It's that depressing time of the year again, winter is here, closed season is upon us... but with 2018 just around the corner, at least there's a lot to look forward to!  Which theme parks did you visit in 2017, and how many times?

 

Still no abroad parks for me, but that will be rectified next year!  I did however reach my 100th coaster, the Rittisberg Coaster in Austria;

https://rcdb.com/13066.htm

 

I'll start with:

 

Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 28

Thorpe Park: 6
Alton Towers: 2

Oakwood: 2

Fantasy Island: 1

Paultons Park: 1

Adventure Island: 1

Dreamland Margate: 1

Legoland 1

Bottons Pleasure Beach: 1

Southport Pleasureland: 1

Clarence Pier: 1

Funland, Hayling Island: 1

Chessington: 1

 

TOTAL: 48

 

With the 2017 season over, all that's left to say is that I CON't wait for next year!*

 

*...I'll get my coat!

Edited December 24, 20177 yr by Coaster
Added in Dreamland Margate, visited 23/12/2017

I hate winter and have done before I got into theme parks but anyway, reflecting back on this year I've done a lot more than I usually would - less visits to Thorpe but 3 new parks visited (2 abroad)

 

Thorpe Park X 9

Chessie X 4

Legoland X 1

Alton Towers X 3

Adventure Island X 1

BPB X 1

Efteling X 2

Phantasialand X 2

Tulleys X 1

 

Total 24

 

Next year will be the usual Merlin stuff - Thorpe and CWOA are fairly close to me and would love to go back to BPB as I really enjoyed it there plus with ICON opening next year (and my love for Valhalla) I'm hoping it will be possible.  Also Towers for SW8.

 

I would love to go back to Phantasialand and Efteling but in terms of European parks, Europa is one I would love to visit but I have a huge fear of flying ?. 

 

 

Edit - forgot to add Tulleys ?

2017 has been a rollercoaster year that's for sure, but here goes.

 

Efteling 3

Port Aventura 4

Disneyland Paris 3

Liseberg 2

Alton Towers 2

Thorpe Park 317 (actually 5)

Chessington 5

Legoland 1

Tulleys

 

Phantasialand still have to come alongside Winter Wonderland sure.

 

 

I don't have a MAP so here are my parks:

 

Thorpe Park -2

PortAventura - 3

Ferrari Land - 1

Parc Asterix X1

Nigloland X 1

Holiday Park X1

Phantasialand X2

Movie Park Germany X1

Efteling X1

Thorpe Park X2

Europa Park X3

Chessington X1

Walygator Parc X1

Disneyland Parc (Paris) X10

Studio Park X4

Alton Towers X1

Margate Dreamland X1

 

Still to Come:-

 

Busch Gardens Tampa X1

Seaworld Orlando X1

Animal Kingdom X5

Epcot X2

Hollywood Studios X2

Magic Kingdom X3

I've really smashed it outta the park this year lads.

Thorpe Park x1

Tulleys x1

 

But Disneyland Tokyo and DisneySea next week. Probs won't be as good as Thorpe though tbh.

Thorpe Park x15-20

Legoland x10

Chessington x8

Efteling x3

Alton Towers x2

Liseberg x2

Phantasialand x1

Movie Park Germany x1

Plopsaland x1

Plopsa Coo x1

Bagatelle x1

 

Not a terrible year.  Could have been better (missed out on some things up north this year unfortunately), but I'm not complaining.  Winter Wonderland aside, a lack of winter things sadly - wanted to do Winter Phantasia this year but will wait to next now most likely.

 

Edited November 5, 20177 yr by BaronC.

Thorpe Park x1

Adventure Island X2

Carter's Steam Fair x1

Errrr, that's about it. Damn.

Thorpe Park x8

Chessington x3

Alton Towers x4

Blackpool Pleasure Beach x1

Adventure Island Southend x1

Paultons Park x1

Legoland Windsor x2

 

Total = 20, pretty good 

None. 

Trying to visit multiple US parks next year. 

Thorpe : no idea - loads

Chessington: 3

Legoland 3

Alton Towers: 2

Adventure Island: 1

Portaventura:4

Thorpe- about 10?

Chessie- 3

Alton- 2

Europa- 1

Dreamland- 1

Legoland- 1

Tulleys- 3 (only down the road so it'd be rude not to )

Chessington - 2

Alton Towers - 1

Thorpe Park - 1

Legoland - 1

 

Absolute shambolic year for me in terms of UK theme parks:

 

Thorpe Park: 3

Chessington: 1

Adventure Island:1

And of course a trip to winter Wonderland in December.

 

However, I did get to fulfill my teenage dreams and visit a certain theme park in Germany:

 

Europa Park: 2!!

 

 

Blackpool pleasure beach x1

Disneyland Paris and studios x4 (4 days)

 

Very quiet year really, haven't been fussed about Thorpe park this year got kind of stale for me.

 

Looking forward to Blackpool and Alton towers and Tokyo Disney I hope next year.

 

Do I have to collect my prize in person or can you post it to me?

 

Parks this year:

 

Total: 54

 

Japan

 

Greenland - 1

Himeji Central Park - 1

Hirakata Park - 1

Kashiikaen Yuenchi - 1

Nagashima Spite Land - 1

Space World - 1

Universal Studios Japan - 1

 

South Korea

 

Children's Grand Park - 1

Everland - 1

Lotte World - 1

Seoul Land - 1

 

Belgium

 

Bellewaerde - 1

Plopsaland De Panne - 1

 

Denmark

 

Djurs Sommerland - 1

Farup Sommerland - 1

Legoland Billund - 1

Tivoli Friheden - 1

 

France

 

Parc Asterix - 1

Parc Saint Paul - 1

 

Germany

 

Hansa Park - 1

Movie Park Germany - 1

Phantasialand - 1

 

Netherlands

 

Attractiepark Slagharen - 1

BillyBird Park Hemelrijk - 1

 

Spain

 

Parque de Atracciones de Madrid - 1

Parque Warner Madrid - 1

 

UK

 

Adventure Island - 1

Alton Towers - 2

Blackpool Pleasure Beach - 2

Botton's Pleasure Beach - 1

Chessington - 2

Clacton Pier - 2

Clifton Park Amusements - 1

Drayton Manor - 1

Dreamland - 1

Fantasy Island (Essex) - 1

Fantasy Island (Skegness) - 1

Flamingo Land - 1

Flamingo Park (Hastings) - 1

Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach - 1

Harbour Park - 1

Joyland (Yarmouth) - 1

Lightwater Valley - 1

Pettitts Animal Adventure Park - 1

Thorpe Park - 4

West Sands Fun Fair - 1

Wicksteed Park - 1

 

To come before 2017 is over:

 

Total: 1

 

Singapore

 

Universal Studios Singapore - 1

18 hours ago, Mega-Lite said:

Do I have to collect my prize in person or can you post it to me?

 

The prize is locked away in my safe...

 

Maybe next year I'll get back on the wagon properly, although the plans are pretty much just revisiting parks for the most part...

Someone Benin'd Benin! Wow.

Didn't quite top last year, but not a bad year nonetheless!

 

UK

Thorpe Park x 4

Gulliver's Milton Keynes x 1

Twinlakes x 1

Brean Theme Park x 1

Crealy Adventure Park x 1

The Milky Way x 1

The Big Sheep x 1

Animal Farm Adventure Park x 1

 

Europe

PortAventura x 3

Tibidabo x 1

Phantasialand x 1

Movie Park Germany x 1

Plopsaland De Panne x 1

 

UAE

Ferrari World x 1

Antic's Land x 1

Motiongate Dubai x 1

Legoland Dubai x 1

Bollywood Parks x 1

IMG Worlds of Adventure x 1

Global Village x 1

Adventureland x 1

Fun Works x 1

 

USA

Six Flags Great Adventure x 2

Hersheypark x 1

Knoebels x 1

Dorney Park x 1

Pacific Park x 1

Six Flags Magic Mountain x 1

Universal Studios Hollywood x 1

Knotts Berry Farm x 1

Disneyland Park x 1

Disney's California Adventure x 1

SeaWorld San Diego x 1

Legoland California x 1

Belmont Park x 1

LA County Fair x 1

 

Best rides? Genuine toss up between El Toro (SFGA), Phoenix (Knoebels), and Flying Aces (Ferrari World). World-class, all of them. Special mention also goes to X2 (SFMM), because it's terrifying. On the entertainment front, WaterWorld (Universal Studios Hollywood) is the best Theme Park stunt show spectacle I've ever seen... so good that I enjoyed it twice.

 

And I thought Taron (Phantasialand) was over-rated. There, I said it.

Thorpe park x2

Six Flags Over Texas x2

Dollywood x1 (Was there 3 days though)

Kings Island x1 (5 days)

Cedar Point x1 (10 days)

Holiday World x1

 

Haven't been too bothered getting out and about in the uk tbh

Adventure island 1

Chessington 1

Legoland 1 

Walibi Belgium 1

Plopsaland 1

Parc Asterix 1

Movie Park Germany (inc Halloween event) 1

Heide Park 1

Hansa Park 1

Phantasialand 1 

 

 

 

Can't see a topic for them so just putting here - have now visited Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea. Disneyland was great - if a little small - but DisneySea was incredible IMHO, mainly from the aesthetic of the place and true sense of traveling from one land to another. Mystery Island is amazing to walk through. The American area looks and feels awesome (ToT is bae) - and the staff across both parks are second to none. That's probably more of a Japanese thing perhaps but their enthusiasm, politeness and dedication to waving knew no bounds!

 

PS. I hate the UK now and never want to come back from Japan  

Good man!!

 

Leaving Japan was one of the hardest moments of my life, it took many beautiful Asiana staff to calm me down!

Everyone. Is. So. Nice. And despite rumours we've found it very reasonable over here - it's a hella lot cheaper than the UK to eat out. Most expensive meal was £50 at Disney for 3 course Japanese - outside of Disney, £40 at our hotel and I had wagyu fillet steak... Most of our meals have been less than £20 for both of us.

It's the bullet trains, some theme parks with their strange entry options and everything and anything to do with driving a car that makes Japan expensive.

 

Hotels are a steal, local travel is cheap, food is comparable to most places.

 

For sure Japan has the nicest people in the World. Just be aware that standard falls a bit in Osaka and goes to s**t at Nagashima Spite Land.

 

Cannot wait to get back and I'm sure you'll be doing research for your return when you come home.