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First off speaking of my own experience - as a coaster enthusiast, who also has a fear of heights - it's a somewhat strange dichotomy - which may not make sense from outside observations. I was recently with family where we were on cantilevered walkways and stairs with that metal-mesh flooring...

I'm in this position and just thought it would make a good discussion! It almost makes me wish I hadn't started counting - as it's a new unlocked stress haha. Basically If you want a certain top-shelf/new cred for a milestone, would you skip creds at previous parks if the numbers didn't stack...

I found myself having a little deep dive into the construction of Th13teen (as you do) and reading the old speculation posts at what people though the 'special element would be - and an early 'rumour/theory' was that it would have alternate endings/elements. And it got me thinking - especially...

Due to open this season at Universal studios Florida in the old Shrek 4D building is a new interactive dark'ride'. I heard mention of this a while back and was intrigued by the utilisation of a moving walkway as a ride system, basically an Omnimover without any cars! We've all been on them at...

Spoiler Alert! Before I (possibly) get round to writing a trip report of my recent Belgium dalliance - I thought I'd dive straight into one of this years hot topics, Europe’s 2 most hyped coasters of 2021 Kondaa Kondaa - is just a happy ride, swoopy, quirky.....slithery, 3 or 4 pops of...

So sort of annoyingly you have to buy a 4 maze package at Scarefest and can't buy scare maze tickets per maze! You also have to choose a slot and have 2 hours to complete all 4 mazes! Surprisingly the mazes start at 1pm - so one question is, to those who've been - are the mazes completely...

Hi all just thought I'd start a post after last years slim pickings - Which events do you KNOW are running this year, any new ones? and Lists or good resources? which ones are you planning on this year?

So as many of us Brit members are confined to the UK this summer/year - I was thinking - what are everyone's current UK top 10? 1, Nemesis 2, Swarm 3, Wicker man 4, Galactica 5, Stealth 6, Millennium (new for me 2021) 7 Storm Chaser (new for me 2021) 8 Astro storm 9, Dragons Fury 10...

This has kind of gone under the Radar Due to you-know a certain MACK extreme spinner opening at the de Panne park, but the Plopsa franchise recently opened there 2nd Plopsaqua waterpark at Hannut-Landen, below is a good overview video by Tuberides.

Small Polish theme Mandoria are adding a family coaster this season - Apparently a Gerstlauer bob according to RCDB - only the 2nd installation of this ride type. At first glance thought it might have been an ABC rides tube coaster. Park looks very well themed too - one to watch...

Just came across this ride.... and what stuck me was the Intamin style track! Not listed on RCDB - so not a cred (or is it), Boats and track look similar to the Atlantis water ride at Gardaland!

Ok I was pondering this question in my head, and without wanting to create any sort of contentious political post ( I don't want to create arguments about which one is best or not) , but more a interesting discussion - are Theme parks socialist or Capitalist, or something in between? and would...

Ok - came across this coaster(?) in one of my internet deep dives, looks like it's still in construction, although I believe it was meant to open when the rest of the park did! It's an OCT in-house design, and I found some intrequing patents on the OCT technical site! What is it? from the...

This is a really random question - but 15-20 years ago when I was starting to get into parks - I remember seeing an image of a park which had a water feature/fountain where it had multiple spouts/cascades of different colours - each a separate dyed water to form a rainbow effect (prob each with...

So its come to this!!........ But really toilets (bathrooms to you Americans) are an essential commodity for any public service or attraction, but are often the last to get any attention - and even in some Disney parks have been left shockingly bland and take you out of the immersion you're...

from my observations and conversations - coaster enthusiasts tend to be a very indie lot or at least into rock based music including many a metalhead! So where are the old-skool ravers amongst you? My particular passion is Trance music but I generally love most vocal house-based music...

I totally forgot this was a thing/ and it seemed to have gone under the radar (as it opened last year) But what's interesting is that this ride was designed and installed by surreal art collective 'Meow Wolf' who are responsible to building an absolutely crazy installation-style 'fun house' in...

Something thats just been buzzing round my mind for a while - Is how Theme-parks will adapt to the future like everything else in these times of increased ecological awareness. I know the future of ‘roller coasters and theme parks has been discussed before, but what are your thoughts or...

After recently riding Shambala - I released one of the reasons i loved it, was because it gave me a genuine 'magical' feeling of flying - a combination of floater airtime, being high above the ground and the wind through my hair, helped with the seat configuration which allowed for lots of...

One special effect I've only seen a handful of times in a theme park context is fake/special effect sparks, a couple of examples I've noticed them on is Firechaser express at Dollywood in the fireworks shed and On Jaws the ride (Japan) when the shark animatronic gets 'electrocuted'. Ive also...