Recent content by JamesB

I watched it last night. I agree some of the statistics are very vague and they don't go into details. A lot of it was interviews with people involved in accidents and industry insiders. It was an OK watch but a very brief overview. Some of the inspection failures raised were concerning but I...

RCDB have it down as a Vekoma - https://rcdb.com/22914.htm Great to see the park investing so much however 2028 does seem a long way away!

Wasn't there talk of the Sealife chain being sold off? I presume that's why that hasn't been handed over to the council to run.

Nope. I was in Vienna from Sunday until yesterday and they were letting 'influencers' on but it didn't open to the public at all which was very frustrating. The area is still very much a construction zone, I feel it could still be a few weeks until it opens.

Great report, Helios does look great! I'm off to Vienna tomorrow and feel your frustration about Wiener Looping and the lack of communication. It's frustrating seeing various influencers have gotten on it, yet no public opening date has been given. I'm sure they are working as hard as they can...

I'm flying to Vienna tomorrow and frustratingly there's been no update on this opening. Going to be really bummed to miss getting on this.

Had its first riders a few days ago! Haven't seen anything about an official opening date, I'm going in a few weeks so fingers crossed it will be open! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIwfyxRtmbM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

It's certainly better than I was anticipating! The lighting and projections are pretty great. The animatronics are lacklustre but I didn't have high expectations from an in-house Merlin production.

Is this actually confirmed? I can't see the park moving all the animals in the Trail of the Kings area (albeit there's not a lot left there) to a different part of the park. I wonder if the Gorillas will go to another collection.

I'd but my bets on the other Minecraft land going to one of the US Legoland parks as there are a range of Lego Minecraft sets available. Would make sense!

This article suggests an Alpine Coaster is on the way... https://blooloop.com/theme-park/news/ocean-park-adventure-zone/

I've kept my own spreadsheet for a while thought I'd share a few of my statistics...

As I don't have anymore park trips planned for this year, here's my updated top 20: 1. Ride to Happiness, Plopsaland 2. Helix, Liseberg 3. Zadra, Energylandia 4. Batman Gotham City Escape, Parque Warner 5. Taron, Phantasialand 6. Taiga, Linnanmaki 7. Dive Coaster, Chimelong Paradise 8. Lech...

I'm kinda fascinated by that suspended coaster at Jiufeng Park. It seems the park decided to repaint in the last few years but leave it SBNO. I've tried scouring Google for a POV but can't find one, would like to see one if anyone finds one?

Got my first ride yesterday too - managed to get in three rides. It's probably been covered, but did anyone else notice much difference between riding on the right or left side of the train? I personally enjoyed the right side more.