[Asia Adventure: Đầm Sen]

Yeah absolutely - and being from Cambodia, he'd had to cross the border into a foreign country to ride it...!

[Asia Adventure: SuốI Tiên]

Thanks! Whilst all 4 of the Asian Parks I visited were certainly quirky, this one had to be the most weird and wonderful. SuốI Tiên regularly features in "Top 10 Weirdest Theme Park" lists like this one - along with UK's Diggerland and Denmark's BonBon-Land...

[Must be getting creds in Madrid - Day 2 - Parque Warner]

It looks like you got to the Park exactly the same way I did: train to Pinto then transfer bus to the Park...

 

But Parque Warner did used to have its own train station - Parque de Ocio - that was situated right in front of the Park entrance. Trains used to run from Madrid through Pinto direct to the Park. It opened with the Park in 2002 and was (as predicted in the above article) shuttered in 2012 due to cost...

 

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[Must be getting creds in Madrid - Day 2 - Parque Warner]

Coaster Express... Mean Streak levels of bad, and I’d much rather ride Baco than this. THAT’S HOW BAD IT WAS <////3

 

Completely agree. Coaster Express is one of the, if not the, worst coasters I've ever ridden. Worse than Baco, worse than Goudurix. Ultra painful and boring to boot.

 

But Parque Warner is fab! Orlando-standard theming for much of the Park. The best ride there for me is actually Stunt Fall (mainly because it's different - for me Superman and Batman were "standard" B&Ms, although obviously still fantastic). When I went the crowds were pretty small though, so I hope the Park's still making money. The loss of their direct train from Madrid must have hit them to some extent... http://www.tumbit.com/news/articles/5050-madrids-parque-warner-rumoured-to-close.html

[Must be getting creds in Madrid - Day 1 - Parque de Attractiones]

I was surprised by how much I liked Parque de Atracciones when I went last year, too. Nice little Park, and so close to the centre of Madrid.

 

Tarantula turned into my favourite Maurer spinner, purely because of the size of it. I seem to remember a good amount of spinning when I rode, but we might have just got lucky with an unbalanced car. And Abismo also surprised me - great ride! Forceful, fast and intimidating, without being rough. At night it's particularly good, as all the lights from the Madrid night skyline rotates in front of you at the top. Why has no other Park built this version of the SkyLoop yet?!

 

So yeah - the Park's a good showcase for Maurer I think. Nice trip report!