Recent content by Matt N

I'm going to put a slightly different spin on this thread this evening and ask; according to Captain Coaster's April 2025 World Roller Coaster Rankings...

I'm going to sit on the fence a tad here and admit that I can see both sides of this argument. On the one hand, I do agree with the sentiment of wanting to support UK parks. It's a difficult time for the industry right now for a smorgasbord of reasons, and as fans of the industry, surely we...

This looks like quite an intriguing step up for Gerstlauer’s family coasters! They’ve never done a family coaster with an LSM launch before, anyway. It looks like a cool ride!

That looks wonderful; dare I say that looks like one of GCI’s most efficient coasters, in that it looks really good and punchy for its size! I’ll also say what I said before once again; I’d love it if Looping Group could bring a similar coaster to Drayton Manor!

Wow! A ride intertwining with Cobra could be interesting! I don’t know if I’m reaching a bit here, but that to me might also imply that this coaster is more likely to be custom rather than a clone/stock layout like Paultons’ previous coaster additions. That to me is really exciting; I’d be...

It would seem as though the upcoming new series of The Secret Genius of Modern Life with Professor Hannah Fry on BBC Two will have a roller coaster episode, with the trailer showing shots of her riding Hyperia and walking by Colossus at Thorpe Park: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0kzfkdr The...

To be fair, I was struggling to think why on Earth Velocity needed a 5ft height restriction… it’s not exactly an overly intense ride.

I’ve posted in threads like these before, but a few newer ones I would nominate are: Uncharted at PortAventura: When talking about this ride, people often fixate on how poor the on-ride theming is (which I admittedly don’t disagree with), but I think the ride hardware itself is excellent and...

I can assure you that Europa Park and PortAventura certainly both have regular sit down toilets available. I did not encounter a single squatting toilet, or non-typical toilet of any description, during my multi-day visits to either. I’d assume Gardaland probably does somewhere as well. I know...

I heard that they’ve also apparently altered the fountains because they were soaking people’s bags on the platform, but don’t quote me on that.

I like this idea! Outside of the Merlin bubble, I myself am already headed to Blackpool Pleasure Beach at the end of April for my first visit in almost 6 years, which I'm excited about! At some point over the summer, I'm also mulling a trip to Barry Island Pleasure Park to tick off some other...

I don’t think it was ever meant to be like the Mack ones. My impression was that the splashdown was always meant to be more of a “fake” one like Shambhala’s.

Wow, that is absolute nightmare fuel! It’s quite hard to believe that I rode that on my first ever visit to Oakwood in 2010…

Mr Danter has also said that he’d ideally like to build it on the site of Cardiff Airport, which seems like a non-starter. If he wants to build a big theme park in Wales, then all power to him; as someone who lives less than an hour from Cardiff, I’d certainly be a very willing beneficiary of a...

This news is very bleak, but unfortunately anticipated to an extent. I think the writing was on the wall given the park’s downward trajectory within the last year or so, and to be honest, I’d say it’s been a number of years since the park seems to have truly thrived. Oakwood gave off the...