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  1. James F

    Cedar Point | Siren's Curse | Vekoma Tilt Coaster | 2025

    They've got their work cut out for them to open this by next summer. Especially with them reshaping the area around the ride as well.
  2. James F

    Serengeti Park Halloween Nights!

    I'm not much of a horror maze person, but those night shots with the lights running across the pond look great!
  3. James F

    Your 2024 in Review

    A fairly quiet year, but 2025 will be a big one so I've been slightly more frugal on travel costs this year. Coaster count at start of 2024: 225 Coaster count at end of 2024: 250 Coaster count increase: +25 (-18 on 2023) Park count increase: +3 (-3 on 2023) Number of park visits: 7 Favourite...
  4. James F

    Most rides you've ever had on one attraction in a day?

    Wildfire at Kolmården is now my most ridden in a day with 14 rides in September last year.
  5. James F

    Rides you rode in the opening season?

    1999: Woody Woodpecker Nuthouse Coaster 2002: Primeval Whirl 2003: Whirlwind (Camelot) 2005: Rita 2007: Infusion 2009: Saw The Ride 2010: Thirteen & RC Racer (DLP) 2011: Ben 10 2012: Wodan 2013: The Smiler 2014: Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts 2018: Icon 2021: Croc Drop...
  6. James F

    Top 10(ish): 2024 Edition - page 124

    My list for this year. New entries in Bold. 1: Hyperion - Energylandia 2: Helix - Liseberg 3: Taiga - Linnanmäki 4: Zadra - Energylandia 5: Untamed - Walibi Holland 6: Toutatis - Parc Astérix 7: Schwur Des Kärnan - Hansa Park 8: Kondaa - Walibi Belgium 9: Wildfire - Kolmården 10...
  7. James F

    Taiga & Tchaikovsky - Linnanmäki - October 2024

    I had one hour. 60 minutes to connect at one of Scandinavia's largest airports. For a well seasoned traveller connecting flights is all par for the course, but for me this time constraint pounded in my head like the sound of a pneumatic drill. I have gathered a fair bit of travel experience...
  8. James F

    Milestones in Your Counts

    I'm going to write a trip report where I go into more detail, but it didn't disappoint.
  9. James F

    Milestones in Your Counts

    Still at the stage where I'm counting 50's #250 - Taiga, Linnanmäki
  10. James F

    Plopsaland Live - Early 2025

    February dates would be preferable for me, but I might be able to do January depending on which days other people are off in my team at work.
  11. James F

    Where will the next new-gen Vekoma Flyer go?

    Could be a one off considering how difficult/expensive it would be for a park to top FLY. Even if it was unthemed, not sure if there is the market for flying coasters there was in the 2000s. Even Vekoma's compact stingray model flopped with only one model sold, granted that had it's issues, but...
  12. James F

    WTF Merlin?

    Hyperia was having issues on Monday, not sure if was was related to a stall risk, but they were only running one train for an hour then moved it back up to two. Managed to get two rides in before leaving at lunch, but the queue crawled.
  13. James F

    "Big Mack and Fries" - Thorpe Park, 29th September 2024

    Great to see some familiar faces and some new ones. Had a great time! Thanks to @Serena for organising. Hope to see you all again soon.
  14. James F

    Last Cred Review

    #242: Hyperia Finally got to ride this thing. The inversions are the highlight for me, particularly the stall which I think might just be the best one I have done. The airtime is potent and sustained but delivers more towards the floater area. Out of the rides I have had I feel like it rides...
  15. James F

    Mack Launch Coaster at Aquashow Family Park, Portugal

    I'm surprised that park has the funds in the first place to be honest. It's not somewhere I would expect a major new coaster, but I guess they somehow scraped enough together to buy the water coaster.
  16. James F

    Mack Launch Coaster at Aquashow Family Park, Portugal

    Aquashow is mostly a waterpark so a Powersplash would make the most sense and mostly fits that discribition. The layout comment is an interesting one though.
  17. James F

    "Big Mack and Fries" - Thorpe Park, 29th September 2024

    I'll be at Thorpe tomorrow afternoon as well if anyone else is there and wants to meet up.
  18. James F

    Kingda Ka and Green Lantern's removal for new 2026 record-breaking coaster

    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/TH7Jr2p2Bwumi3vX/ - Orginal Post from Gary C Riggs Jr https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/newsroom - SFGAdv Newsroom Don't know if there is much credence to this, but it has been rumored that Six Flags Great Adventure is removing Kingda Ka in the near...
  19. James F

    Cedar Point | Siren's Curse | Vekoma Tilt Coaster | 2025

    True, but this feels more like a traditional flags cooperate decision and based off most six flags installations which have been delayed extensively, this looks like a late summer addition at the earliest. Granted some of six flags delays were due to covid, but I get the feeling that some of...
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