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Nice first report. Photos are always good though :) I agree that Flamingoland is much-maligned, but I've had a good time on both my visits. As long as you don't visit on a really busy day then operations are bearable and Velocity and Sik are both decent.

Nothing like a big US trip to up your B&M count! 😁 New in bold, still roughly in order of preference and a fairly significant reshuffle compared to my last update in April 2019. 1. Goliath (SFOG) 2. Shambhala 3. Nemesis 4. Diamondback 5. Mako 6. Montu 7. Monster (Grona Lund) 8. Orion 9. Black...

We’re now on to Saturday 1st October, and I woke up pondering the idea of buying another ticket for Cedar Point from the hotel for $55, getting another hour of early entry and then grabbing the other four creds quickly before hitting the road. However, what we both needed more than anything else...

I was waiting until I'd posted day 2 to respond to this but yes, I agree completely. There's Steel Vengeance and then there's everything else, though I have not ridden some of the serious contenders yet either. But based on the videos they just aren't going to have the length to match big SteVe 😝

For the most part this post is going to be more photos and less waffle. Maybe 😁 On to day 2 then and after a fairly average night’s sleep (more to do with our health than the hotel) we were up, fed and ready to hit the park. No mistakes this time as we arrived 20 minutes before early entry...

Right then, preliminaries over and the scene set, let’s get to the good stuff, the reason I was there and most likely the reason you’re reading this – mahoosive American amusement parks. Kicking off with one of the mahoosivest! 😁 We were booked in for two nights at the Cedar Point Express Hotel...

I guess we really must have just been there on a bad day as everyone seems to rate them. Maybe it was the COVID affectng our taste buds (although neither of us knew we had it at that point) I did deliberate over taking the test but one of the main reasons for doing it was because we had some...

It was cooked, it just had very little flavour. It was from Lou Malnati's which was one of the recommended restaurants (even above Giordano's) on some sites I looked at beforehand, but I think we just got a duff one. To be fair the crust was good, it just needed more herbs!

Great write-up of Grona, again with very similar thoughts to mine (apart from Insane 🤮) and I agree - best park in Sweden. Looks like you had a great trip overall!

Haha yeah, good to get some consistent opinions on how to proceed. Basically just deny its existence and wait for it to go away :D Yeah, definitely wait for the exchange rate to improve. This was a much more expensive trip than we anticipated :( As for the trip report, I'm just getting started!

I’ll cover off the next few days of the trip in this post so we can get on to the good stuff. We flew to Chicago with no problems – the pre-departure clearance is great at Dublin airport and means you fly into the US domestic terminal so have no Immigration faff on arrival, and we also arrived...

Like our trip to Sweden earlier this year, this was another trip postponed from 2020. Originally we were flying to Chicago to go and see my wife’s favourite Country singer Chris Stapleton at Wrigley Field, then having 8 days to hit Cedar Point, Indiana Beach and Six Flags Great America. As with...

As predicted, Taron was dethroned after 6 years following my trip to Cedar Point... The beginning - September 2016: Nemesis September 2016 - September 2022: Taron September 2022 - now: Steel Vengeance There was never any doubt really was there? :) I must say though that I haven't ridden Taron...

Steel Vengeance Millennium Force Maverick Valravn Magnum XL 2000 Gatekeeper Blue Streak Raptor Rougarou Iron Dragon Cedar Creek Mine Ride Not open on my visit: :( TTD Corkscrew Gemini Woodstock Express Wilderness Run (well it may have been but I didn't ride it)

Ridden 3 more of these over the last couple of weeks so time for some rankings - I am counting Orion as a Hyper because it's basically the same ride hardware, just taller (I won't get into the "is it a Giga?" discussion :D) 1. Goliath (SFOG) 2. Shambhala 3. Diamondback 4. Mako 5. Orion 6...

Four more inverts added to my list this year so time for an update (new in bold) 1. Nemesis - still the daddy. 2. Montu - great layout and super intensity whilst still being smooth. 3. Monster (Grona Lund) - an amazing feat of engineering and a fabulous ride too. 4. Black Mamba - like Nemesis...

Three more RMCs added to my cred count on my recent US trip and Wildfire earlier this year too, so I'm up to six now. 1. Steel Vengeance 2. Wicked Cyclone 3. Lightning Rod (post retrack - never rode the full wood version) 4. Storm Chaser 5. Wildfire 6. Goliath All fantastic rides with some...

Ridden a couple more of these on my recent US trip so have done enough to compile a list: 1. Fenix (the most fun with airtime and near misses) 2. Wild Eagle (the most unique in terms of layout and a great view from the top of the lift hill) 3. X-Flight (the most intense of the ones I've done)...

Interesting to read your views on Helix, which are very similar to my own but definitely seem to be the minority view. Glad it's not just me though! 😆 Your day at Kolmarden sounds similar to ours too, although I had numerous rides on Wildfire in the train so I guess there is a threshold for...

I filmed on-ride at Silverwood. They are OK with a chest-mounted GoPro. Beyond that I have no idea, but if you want to film multiple cycles on the ride then as the others have said, you're going to need to discuss it with the park first. I will say that their operations are pretty abysmal so it...