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  1. Christian

    WTF Merlin?

    Thanks @cookie for the briliant review. Reading it makes me realise even more how lucky we are in Sweden, with well run parks. Gardaland is my favourite Merlin Park. The park itself, is not kept to the same maintenance or cleanliness standard like some other European parks, certain pieces of...
  2. Christian

    Liseberg | Luna | Vekoma Family Boomerang | 2023

    Got an email from Liseberg Novelty! Luna – inauguration April 22 Just in time for the 100th anniversary, the last and biggest attraction in Luna Park - Luna is added. The attraction is a so-called boomerang roller coaster. With it's 33.5 meter height, Luna becomes the tallest and fastest of...
  3. Christian

    RMC and Larson International Merge (!)

    To me it seems like the Larson owner wanted to retire and was looking to sell his company and make an exit. RMC probably got a good deal and took it. I dont think this will massively affect either company but there certainly are benefits to both sides. RMC has diversified and further...
  4. Christian

    TusenFryd | Storm | Gerstlauer Invert | 2023

    This looks a lot better than I expected. Might need to make it up there this summer.
  5. Christian

    What's your favorite Boomerang model?

    Have done all Vekoma Boomerang models exept for GIBs. I prefer family boomerangs because there are many different versions. The standard and inverted versions are not horrible rides but they are usually bland and risky (never close to a SLC though). Would have been great to see similar layout...
  6. Christian

    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    Yeah, that Vekoma is really bad. It has a really bad transiton around the corkscrew that massively beats up your head. Except for that one moment it's actually pretty good. Would be no lose to remove it. Doubt anyone will miss it.
  7. Christian

    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    Im curious, what makes you think it's going? My personal though is that they would have torn down more if it, if it was going. They should at least have scrapped the removed track pieces, not left them by the side. My guess is that TTD spike will go over Iron Dragon.
  8. Christian

    Rides that don't feel safe

    Another shoutout from me for Viking!
  9. Christian

    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    This is pure speculation. But I am guessing they would have specific male or female rows on the coaster. Due to the various coaster forces, I have many times by accident touched the rider next to me when riding, especially on forceful coasters it's not rare to get an accidental, leg, foot, arm...
  10. Christian

    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    Honestly, I know more straight people boycotting Saudi due to LGBTQ issues, than I know LGBTQ people boycotting Saudi. I even know LGBTQ couples who have a had a great time in Saudi and really want to go back. Being part of the community myself, I wouldn't mind having to get into the closet to...
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    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    Last month, the Saudi government, announced that they will set up "Riyadh Air". It will be a second Saudi national airline with massive proportions. The plan is to directly take on Emirates, Etihad, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines. They even got Etihad's former CEO to run it. They are even...
  12. Christian

    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    That coaster surely looks ambitious, especially considering that the huge hill is not even the first drop. What worries me is that they seem to box in the park between a race track and a mountain, leaving little room for expansion. That's not good if their ambition is to build one of the...
  13. Christian

    COTALAND | Texas | Gerstlauer Infinity Shuttle (Palindrome) & Vekoma Tilt (Circuit Breaker) & Others

    Unless they have financial problems I dont see why they would wait. If they already have the rides, it's better to put them up and make cashflow, instead of owning rides that are kept in boxes and only cost money. This seems pretty fishy to me. Maybe they are redoing their project and want to...
  14. Christian

    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    Let's get to some smaller news. In Gothenburg the last weeks have been a **** storm regarding the massive underground train project that is being built. I have talked about it before in the thread. It's a three station underground rail project. One station is under the Central Train Station, one...
  15. Christian

    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    For me this is not a right wing/left wing debate. It's just my personal belief that people never should be referenced by derogatory words such as nasty. Calling people such a word does dehumanise them, which in my opinion, no human deserves. This gets even worse when genrealising a group of 5...
  16. Christian

    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    Please stop calling people nasty
  17. Christian

    Merlin's 10 Coaster Deal with B&M?

    There's tons of empty land there. They might anyways add it in the future
  18. Christian

    Coasters that made you feel nothing

    You forgot to add airtime in that description. And that airtime is pretty good! Turn hill (AIRTIME) turn > Turn hill (AIRTIME) turn > Turn hill (AIRTIME) turn > Turn hill (AIRTIME) turn > Turn hill (AIRTIME) turn > Turn hill (AIRTIME) turn
  19. Christian

    Coasters that made you feel nothing

    Silver Star at Europa Park. Except for a tad bit of airtime off the mcbr there is absolutely nothing on that ride. Some on CF really love it, I just don't see what there is to love about it. Maybe that it looks good? It's like finding a pretty girl but then realising there is nothing more than...
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