Wicker Man (Alton Towers)

Interesting piece of news here. Vekoma has just been brought out by the Japanese company, Sansei. Sansei also own S&S so may mean a partnership between the 2 companies. Vlodrop - Tokyo, March 30, 2018. Dutch roller coaster manufacturer Vekoma Rides (Vekoma), based in Vlodrop, the Netherlands, wa...

Which attractions would they use it for though? Nothing owned by Merlin is pay-per-ride.

They could use it in annual passes though for quicker entry into the parks.

Agreed, can easily see some of the larger parks using this system e.g. Blackpool or Winter Wonderland.

Tir Prince and Knightly's in Towyn, North Wales are now using a contactless card for their pay-per-ride tokens rather than individual plastic tokens: https://www.facebook.com/tirprincefunfair/posts/763786273812066 Wonder how many more (if any) per-per-ride parks follow suit. (Can't get post to embed)

Helix - Liseberg

Wildfire (Kölmarden)
Intimidator 305 (Kings Dominion)

^Somehow I doubt it'll have new trains. Perhaps may get a new covering for them though.


Think "Invading" is the correct term here, an invasion of something is rarely preferable. I'd have much rathered they left X as it was with sticking a dying IP on it.

The official Olympia Looping website is usually pretty good at publicising where it's going:

http://olympialooping.de

I believe the coaster will be back at Weiner Prater for the summer season again this year.

Fab, surprisingly intense. Easily the best travelling ride I've been on and one of the best travelling coasters worldwide. I'd even call it better than a lot of fixed coasters!

Will be riding it again this Monday!