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Thanks @Matt N - I've been having a blast, hoping to get a few more good ones in before the end of the season. Completely agree about Paultons. At first glance, it seems a little out of the way and expensive for what may seem like just a few family coasters, but everything from the larger rides...

Paultons Park - 8th September 2023 “Yesterday I went, as we all must, to Peppa Pig World…” Despite having studied in Southampton for 4 years, Paultons Park had until this week been unexplored territory for me, demonstrating just how much of a reduced priority theme parks were for me during that...

Preamble Much like (I assume) many people, my love for coasters started in my early teens. At the time, I was stereotypically over-informed and over-opinionated for someone with a child's level of experience, although as part of a classic British "Merlin Pass family" I was very fortunate to rack...

I like this idea, I've just never enjoyed the prospect of managing it. It's entirely possible though. If we had a list (minimum 15) followed by "Good, but doesn't make my list", "Doesn't do anything for me", and "I hated it", that could work. In pairings, everything in the main list would get a...

Can't work out whether or not this is satirical ... :P In any case, I'm interested to see how this ends.

As a general rule, I'd say draught, but my only criticism is that I've sometimes found draught to be the flattest, although that probably has a lot to do with who's pouring it. Cans are good, and they're probably the receptacle I use the most. Only downside is they have to be enjoyed in one...

Defunct coasters can be submitted, though it's entirely possible that some won't reach the minimum ridership. Duelling coasters in general count as one, unless the two layouts have significant differences. I'd say Winjas would qualify as two though, seeing as they're different layouts and...

Err ... ok. It's done by a program I've designed which takes in a list in order along with their current elo scores. It then makes every possible pairing between the coasters in the list (without repeating itself), and essentially does a 1v1 for all of them. The Elo scoring system uses...

Hello everyone! I've been spending a lot of time trying to devise the best possible method of compiling a modern-day Mitch Hawker style coaster poll. I read this thread with great interest, and was disappointed to see that it seemingly didn't come to anything in the end. I've therefore designed...

Small contribution from me I guess: 1. Mako 2. Hulk 3. CuChullainn 4. Nemesis 5. Skeikra 6. Montu 7. Kumba 8. Manta (SWO) 9. Smiler 10. Zaturn/Stealth 11. Cheetah Hunt 12. Kraken Best of luck with your project. :)

Depressingly, this would be good advice if the OP had never visited before, what with its ridiculous queues and ERT. And The Smiler is rougher than Nemesis :) Take on Nemesis, then warm up for Smiler, it's usually quieter later in the day anyway.

So this will be incredibly poor: A - Well, we're off to a good start here, aren't we? B - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Florida) C - Cú Chulainn D - Dragon's Fury E - Expedition Everest F - Flight of the Hippogriff (Florida) G - I'm surprised this is only the 2nd letter I'm missing H -...

Coaster 200ft+: Mako Nitro Fury 325 Leviathan Steel Dragon 2000

I'll throw in the B&M Floorless, which boomed in the early '00s, before sort of dying ... we've had two brand-new ones in the last decade. Don't know if it really counts given all the standup-floorless conversions, but the converted ones aren't the best and they only exist because Cedar Fair had...

2: Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City 31: New Texas Giant, Six Flags Over Texas 15: El Toro, Six Flags Great Adventure 47: Cú Chulainn, Tayto Park 7: Wildfire, Kolmården 26: Maverick, Cedar Point 10: Leviathan, Canada's Wonderland 23: Colossos, Heide Park Resort

2: Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City 66: Diamondback, Kings Island 31: New Texas Giant, Six Flags Over Texas 34: Iron Rattler, Six Flags Fiesta Texas 15: El Toro, Six Flags Great Adventure 79: Junker, PowerLand 18: Ravine Flyer II, Waldameer 47: Cú Chulainn, Tayto Park

This is going to be shameful. Cheetah Hunt, Busch Gardens Tampa Colossus, Thorpe Park Rita, Alton Towers Stealth, Thorpe Park Thirteen, Alton Towers

5: Helix, Liseberg 60: Phantom's Revenge, Kennywood 28: Black Mamba, Phantasialand 37: Mack Blue Fire Clones 12: Fury 325, Carowinds 76: Millennium Force, Cedar Point 21: T Express, Everland 44: Balder, Liseberg

4: Shambhala, PortAventura Park 61: Atlantis Adventure, Lotte World 29: Intamin Mega-Lite Clones 36: Silver Star, Europa Park 13: Wicked Cyclone, Six Flags New England 77: Powder Keg, Silver Dollar City 20: Top Thrill Dragster, Cedar Point 45: Flash, Lewa Adventure

2 Was that a high score?