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  1. Benenen

    Thoughts on Hyde Park Winter Wonderland?

    Popped in this afternoon after work for the new +1. Didn’t fancy staying and paying for anything more after spending £9.50 on entry and cred.
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    Milestones in Your Counts

    201 - Dragon's Apprentice (Dubai) 251 - Odyssey (Fantasy Island) 301 - Loup Garou (Walibi Belgium) 350 - The Tickler (Coney Island) 400 - Lightning Racer (Hersheypark) 450 - Family Coaster (Hyde Park WW) 500 - Emperor (SeaWorld San Diego) 550 - Diamondback (Kings Island) 600 - Abyssus...
  3. Benenen

    Matt N’s Excursion to España 9th-12th September 2024 (PortAventura Park/Ferrari Land)

    Awesome work Matt, I enjoyed reading this report a lot. Well done on a successful trip, a new number one and now being a third of the way closer to 200.
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    Matt N’s Excursion to España 9th-12th September 2024 (PortAventura Park/Ferrari Land)

    Oh my God, Matt N is going to ride Shambhala likely within the next hour. This is exciting. Hope you have an absolute blast today mate and looking forward to hearing about how you got on.
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    YAY Merlin!

    I echo the above and have found Thorpe to be weirdly good this season. I live 40 mins away and used to go once or twice a year but this year I’ve already been 7 times and it’s not just because of Hyperia. The whole place has an energy and sense of professionalism and pride that I’ve never seen...
  6. Benenen

    Top 10(ish): 2024 Edition - page 124

    Since I last posted in here I've done the run of parks between Silver Dollar City and Kennywood for the first time which had a lot of additions to the top 10%. Lovely Hyperia sneaks in there too after 4 rides last week however I feel it's going to go up or down once I ride it more, it was tricky...
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    Folly Farm Pembrokeshire 16th May 2024

    Matt I did exactly this in 2016. Booked a few nights at a hotel near Tenby then realised Oakwood was shut every day of the trip so had a consolation day out at Folly Farm instead. Like you I also found it charming, enjoyable and a delightful few hours. Definitely more of a fleshed out zoo than...
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    WTF Merlin?

    This is tragic. I believe the justification is it’s mainly pre schoolers visiting on those days and those 3 rides get lower ridership due to the height restrictions. However look at these queue stats from June 15th last year which would have hit the criteria for these off peak closures. Tiger...
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    Tivoli Friheden | Vindfald | Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter | 2024

    The second photo could be Tiki Waka, love the funky profiling on this. Will be a great headliner for a small park.
  10. Benenen

    Alton Towers | Nemesis Reborn | B&M Retrack | 2024

    I’m currently attempting it on one train of four rows operating. Here’s the end of the queue, been here 20 mins so far and barely shuffled forwards. Edit - Took 75 mins in the end. After park close (at 4PM!) the queue went a lot faster when there was no fast track merge. The ride itself was...
  11. Benenen

    Last Cred Review

    Rob I am so excited to read this trip report, what a year you’ve had hitting the foreign trips hard.
  12. Benenen

    UK Scare Attractions Reports

    I had a similar epiphany with Tulleys last year, been going every year since 2016 and while fantastic it’s the same thing every time. I just can’t face handing over seventy quid to go through The Cellar, Chop Shop, Cottage, Hellements, Coven, Island/Colony and the clown one for an eighth time, I...
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    Do you prefer narrow or wide B&M Dive Coasters?

    I’ve been on 7 and my top two are Griffon and Sheikra so my vote goes for the wideys. Along with Intamin accelerators these are the only things that still make me nervous and give me that tentative feeling going up the lift hill. While there’s something a little bland about the layouts they’re...
  14. Benenen

    What does your Spotify pie chart look like?

    A few years ago I listened to pretty much just metal so this is nice to see confirmation I’ve branched out and blossomed my tastes. Still love metal though, it’s the only genre that puts fire in my belly and gets truly under my skin but I have to be in the right mood for it now.
  15. Benenen

    Milestones in Your Counts

    201 - Dragon's Apprentice (Dubai) 251 - Odyssey (Fantasy Island) 301 - Loup Garou (Walibi Belgium) 350 - The Tickler (Coney Island) 400 - Lightning Racer (Hersheypark) 450 - Family Coaster (Hyde Park WW) 500 - Emperor (SeaWorld San Diego)
  16. Benenen

    Thorpe Park 15th September 2023

    Walk on Stealth and a magnum in the sunshine, you're living the dream Matt. It's always nice when you have one of those 'this is what it's all about' epiphanies at a park. Glad Thorpe delivered and you had a great time matey.
  17. Benenen

    UK Scare Attractions Reports

    Very excited that this part of the theme park season is fast approaching. Tomorrow I'm flying to Los Angeles where I'll visit Universal Halloween Horror Nights, Knotts Scary Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest. Never been to any of these parks before and I cannot wait to be there...
  18. Benenen

    Tivoli Friheden | Vindfald | Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter | 2024

    It's a park where the current coaster headliner is a spinning wild mouse. Bring on the Eurofighter, great investment for the place.
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    Last Cred Review

    I found it a needless faff when I went last Wednesday (24th). The park was quiet and you could book slots up until around 4:30 and I believe the booking didn't close at any point in the day. I booked 5 slots throughout the day and the longest wait for the QR code was about 30 mins. Sometimes the...
  20. Benenen

    Last Cred Review

    I rode Mandrill Mayhem at Chessington last week. The best way to describe the ride and area is everything is 6/10. There's nothing awful, there's nothing magnificent, it's all one flat and slightly bland stretch of 6/10. The first 15 seconds of the coaster is fun, there's dispatch audio and you...
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