Groteslurf

Very nice pics !

I'm looking forward to meeting everybody in Toverland on the 10th, and also looking forward to the ERT on Troy and boosterbike, although i think everybody will be on Troy during the ERT

Just got back from today's 'official' openingday of Troy. Troy is great ! The station fly-through is brilliant and get's everybody excited during waiting. I noticed a lot of 'am i going in that' reactions in the station. The first drop is steep and the speed after that almost doesn't get lost until the breaks.

Troy at Toverland today.

Don't you like the color of this log flume in Movieland Studios, Italy ?

I don't have a real homepark, so left out all coasters in belgium. As far as i can remember, it must be something like this : Rita, QoS, Alton Towers Abismo, PdA Revenge of the Mummy, USO All coasters in De Efteling incl De Vliegende Hollander this year All coasters in DLP and WDS, Paris The new kiddiecoaster in Movieland, Italy (yes, i'm proud ) And... on Sunday i'll be on Troy, Toverland which is officially opening today.

I've added my location on the frappr site. (Ekeren near Antwerp, Belgium)

^ Well, i wouldn't be too sure about that : the people of Madrid like to visit PdA as from the late afternoon or early evening after work. It is often busier in the evening than during the rest of the day. Although the park was only opened till 9 pm during our visit, we noticed that a lot of people were still entering the park when we left the park at 7 pm ! The lines at the entrance were at time in any case bigger than the ones in the morning. So recommend to be there early and not count on light crowds during the evening.

It's is indeed unbelievable that the lapbars are on Abismo are not physically checked. There must be a control screen on which the operator can see that all lapbars are secured, but still, a physical check should be done. When i see the waiting times mentioned here in some posts, i really feel lucky that we had such light crowds when we were there : PdA we still had to wait a few minutes for some attractions, but in PW we had all day long only walk ons.

Coaster Express, Parque Warner Madrid Gouderix, Parc Asterix Paris X: no way out, Thorpe Park London

I'm really looking forward riding Troy : on July 1 I'll be there for the official opening but i'm even more looking forward to the ERT on July 10 during the mini Europe trip.

I would say a (Stengel) dive loop.

How much does that cost? I went on the one in Tivoli World a few years ago and it was so scary. The horror house is called Viejo Caseron i now remember due to above post. I don't remember how much exactly it costed but it must have been somewhere between euro 1.5 and 3.5.

No SRQ's in PW as far as i can remember. When we were there, everybody had to pay at the entrance : no tatoos nor whristbands.

I know you can buy a train ticket with Parque Warner ticket included. Since we rented a car when we there, I can't help you with anymore info on that. You can indeed buy a fast pass in PW, but also don't have any experience with that as there were zero lines when we were there (weekdays, September last year). Be aware for Coaster Express : probably the most painful coaster i've ever been on. Must do in PdA is the horror house : you have to pay a few euro to enter but it's worth the money. I'm probably getting old, but what does SRQ stands for ?

Katun has a higher drop, is longer, ... but i still like Nemesis more mainly because of the landscape settings Nemesis was put into : the rocks, blood water, the waiting row, the small lift hill but longer first drop, .... Katun certainly is an excellent coaster. I would put if before Black Mamba & the Dragons.

Sierra Tonante was much better than I expected. As it were my first rides on this coaster, i can't compare with before. The ride was pretty smooth only the breaks were terrible. If it is smoother than before, what is the reason for that ? New wheels ?

Yeah, I noticed that too. This is probably because of the Adriatic sea being very nearby. In Blackpool P.B. e.g. , it isn't difficult either to spot rusty tracks. Rusty or not, Katun rocked in any case : impressively themed, amazing first drop, smooth inversions and very powerful.

I've chosen Wild Mouse : i love the out of control ride. Second up Grand National and third the Big One.

No problem this time. Some rides (horror house, U571) closed for 30 minutes during the big shows, but for the rest of the day, all rides were open and operational. For Magma, we had to wait until a truck was more or less filled but this did not take more than 5 minutes either.

I have to disappoint you : Katapult is no longer there. Imo it looked like a crappy ride anyway. There is however still a wild mouse coaster called Pakal if i remember well of which i didn't take any pictures either, as i was looking to Katun all the time which was right next to this wild mouse. The Hollywood tower drop ride was open and is a very weird experience. The Tomb Raider top spin is opening in May i read on the brochure and only the theming needs to finished i think but as there was not much action going on last Friday, i doubt whether they will be able to open in May.

May 18 : Movieland The smallest park of the 3 parks we visited but imo the most charming : although the crowds were minimal, there was a LOT of live entertainment all day around. I sometimes wondered whether Movieland has the right licences for all the names and characters in the park. It is a growing park and hopefully they will be able to add some major attractions & coasters in the next years. The park will then definitely will become a very interesting park. Here are the pictures, again in the correct order. Thanks for reading my TR's. Benny Movieland's waterpark Aquaparadise which opened the season the day after our visit. Medieval Times theatre ^ Actors making publicity for their Medieval Times dinner show. Jack Sparrow Batman theming Peter Pan stage At the end of the show, a Stallone look-a-like showed up. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Rambo action ^ Here are the 3 arrested visitors. The bad guys arresting visitors out of their seats. Rambo show actors ^ Scooby Doo ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Magma : fantastic ride and effects. Terminator 2 : 5D I guess the fifth dimensions are the real actors in the show/movie. Dukes theming ^ ^ ... not a coaster. .. and this is ... ... coaster ...... This is a ... ^ Log flume in X-city colours. Weird plastic dinosaur theming in the X-city part of the park. Again the princess. Also Snowwhite was wandering around in the park but i don't have a picture of her. The officer meeting a princess. You enter a bunker where you see a submarine in the water. Suddenly an air attack starts and you have to run to the officer on the submarine and enter the submarine where the simulator is. Very well themed ride. U-571 Submarine simulator. ^ Stuntmen Academy. With nice cheerleaders. ^ From the backstage ride, you can see the backside of the Stuntmen Academy/Rambo show stadium. ^ 'Back to the backstage' ride : the train stops 3-4 times where they tell the story of Back to the future. Back to the future theming. Another show : Zorro. ^ In a dark maze under the ground, you have close encounters with Freddie Krueger, Hannibal Lector, ... There is even an onride picture taken with one of the actors. Imo the top attraction of Movieland : Horror House. ^ ^ Blues Brothers entertainment The Terminator ^ ^ ^ The new attraction : Tomb Raider Machine was not open yet. You could however get a free ticket to come back when it would be open (btw, Mirabilandia is doing the same) First show we did : Movie Magic. I do not recommend this show if you don't understand italian. And even if you do speak italian, i think the show is not worth while. Charming pay-desks. Movieland entrance

May 17 : Gardaland Gardaland was only 2 kms from our hotel, so we arrived at openingtime. We were very surprised to see huge crowds and terrible lines for buying tickets. We did not understand why Gardaland had opened only approx 6 of 26 pay-desks with such lines. Once inside the park, we had to wait maximum 5 minutes for the attractions so the crowds inside the park were excellent. Coasterwise, this is not the best parc but there some other excellent attractions and great themings, sometimes even a bit overthemed imo. Here the pictures, this time in the correct order exit Mirabilandia. Only a pitty that the boats are poorly themed. ^ ^ You actually don't get really wet ... ^ Theming !! Certainly one of the best themed waterrides i've seen... ^ Fuga da Atlantide ^ ^ ^ A well themed river rapid... Jungle Rapids Colorado Boat Another cooling station Peter Pan ride Ortobruco Tour ^ ^ Sequoia Adventure : great for taking pictures but an absolute pointless coaster. ^ ^ ^ Magic Mountain & Sequoia Adventure ^ ^ ^ Blue Tornado From the Flying Island you can actually see Movieland, the park we would visit the day after. ^ Construction of the 2008 coaster. ^ ^ ^ ^ Tunga boatride ^ Canyons ride ^ Flying Island ^ Space Vertigo ^ ^ Time Voyagers : the new 4D attraction with seats giving you a simulator feeling. ^ La Valle dei RE, Valley of the king if my italian is correct : another nice darkride. ^ ^ ^ Inside, under the ground is a huge darkride in boats. Amazing theming and especially the last scene made me feel as if i was really underwater. Great attraction. ^ The amazing I Corsari 4D movie where there are shown 3 different movies. We saw the mine coaster movie. cool station ^ ^ ^ ^ random theming ^ ^ Artificial 'Tree of life'. Inside is a madhouse. Rio Bravo ^ TransGardaland Express. The entrance. Still before the entrance. The themings starts already when you leave the parking lot.

Last week we visited Mirabilandia, Gardaland & Movieland. May 16 : Mirabilandia After a 2,5 hours drive from our hotel at the Gardalake, we arrived at Mirabilandia. All 3 parks where firsttimers for us and we decided to go for the coasterpark on the first day. The theming in the park was better than we expected, especially the entrance street and the Katun theming. Here are the pictures. Important : as this is my first tr, i obviously entered the pictures in reverse order ( = preview order). Sorry about that. Iso re-entering the pictures in the correct order, plse look at the Mirabilandia pictures in reverse order !! Mirabilandia entrance. Mainstreet ... ^ ...more mainstreet theming... ^ ^ Katun is now my favourite inverted B&M after Nemesis. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Impressive theming. Sierra Tonante. I liked this woodie. Strange trains though. ^ ^ Columbia & Discovery Monosaurus ^ ^ ^ ^ Explorer ^ Leprotto Express Ghostville darkride Huge theming Family Adventure Eurowheel Autosplash ^ Beautiful cars ... euh boats funny theming Rio Bravo Niagara ... ... where you get ... ... really soaked. Mirabilandia Beach which was still closed during our visit. Opening again June 2. ^ ^ New attraction Raratonga which was not open yet. Construction Raratonga