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Having gone to Alton Towers a few times in the past few years, it feels like some of the nostalgia was necessary, especially with Nemesis Reborn which would have no doubt been their biggest project since Wickerman. I get the issue though - I'm into the Sonic games (sometimes) and they have...

I hate this lol I guess they can do it because it's Universal and people will pay anyway, but it feels like it's one of those things that caters to rich folk coming from abroad rather than the people who actually live here in this time of greedflation! It's one of the little things that cements...

Alton Towers is really unpredictable at the moment. On one hand, I've heard a lot of horror stories about poor ride availability. On the other, at the Live we did pretty damn well with rides and you did really well too. Great trip report! It wounds me you can't queue for the front row on...

Man there's so much of Helsinki I missed because I was kind of not well when I went, I'd planned to do the fortress and everything and it looks amazing! I kind of just wandered around the city and down to the coast and a big park down there as that was all I could manage in a very limited amount...

Odyssey spited me today due to winds after driving over 3 hours each way, but here's what I did get: Family Roller Coaster The shame starts early and doesn't get any better from here. Millenium Pretty smooth, the 2 loops are fairly decent, you come tantalisingly close to getting airtime in a...

Gold Rush at Drayton Manor is now my favourite coaster at that park, even above The Wave, and I enjoyed it more than several more intense coasters such as nearly everything at Flamingoland. Colorado Adventure also goes insanely hard for a family coaster if you're in the back few rows. It is...

Having now ridden Taron, I can add that between Taiga and Stealth. Taiga just has the better layout in my opinion.

Someone always comes along to try to save these things but it tends to be all talk. I'll believe it when I see it. And if the stars align and it does happen, I'll get down there pronto!

Saying "at least they didn't get a Volare" isn't exactly inspiring praise 😅 I bet it was a Eurofighter as it was cheaper than other options. Two of the other eurofighters in the UK are in the South as well, Thorpe isn't even that far away. I was really hoping for something new and original...

>It's a eurofighter >it has OTSR Probably the worst possible thing I was hoping for. Still, this will be the ride that finally gets me to Paulton's Park lol

Props to @Serena for again organising a great Live and for Alton Towers for mostly playing ball! Had a great time with everyone again.

Oh wow I did get lucky though I did come back a few days ago at this point. Also not lucky because it was a Dutch (and I think either French or Belgian) national holiday meaning it was slammed and I put all my focus on the coasters and exploring the park and not on any of the other rides...

I am going to elaborate on this now I've finished my 2 days at Phantasialand. Taron The above says it all really, but this is a masterpiece in terms of atmosphere and theming. The layout is really good too, especially the second launch - my favourite part was actually just after this, where for...

The Zamperla Volare, because you're basically trapped in a torture cage the entire time. It's both restrictive in terms of movement, yet not restrictive enough so you bump around everywhere. I feel like a flying coaster should not be something you try to make cheaply, but they did it anyway.

I'm up to 9 now. I did indeed get that Mandrill last year, but also Black Mamba this week.

Just got my first cred of the year, a front row ride on Taron. Damn son that was some crazy ****.

Hyperia would be there but that non-working splashdown loses points for me. Nemesis definitely has one of the best coasters for its length in my opinion, at least from what I've done. Doesn't last that long, but there's next to no filler, besides one or two turns which were a requirement to...

I can do a top 5 with my wimpy 81 credits. 1. Helix, Liseberg 2. Taiga, Linnanmaki 3. Hyperia, Thorpe Park 4. Nemesis (Reborn), Alton Towers (probably ties Hyperia tbh) 5. Balder, Liseberg I got this far and then realised there were about 10 coasters I could pick for the next 5 spots and I...

I think it is as simple as back in the day, you could accept a bit of roughness or jank on older rides, but newer coasters tended to be smooth, especially B&Ms. Now though, rides are expected to be smoother due to technological advancements and sometimes you get brand new coasters that just...

After my vague initial response, I can now confirm I'm going to be there. Let's do this!