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Giant Wheel at Palette Town is bigger, something like 390ft - it tells you on the ride and that it was the largest until 99 when the London Eye opened. but how big were the wheels at Yomiuriland and FujiQ(now that was a nice one)

The first Looping Star at Dreamland Margate when it was BemBom Brothers back in 1987

Rattlesnake and Vampire at Chessington were not worth 10 mins let alone the hour and a half wait. Also the hour wait for the Hamster coaster at FujiQ. Did wait almost 3 hours for X, and it was worth it.

Nemesis is one of the best themed rides about. Duelling Dragons is up there too. Personally I thought the Bermuda Triangle water ride at Sea World Gold Coast OZ had the best theming. Lost planes, desert island beach huts and a volcano. Very impressive.

Got to be Project Stealth whatever it ends up being called. Probably the only new one I'll go on, and only half the height of TTD but hey it's only the 2nd 200ft er in UK so I'm not complaining

The old Beast called the Alton Beast I think was taken back to Schwarzkopf in 1990, and was replaced by another exactly the same, but a different colour. This 'New Beast' was placed in the new 'Thunder Valley' area rather than Talbot street. Local residents had forced the closure of ride section of this area due to noise - back in 1990 you could walk from the corkscrew to the black hole around the back of the towers- passed the Beast and the Alton Mouse another now gone ride.

132 at the moment on 4 continents

1st) i loved fujiyama! the last stretch to the station throws you around so much. thank gawd there's no ots restraints, right? we loved it. Are you kinding? Regina was wonderfully smooth and gave such a rush. White Canyon was aweful - though not as bad as Mean streak

UKs signature rides must be PMBO, Grand National, Nemesis, Air, Oblivion, Colossus, Megafobia and the Ultimate.

Jubilee Odyssey, Fantasy Island White Canyon, Yomiuriland Mean Streak and Mantis, Cedar Point

Rode it on 27th Aug this year, at front middle and back. Front was amazing, back almost killed me, I've never been thrown about so much!

Best Millennium Force Most wanted Shivering Timbers or The Beast

James Bond rode a coaster in Vienna in Living Daylights Dirty Harry shot some bad men next to the Giant Dipper Santa Cruz in Sudden Impact And hasn't USH been featured in a few (hundred) films?

The 'Magic Mouse' at Funderland Park colchester last Saturday. A spinning mouse at a mbile funfair claiming to be a themepark. Avoid this place, full of chavs and vicky pollard a likes oh and smoking ride operators.

Well my list was... Jan Peter Pans Southend Apr Brighton Pier May Pleasure land Cleethorpes Fantasy Island Skegness Bottons Skegness June Grant Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Joyland Great Yarmouth July Chessington World Of Adventures Surrey Cosmoworld Yokohama Sea Paradise Hakkejima Hanayashiki Tokyo Tobu Zoo Ueno LaQua Tokyo Yomuriland Tokyo Toshimaen Tokyo Fuji Q Fujikyu- The best of Japan IMO August Universal studios Hollywood Disney's California Adventure, anaheim Pacific Pier Santa Monica Cliff's Albuquerque Wonderland Amarillo Bell's Tulsa Navy Pier, Chicago Cedar Point Ohio - The best of the lot Sea Breeze Rochester Astroland and all the other parks at Coney Island September Funderland, Colchester 28 parks in total, alot for me, most in a year infact by miles And that doesn't include ones that were closed or walked through

Happened 3rd September, hell I was on it on the Sunday just before. It was throwing me about alot at the back. I had to hold on for dear life. (Worse than the Manhattan Express I might add) Is that normal for the back of the Cyclone? Or was this sometime to do with what happened days later.

top ten steel 1 MF CP 2 TTD CP 3 fujiyama FujiQ 4 X SFMM 5 Goliath SFMM 6 Kraken SWO 7 Hulk IOA 8 Riddlers Revenge SFMM 9 PMBO BPB 10 Nemesis AT top ten wood 1 Regina Tobu Zoo 2 Cyclone Astroland 3 Gwazi BGT 4 Colossus SFMM 5 Grand National BPB 6 Zingo Bells 7 Big Dipper BPB 8 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth 9 Scenic Railway Dreamland 10 Bush Beast Sydney Wonderland

Jack Rabbit at Sea Breeze tuesday, tomorrow Coney Island Cyclone

Well my updated list Parks: - Alton Towers - Astroland - Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Blackpool South Pier - Botton's Amusement Park - Brighton Pier - Busch Gardens Tampa - Chessington World Of Adventures - Clacton Pier - Coney Island - Disney-MGM Studios - Disney's Animal Kingdom - Dreamland (Margate) - EPCOT Center - Fantasy Island - Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach - Joyland Amusement Park (Great Yarmouth) - Magic Kingdom - NASCAR Cafe - New York, New York - Pacific Park - Pleasure Island - Sea World Florida - Sea World Gold Coast - Six Flags Magic Mountain - Stratosphere Tower - Thorpe Park - Universal Studios Florida - Universal Studios Hollywood - Universal's Island of Adventure - Walton On The Naze Pier - Warner Brothers Movie World Gold Coast - Winter Wonderland at Millennium Dome - Wonderland Sydney From American Roadtrip this year - Disney's California Adventure - Bell's Amusement Park - Cedar Point - Cliff's Amusement Park - Sea Breeze - Wonderland Amusement Park From Japan in July - LaQua - Toshimaen - Hanayashiki - Tobu Zoo - Yourimuland - Fuji Q - Yokohama Cosmoworld - Sea Paradise

Not on tour in Japan, now in NY having been driving from LA via Route 66, Cedar Point(my first visit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), Toronto and Boston. I will do a Japan TR when I get back to the UK hopefully with pictures. Bestcoasters of Japan were Fujiyama, Regina and SurfCoaster. But TTD and MF topped all those !

On the subject of credit whoring; Yomiuriland Standing and Looping Coaster, 2 or 1 credit?

Big Blue Drop, Sea Paradise near Yokohama - biggest one I think?

Geo Panic at LaQua tokyo very strange

On that advice have abandoned Summerland from Itinery. All other parks very easy to get to. And as for prices, LaQua Thunder Dolphin 1000 yen Geo Panic 800 yen Yokohama Cosmoworld Vanish 700 yen Spinning coaster 500 yen Sea Paradise Get the 2900 yen ticket / wristband for all rides (I think the ticket machine takes credit cards) Tobu zoo 3900 yen free pass ticket for all rides - Regina is an absolute must - IMO best ride out here better than Thunder Dolphin and Surf Coaster Also you must visit the beautiful littlle park Hanayashiki near the Sensoji shrine at Asakusa (not part of the Alvey intinery by the looks of it) 1000yen will get you in, 4 100 yen tickets will get you on Roller Coaster, the oldest coaster in Japan from 1953, and it steel aswell so it outdates the Matterhorn Bobs ! MAJOR ADVICE : Last week in July is agreat time to visit because there are NO queues at all anywhere, except 10 minutes in evening for Thunder Dolphin whilst the suits let off some steam Well Yomiuriland and Toshimaen await today, Fuji Q tomorrow and some culture for rest of trip Phil in Japan

Cheers for the advice on the parks. Scorching day today so visited Yokohama and Sea Paradise with that mad water chute thing, photos just don't do it justice ! Took the Shinkansen to Yokohama from Tokyo where they speak perfect English at the Shin reservation desk ( and take credit card aswell ). Going to try for Yomiruiland, Summerland and LaQua tomorrow. Phil still in Tokyo