Recent content by Hixee

First one from the next trip. ArieForce One Holy moly. This is staggeringly good. The first five big elements (drop, raven turn, stall, outerbank and airtime hill) are strong and powerful, and then it gets a bit mad with the zero-g which is taken at an unbelievable speed, then a bunch of crazy...

Who could've guessed? ;) For me it's more about the park handles low attendance vs the atmosphere element. Obviously it's nice when there's a buzz, but I don't mind a quiet park if they're still dispatching trains without waiting for them to be full, or periodically closing attractions. That's...

Usually the AI trash is something relatively subtle like one too many thumbs, but this is just straight up nightmarish at first glance. How did that get through a human review?! :D

Maybe I should reword it "Total coasters ridden". 5 laps on Taiga = 1 new to me, 5 total coasters.

I mean, surely that's the end of them then? Rides that that only survive if they're looked after. Such a shame.

Summary New creds: 19 Total creds: 30 New parks: 3 Total parks: 3 Milestones: 900th coaster – Taiga, Linnanmäki 100th European park – Särkänniemi Most northern coaster ever ridden – Junker, PowerPark Best Park: Easily Linnanmäki. It’s a lovely park to walk around, and Taiga is world class...

With help from @JuliOverbank, I've tried my best to split the Gerstlauer thread and the Mack thread up. If any posts have mistakenly ended up in the wrong topic, please PM me and I'll move them over. Thanks!

With help from @JuliOverbank, I've tried my best to split the Gerstlauer thread and the Mack thread up. If any posts have mistakenly ended up in the wrong topic, please PM me and I'll move them over. Thanks!

Whilst I agree with this, I offer the rebuttal of "it's been even longer [read: ever] that Zampera have commissioned a large, record-breaking roller coaster." ;) I do take your general point though, it's easy to forget how troublesome these huge coasters are.

Suspect I'm going to regret this for future modding hassle, but I've moved this into construction as it's own thread for the Gerstlauer. RCDB is listing something else for 2028, which I think is probably what this thread was originally about (or at least more interested in), but once we have an...

Day 4 –Linnanmäki Finally time for the initial motivation behind this trip, then. Start of this isn’t very picture heavy, apologies. A leisurely walk from the accommodation to the park, had me at the gates a little before opening. I’d pre-purchased a ticket, so headed straight for a ticket...

Yeah, and contrasted also by how nice Tampere is to sit around it, it jumps out quite a lot. The flats looked quite interesting, but I barely do them any day, let alone feeling a bit out of sorts. Impressive enough to watch, though.

Day 3 – Särkänniemi Woke up feeling less than ideal, but with creds to get I had little choice but to pack up and head out of the hotel. A short drive later and I was parked up at Särkänniemi waiting for the park to open. My plan had always been to cred-run this park, and the hangover cemented...

Oh, no.

Day 2 – PowerPark Restless night, but woke early and keen to get going, grabbed a coffee and a bit to eat and got on the road. It’s a very pleasant drive up to PowerPark from Tampere – just around 3hrs total, but quiet roads, smooth tarmac, good signage, and beautiful scenery. Overall a very...