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I've done an ERT on Colossus at Thorpe - 11 rides in an hour or so. So that's 110. During the day I did a couple of other rides too - inversion count would have been greater than 120. But I guess that's cheating a little bit. So let's see if I can figure out if I've done it without ERT. And...

First park that came to mind for me is Walibi Belgium. Solid, albeit largely unremarkable, coaster selection, including smaller/kiddie, all rounder family, family-thrill and out-and-out thrill. Variety of water, flat and dark rides. And they are aimed at the whole audience. Sure, you could...

I feel like this is deserving of its own thread even now. It is a bit of a throwaway statement for now, but will be built upon sooner or later. Yes, FWAD isn't exactly a big hitter park, but they never shied away from big coasters. Formula Rossa, Flying Aces and Mission Ferrari is a huge trio...

And Vekoma have shared some footage of Iron Rattler testing... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJEuOE3siiT/?igsh=MWR2OHhzYnN3bXZ5OQ==

Footage of Adrena-Line, the Vekoma SFC, testing: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/six-flags-qiddiya_aezaemaeyaerabraepaesaebaehaewaexaeyaerabr2030-activity-7321625011797037056-2_tO?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=android_app&rcm=ACoAAB89D-kB8fsjevSbC3thpWLDV6D96EAWV2c&utm_campaign=copy_link

I'm not a footers expert so will take people's word for it that it could be Gerstlauer. Going back to my earlier expectations, a Gerst Eurofighter could potentially happen. Plenty of stock/off-the-shelf layouts (with potential for the park to choose one which hasn't appeared before). 1.2m...

With regards to the ducks, this isn't the first time that ducks have had babies at Thorpe. I can't remember if there's ever been a time where they've nested in quite a public space, but it's definitely something that Thorpe have experience with is what I'm saying. I remember a few years back a...

I've ridden it numerous times this season and still find it to have a similar amount of ejector moments as it did last year.

100% Wolf isn't 100% complete, but progress has been made... https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BeQhYkdBM/ (Side note: we don't seem to have a proper dedicated construction thread for this?)

I've only done Fantasy Island and Advenure Island. However, if there was an option for "They're all terrible", I'd likely vote that. They're just not my sort of parks tbf

I know that Thorpe have been in regular contact with Intamin about the issue. I don't think it's the end of the road for Accelerators. Stealth has been very reliable the last few years, a hiccup (though not ideal) is by no means cause to sound the alarm just yet. And the others around the...

Coming next summer... https://www.instagram.com/p/DIihMHAMDej/?igsh=MWZtMTczYnJpazIwOA==

Coinciding with the new hotel opening by the entrance, Efteling refurbed their main shop, Efteldings, which is now open https://www.facebook.com/Themepark.nl/posts/pfbid0opcp6KmN8zjqPdfn8Q5zk6DFUQ8C2o3J2vVyagUdBT6R5vPWCaj7HJVwg9LSyNiVl

Just as a counter question, are we getting soft, or are out standards simply higher?

I stayed in a nice little hotel about an hour's drive away from Tripsdrill. That worked quite nicely as the parked opened at 9am, and given there's little open in Germany on a Sunday, it worked out nicely. Tripsdrill's location gave me slight Alton Towers vibes, in that it's around this hilly...