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Looks like you guys had another great year! Looking forward to the TR's in 2014...

My two favorites are: Adventure Express and Thunderation. My least favorites are: Diablo: El Tren de la Mina and also the Mini Mine Train...

I'm with AJ on this one, it's looking great! But for me and most others enthousiast Wing-Riders are just 'boring'. The GP seem to like them, and this is the first of it's kind in China. Will ride this when i'm in the neighbourhood...

i have to go with RCCA! What a terrible line of coasters did they produce... I just don't get the 'hate' for Vekoma, not the most smooth coaster company out there. But you get what you pay for, if you give them 20-25 million to build a coaster you will get a ride just as good as from B&M or intamin. It;s just that they also choose to produce coasters for a way lower price with the feel of a big ride. This meaning the 'stock' of Boomerangs and SLC's, a lot of parks needed this rides to be able to draw in more crowds. And are now able to affort even bigger rides that we now love! Or maybe this is just my view because i'm Dutch...

Can't wait to try this one in 2014!

Well i don't visit it that often anymore but i still consider The Efteling my home park. It would be great if they started construction on their big new Darkride(Hartenhof) in 2015. in the meanwhile they can add some smaller things and upgrade some of their rides. Like they are doing to their Rapid River right now, that's a big maintenance job!

Some of my fav. include: El Toro: Dutch Goliath: Air: And many many more...

Here's mine: El Toro SFGAd NJ,y,n,1 Outlaw Run Silver Dollar City MO,y,n,2 Balder Liseberg SE,y,n,3 Phoenix Knoebel's PA,y,n,4 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA,y,n,5 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT,y,n,6 Thunderhead Dollywood TN,y,n,7 Twister Knoebel's PA,y,n,8 Rutschebanen Bakken DK,y,n,9 Colossos Heide Park DE,y,n,10 Troy Toverland NL,y,n,11 Wooden Warrior Quassy CT,y,n,12 Cyclops Mount Olympus WI,y,n,13 The Voyage Holiday World IN,y,n,14 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA,y,n,15 Mammut Tripsdrill DE,y,n,16 Boardwalk Bullet Kemah Boardwalk TX,y,n,17 Racer Kennywood PA,y,n,18 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR,y,n,19 Comet Great Escape NY,y,n,20 The Beast Kings Island OH,y,n,21 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK,y,n,22 The Legend Holiday World IN,y,n,23 Viper SFGAm IL,y,n,24 Joris en de Draak V de Efteling NL,y,n,25 Joris en de Draak W de Efteling NL,y,n,26 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA,y,n,27 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend KY,y,n,28 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA,y,n,29 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA,y,n,30 Raven Holiday World IN,y,n,31 Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park DE,y,n,32 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK,y,n,33 American Thunder Six Flags St Louis MO,y,n,34 HellCat Timber Falls WI,y,n,35 Stampida Port Aventura ES,y,n,36 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH,y,n,37 Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool UK,y,n,38 Cyclone SF New England MA,y,n,39 Loup Garou Walibi Belgium BE,y,n,40 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR,y,n,41 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA,y,n,42 Dragon Coaster Playland NY,y,n,43 American Eagle SFGAm IL,y,n,44 Thunderbolt SF New England MA,y,n,45 Excalibur Funtown USA ME,y,n,46 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA,y,n,47 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO,y,n,48 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO,y,n,49 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH,y,n,50 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ,y,n,51 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY,y,n,52 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA,y,n,53 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY,y,n,54 Sea Dragon Jungle Jacks Landing OH,y,n,55 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA,y,n,56 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA,y,n,57 Comet Hersheypark PA,y,n,58 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,n,59 Wildcat Hersheypark PA,y,n,60 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH,y,n,61 Comet Waldameer PA,y,n,62 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX,y,n,63 Zeus Mount Olympus WI,y,n,64 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA,y,n,65 Racer Kings Island OH,y,n,66 Thunder Road Carowinds NC,y,n,67 Pegasus Mount Olympus WI,y,n,68 Wild Beast Canada's Wonderland ON,y,n,69 Tomahawk Port Aventura ES,y,n,70 Big Dipper Blackpool UK,y,n,71 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON,y,n,72 Cyclone Luna Park NY,y,n,73 Robin Hood Walibi Holland NL,y,n,74 Blue Flyer Blackpool UK,y,n,75 Meteor Little Amerricka WI,y,n,76 Little Dipper SFGAm IL,y,n,77 Woodstock Express Kings Island OH,y,n,78 Hell Cat Clementon Lake NJ,y,n,79 Woodstock Express Carowinds NC,y,n,80 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON,y,n,81 Ghoster Coaster Kings Dominion VA,y,n,82 Grand National Blackpool UK,y,n,83 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA,y,n,84 Le Monstre La Ronde QU,y,n,85 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT,y,n,86 Hurler Kings Dominion VA,y,n,87 Hurler Carowinds NC,y,n,88 Coaster-Express Parque Warner Madrid ES,y,n,89 Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES,y,n,90 The Bandit Movie Park DE,y,n,91 Anaconda Walygator Parc FR,y,n,92 Hades Mount Olympus WI,y,n,93

And another park gets a place on the want to visit list... 2016?

WOW! This TR recalls many memories about my visit back in 2011, i really want to go back now... And that's a good thing, there are not many parks that make me want to go back that often without something new. Verbolten would just be extra...

1) Kennywood is a 3,5/4 hour drive away for the 'others'. Knoebels,Dorney,Hershey are a close distance apart. 2) I would fly into Pittsburg and pick up a car there, and then make te trip and fly out of Harrisburg or Baltimore(maybe even visit DC) 3) You could do a quick visit while driving west to east. Look on http://www.coast2coaster.eu for some parks near the road. 4) No this is no crazy trip! Just have fun while doing it...

Europa always makes for a great visit...

And another great update from the Kiwi's... To bad I305 was down for your visit, well that makes for a good reason to come back. Can't wait to read the next update with Busch Gardens...

Here goes: The Netherlands Belgium Luxemburg Germany France Spain Switserland Austria Denmark Sweden England Croatia Slovenia Italy Vatican City Turkey USA Canada

What a trip! Would love to make one like this someday... Keep them coming...

Dragon Khan! No doubt about it... Such a great looper in general,,just a little bit better than Kumba for me. Maybe it's the extra loop?

Awesome TR guys! This makes me want to visit Disneyland even more...

I'd have to agree with you Ross I did 4 of them this year being(in order): The Swarm, Wild Eagle, X-Flight and Gatekeeper. Now let that also be the order i like them most. Yes! I prefer Wild Eagle over X-Flight and Gatekeeper

This year i'm planning a Belgium/Northern France trip for spring, this would include: PlopsaCoo, Nigloland, Parc Asterix, Jardin d' Acclimatation, Mer du Sable, Parc Saint Paul, Bagatelle, Bellewaerde and last Walibi Belgium. And then there is the family holiday to Italy this year with: Cinecitta World, Zoomarine, Fantasiland, Rainbow Magicland, Etnaland, Zoosafari Fasanolandia, Miragica, Mirabilandia, Movieland Park, Gardaland and on the way back home Europa Park and Tripsdrill!

I agree with most said above. There is just no good Wing-Coaster out there that i've ridden. Now back to the question, i choose X-Flight as the better of the 2, it was just a little less boring

My least favorite element are most of the time: The brakes! That means the ride is almost over

Cedar Fair: Intimidator 305, Kings Dominion Six Flags: El Toro, Six Flags Great Adventure SeaWorld Entertainment: Montu, Busch Gardens Tampa Merlin: Air, Alton Towers Herschend: Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City Universal: Hulk, Islands of Adventure Disney Parks: Rock 'n Rollercoaster, Walt Disney Studios Parques Reunidos: Phantom's Revenge, Kennywood Compagnie des Alpes: Goliath, Walibi Holland

This is looking great! Yet another reason to visit Aussieland one day...

My most creditwhorish are my pre and after trips when i'm going on a TPR trip. The 2 week Texas-midwest turned into a 4 week trip from Atlanta-Houston-San Antonio(TPR) -> Cleveland-Buffalo-Toronto-Buffalo. And it could have been longen if i had the money and time...

Springtrip: Belgium/Northern France - Bellewaede, Be - Bagatelle, Fr - Parc Saint Paul, Fr - Parc Asterix, Fr - Jardin d' Acclimatition, Fr - Nigloland, Fr - Plopsacoo, Be - Walibi Belgium, Be Summertrip: Italy - Cinnecitta World - Zoomarine - Rainbow Magicland - Etnaland - Zoosafari Fasanolandia - Miragica - Mirabilandia - Movie Studios/Aqua Studios - Gardameer And go out with a blast! - Europa Park! - Tripsdrill And some day trip parks like: - Walibi Holland - Efteling - Phantasialand