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It's a magazine so it's not on their website as such Just click the download pdf version and it's in there https://amusementtoday.com/ It's literally an advertisement that is only the image in the original post so you won't find any more info though.

India's really snapping up all the interesting second hand coasters at the moment. It appears that Lightning the B&M batman clone from Kuwait which closed in 2016 has turned up at the new Wonderla Park under construction in Chennai. Excuse the fuzzy pictures but it turns out finding shots of an...

Seems GCI has released a ton of new concept to a in the current issue of Amusement Today. And there's some doozys in there. As usual these are just concepts used to advertise to parks so I wouldn't necessarily expect to see these exact rides anywhere (with perhaps the exception of the compact...

Interesting observation that was pointed out to me The POV shows some slightly concerning wear patterns on the track which alternate significantly from side to side between the rails. Maybe more obvious here. Possibly Indicates the rattle is more than just camera shake but the whole train...

I'm going to stick up for HRRR here. Yes it's not the greatest ride but it filled a gap in the same way Cheetah Hunt does for a very long time. It's a comparatively big ride with a lower height requirement than the B&Ms. When I visited Universal last it was the only big coaster my niece could...

Some of you may have noticed this clearly second hand ride pop up on the DB this week. The photos show some red track with running marks already present. https://rcdb.com/21818.htm Interestingly I believe this to be a ride that has long been thought dead. The old Vekoma Stingray Flying Coaster...

I'd say you're mostly right. Except for all the arrows are the wrong way round. Launch to the right from the station would make more sense layout wise. Came across this on a chat group I'm in The only issue with this version though is the exit from the show building as an s bend suggests...

It's all relative. Sell it to a park in somewhere somewhere like Uruguay or Senegal and it instantly becomes the biggest and best ride in the country. And one would imagine a huge hit. Sell it to a park in the UK or Germany and then it's not going to compare well to other offerings.

Normally my gig season starts with Glasto in June but thanks to some weird work schedules this year I've got an early start. Add to that I finally have a new phone that takes good gig photos (Sorry for the black and white artsy shots below) and not just pictures that are entirely blue. I feel...

Theres apparently one coming to Beijing as part of Phase 2 is appears. seems like a good ride to transport over.

The parks are obviously all still stalled. But interesting tidbit. Seems the Jurong/Nanjing park recieved its Vekoma SFC before work shut down. If you are wondering its the same model as the recent SFC that went up in Mexico - https://rcdb.com/20472.htm Which shock horror, was originally...

Looking at this (frankly insane) shot. Are we assuming that square in the cliff face is the tunnel? In a slight aside. I assume that angled LSM track on the right would hold the dubious record of longest launch track in the world?

https://x.com/TheMulletMan513/status/1779601053563961346 Possible prices for this at Clermont. Red track and grey supports. It's the only known B&M that has footers in the ground so could well be this ride.

Don't forget this beast. Possibly my favourites looking double down of all time. Although it doesn't exist in this configuration anymore unfortunately (it was replaced by a normal drop after a fire and now runs as Wild One at SFA)

Oh for sure I'm just playing devil's advocate 😂 Riddler for me is an interesting one as it was partly built as a nostalgia thing for shockwave which had closed 10 years earlier. It's also easily the best of it's kind. It's probably the one ride they have that is the best of it's kind (Tatsu is...