Mark9 Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share Posted November 19, 2023 For some of us the year is over, for others there may be more. Irregardless, what have you been up to in the year 2023? I'll kick things off Park Count Chessington X3 Thorpe Park X1 Drayton Manor X1 Parc Asterix X2 Disneyland Park X6 Studio Park X3 Parque Warner X1 Parque de Acconnes X1 Energylandia X2 Kings Dominion X1 Busch Williamsburg X2 Six Flags America X1 Hershey Park X2 Dorney Park X1 Six Flags Great Adventure X2 Nickelodeon @ Mall of America X1 Magic Kingdom X2 Animal Kingdom X4 Epcot X1 Hollywood Studios X1 Seaworld Orlando X1 Busch Tampa X1 New rollercoasters of the year Quote 365. Toutatis - Parc Asterix 366. Pegas Express - Parc Asterix 367. Mandrill Mayhem - Chessington WoA 368. Hyperion - Energylandia 369. Formula - Energylandia 370. Zadra - Energylandia 371. Frida - Energylandia 372. Abyssus - Energylandia 373. Light Explorers - Energylandia 374. Monster Express - Energylandia 375. Circus Coaster - Energylandia 376. Mars Coaster - Energylandia 377. Fruity Loop - Energylandia 378. Energus - Energylandia 379. Boomerang - Energylandia 380. Viking - Energylandia 381. Mayan Rollercoaster - Energylandia 382. RNF Dragon - Energylandia 383. Draken - Energylandia 384. Speed - Energylandia 385. Happy Loops - Energylandia 386. Apple Snapple - Kings Dominion 387. Racer Blue - Kings Dominion 388. Twisted Timbers - Kings Dominion 389. Grizzly - Kings Dominion 390. Dominator - Kings Dominion 391 Back Lot Stunt Coaster - Kings Dominion 392. Reptilian - Kings Dominion 393. Anaconda - Kings Dominion 394. Flight of Fear - Kings Dominion 395. Racer Red - Kings Dominion 396 Woodstock Express - Kings Dominion 397. Apollos Chariot - Busch Williamsburg 398 Pantheon - Busch Williamsburg 399. Verbolten - Busch Williamsburg 400. Alpengeist - Busch Williamsburg 401. Invadr - Busch Williamsburg 402 Griffin - Busch Williamsburg 403. Loch Ness Monster - Busch Williamsburg 404. Darkoaster - Busch Gardens Williamsburg 405. Firebird - Six Flags America 406. Superman Ride of Steel - Six Flags America 407. Jokers Jinx - Six Flags America 408. Batwing - Six Flags America 409 The Wild One - Six Flags America 410. Great Bear - Hershey 411. Trailblazer - Hershey 412. Jolly Rancher Remix - Hershey 413. Fahrenheit - Hershey 414. Wildcats Revenge - Hershey 415. Storm Runner - Hershey 416. Skyrush - Hershey 417. Candymonium - Hershey 418. Comet - Hershey 419. Superdooperlooper - Hershey 420. Lightening Run Thunder - Hershey 421. Lightening Run Lightening - Hershey 422. Laff Trak - Hershey 423. Wild Mouse - Hershey 424. Talon - Dorney Park 425. Hydra the Revenge - Dorney Park 426. Possessed - Dorney Park 427. Steel Phantom - Dorney Park 428. Thunderhawk - Dorney Park 429. Wild Mouse - Dorney Park 430. Green Lantern - SF Great Adventure 431. Jersey Devil Coaster - SF Great Adventure 432. Batman The Ride - SF Great Adventure 433. Runaway Train - SF Great Adventure 434. Medusa - SF Great Adventure 435. Superman Ultimate Flight - SF Great Adventure 436. Nitro - SF Great Adventure 437. The Dark Knight - SF Great Adventure 438. Skull Mountain - SF Great Adventure 439. Harley Quinn Crazy Train - SF Great Adventure 440. Joker - SF Great Adventure 441. El Toro - SF Great Adventure 442. Lil Jersey Devil - SF Great Adventure 443. TMNT Shellraiser - Nickelodeon 444. Sandys Blasting Bronco - Nickelodeon 445. Nickelodeons Slime Streak - Nickelodeon 446. Shredder - Nickelodeon 447. Timmy’s half pipe havoc - Nickelodeon 448. Batman: Gotham City Escape - Parque Warner 449. Correcaminos bip bip - Parque Warner 450. TNT tren de La Mina - Parque de Acciones 451. Padrinos Voladores - Parque de Acciones 452. Paw Patrol - Parque de Acciones 453. Vèrtigo - Parque de Acciones 454. Tron: Light cycle run - Magic Kingdom 455. Pipeline - SeaWorld Orlando 456. Ice Breaker - Seaworld Orlando 457. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic rewind - Epcot 458. Iron Grawzi - Busch Tampa 459. Tigris - Busch Tampa Expand By far one of my biggest years for new rollercoasters since 2014. I kicked off a big bucket list trip in completing an East Coast trip and hit many of the big new rollercoasters that have opened this year in Europe. So how about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share Posted November 19, 2023 Park Count Chessington x1 New Cred Mandrill Mayhem The flaws of having a baby. Though money was instead spent on Download Festival. We've now got a MAP so might actually go to other places next year. Wasn't any point going to Towers or Thorpe this season anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share Posted November 19, 2023 My travels for the year have been cut short thanks to a broken ankle. Missed out on the Madrid and Barcelona parks, plus a return to Walibi Belgium, because of that. I should be fine for a Plopsaland visit I have booked in December though. So, in terms of new parks: Bakken Tivoli Gardens Djurs Sommerland Tivoli Friheden TusenFryd Fårup Sommerland Return visits: -Thorpe Park (no clue on the number; 20-30?) -Chessington x4 -Alton Towers x2 -Parc Asterix x1 And new coasters: 294 Tornado (Bakken) Bakken 295 Rutschebanen (Bakken) Bakken 296 Vilde Mus Bakken 297 Mine Train Ulven Bakken 298 Mariehønen Bakken 299 Dæmonen Tivoli Gardens 300 Rutschebanen (Tivoli Gardens) Tivoli Gardens 301 Mælkevejen Tivoli Gardens 302 Kamelen Tivoli Gardens 303 Mandrill Mayhem Chessington 304 DrageKongen Djurs Sommerland 305 Jungle Rally Djurs Sommerland 306 Skatteøen Djurs Sommerland 307 Piraten Djurs Sommerland 308 Juvelen Djurs Sommerland 309 Thor's Hammer Djurs Sommerland 310 T-Rex Family Coaster Djurs Sommerland 311 Vilde Hønsejagt Djurs Sommerland 312 Tyfonen Tivoli Friheden 313 Bisværmen Tivoli Friheden 314 Dragen Tivoli Friheden 315 Tonnerre 2 Zeus Parc Asterix 316 Toutatis Parc Asterix 317 Storm - The Dragon Legend TusenFryd 318 SuperSplash (TusenFryd) TusenFryd 319 Thunder Coaster TusenFryd 320 Speed Monster TusenFryd 321 Loopen TusenFryd 322 HuriHuri TusenFryd 323 Western Expressen TusenFryd 324 Fønix Fårup Sommerland 325 Saven Fårup Sommerland 326 Mine Expressen Fårup Sommerland 327 Lynet Fårup Sommerland 328 Falken Fårup Sommerland 329 Orkanen Fårup Sommerland 330 Pindsvinet Fårup Sommerland 331 Flagermusen Fårup Sommerland Not a bad year, but the broken ankle did put a significant dent in plans. A cancelled flight also meant I couldn't stay over at Parc Asterix like originally planned. 2024 will hopefully be bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted December 30, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 How was your 2024? Park count Alton Towers X6 Chessington X1 Thorpe Park X4 Animal Kingdom X1 Hollywood Studios X1 Magic Kingdom X2 Disneyland Parc X3 Studio Parc X1 Linanmaki X1 Europa Park X3 Efteling X3 Emerald Park X1 Six Flags over Georgia X1 Carowinds X2 Fun Spot Atlanta X1 Dollywood X2 Holiday World X1 Kentucky Kingdom X1 Kings Island X2 Cedar Point X3 Kennywood X1 New rollercoasters of the year Quote 460. Hyperia - Thorpe Park 461. Taiga - Linnamaki 462. Salama - Linnanmaki 463. Tulireki - Linnanmaki 464. Pikajuna - Linnanmaki 465. Kirnu - Linnamaki 466. Vuoristorata - Linnanmaki 467. Linnunrata eXtra - Linnanmaki 468. Ukko - Linnanmaki 469. Georgia Scorcher - SF over Georgia 470. Goliath - SF over Georgia 471. Dare Devil Dive - SF over Georgia 472. Kid Flash cosmic Left - SFoG 473. Mindbender - SF over Georgia 474. Batman the ride - SF over Georgia 475. Joker Funhouse coaster - SFoG 476. Superman Ultimate flight - SFoG 477. Great American Scream Machine - SFoG 478. Blue Hawk - SF over Georgia 479. Dahlonega Mine Train - SFoG 480. Twisted Cyclone - SF over Georgia 481. Kid flash cosmic right - SFoG 482. Aerieforce One - Fun Spot Atlanta 483. Sea Serpent - Fun Spot Atlanta 484. Hurricane Coaster- Fun Spot Atlanta 485. Fury 325 - Carowinds 486. Ricochet - Carowinds 487. Hurler - Carowinds 488. Carolina Cyclone - Carowinds 489. Vortex - Carowinds 490. Nighthawk - Carowinds 491. Thunder Striker - Carowinds 492. Kiddyhawk - Carowinds 493. Woodstock Express - Carowinds 494. Wilderness Run - Carowinds 495. Afterburn - Carowinds 496. Copperhead Strike - Carowinds 497. Boomerang - Carowinds 498. Carolina Goldrusher - Carowinds 499. Lightning Rod - Dollywood 500. Big Bear Mountain - Dollywood 501. Dragonflier - Dollywood 502. Mystery Mine - Dollywood 503. Thunderhead - Dollywood 504. Wild Eagle - Dollywood 505. Fire chaser Express - Dollywood 506. Tennessee Tornado - Dollywood 507. Blazing Fury - Dollywood 508. Whistle punk chaser - Dollywood 509. Mountain Top rollercoaster - Pigeon Force 510. Moonshine mountain coaster - Pigeon Force 511. Good Gravy! - Holiday World 512. Thunderbird - Holiday World 513. The Voyage - Holiday World 514. The Legend - Holiday World 515. The Raven - Holiday World 516. The Howler - Holiday World 517. Lightning Run - Kentucky Kingdom 518. Rollerskater - Kentucky Kingdom 519. Storm Chaser - Kentucky Kingdom 520. Thunder Run - Kentucky Kingdom 521. Kentucky Flyer - Kentucky Kingdom 522. Mystic Timbers - Kings Island 523. Diamondback - Kings Island 524. The Besst - Kings Island 525. Backlot Stunt Coaster - Kings Island 526. Adventure Express - Kings Island 527. The Bat - Kings Island 528. Banshee - Kings Island 529. Orion - Kings Island 530. Woodstock Express - Kings Island 531. Soapbox Derby - Kings Island 532. Vekoma junior suspended thing - Kings Island 533. Racer Red - Kings Island 534. Flight of Fear - Kings Island 535. Racer Blue - Kings Island 536. Gemini Blue - Cedar Point 537. Wild Mouse - Cedar Point 538. Racer - Kennywood 539. Thunderbolt - Kennywood 540. Phantoms Revenge - Kennywood 541. Sky Rocket - Kennywood 542. Jack Rabbit - Kennywood 543. Exterminator - Kennywood 544. Voltron - Europa Park 545. Alpine Express - Europa Park 546. The Quest - Emerald Park 547. Fianna - Emerald Park 548. Flight School - Emerald Park 549. Dino Dash - Emerald Park 550. Cu Chulainn - Emerald Park 551. Ladybird Loop - Emerald Park Expand Year highlights - First day visits for Nemesis Reborn and Hyperia - Finally visiting Dollywood and trying the cinnamon bread - Hitting 500 and 550 credits - Riding some absolute beasts this year (Voltron, Taiga, Afterburn, The Voyage, Steel Vengeance) 2025 is more of a rest year but with big hitters like Tokyo Disneyland, Fuji Q and Nagashima Spa land, I'm hyped. 😃 Vinlarr89 and JoshC. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted December 30, 2024 Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 17 new parks this year, my best return yet... Legoland Dubai Dubai Hills Mall IMG Worlds of Adventure Motiongate IMG Worlds of Adventure Ferrari World Abu Dhabi FunWorks SeaWorld Abu Dhabi Yas Waterworld Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi Parque Warner Madrid Parque de Atracciones de Madrid Emerald Park PortAventura Park Ferrari Land Walibi Rhône-Alpes Europa Park 77 new coasters, again my best return yet... Reveal hidden contents 332 Dragon (LLD) Legoland Dubai 333 Dragon's Apprentice Legoland Dubai 334 The Storm Coaster Dubai Hills Mall 335 Predator IMG Worlds of Adventure 336 Spider-Man Doc Ock's Revenge IMG Worlds of Adventure 337 Capitol Bullet Train Motiongate 338 John Wick: Open Contract Motiongate 339 Now You See Me: High Roller Motiongate 340 Smurf Village Express Motiongate 341 Green Hornet: High Speed Chase Motiongate 342 Dragon Gliders Motiongate 343 Turbo Track Ferrari World Abu Dhabi 344 Formula Rossa Junior Ferrari World Abu Dhabi 345 Flying Aces Ferrari World Abu Dhabi 346 Fiorano GT Challenge (Left) Ferrari World Abu Dhabi 347 Fiorano GT Challenge (Right) Ferrari World Abu Dhabi 348 Mission Ferrari Ferrari World Abu Dhabi 349 Yolo Works FunWorks 350 Manta SeaWorld Abu Dhabi 351 Eel Racer SeaWorld Abu Dhabi 352 Bandit Bomber Yas Waterworld 353 Fast and Furry-ous Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi 354 Tom and Jerry Swiss Cheese Spin Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi 355 Superman / la Atracción de Acero Parque Warner Madrid 356 Batman Gotham City Escape Parque Warner Madrid 357 Coaster Express Parque Warner Madrid 358 Correcaminos Bip, Bip Parque Warner Madrid 359 Tom y Jerry Parque Warner Madrid 360 Stunt Fall Parque Warner Madrid 361 Tarántula Parque de Atracciones de Madrid 362 Abismo Parque de Atracciones de Madrid 363 Tornado (PdA) Parque de Atracciones de Madrid 364 TNT Tren de la Mina Parque de Atracciones de Madrid 365 Vertigo Parque de Atracciones de Madrid 366 Paw Patrol: Patrulla Canina Parque de Atracciones de Madrid 367 Padrinos Voladores Parque de Atracciones de Madrid 368 Minifigure Speedway (Legends) Legoland Windsor 369 Minifigure Speedway (All Stars) Legoland Windsor 370 Hyperia Thorpe Park 371 Fianna Force Emerald Park 372 The Quest Emerald Park 373 Cú Chulainn Emerald Park 374 Flight School Emerald Park 375 Dino Dash Emerald Park 376 Ladybird Loop Emerald Park 377 Furius Baco PortAventura Park 378 Shambhala PortAventura Park 379 Dragon Khan PortAventura Park 380 Uncharted: The Enigma of Penitence PortAventura Park 381 Red Force Ferrari Land 382 Junior Red Force Ferrari Land 383 Stampida (Red) PortAventura Park 384 Stampida (Blue) PortAventura Park 385 Tomahawk PortAventura Park 386 El Diablo - Tren de la Mine PortAventura Park 387 Tami-Tami PortAventura Park 388 Mystic Walibi Rhône-Alpes 389 Timber Walibi Rhône-Alpes 390 Woodstock Express Walibi Rhône-Alpes 391 Mahuka Walibi Rhône-Alpes 392 Coccinelle Walibi Rhône-Alpes 393 Generator Walibi Rhône-Alpes 394 Gold Rush (DMP) Drayton Manor 395 Eurosat - CanCan Coaster Europa Park 396 Voltron Europa Park 397 Wodan Timbur Coaster Europa Park 398 blue fire Megacoaster Europa Park 399 Silver Star Europa Park 400 Matterhorn Blitz Europa Park 401 Posedion Europa Park 402 Euro Mir Europa Park 403 Arthur Europa Park 404 Atlantica Supersplash Europa Park 405 Alpenexpress Enzian Europa Park 406 Pegasus Europa Park 407 Schweizer Bobbahn Europa Park 408 Ba-a-a Express Europa Park In terms of repeat visits: -Thorpe Park (probably around 30-40) -Chessington x2 -Legoland x1 -Alton Towers x3 -Drayton Manor x1 A round-up of sorts: Quick Stats Coaster count at start of 2024: 331 Coaster count at end of 2024: 408 Favourites Favourite new-to-me coaster of 2024: Hyperia, Thorpe Park (Number 12) Favourite new-to-me dark ride of 2024: Ani-Mayhem, Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi Favourite new-to-me park of 2024: Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi / Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Least Favourites Least favourite new-to-me coaster of 2024: Abismo, Parque de Atracciones de Madrid (Bottom 10%) Least favourite new-to-me park of 2024: Parque de Atracciones de Madrid Surprises Biggest surprise coaster of 2024: Mahuka, Walibi Rhone-Alpes Biggest surprise park of 2024: Walibi Rhone-Alpes Biggest disappointment coaster of 2024: Red Force, Ferrari Land Biggest disappointment park of 2024: IMG World of Adventures Other Notable Mentions Manta, Sea World Abu Dhabi - Wonderful ride Uncharted, Port Aventura - Surprisingly decent Mystic, Walibi Rhone-Alpes - Lovely ride Euro-Mir, Europa Park - Rubbish Parque Warner Madrid - Not a fun park Milestones 400th Coaster: Matterhorn Blitz, Europa Park 350th Steel Coaster: Diablo, Port Aventura 75th park: Port Aventura Park General Highlights Going to the UAE in general First visits to PA and Europa - nice to tick them off Hitting 400 creds Hyperia General Lowlights Storms and floods in UAE making my first day in the UAE spiteful and stressful - when I was at IMG, their Blue Fire clone was closed due to the weather, despite at time of visiting, it was 22 degrees Celsius. I only got the coasters done at Motiongate, as a monsoon-style rain storm hit and flooded the park. Had to be evacuated from the park via bus. Going to Ferrari World 3 weeks after Formula Rossa shut down My car being broken into in Madrid, with all my belongings (included passport) being stolen Having to cancel my trip to Gardaland / Movie Land Italy last minute I have lots of thoughts for 2025, though it will probably be slightly less in terms of park and cred numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted December 30, 2024 Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 2024 Park Count: Thorpe Park x5 Alton Towers x1 Legoland x1 Europa Park x7 Energylandia x2 Legendia x2 Liseberg x1 Skara Sommerland x1 Parque Warner Madrid x1 Cedar point x3 Kings Island x1 Six Flags Magic Mountain x2 Universal Hollywood x1 Disneyland Anaheim x4 Knotts Berry Farm x1 Santa Monica Pier x1 Some of my highlights include riding Hyperia & Nemesis Reborn and spending new years at Europa Park, which was a lovely experience. Probably the only time a European park will be my most visited park. My California trip is naturally a major highlight, visiting several top bucket list parks such as Six Flags Magic Mountain and Disneyland, which was a truly amazing experience. 2024 has been one of my busiest years for trips (some non-park trips). It’s also been the first time in 12 years without visiting fright nights and Chessington. Wow. Shall see what happens next year, but I’m doing Phantasialand Winteraum in January and Japan later in the year, with another US trip planned. More to come for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted December 30, 2024 Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 Towers x3 Thorpe x2 Legoland x1 Efteling x1 (3 days) Plopsaland x1 Getting better. Next year Gullivers parks will be on the horizon with little one likely to hit the magical 0.9m mark. Thorpe only twice because Hyperia died. Which was a burdenous addition since had to take little one. Though she enjoyed watching the rides. Efteling at Christmas was lovely. Decent value stay especially compared to what Towers was charging. Europa already booked for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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