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...

Wicker Man (Alton Towers)

Not good, especially on it's opening day! I know it ran fast into the breaks but didn't expect that fast! Should shut up the people worrying about pacing in the 2nd half of the ride! In other news, Park staff have taken a circular saw to the break run of Twisted Timbers at KD! https://www.facebook.c...

It is a good ride and rides much faster than it looked in the pre-season testing. Just hope it kickstarts the British theme park industry into investing more money into wooden coasters.

It has been discussed numerous times about spites where rides have been unexpectedly closed when visiting a new park. This topic is the exact opposite of that: What coasters did you expect to be closed when visiting the park but were actually open to riders? Same goes for children's coasters you exp...

More HTTYD stuff everywhere, especially if on the same level as Motiongate's area. Otherwise don't really care for IPs in parks.

Haven't done any this year yet but may end up at Thorpe Fright Nights this year. If so, will likely try every maze available.

Pity, It did look a good ride and was relatively unique, have heard it was quite rough though. Hopefully it will get relocated again somewhere.

There is absolutely no way that dive coasters are the cheap option for parks. Not only do they have the larger track, the massive cars would also take up a large volume of the cost. Even the smaller versions would still be expensive, especially on maintenance. The wing coasters aren't cheap either b...

Sorry for the delay in writing this. Have been busy over the summer and only just found the time. For those who didn’t already know, I recently went on a 2 week trip to Spain, covering the Madrid parks, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Tibidabo and Port Aventura. This is was my first time ever in Spain so all e...