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Jusfound this one.. had to add it to this topic

Found a mention of a new coaster from Gerstlauer being developed/installed at Tripsdrill in 2013.. source Let's wait and see... but it could be a nice addition to the park.

Highest point has been reached

Here's a few more pictures from my visit to City Museum in 2010 http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=952355#p952355

Time for a picture that just does not do the place justice. No picture does this place justice. Even when spending 2 hours at this place.. you will still miss things and find out there was more awesomeness to do and enjoy... Any idea what i'm talking about?? City Museum in St. Louis Fingers crossed i can visit this awesome place again in the near future

After a fun day driving through Switzerland and France we made it to our next hotel. Time for the first stop on the Europe part. Walygator Park. I'm not sure what to think of this park. Lately i've heard some stories about it being terrible.. but compared to my last visit (2008) it did not look that bad. Sure, if you are looking for things you can find them, but overall the park was clean and looked decent. There were plenty of guests around.. Monster is an awesome addition to the park. This ride without midcourse brakes was just plain oldschool B&M awesome. Anaconda looked not as bad as it used to be (they seemed to have it slowed down to a crawl which made it mostly (boring and) bearable). It was ok for a few hours.. but the next stop was way better Anyway, here's a few pictures from an overcast Walygator visit. somewhere in Switzerland somebody got way too excited... ok.. let's see what happens today.. the park map no brakes loop de loop rolling lots and lots of steel behind the green stuff the station of Monster. No roof.. but who needs a roof? all the twisty bits a new possibility to look at Anaconda.. some random theming looks like a fun ride ok, here they go again happy riders it's only gravity guys don't forget to breath scream if you like it yummie even more yummie bits and a last look at Monster so yeah.. this is the exit of the Anaconda station and here are a few riders... how many braincells are missing/destroyed?? enjoy the ride guys... holding on.. no hands in the air?? ouch... just holding on the first drop ok, no more riders/trains.. time to check out some more bits of the park apple loop skloosh there's a coaster in the background.. wait?? what?? cool standing in the same position as during my last visit.. don't worry be happy more random kids stuff old cars covered entrance area, next stop... Holiday Park

New pictures from the Toverland Facebook page.

From the East coast 2008 trip Six Flags Great Adventure El toro

here's a picture from the 2012 visit to Anaconda at Walygator park.. Silly faces and/or some sort of pain .... Or is that joy??

Toverland has started a website for this project with new pictures etc. http://magischevallei.nl/en/pictures

Back in 08 i was fortunate enough to visit Knoebels. Here's a picture of Twister from that day.

It's time for the final day in Italy update. Gardaland. Going through the pictures.. i realised i hardly took any that day. Sorry about that. Guess my last visit there (for Raptor opening) was still too fresh (or it was just too hot that day) Had a fun day there and took some pictures of Raptor. Here's a bunch of pictures in the order that they were taken during the day enjoy. early morning.. the most important stuff is being entered in the saloon first look at Raptor behind the trees time to check out some other things in the park.. is it fear or is it joy?? i don't know it looks so pretty they do have this thing in the park as well Mammut is a fun and popular ride. drop train and church.. yeah time to cool down a bit it's always fun to hang out in this area of the park funky train it's theming looks like a sponsored train looks like air hmmm another pretty look (i think) loop still waiting for that train yeah, it's fun to hang out in this area going up a big kiddie credit ladies ok, time to focus a bit more on Raptor with train going down X-Labs heading for the tree through some theming behind the rocks it's only fog it's the skyline... .. not the train that makes this fun ride interaction smile yeah, you can walk underneath the ride blue skies going up the lifthill going over the main entrance for this area getting pretty darn close more interaction with the theming through the trees yummie happy riders see them flying... i think i see familiar faces scream if you like it what's Craig doing?? trying not to throw up (like after Insane?) fun for all ages yeah, it's still pretty

Just for the fun of it (since i'm trying to work on the Gardaland update in my Italy trip report..) Here's one more image from Raptor at Gardaland

another update from the Toverland Facebook page. Here's a look at some of the station theming of the spinning coaster.

How about another picture from Gardaland? From the 2012 Italy trip. Here's Raptor

Looks like they are getting close to the heighest point.. from the Toverland Facebook page.

here's the video that goes along with it

Next up was a day at Movieland Studios and the most insane waterpark i've ever visited Caneva Aquapark. There is a lot of things i can say about the waterpark.. but i'll let the pictures do the talking Movieland Studios is home to Magma and U571.. Magma is one messed up ride and U571.. i've seen them get out of the ride totally soaked.. i passed They have 2 credits there, but most important part of the day was the waterpark. A nice place to cool down a little and leave a stain in your paints.. Anyway, enjoy and feel free to comment so that's what we are doing today not sure if it was theming or some sort of mishap.. we got to walk through the waterpark before it opened to guests sorry, it's Aquapark early morning, everything is ready looks like a slide in the rocks and yes, movieland is right next door work in progress so yeah.. first look at what must be the most insane slide/attraction i've ever seen heard plenty of stories.. and these pictures don't do it any justice (yet) thanks for the tour, time to check out movieland yeah, movieland... different kind of tower first up Magma happy tower riders so what was the joke??? Hazzard Garage awesome food place (bears and a bull) just some random theming and there are coasters here as well see? it's pink... Craig... ehm nevermind. that's a lot of stairs wait?? what are you doing here? ok, back to the waterpark... going down getting air and crashing but not everybody was getting air... but then again.. We got lift off touchdown so here they go... tiny bit of air.. and they survived (i think) next try.... going down.. yeah, that's what happened... oops hello ladies soaked so then these guys went down.. and they got AIR look at where the raft landed.. ouch giving it another try still not insane but looked like a fun bit of air.. then these guys showed up... zoomed in.. is it fear or??? owh my.. i'll just keep my mouth shut but wait.. there is more at this park slide with air looks like it managed to scare some folks hmm, air owh mommy different angle/overview of the area. yeah air

Next door to Movie Land studios there is a water park.. And it's Awesome I'm just wondering if it's fear or concentration in this image

looks like they are making good progress on the station building

construction update: source: The toverland Facebook page

practice, practice and practice and maybe some sort of "magic" touch

Looks like i totally forgot to post this image.. From the Mirabilandia Stunt Show

So to end the awesome day at Mirabilandia we got to visit the local stuntshow. This show today was more awesome then usual.. due to Robb and Elissa being part of it. Nobody anticipated (i think) they would be doing this many things in the show.. but i'm pretty sure they enjoyed it I tried to get as many action pictures as possible of them and the show.. so here we go. A "few" pictures from the Mirabilandia stuntshow so this is the place to be.. LA?? owh my... First car drifting onto the stage what's up with the flower??? macho macho men can't a guy just take a dump? yeah, it's kind of confusing when they only speak italian... wait what?? time to get into a car?? parallel parking at it's finest dude on a bike what's up ??? who does not enjoy a decent wheelie? i'm just standing on my bike.. nothing to see here wait what?? they are getting air on that side as well?? only thing missing was a backflip.. look mom, no hands time to get some air superman big rig time looks like Robb is having a blast and yes, drifting with a big rig is possible as well.. time to park for a bit i guess something interesting is happening on that side? two dudes in one bowl... yoga on a bike getting more air stoppie time time to get the truck drifting again stoppong on the front wheel ain't hard... still rolling on that same wheel and making a turn it looks so easy owh my, what just happened???? it's parade time how's it going? i see a hand, guess it's Robb in there yep, there he is wheelie time another way to use a "police" bike time to park this baby for a bit... touching mirrors that was close he looks way too happy let's drift a bit more it's ok to scream and yes.. it's also ok to close your eyes is this the worried look? and yeah.. Robb is in the car drifting around Elissa on 2 wheels... see? burning rubber here they go again yeah, this time it's three in a row is that the get me outta here look?? one more time.. this time with a car going "backwards" need a push?? and yes.. Robb is in there.. why not turn around ?? and another turn (the other way around) pretty sure this is the fear/i'm terrified look happy to be on solid ground... checkin out that..... ehm.. never mind donut time owh wait.. there is some sort of story in this... "tiny" bit of air just crusing by picking up a bit moe speed more burning rubber.. smoke from a tire = good darn it.. missed this fire surprise threesome time showing of the "i'm having a blast" look more rubber and handbrake turns that's "old school" hitting the brakes fire dude walking around it wasn't me that caused him to crash and catch fire i'll just go in this building.. boom remember mythbusters?? how about staying on top of a car while it's drifting?? big wheels.. hey look who's back? time to park the car superman ok, that's just silly high five dude time to smoke up the place don't you just love the smell?? i'm just happy i'm not paying the tire bill for this show banzai let's me slap your hood yummie, time to burn up those tires yeah.. that was fun

Next stop on this trip.. Day 3: Mirabilandia Home to some of the greatest coasters in Europe.. iSpeed and Katun. It was a hot day and the parks latest attraction (Divertical) was a welcome addition to the park as it managed to cool me down a little (for a while) Last part of the day we got to see the local stuntshow, but more on that in the next update Anyway. Here's a few pictures from this day in the park. enjoy and feel free to comment. yeah, looks like we made it first things first.. Katun here they come let's check out the other ride at the park don't worry rolling (and gravity) is fun i spy airtime (straps going up = airtime (right?)) the look of fear this ride was awesome (and only got better during the day) time to check out a bit more of this park kiddie coaster credit time another look at Katun (and yes.. we basically walked all the way through the park multiple times) and back to iSpeed here they come that's some decent airtime (lifting the wheel) Bummer there is no long haired girl on this train... all kinds of different riding positions going up... Go Go Go happy faces is always a good thing but wait there's more to this park.. How about this sent up those rafts first look at their latest addition right next to iSpeed coming out of the midcourse you can get pretty close to the track no worries rolling scream if you like it midcourse it's not a Vekoma.. hairtime strange riding position at the top owh my...... should we change the name of this ride to: the ride that tries to undress the ladies?? Divertical station and one more look at the awesomeness that is Speed going up theming in the area the boat looks so tiny here they come skloosh that's a decent size wave first "splash" you can see the water coming up behind the second row how's it going?? you can get pretty wet on this ride the gap between second and third row here they come skloosh arms up another wave between second and third row going up girl to boy: you are not wet enough.. here's abhit more water for you shop building ok, happy face, time to check out a bit more in the park ehmm.. confused let's have another look at katun final helix not much you can see from here first drop fun top of the loop rolling away happy riders watch out for the tree how's it going train? something haunted and a different looking logflume.. next stop: The stuntshow