Recent content by Mark9

That's why I said they were a complete failure on a personal level. Only being able to get a single ride over 4 park days on either of them isn't a success for me. I know others never had an issue, but I struggled to get a ride at all.

I'm sort of at a loss as to how or why a chain would do this in such a secretive and costly way. There is no benefit to the park in closing Kingda Ka without any fanfare whatsoever. Things would be sad but at least it would have got the send off it deserved, there would be a more nostalgic...

It's probably been the busiest year for me in terms of new rollercoasters, distance travelled and parks visited. Coaster count at the start of 2024 - 459 Coaster count at the end of 2024 - 551 Favourite new to me coaster - Voltron. A masterpiece of an attraction. It will be very hard to beat...

Love how spot on this is.

Voltron by a country mile. Hyperia is such a frustrating ride as it just feels incomplete. I can never shake the feeling that I've had half a ride when getting off. Voltron, particularly on the return to the station absolutely kicks your arse and is absolutely joyous.

B&M - 79 Vekoma 72 Mack - 56 Intamin - 53 Arrow - 32 Gerstaluer - 22 GCI - 15 RMC - 14 Others - 200 Total coasters ridden - 543 I'm always surprised by how high Arrow remain although, any American road trip really boosts that number along with B&M. Gerstauler feels low and I suppose because...

3rd most ridden manufacturer (1.B&M 2. Vekoma). I won't even dare to rate them tbh, I've got heavy Mack bias as I generally love their rides.

I'm currently at 79 and by far my favourite manufacturer and my most ridden. The reliability has been a key part of that as they've always been available on trips whilst I've missed out on several Intamins because of reliability issues. 2003) - 1. Nemesis Inferno 2004) 2. Nemesis, 3. Galactica...

Hyperia is probably the best ride but it's not my best ride. That still sits with Nemesis. I think it always will in the UK.

I think it all comes down to the AP holders to be honest. The vast majority seem to have RAP. So when you get a ride opening day or a special event, the rides just get overwhelmed. The parks could counteract that with say, better reliability or rides on full capacity but all three of the Merlin...

I'd usually have Nemesis right at the top but as that doesn't exist in its original form anymore its fair game now. 1. Ride to Happiness 2. Toutatis 3. Untamed 4. Oz'Iris 5. Batman: Escape from Gotham 6. Blue Fire 7. Helix 8. Katun 9. Baron 1898. 10. Wodan Europe has some stunning rides...

1. Runaway Mine Train - Chessington (1992) 50. Silver Star (2006) 100. Bruco (2011) 150. Tornado - Bakken (2013) 200. Big Thunder Mountain - Disneyland (2014) 250. Family Rollercoaster Walygator (2017) 300. Millennium Force (2018) 350. Wild Mouse Grona Lund (2022) 400. Alpengeist (2023) and...

Vampire in particularly has done a stunning job in carrying the park really.v I'm really excited for this area. If it can pull of the theme and the story, I think it will be a real success for the park. I think it's been really undersold how right a lot of this investment is with a big new...

One of the most dependable ride types. Even the bad ones are just average and nowhere near awful 1. Nemesis. My Number one coaster. 2. Katun. Giant but so good 3. Oz'Iris. Unique. great layout 4. Raptor. Feels downright powerful 5. Monster (Grona). loved this. Unique 6. Monster (Waly). Big...

With Monster ridden last month, I'm now on 50 B&M's. 2023 should be a bumper year if I can get to do Americas East Coast.