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I've got 27 at this point. Sad that there's not near as many opportunities for this to go up as there used to be. 1. Sooperdooperlooper- Hershey 2. Mind Bender- SFOG 3. Viper- SFOG 4. Laser- Dorney 5. Scorpion- BGT [RIP] 6. Wildcat- Cedar Point x. Greezed Lightnin'*- KK (relocated #3 Viper...

Have they fully confirmed 2026? Last I spoke to the SEVEN management team, this was being pushed to open in 2025 (albeit later 25). May be published as 26 with the internal goal of 25. This is about 10 minutes from my apartment and I drive by it frequently. Not much new to see on the...

It is an elevator up to the stairs level. I don't expect this to be used for tours. It is an evac only situation.

I take that to be ride manufacturer cost, which I suppose I wasn't considering when I said all-in. $13M less ride is still not awful for a project like this.

$13 million isn't bad at all if that's all-in. Not a huge fan of the Goliath repaint, but I'll be happy to give it a shot and see how it looks.

Love the stats and the presentation @Hixee. Need to make some adjustments to mine-- you've given me a few ideas. I do have a couple charts in other tabs, but these are my main stats. Pretty much everything is automated referencing other tabs except for the % ridden of manufacturers which I...

At home in Orlando, Disney World was closest and I made good use of that annual pass. For a number of years I was visiting multiple times per week all year long. So that added up to quite a lot. Universal was next closest which I visited on occasion (but I prefer to visit Disney). SeaWorld...

^ Always liked Silver Comet. Odd layout, but I'm a big fan of the CCIs. I rode the last of the known coasters in Riyadh the other day and (aside from the Sky Rocket that doesn't open till October), this was probably the best one in the city. Smooth, decently quick, and a longer layout than...

Great shots! Looks like these were taken a week or two ago since the Mack water coaster lift hill isn't up yet. They're making really good progress.

Unfortunately I'm not able to share any pictures as part of the NDA. As a quick summary: WOW! It was pretty incredible to see the site in person. Pictures do not do justice to the scale of Falcon's Flight. The ride is enormous. Spitfire feels so small even standing right underneath the...

A foreign name is known. Maybe not to locals, but to international investors. I'm sure that was part of the premise of signing on with a known company. And you already get what effectively free assets. So it's a win for them and even if nobody knows what SF is out here, they know the name...

I had to do some thinking about this because I don't keep track of individual rides... and I usually get more than 1 lap on the good coasters. A few come to mind though: - Gold Rush- Slagharen-- Got the park with only about 45 minutes to play with so just got the bare minimum. - Wonder...

It is an outerbank and there should be a more extreme one at the point of the cliff coming up. Amazing to see the scale of this ride. This picture has such a better perspective than some of the ones from the ground. Should be seeing this myself next Thursday. Really excited to see the size...

July 13, 2024 Let’s see if we can avoid riding an SBF coaster for once! I’m getting close to finishing all the known coasters in Riyadh, which is a bit of a shame as it’s nice to have new things in an easy driving distance. But Riyadh’s a big city and there’s probably at least a few we don’t...

July 5, 2024 It’s been a couple weeks, but I’ve been in the process of moving to Riyadh from Dammam. It’s certainly been a process, but it’s also nice to finally have an apartment so I can settle in. Oh, and a few more coasters to be had… On my first free weekend since the move I decided to...

Now that I'm living here and working on these projects, I have a better understanding of the amount of projects and levels of spend. Almost all of these are through the Private Investment Fund (PIF) and it almost certainly includes both public and private investment. There's some crazy...

Looks like I should be touring SF later this month. Excited to see the progress in person.

June 19, 2024 I said in the last post that I'd ridden every coaster in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia as of now. Thankfully that wasn't quite true... there was another that no enthusiast had found yet! I had actually spent a day before this searching various malls to see if I could get...

Oh my god you're right. How have I missed this?? Ok that's slightly more clever then. Still hilarious. 👉👈

June 18, 2024 I feel like I need to prove that I actually do non-coaster things every once and a while. And in this case, it's a pretty cool other thing. I drove nearly 2 hours and visited the area of Al Ahsa, and Al Qarah Mountain. This is a natural cave which cuts its way through some...