBR was quite harsh and the ride just generally rattled a fair bit, almost like it was significantly older than what it is.
Despite the negatives, it's a very solid attraction and I like that it is quite different in terms of the layout from most coasters.
Next rides:
Bombo - Vekoma Roller Skater with a name that apparently means 'bumblebee'. It was alright, but just a cred.
Bruco (or Catepillar) - My first wacky worm of the year <3.
Mystika - A drop tower, but have no idea who it is made by. Enlighten me please Anyway it was quite lame. It braked like half way down the drop.
Didn't ride Shock next, but I thought I'd just throw in a photo.
Cagliostro (can't find out what it means) was a most-indoor Maurer spinner and had the longest queue of the day at 35 minutes. The exterior theming for the ride was very impressive, but the inside was very basic, as in no theming.
It was a fairly decent coaster, but I would've liked it to either have some interior theming or at least be in pitch black. I also hate it when rides have a chain lift up into the station.
Next up was the mine train, Olandese Volante (Flying Dutchman). It's similar (or exactly the same?) to ones at Gardaland and Walibi Belgium, but I preferred it slightly because it was less rattly. Still a fairly poor layout though.
Next was a nice fast food type lunch. It was fast food style, but the food itself was pretty decent, though most of drinks on the drink machine weren't working so I was forced to have Coke
Lunch was the followed by the following rides:
Huntik - Felt like going on a dark ride, which is unusual for me and it was actually fairly good. It was in the style of Spiderman, but with a shooting element.
Yucatan - Splash boat water ride. Beautifully themed and I liked that both the drops were a good size. A nice soaking it delivered, but lots of spray as opposed to a deluge of water.
Le Rapide - I told my dad and sister not to worry about getting too wet because I assumed they would have any of the showers turned on. I was wrong
We then rode Shock another three times, before I decided to have a second ride on Yucatan, solo My sister wasn't sure if she liked Shock at first, but after these three rides she was sold
I wanted a fourth ride, but they decided to close it for 20 minutes :?
So we had a ride on the flying island, where I got some good aerial park photos.
After that, I got my final ride on Shock, which maintained its brilliance throughout the day and had the advantage that the queue was completely non-existent each time we rode it apart from the first time.
Finally, we grabbed a couple of snacks and we were on our way to Cinecitta World, which I will cover in my next report
Thank you for reading.