Recent content by Nick13

I did 1 new B&M in 2024 and that was... 79. Mandrill Mayhem, CWoA Should get a healthy boost on a USA road trip next month :)

Wait, are they relocating the Flambards Hornet?! 😅

This quote is from the BBC article; Interesting that she has explicitly mentioned James Bond, Paddington and Harry Potter there. I hadn't heard the first two linked with the project before, but have seen them come up from a few people today, and both feature on the speculation map above!

Would Warner Bros give Universal the rights to Harry Potter for the UK park though? As it would take away business and £££ from the studio tour an hour down the road... I think Universal have also previously stated that they don't want to duplicate anything from the Florida resort.

BBC Breakfast have a reporter at the site this morning, looks like plenty of interviews happening there. I also picked up from the clip of the Universal exec showing the plan to Keir Starmer, he confirmed 4 lands in the park. Jurassic Park/World seems pretty much confirmed, along with Minions...

I had the pleasure of sitting in there for a drink on Saturday, right next to the kitchen, and seeing the state of the food they were sending out... The hanging skewers looked particularly awful and the staff were struggling to figure out how to carry them. A lot of food was getting sent back...

Yeah I also thought this was going to have an actual splashdown, similar to the Mack powersplash. But it's basically another Surfrider model with some fountains?!

Rampage at Alabama Adventure has been SBNO for over a year and is in need of a lot of work apparently. I wonder if they would be looking at some of the newer track and other parts from Megafobia…

The fact that they are spending the cash to actually remove these rides gives me some (small) hope for Oakwood. Drenched was a huge drain on their resources and I know they did spend a lot on the boat to try and get it back up and running last year. Let’s hope they get some real investment soon...

The pre-Wizarding World Duelling Dragons were elite! I was mesmerised by the duelling loops and dragon sculptures on my first IoA visits way back in 2000 and 2005.

I've not updated this in a while, but having just voted in CoasterBot's poll, here is my refreshed Top 20 (new in the last 2 years in bold): Steel Vengeance, Cedar Point Taron, Phantasialand Skyrush, Hersheypark Taiga, Linnanmaki Batman Gothan City Escape, Parque Warner Zadra, Energylandia...

After the ECC Winter Warner to Madrid last weekend and a 10-minute visit to Winter Wonderland for the new cred yesterday, I think my 2024 is complete now! Coaster count at start of 2024: 958 Coaster count at end of 2024: 1067 (+109) Parks visited: Efteling Mondo Verde Wiener Prater Family Park...

Yes! I was there last Friday 18th and had perfect weather luckily. The seatbelts are indeed rather short, was a bit of a squeeze! Did 4 rides on Wild Train and it was certainly a unique coaster! The front row was janky as hell but good fun and airtime at the back. The park itself was nice too...

Maybe most other parks grossly exaggerate the cost of their new investments? Who knows… I think this will be a great addition for Isla Magica. I visited in the summer and was really pleasantly surprised by the park. Despite the lack of any recent additions whatsoever, it was well maintained and...

I am going this Friday, have been keeping an eye on the weather and looks fairly safe at the moment! Just hoping they don’t knock out a Wild Train support with a digger or anything before then 😂