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Bit of a wordy title but this was a good rabbit hole my mind went down trying to fall asleep last night. We all love a marathon if a park is quiet enough but there's definitely factors that affect how enjoyable a coaster is to marathon other than the actual quality and re-rideability of the...

I'm not sure if this is the official term but a zen ride is when you ride a coaster as the only person on the train. If you've ever had one, let's hear your story! I've been lucky enough to have 3 and each time I've found it surreal to have a coaster dispatched just for me. The silence is odd...

Hello everyone and welcome to my delayed trip report where I discuss the road trip I took round Europe at the start of November. I don't think I have the commitment to write about all 18 days so this report will focus entirely on the Halloween events and horror mazes I discovered. There will be...

Matt's recent discussion in his Paultons thread has got me thinking about the embarrassment of riding tiny coasters and if there are ways to make the experience less excruciating. I recently split from some mates on a day out in Portsmouth to ride the caterpillar coaster on South Parade Pier. I...

As we can all attest to 2020 has been the year for wrecked trips but here's one I managed to resurrect. Last November I booked flights to spend a weekend at Lisebergs halloween event but unfortunately the park announced they would be closed all season. So as not to waste the flight I came up...

I've been reading up on this ride and it sounds bizarre. The idea of Disney putting a horror attraction in Magic Kingdom with practical blood spray effects is fascinating and likely something we'll never see again. Did any CF goons ride while it was operational? Was it as scary as the hype...

Evening gang, welcome to my PA report. I spent the last two days there having previously visited in 2016 so I'll be going in depth on the new stuff as well as sharing my overall thoughts on the park. This is an easy place to visit, I flew into Barcelona and got a coach direct to Salou where my...

Thought this would be an interesting one as with so many middle of the pack dark rides the lists will vary a lot. I'm also interested to see where Snorri Touren fits in for those who have ridden it. Here's my thoughts. 1. Arthur - I mean, how could it not be? The only truly modern dark ride at...

Good evening and welcome to my Poland trip report. This is my second time visiting these parks having been last year just after Hyperion opened. A really good time was had and I was pleasantly surprised by how different Energylandia felt this time around. Let's get into it! Saturday 26th...

Bit of a stupid question as if you've been on Hex the answer is obviously Hex. But as I feel these are sometimes overlooked rides I'll give a rundown of my favourites, looking forward to seeing how you guys rank them. 1. Hex (Alton Towers) - it's a beautiful experience. Being set in an actual...

I went tonight and it wasn't great. I had to shoot off to my night shift after two hours in the park but in that time I managed three mazes and a general look round. Creak Freak Massacre was up first and it was actually fantastic. A really solid maze. Straight away your group is split up Sub...

This past week I've been in Holland visiting Walibi, Toverland and Efteling. I didn't take many pictures and I've already forgotten the order I rode things so this report will be bullet points of my various thoughts followed by a photo dump at the end. Let's get cracking with this. - Walibi...

Spotted this by Lond on TPR, these are photos from the City Planning Office showing plans for a hotel and a hypercoaster over the current car park. Looks pretty interesting, the park has talked about a hotel before but I wonder how accurate these plans are.

Last year I went in the Hysteria maze in the Dubai Mall. I booked it on Groupon months before the trip but when I got there I was the only one in the queue to go in. I tried to stall a bit with the person checking tickets but no one else turned up to join me. Before I knew it the door shut...

I was recently daydreaming about my time in the UAE and, more specifically, the quality of the motion based 3D dark rides there. Speed of Magic is very average, it's a fun ride but the story is dull, the sets feel empty and there's some jarring transitions. Avengers: Battle of Ultron is much...

Evening guys and welcome to my brief report on Phantasialand. I wrote a full TR of the winter event two years ago so this will be more of a list of observations followed by a photo dump. Let's get into it! -For this trip I got the shuttle bus from Bruhl each morning so it was my first time...

Hello everyone and welcome to my thread where we discuss the biggest critical failures of the theme park world. There's two that come to mind: Fast and Furious Supercharged (Universal Orlando) - Can't remember reading a single positive review when this opened. It also failed to generate much...

I was thinking of starting a topic about everyone's favourite dark rides but then I realised the list would be flooded with mainly Potter, Spiderman and various Disney E-Tickets so it wouldn't be hugely interesting. So instead this is a place to discuss the more low budget, less talked about...

Potentially worrying stuff here. Universal are hinting at losing the river adventure ride for something new Jurassic World related in 2019. Given the time frame hopefully this will just be a retheme and spruce up.

Saw this announced on their Facebook page this morning, from the description on the website it sounds like a Madhouse. And judging from the current construction walls up at the park this will be going on the path between Lego City and Atlantis. Should be a solid investment if they theme it...