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As much as I love to be off in a foreign country visiting new and exciting parks, financial experts have unfortunately informed me that "you can't just keep spending all of your money on flights and hotels". So, inevitably, I have to look for a theme park fix closer to home. This thread will be...

My main question: how long will it take most of these announced attractions to actually open, and how many will get ditched in the time before then? Some of these seem well underway - for example, I recall planning applications already went in a short while back for the Shanghai coaster, and it...

Certainly a unique choice for Canada's Wonderland. Excited to see how this one turns out - I did enjoy Full Throttle and this seems arguably the most ambitious ride Premier have tackled since then. Interaction with the mountain and the other coasters looks fab, and there looks to be some really...

I did try to get on Thor twice. When I came to that bit of the park for the Supersplash credit in the morning it was shut, with a staff member outside turning people away. When I came back down to that area later in the day I got as far as the station before the ride broke down again and the...

^ Fixed the mispellings - proof-reading has never been my strong suit, much to my thesis supervisor's chagrin. Speed Monster would definitely appreciate a lick of paint, but when I compare it to what I'm used to in the UK (AKA, rides like Galactica, which has been begging for a good repaint for...

My bottom 3 as it currently stands (ranked least worst to worst): 3. Diabelska Pętla @ Legendia. Begins with two incredibly unpleasant and intense loops, followed by a bunch of shoddily profiled meandering that does nothing. Fairly unique at least, but I can't give it a pass when it's this...

Twisted Colossus at 13/247. Almost certainly would be higher on rankings if I'd got on it more times, or more recently (last visited in 2015). That day at Magic Mountain was probably one of the most miserable days I've ever had a park; I got on 5 rides total, queued for hours in the baking sun...

Intro: A Lot Can Happen In 5 Years My last visit to Thorpe Park was in 2019 – needless to say, between a worldwide pandemic, a complete rebrand and a major coaster, a lot has changed since. Whilst I‘ve made some great memories there and think it’s now probably got the UK’s overall best coaster...

Part 2: The Emerald Isle (and Emerald Park) I still remember the palpable excitement in the UK enthusiast community when Tayto Park opened back in 2015. Finally, a decent woodie you didn’t need a passport to reach! Then in 2019 planning went in for what could have been the world’s first Vekoma...

Intro: A Questionable Itinerary Let's get the obvious thing out of the way - yes, Tusenfryd and Emerald Park make no geographic sense as a combined trip. But if the vikings can travel from Norway (ish) to Ireland, then dammit, I can too. Back in January, me and some of my friends from...

Day 4: Local Coaster Nerd Does Culture (But Still Visits Legendia) I spent the morning of my second day in the picturesque mining town of Nikiszowiec, which almost reminded me of a picture postcard version of some of the old industrial towns at home up North in England. I decided to beat the...

Katowices and Virtues - Epilogue As promised, I returned to Katowice in late June. Of my 2 full days based in the city, I spent one at Energylandia, and the other trying to experience a bit more of the city’s culture (plus a Legendia stop-in). Day 3: Energylandia - Again Energylandia...

All looks fantastic so far - intrigued to hear the reviews. That said, it's always a little disappointing to see what is basically a perfectly synchronised custom soundtrack then no onboard audio. Surely it's not that much more expensive in the grand scheme of a multi-million pound investment...

Glad to hear the Mack is indeed as good as it looks - Beyond The Cloud is top of my list for my China trip this September, though I'm pretty worried about it spiting after your experiences...

Day 2 - Energylandia My day at Energylandia, mercifully, required much less of an earlier start than the day prior. Energylandia, via BuzzBus, run an inexpensive once-a-day direct coach service from Katowice centre to the park. The bus was a bit late, both arriving at Energylandia and back in...

Intro Picture the scene: it's late March and you're a stressed engineering student deep in the throes of revision. You just found out that Hyperia at Thorpe Park, who's opening was one of your potential theme park highlights of the year, will now be delayed until dangerously close to the start...

Day 3 - Plopsaland De Panne (AKA: Everything Goes Wrong) From the genesis of the trip, I knew that directly before or after my time in Paris would be ideal for hitting a more substantial park. As my Plopsaland annual pass was set to expire a week after the trip, I felt that it would be simply...

Day 2 - Foire du Trône On Paris marathon day, one of the non-runners in my group had selected a few ideal points on the route to cheer our runner on. Upon arriving at the first stop (about the 10k mark), our exit from the subway was greeted by a large sign with what appeared to be a...

Intro One of my friends from university running the Paris marathon provided the ideal excuse for a group holiday. Being the shameless cred whore that I am, I added in a few diversions in search of new coasters to add to the count. My story begins in Beauvais – cheap flights from Manchester...

When are people betting on this being open? Supposedly staff onsite have claimed the project is "still on track" for a Spring opening - that said, that's a pretty wide window and there looks to be quite some work left to go. Desperate to ride this thing ASAP, but equally I remember The Smiler's...