Random, Random, Random
Games, links, news, movies, WHATEVER!!!
5,980 topics in this forum
-
- 6.7k replies
- 1.2m views
-
- 3.8k replies
- 779.5k views
-
- 5.5k replies
- 1.2m views
-
- 18.4k replies
- 2.5m views
-
- 4.7k replies
- 1.2m views
-
- 6.1k replies
- 1.3m views
-
- 1.5k replies
- 467.3k views
-
- 26.6k replies
- 4.4m views
-
- 2.8k replies
- 920.6k views
-
- 1.7k replies
- 584.5k views
-
- 13 replies
- 62.9k views
-
- 40 replies
- 33.7k views
-
- 84 replies
- 46.6k views
-
- 4.1k replies
- 956.2k views
-
- 2k replies
- 474.6k views
-
- 1.7k replies
- 472.4k views
-
- 366 replies
- 134.7k views
-
- 1.9k replies
- 390.3k views
-
- 5 replies
- 7.8k views
-
- 2.5k replies
- 775.2k views
-
- 5.5k replies
- 914.4k views
-
New Here – Curious About the Therapeutic Value of Theme Parks
I’d love to hear your thoughts—whether from personal experience or just your take on the idea! Looking forward to learning and sharing more here.- 0 replies
- 5.3k views
-
- 15 replies
- 9.3k views
-
- 186 replies
- 82.6k views
-
- 1.3k replies
- 326.3k views
-
- 15 replies
- 12k views
-
- 1.7k replies
- 377.9k views
-
- 43 replies
- 20.9k views
-
- 219 replies
- 112.2k views
-
- 19 replies
- 17.1k views
-
- 1.6k replies
- 547.6k views
-
- 74 replies
- 31.4k views
-
- 4k replies
- 643.8k views
-
- 36 replies
- 19.9k views
-
- 1 reply
- 7.3k views
-
- 142 replies
- 93.3k views
-
- 0 replies
- 6.3k views
-
- 1 reply
- 7.3k views
-
Who manufactured this ride
Who manufactured this ride- 0 replies
- 6.7k views
-
- 24 replies
- 14.7k views
-
- 0 replies
- 7k views
-
- 371 replies
- 173.1k views
-
- 0 replies
- 7.5k views
-
- 2 replies
- 8.1k views
-
- 661 replies
- 232.7k views
-
- 516 replies
- 190.3k views
-
- 188 replies
- 95.4k views
-
- 230 replies
- 102.1k views
-
- 61 replies
- 36.9k views
-
- 1 reply
- 8.8k views
-
Posts
-
Supernovae Productions on a Theme Park Roadtrip to Sweden Summer vacation 2025 was all about a trip with the final destination: Liseberg in Sweden. As preparation we designed a route with the help of coast2coaster, making sure to hit several parks along the way. Starting from Rotterdam, the trip took us through Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and back again to the Netherlands. Day 1: You can find it here Tier-und Freizeitpark Thule Day 2: You can find it here Pottspark Now we’ve arrived at Day 3 and the third park of the trip. This park features Strohnado, a family spinning coaster with a hamster wheel attached to the back car. None of us had ever experienced this kind of ride before, so of course we had to try it out. Capacity, however, was painfully slow. Standing in the scorching sun for an hour didn’t exactly make things better. Once on board, the ride itself was fun and quirky, but the hamster wheel section wasn’t as wild as we’d hoped—only a short moment where you could do a full 360° rotation. The coaster was also quite short overall. Not really worth the long wait, but hey, another coaster credit earned Right next to Strohnado stands a Vekoma Junior Coaster with the imaginative name “Achterbahn”. A quick and easy credit. Then there was Verrücktwärts, a shuttle coaster. And let me tell you folks: in the time this thing takes to get going, you could travel around the world, negotiate world peace, file your taxes, and enjoy a proper cup of coffee. Okay, I may be exaggerating—but it really gives you an idea of just how sloooooow this ride was. Given the layout, it’s hard to understand what the manufacturer (SBF-Visa Group) was going for here. Or maybe we coaster fans have just gotten too spoiled? With the heat, the water rides were a welcome sight. We started with the Rafting-bahn (river rapids). The highlight here was the whirlpool, but theming was minimal—just a few dinosaurs scattered around and lots of green vegetation. The waves were tame, and we came off surprisingly dry, which was actually a bit disappointing on a 30°C day. Luckily, there was also a log flume: the creatively named Wildwasserbahn. Two drops—one small and one big finale. Unlike the previous park, this time the final splash really got us soaked, which was perfect in the summer heat . Splash from the small drop Splash from the big drop We wrapped up the day with a ride on Blizzard, the park’s bobsled coaster. Earlier we’d considered skipping it due to the massive queue, knowing these types of rides are usually a nightmare for capacity. Thankfully, by the end of the day the wait had dropped, so we decided to go for it. These bobsleds are always fun, especially because you can control the speed yourself. Luckily, none of us got stuck behind slow riders, so we were able to go full throttle all the way down. Final thoughts on the park: pretty similar to the last two we visited—small, family-friendly, and only really worth it if you’re in the area. The coaster lineup was underwhelming (not in number, but in type). If you’re looking for something more exciting, Thule or Potts Park would be better choices. Tomorrow, we’re off to our first major park of the trip: Heide Park! -
By abovethesink · Posted
Interesting discovery on reddit. RMC is again trying to sell a modified version of the T-Rex, this time called Split Rex. I don't fully understand the difference, but of note is a promotional image they released of a computer generated model. The coaster is surrounded by little, white, non-descript buildings in the model and someone pretty quickly figured out and demonstrated that these buildings are from Everland. RMC is also working with the park on their woodie. I will be making it to Korea at some point if a RMC Giga goes up next to an Intamni pre-fab, that is for sure. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fnnljmgvmapsf1.png -
By abovethesink · Posted
Oh yeah, just typed them in the wrong order off the top of my head. No plans to spend two days at SFOT though. Shouldn't be a need. -
By PeggedSole · Posted
Loved reading your trip reports. Thanks for taking the time to post everything! I've been to Germany (and Munich) during "off-seasons". Dang, I NEED to get to Oktoberfest, etc! -
By Doppel Looping · Posted
Today was the last day of our trip. We have seen a lot, rode a lot of coasters, drank a lot of beer and ate a lot of good food. Pretty much what we set out to do. We started the day right with a proper Bavarian weißwurst frühstück (breakfast) at the Schneider brauerei restaurant near Marienpmatz. it is white veal sausage with sweet mustard and a pretzel, washed down with a weizenbier. In this case they had a special festbier version which was really good. As we were finishing up we noticed that it started to get very busy in the restaurant. I mentioned to the waitress that we picked a good time to get there early before it got busy and she told us that octoberfest was shut down for the day because of a bomb threat. They said they would try to have it open at 5:00 pm at the earliest. Oops…The shame is, it was the nicest sunniest day all week to be closed on. We had planned to spend the day walking around town anyway but hoped it would open again as promised. We took a tram tour around and ended up at the lowenbrau keller. It was a beautiful building from the outside but we didn't see the inside because it was full of people who would have otherwise been in the tents at the Wiesen. While taking a break at the hotel we heard it confirmed that the fest was reopening at 5:30pm so we came back for a final visit. We took the u bahn to Poccistraße and came in the south end by the oide wiesen. We caught a nice view of olympia looping from behind with the sun setting. We took some last rides on Alpina bahn, and the double wild mouse. When offered the chance to have a 1/2 meter sausage we couldn’t possibly refuse. Took a ride on the beer carrousel because it looked like fun and it not the kind of thing you see back home. From there we went to the riesenrad where they didn’t offer us a beer. We got some nice nightime views of the park all lit up. Really cool up there. We went back to olympia looping and took 4 final rides. Buying the tickets i was thinking I was maybe being a bit obsessive. As i took my last rides I thought it was exactly the right way to finish this journey. I finished off in my favourite seat in the middle of the train, thinking, damn i love this coaster. Thanks for everyone who followed along and reacted to and commented. -
By Sportsdude360 · Posted
This looks like a piece of Tormenta's mid-course heading to SFOT! Pic credited to Tom Pavlik and Kings Island Pass Holders FB page. -
There is a rumor that Iron Gwazi is getting metal detectors. Unfortunately that means having to pay $4 for a 2 hour locker or $12 for an all day moveable locker unless they unexpectedly make the lockers free. -
By Doppel Looping · Posted
We returned to munich today after our road trip and went to the ratskeller gasthaus under city hall for dinner. The food was delicious as was the upside down beer and reasonably priced. Lowenbrau fest beer gefählt mir gut. Despite the light rain we went back out to the wiesen. Supprisingly many people were there with umbrellas making rhe best of it. Got another ride on olympia looping. The rain makes it run really smooth but when it pelts you in the face you really know you are a die hard coaster nerd. (I have been through worse, pelted with sleet on behemoth in the late season, so this was easy in comparison) When it rains hard, the logical thing is to find a nice dry tent. No sweet caroline for this crowd, we got to hear german versions of bon jovi, the cranberries and oasis. After a long travel day that beer felt good. What would have been a rained out night was saved by thousands of people determined to have a good time, and willing to cough up 15.80 eur per liter to do so -
By Doppel Looping · Posted
Yeah, as you go through the flume underneath there is a scene with a roman bath with a bunch of naked grannies splashing around. There are a bunch of younger models, maybe transformed by the fountain that were too anatomically correct and risqué, so they have been given shawls to cover up. I can only imagine. -
I remember riding Mamut in it's first years of operation. And coming off of it, I felt ....meh. Nothing significant about this coaster. IMhO. I much preferred the Mouse to Mamut. ~ TPR Europe Tour ~ 2008 -
the naked grannies on that flume scarred me. . . LOL. . .it was SO unexpected! agree completely about Mamut. . it's wanting to be good. . but just "missing" something. -
By Doppel Looping · Posted
Today we went to Tripsdrill erlebnispark. After a mildly challenging parcours of u-bahn, s-bahn, regional bahn and 2 busses, we made it. The German transportation system is well coordinated and so when you get off one leg of the trip, the next is waiting for you shortly afterwards. The park is a love letter to swabian culture, celebrating the quirks and eccentricities. They are nestled in a valley surrounded with vineyards and winemakers which they showcase the history of. As you enter the park you are greeted by a maypole ride where cars are hung from the pole and move up and down as it spins. We began our day with 2 rollercoasters added just in time for the pandemic. Hals uber kopf or head over heels is a new generation Vekoma suspended coaster (gold track). It fortunately bears absolutely no resemblance to the classic SLC headbangers we all know and love to avoid. I have heard that new generation Vekomas are really good and this confirms it. It had really nice pacing and a snappy layout of helixes, heartline rolls, swooping curves and inversions. The transitions were smooth and effortless making it a very reridable family coaster…. Which we did all day. Interwoven with it is Volldampf, roughly full steam ahead, a family steam train themed shuttle coaster (red track). The steam engine front car even has smoke coming out of the stack while in the station. It is pulled backwards up the launch hill and then released to come back through the station and past a bunch of twists and turns and burst through the roof of hals uber kopf before returning backwards to the station. Nearby they had a new ride themed to a coal car which at first glance looks like a top spin, but it swings you around and up and down without dumping you upside down and leaving you hanging watching the change fall our of your pockets. On the other side of the park they had a nice log flume, i guess loosely themed to roman baths complete with bathtub shaped boats but with a swabian castle exterior. Maybe trying to explain its contradictions is unhelpful, but it was really fun nonetheless. Sharing much of the structure is G’sengte sau- crazy pig coaster, a Gerstlauer wild mouse (pig) ride that was really good. It had a few of the standard flat 180 degree turns but also many swooping banked drops. The track on its own was great but its interactions with terrain and castle made it awesome. Easily on of the best of its type i have ridden. I thought i would like it but loved it instead. Next to it was Mamut, a gerstlauer wooden coaster. We were looking forward to this and were disappointed by how rough it was when we rode mid train. We came back later to ride the middle seat of the last car and it was much better but still not great. Wanted to like it but can’t. Around the corner was Karacho a gerstlauer infinity coaster. It looks really cool with a lim launch, lots of loops, non inverting and regular and helixes and curves. I am a big fan of Fahrenheit and enjoyed Voltron the tesla coaster but didn't like this one. It started off poorly with a jojo roll a la hydra ar dorney, a slow corkscrew inversion that has you upside down, falling into your restraints. Then an awkward klunky drop into the launch. it seemed that every time there was a transition between elements or the top of the non inverting loop, it had a jarring bump. It was really irritating and it took away from my enjoyment of this ride. I had hoped to ride it many times but i just went the one time. It did make a nice mark on rhe horizon with the vineyards in the hills behind it. Nearby was a fun ride that was a cross between a huss swing around and a jumbo the elephant ride with motorcycles and side cars. When you turned the throttle it made a motor sound and the bike swung out and up. They also had a really nice tivoli coaster themed to a millipede that banked and dropped through the trees and flowers. It was fun. For me it was an interesting contrast between the midway rides with their spectacular lighting packages at the wassen and oktoberfest and the ones here. They were more subdued and relaxing as opposed to something striving to get your attention. Tripsdrill is a really nice park with traditional displays celebrating local culture and old familiar rides coupled with new expansions that broaden the park’s appeal. It is a very different experience but fun in it’s own way. -
The suspended dark ride! I remember some one else posting a shot of it, during their tour of Europe. And that looks like a really interesting version of a Mouse Coaster. And the Rock & Roll Coaster looks great, too. And it looks like a less freak-out time, with smaller crowds, etc. Enjoy Tripsdrill!
-
By Doppel Looping · Posted
Today we took the train to stuttgart en route to Tripsdrill tomorrow. When i was planning things out i discovered they were having their Canstäter Wasen festival, a smaller cousin to Oktoberfest and thought it would be neat to go. Without knowing what to expect we were impressed and had a great time. It is smaller and more manageable than Munich but had a nice vibe to it. The local breweries run smaller tents here with horses and wagons with beer barrels. One of the traditions is the fruit tower, though it seemed to have more vegetables than fruit. We found a suspended mouse coaster which was a nice ride. As well as the Mondial air wolf. Canadas Wonderland has a similar model called Soaring Timbers but Airwolf has a much more aggressive program to the point that you can see the tower shake side to side. They had some nice themed food stalls on the midway. And then we turned a corner and saw this: The rock and roller coaster, a Schwarzkopf Wildcat. i have not seen or rode one in a long time and wasn't sure i ever would. we rode it a couple of times and it was great. It was remarkably smooth and fluid for one of the earliest steel coasters, Ca.~1967. Ran like a charm. The drops and helixes were really good with nice transitions. Worth the visit just to see and ride it. If you are ever going to oktoberfest, try to check this out, and while you are at it head to Tripsdrill, where we are going tomorrow. -
By Doppel Looping · Posted
Awesome pic. the first drop is crazy with a little twist in it to change direction. In the back it really whips you around if you aren't expecting it.
-