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I wonder have BPB ever thought of having Chance rides or Vekoma re-profile and re-track the whole coaster? Seeing as those two companies have experience re manufacturing arrows track anyway ? Surely It would make sense to bring the track design into the 21st century. If it was possible to...

I think the timber supports are past it, if it had to be RMC'd everything would need replacing. The state of the woodwork is actually unbelievable, the lift hills were wonky. I hit a lamp post at 30 mph a few year back in an old merc and that was nothing compared to the grand national. I'm a...

Infusion is also very rough but I think condor at walibi Holland is worse again? I agree with what your saying at 85bl years old, but the big dipper is older and yet much smoother, although the mid course turn around was agony as well. The mouse was bearable and more thrilling than either in my...

Thought this would be a bit of fun to see which coasters give the roughest ride experience. Having visited bpb for the 5th time yesterday I can honestly say the grand national is without doubt the roughest coaster Ive ever ridden. How its deemed safe to operate is beyond me. The structure looks...

Trim brakes not breaks ffs

Arthur is great, I rode and re rode in 2016, silver star was also great, although I don't remember any trim breaks being used so that might be why. Blue fire is good fun but not super thrilling, and wodan feels like you're doing 100mph all the time

Also I must mention a ride on lost gravity, morning was just okay, evening on fright nights was about 9 pm, slight drizzle, the train ran noticeably faster, much more forceful, to the point where I could feel the mid course brake force had increased due to the speed it had carried through the course

The most sensible theory is the wheel grease, it is a genuine problem running slow on a morning until they warm up. I rode icon at park opening last summer, felt tame. That afternoon it was running much better. Shambhala runs slow on a morning too, riding 10am and 9 pm there was a massive...

My bad ? first half was to you, second half to UK coaster fan ?

Also I do realise coasters run faster in the rain

Just to chime in, I also think air /galactica is force less and slow. Don't have a problem with the restraints so much, but the ride itself isn't large or fast enough. Lost gravity has fast and slow cars, and when I rode it last in the spitting rain it ran very fast to the point the airtime was...

I have recently been to visit portaventura for the first time, I spent 3 days total, the last day I split between ferrari land and the main park. the park was open till 12 pm on all the days I spent. I want to give a rundown of my opinion of the rides, and the park In general. This will seem...

1: mystery Castle at phantasialand, great experience, forceful and decent ride length, feels larger than it is because its enclosed 2: tower of terror at Disney Paris. Couldn't stop laughing the whole ride through, and having a seat belt as a restraint is great. Theming and pre show is spot...

Wild mouse at Bpb was great, really felt like It hadn't been serviced for 50 years and was thrilling because of how rough and ready it was.

Which manufacturer for the giga though, mack, intamin, or b&m

I do think 10 am till 4 pm are ridiculous hours for a park to run in peak season, we struggled to do the lot in one day, although we had all the credits anyway from a previous trip, I always try to ride everything at least once when I visit a park. I like to go to places that have rides nowhere...

I'm well aware of the tree line limitations, they should plant some taller trees ?. No In all seriousness I can see the engineering that goes into the rides, I just wish they'd blasted an extra 50 feet down in places to give themselves more room, especially with air (galactica) it seriously...

Another unpopular opinion, Blackpool Pleasure beach is the best park in the UK. The history of the park and the historic rides such as the big dipper, grand national, steeplechase, gallopers and flying machines, and the amount of unique rides compared any other park in the UK just does it for...

Alton towers is overrated massively, the management don't care about the park or maintainence and it shows. Nemesis isn't that great. It's a 25 year old coaster that shows its age, rattles and shakes terribly as the train passes through the course, a painful experience no matter where I sat on...

My bad on the triple posting haha, won't be doing it again ? . Icon is a good ride I think, but what does it actually want to be? Its not thrilling enough or tall enough to be anything more than a family launch coaster, however it does that very well. I wish bpb had invested in a ride more like...