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  1. BenC

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    Great trip reports as always BenC, whenever I read your reports, I always get insprired to go to a park, Darien Lake has never been on my radar but, its certainly of interest now.

     

    To the Intamin hyper thing, maybe the spate of incidents back in the noughties created a bad atmosphere around the ride type. Could only be a coincidence though. B&M hypers have never had trouble selling, as you know some parks love them so much they build bigger ones..It is a shame Intamins kind of stopped, whilst I never really felt the love for Ge Force, Piraten is such a joy to ride. 

  6. pognoi

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    Phantasialand isn't the best theme park in the world as there are some areas that need serious work. However, it's well on its way to being that park. It just needs to jettison some of the weaker attractions such as the Chinese omnimover and the Hollywood tour ride. As it stands though, rides like Taron, Black Mamba and Chiapas are simply outstanding, the work they've done on River Quest has massively improved the area. Europa Park and Phantasialand though are some of Europes best. 

     

    Lucky Germans -_-

  8. KingNemesis

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    Enthusiasts are their own worst enemies. As a group its all about being the first, the last, getting the most rides, being ahead of someone else. It becomes a massive competition, whether it's to get more coaster credits then anyone else or to go to the most parks. 

     

    But thats only the negative aspects. Some of my best friends are ones that I grew up with in the earlier days of rollercoaster forums. So many from Thorpe Park Guide made the jump over to TPM when that forum closed down and a lot of coasters enthusiasts from those days, I worked with at Chessington.

     

    Whilst things like the Bubbleworks last day or the time Inferno closed early and enthusiasts stormed guest services are a nasty aspect of being coaster geeks, the positives of being in a community far outweighs the negatives. :)

  13. Mark9

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    On 2 June 2016 at 4:43 PM, Matt Creek said:

    Disneyland Resort looks a spectacular place to visit, from its vast array of lands and shows and is somewhere I'm highly interested in visiting in the near future. 

     

    Being someone who's only done the Paris version, which American resort would be the best to visit first? Which of the two is your favourite? 

     

    Thanks for report btw

     

    Hey Matt.

     

    I'd say Florida is better to do first. Disney World is easier to do from a guest perspective. Things like the Dining plan and the magic band encourage you to plan your trip and the fact Florida is a bubble means there is very little navigating to do outside of the tourist area. 

     

    I do love California though and if you wish to do things like Magic Mountain or Knotts, its highly recommended from me. From a Disney perspective however, stick with Florida.

  15. BenC

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    Mostly agree when it comes to your rollercoaster reviews; spot on. EGF is a good example of a coaster that for me, rather unfairly had a bright spotlight placed on it and there's just no way it could ever live up to its reputation. I can't help that feel it only had onto the number one position on the Hawker poll because of a certain websites bullying ways and their massive influence over the poll. Funnily enough I prefer Silver Star, far easier to ride then Ge Force in terms of reliability, restraint system, capacity and operations.

    I haven't been on Sky Scream, but I have done Superman at Discovery Kingdom and really liked it too. They're surprisingly fun rides considering how... cheap(?) they look. 

    You've inspired me to look into revisiting, your photos do the park a lot of justice.

  18. BenC

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    I always thoroughly enjoy your trip reports Ben and this is up there with the best of them. Only ride I can really comment on that you spoke about was Raptor, agree with your view. Even though it's the smallest, it definitely fits my idea of what a wing-rider should be. Ironically enough, its the only one that is all about the near-missed as every other one has gone for the height approach. 

     

    I'm intrigued by the ten looper, although improved, still being far away from a perfect ride. 

  20. Mark9

    Glitz and Glamour

    in Team Blog

    A group blog by in General

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    Europa Park is the best theme park in Europe, without the Disney name, DLP would be just another well received theme park in Europe. The difference between the two is massive. I feel like Europa is the most well rounded theme park out there with rides literally for everyone and shows in every corner. Half of a Disney park is waiting for a show or fireworks display to start and fighting iPads and kids on shoulders.

  23. Coaster

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    I couldn't imagine spending eight days at any one theme park, let alone the pleasure beach so I suppose you deserve credit for your.. bravery. 

     

    I don't agree with you on Streak. I love Big Dipper, Wildmouse and National but find the Streak so tiresome and could name a handful of better family roller coasters in the UK, many already at the Pleasure Beach. Also can't believe the Big One is your favourite roller coaster. That thought sends me flying.

     

    Thanks for the report CJ :)

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