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Whoa Zamperla shows off a good looking new coaster. Finds out it looks good cause its an Intamin lol. Least they didn't touch Matugani

Disney Imagineering released photos of the ongoing construction of Arendelle: Land of Frozen. Love the mossy rock work, up to the left of the castle. A little closer, on the Castle.

When 500 people just GOTTA get that dragon pic for Insta. Spent a couple hours on the Studios side this morning. Rockit in row 2 was good...this thing is like an old wooden coaster. Best to avoid the wheel seats. The mix of exciting airtime hills and MCBRs never gets less bizarre. Mummy great as always. Keep getting assigned the front row which would usually be great, but this is a back row kind of ride. Some guy gave us 4 paper fast passes. First went to Gringotts where the girl checking fastpasses told us to keep them and use them elsewhere. This thing is objectively the worst of the major potter rides and the worst of the park's indoor coasters, but that doesn't mean it sucks. I just think the crazy pills that people take to consider this better than Forbidden Journey and Mummy are the same ones as the pills that lead to people saying Iron Gwazi is better than Steel Vengeance. Took the fastpasses to Men in Black where the fastpass line ended up being longer than the standby line (which was showing 20 mins despite being a walk on, so yeah...glad we wasted them there). If spinning coasters spun as much as this stupid thing does then I would like them a lot better. Thought Tasmanian Devil was controlling our car. Wrapped it up with Minions via fast pass on the way out although again the standby line was dead even with the fastpass line (the longest line at the time was Fast & the Furious...like WTF people?!?!?). Anyway, this is like the Simpson's to me...ride it for the humor and not the ride experience. You do more standing around than actual riding. Fast forward 8 hours, spent a couple hours at Old Town. Mine Blower was as Mine Blowing and chiropracting as always but I love the damn thing. Rode Hurricane twice and its jankiness and airtime will never go underappreciated. The Screamin Swing blows here btw...like a 20 second cycle. Moreys Piers it ain't.

Mediocre at best. Bloodbath was entertaining enough, kind of a rehash of the old Club Blood theme with a little hotel mixed in at the end (which didn't quite make sense - wouldn't you start in the hotel?). In Eerie Estate, I didn't notice anything new aside from the introduction room with the Ouija board. Hexed was probably still the best one from an artistry standpoint. Slaugherhouse and Cornstalkers were their normal tired selves. Blood on the Bayou took longer to walk to it than it did to go through it. Cut Throat Cove was pretty decent. All were severely lacking in actors. Kings Dominion had the best CF Haunt this year out of the four I went to, followed quite distantly by Kings Island, CP, and then Dorney. That includes shows in the calculations, too. I swear I'll get my TRs up from KI and CP's Haunts one of these days soon.

I'm not taking credit for this, because others have already picked up on it but there is a lot of weirdness going on here. This "Zamperla" seems to be an Intamin. It's Senzafiato, an Intamin Rocket Coaster that closed in 2018 and has been standing but not operating ever since. Either, Zamperla put an LSM launch on an Intamin coaster or they cloned an Intamin coaster that the park could have just bought for some reason. PS: This will also send the Top Thrill Dragster rumor mill into an absolute frenzy.

Day 5, part I : Holiday Park Day 5 was probably the most packed day of the trip, as we were going to be seeing a total of 3 parks thruout the day - starting at Holiday Park, then a 3 hour drive to Klotten, then ending the day checking into Hotel Charles Lindbergh on-site at Phantasialand! thank goodness it wasn't a super early start to the day (up and at the bus at 8am). . but it was gonna be a packed and fun day! Sun peeking thru curtains - time to get up and pack up, and head down to breakfast and the bus! we were only here one night, but the included Breakfast buffet was really good Loading the luggage on the bus, I was able to get a pic of the wheels from Monster that were given to TPR from Walygator Parc and here we are, bright and early, back at Holiday Park to spend a chunk of the day. we were here until, I think, 1pm - so we had 4 or so hours in the park once open. but we were here well before open, as we had ERT on Sky Scream and Sky Fly. . . so the place was still pretty deserted right now. it was looking like it was going to be a beautiful day. our park guides met us out front, and we headed to the back of the park for Sky Scream. but of course, I took the opportunity to snap pics as we walked back thru the empty park. a Dinosaur themed rapids ride - a popular theming choice for rapids rides in Europe, I discovered. I see you Expedition GeForce! we'll get to you right before park open! First "official" ride of the day oooooo. . . as the Terminator said, "I'll be Back" the park's horror dark ride "Burg Falkenstein". . wonder if it's inspired by Haunted Mansion? the theming is lovely. . I adored the themed lampposts. . . several different themes thruout the park depending on which section you were in. headed back to Sky Scream, it felt like we were leaving the actual park, and heading into the woods. passing by Sky Fly. . we'll be back here in just a bit. oh, this is rather cool. . the entrance way into the section with Sky Scream is passing under a section of a classic Corkscrew that used to be at the park. they even have a plaque up: Sky Scream is a heavily themed SkyRocket II .. . .which is themed to horror/scares. So odd, as it's so close to what is a charming children's section (that we passed thru and I said the theming was charming). . so it's a whiplash effect that you go from charming to "scare the shit out of you" I personally am not a huge fan of this type of ride (I don't like the restraints, tho if I recall? this one was lapbar only, which made many on the trip very happy). So I rode it twice during the ERT, and then went to go take pictures. this was an interesting machine in the exit "arcade". . . I guess you make the bear dance? or maybe win it? I really couldn't figure out what the point of "Pink Date" was. . . LOL pics of Sky Scream in action: in the exit arcade, showing some of the heavy theming. . . why someone wants to pay a Euro to be shocked, I dunno. . but the "game" seems appropriate for this ride's exit arcade ok? not sure what the limo had to do with anything. . but it was kinda neat. ok, Sky Fly has started testing. .they are almost ready for us. I chose not to ride this at Tripsdrill. . but decided that we have ERT on this here at Holiday Park, I'll ride it. Even tho I'm not very good at getting the flipping action going. nicely themed area around it. and what I really appreciated, is that they had some kiddie rides around it - similarly themed to flight - so that the kiddos that weren't big enough for sky fly could have something to ride while the adults rode the bigger ride. I wish more parks would do stuff like this. (it really fills out the area, rather than just plopping a ride in the middle of nothing) more themed lampposts. . . love it. here we go. .almost my time to give this a shot these pics are either Brad or Andy. . (tho possibly AJ). Sorry I can't recall look how graceful! I was excited! I got TWO flips. LOL theming! we headed over to GeForce for 1st rides of the day. . and then we headed off on our own for a few hours in the park with the parks version of fast pass, and lunch to cram into the next few hours. let's start off with the horror dark ride. huh. . the vehicles do look a bit like Doom Buggies. . . is this gonna be a Haunted Mansion "inspired" ride? NOPE! the animatronics do stuff like lower their top to show old lady tiddies and Bears pull down pants to show bare butts and there's a big Dragon I had no idea what was happening. . but I loved it. I think I rode this three times during our time in the park. as was the case with almost all the European parks? the place is spotless, and just lovely. after a 2nd time on the horror dark ride, it was time for a quick coffee stop (which if I recall, Andrew treated us all for). . so we stopped at this little both which also sold chocolate covered fruit (and non dipped fruit) as well as coffee. I didn't mind spending time waiting for coffee (even tho we were only at the park for a couple of hours more) because the view while waiting for the coffees was pretty hard to beat: and nearby was (I think) the worlds biggest beer keg the park was starting to prep food for the lunch crowds, and man did it smell incredible over here! we weren't gonna eat here (as our lunch was good at the restaurant next door only) , but the length of that hotdog/sausage thing really did catch my eye. . .LOL instead, we headed over to the newest section of the park - and indoor section that seemed to be a kid's area, themed to fairies (very well, I might add). .tho it might be themed to a kids show? as the rides seemed to be focused on different characters. We headed here because of the coaster credit: Tabalugas Achterbahn , a family Zierer indoor coaster. It wasn't really a kiddie coaster tho, it moved pretty fast, and was well themed. the other rides in here were a combination of kiddie (a traditional carousel), young adult (the coaster, a ropes/adventure course), the coaster, and an older adult (a fairy themed ride where you controlled how your "fairy hangglider" moved up, down, or tilted). as noted. .they did a really good job theming inside this building. headed thru the "cave" queue to ride the family coaster. this little dragon might be Tabaluga. . .since it's his coaster. the coaster goes around, and thru, this environment. . . nicely done. feels pretty speedy too, probably because of the theming around it. it doesn't do much, and it doesn't look like much. am I gonna ride it anyways? It has "Karussell" in the name, so you bet your sweet pattootie I am! you just sit on the non moving animal, and the platform slowly turns. but oh my, look how much fun I am having sitting on a pig! would have ridden the chicken, but was worried it was too low to the ground, and would not look great standing back up (LOL) the sign for the Ropes/Adventure course. . didn't do that due to lack of time. we still wanted to hit the drop tower, the rapids, the flume, more rides on GeForce, and a few other things. . possible because of the fast lane passes we had. Jon and I on the Dinosaur rapids. we rode with other TPR folks as well. . but I recall we didn't even get slightly wet - on what ended up being a hot morning, it was slightly disappointing. the big Carousel was just teasing me. . but I knew I'd ride it before leaving, so we by passed it for GeForce, and then on to the park's flume ride. we got slightly moist on the flume, but not bad. . . everyone was hungry, so we headed to the restaurant to eat lunch. the pizza was surprisingly decent (tho it doesn't look that great). but the schnitzel was very good. and the theming in this restaurant was cute - tho giving me "Olive Garden" vibes. pic from Robb that he shared during lunch - his view of the park (and Expedition GeForce) from the top of the drop tower. Robb's pic inspired us to go to the Drop Tower next. . and using the Express Pass (I saw on Andrew's lanyard in a prior pic, that I've been calling it fast lane, but it's Express Pass here) we were at the loading station in no time. these ladies were advertising inside the queue. . I think they might be from Eurovision contest? but they are supposed to make us feel uneasy about our choice to ride. I think? it was a very fun tower. . .I Intamin, I think. and it reminded me 100% of Dungeon Drop (astroworld)/Superman Tower of Power (same ride, but moved to SFStL). it brought back some nice memories I think at this point the group I was with split off to go get some last rides on GeForce. . but I had something else on my list I had to do before we left. So while they went to ride the coaster, I walked back over to where we had eaten lunch. for this. yes, I know. . I'm a Carousel nerd. I mean.. look how happy! I don't think I'd have been ANY happier if I had been on a coaster again but I did go join them for one last ride on Expedition GeForce before we headed out, as I hightailed it over that way to ride with them. as we were heading out towards the bus, stopping to take a fond last look at this park. we weren't here for a full day - but I honestly don't think it's a full day park. So it was enough. buh bye Expedtion GeForce. . you lived up to the hype! snagged from Robb's post as we were on the bus headed to the next park. I really do miss the German Countryside. It's so beautiful! I mean. . . GORGEOUS and lots of windmills. . . we had a few hour drive, so some napped, many chatted excitedly about the morning we had just had, and we looked forward to where we were headed: Klotten - a very traditional park, with several "do it yourself" rides, including an infamous "boat jump" ride, that I've always imagined trying! Klotten, here we come! to be continued in part II . . . .

HersheyPark now arguably has the best ride line-up in the country. I mean an RMC conversion, solid dueling woody, classic woody, excellent invert, classic Schwarzy, great Boomerang, operating Intamin hydraulic launch, Intamin megalooper, Intmain insane mega, great B&M mega, S&S towers, indoor spinner, dark rides, family rides. F**k. That's like the dream park I would make in Roller Coaster Tycoon.

Glad you enjoyed it! Also yeah, I've only done that drive once but banjo music was playing in my head the entire time.

Ride. The. Bumper. Cars. Ride them. Ride them again. Repeat until your wallet runs dry. Go the to ATM.

^ that's not NEAR enough time for "everything" - Knoebels is WAY more than the 4 coasters. . the flats all run amazing programs, and the dark rides are fantastic (Black Diamond, Haunted Mansion). . as are the games (you can blow 3 hours just playing Fascination) and the museums (Mining, Park History, Carousel horse) I once spent 16 hours there (with TPR) and it still wasn't enough. go and enjoy, then plan to come back for at least 2 days. as to food. . .yeah, the Pizza is good, but I think the ownership just changed on it, so don't bother. instead "graze" at several places - 1) Perogies (from the good stand. . NOT the Round Stand, where they are fried) 2) Cheese on a Stick from Totem Treats 3) ice Cream from the Old Mill 4) Potato Cake from the Potato Cake stand. 5) Cesari's Pizza (original Slice, not the square) if you still wanna try a piece

...are the pierogies okay?

Try restarting your computer and clicking it again.

What I posted there is actually this thing we call a screenshot. That post is essentially a screen capture of a Facebook post the park made and unfortunately we're not quite at the point of being able to click on links embedded into an image, so in order for you to actually go to that link there you'd have to type those exact characters into your web browser which in theory should take you to the post on Knoebels website. Best of luck!

^ Cold.