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They are the new Kumbak trains they got for it in 2005. Luckily no-one was killed or injured when this happen. I would be pissed scared if I was in a seat with the restraint open because I would'nt be sure if it is fully locked or not.

The Vekoma looping coaster with Kumbak trains at Efteling was getting evacuated at the top of the lift hill, but while they were in the middle of evacuating the train rolled forward off the lift hill with people in their seats with some of their restraints open. Luckily they pulled them down before the drop and no-one was killed or injured. If someone was in shock they could have easily been to scared to pull them down but they did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9StZSVhtjUI Watch the 2nd row in the front car, the person pulls down the restraint when he realises whats happening. I think there is a person in the 2nd last car aswell that pulls it down. It must have happened recently because the video is new.

Another great PTR. Stampida was 100times better with the old PTC trains, it used to be awesome, great airtime, great lats, Insane 1st half, fast 2nd, smooth and extremely fun. Now it's rough, has no airtime, the 2nd half is slow and just sucks. I used to rate it 10/10, now I rate it 4/10.

Port Aventurax3 Parque Atracciones Madrid Parque Warner Madrid Thats all the parks this year, I am not going to another park until April.

Great PTR. I loved Baco even though on my first ride it was painful and I got a headache but I still thought it was awesome. It was'nt painful then on my other 3 rides and it's now my number. 2 coaster. Did you go on Templo del Fuego? It is amazing, I loved it.

I know, when I was in Parque Atracciones nearly everyone had it. Anyways another great PTR. I cant wait to see the PTR of Port Aventura, Terra Mitica and Parque Warner.

OMG, I was in Parque Atracciones the same day on the 29th.

Brilliant PTR. I was there less than 2 weeks ago and went to must of those sight seeing places. And I was in Madrid's terminal 4 where there was some protest going on in the check in area. What date did you go to Parque Atracciones? I was disapointed with the park but I loved Parque Warner. I went to Port Aventura aswell.

Gardaland next April . I hate living in Ireland.

Ryanair have cheap flights from Luton. Stansted, Liverpool, Glasgow airport to Reus airport which is less than 10minutes away. There are buses to Salou which are not frequent and you can get a taxi. It is alot cheaper to stay in a hotel in Salou and it only costs like a €1 for the bus to the park or €5 for a taxi. But the on-site hotels give unlimited entry to the themepark and give you a ticket to go to the water park and you get Express.

Am... Port Aventura, Dragon Khan, Furius Baco, Stampida (Well some people like the new trains), Hurakan Condor and Templo Del Fuego are all brilliant rides except Stampida because I hate it now. Both parks look well themed but Port Aventura seems to offer more. Sea Odyssey is a great fun very well themed ride. The water rides are decent and the shows are brilliant. So Port Avemtura.

Great pictures. The hotel looks a bit square on the outside but inside it looks very well themed. The bedroom and bathrooms look awesome. Heide Park looks like such a nice park. Does Colossos have much ejector airtime?

Great trip report. The ride op's sound awesome dispatching the trains so fast.

Great PTR. I thought Walibi Belgium used to look like a nice park but OMG Vertigo is SOOO ugly. Everything about it is ugly. Those horrible coloured footers. The horrible supports. The station and the sign. I wish they got something else than that unreliable crap.

I have only been to one small park which was Tivoli World in Malaga, Spain. It was alright but since I was there they got a 200ft Intamin drop tower and a log flume. So Tivoli World.

Woo, Abismo is awesome and it is slightly better than Stuntfall. Stuntfall is awesome to. And you prefer Khan to Hulk.

^It is slower. It's not noticable is the first half but in the 2nd half it is very noticable how slow it is. I HATE Kumbak, they ruined a brilliant coaster.

It was 100 times better with the old PTC trains. It was'nt rough at all and had ALOT of airtime. Now it's very rough and has little airtime but still manages to be a bit fun because of the racing. I think it is the Blue train which is the roughest. I loved it but always got a headache after it but it is still my no.2 after Dragon Khan. Did you get a headache after it? Did you go on Templo del Fuego because it is AMAZING and probally one of the best things in the park. I'm glad you loved the park, so do I.

^I did'nt even bother. Well it would be easy on Stampida because you have to bring al your stuff on the ride. I dont know about Dragon Khan or Furius Baco.

Horrible yellow coloured 2 rail Intamin track is now onsite. Footers are done: Lots more pictures here: http://www.roller-coaster.com.au/gallery.php?gid=180&page=1

Furius Baco, it's awesome. I hope Gardaland's new mine train will be open when I am there next March/April.

Great pictures. I LOVE the themeing. Does it have much airitme?

The 3rd and last park on the trip was Parque de Atracciones de Madrid and it was very disapointing. Anyways it's a short walk from the Metro station and I did'nt know it had 2 entrances. I was here from just before 4pm until 8.40pm. There is an amazing fountain infront of the second entrance. Shame the rest of the park was'nt that nice. I did'nt get many pictures of the park because I was only here for 4 and a half hours and there was nowhere to leave your camera on Tornado so I did'nt bring it down that area and I did'nt get any pictures of it. Anyways I headed straight for the main area of the park which has the parks 3 main coasters and other thrill rides. The first coaster I went on was Tarantula, the biggest MS spinning coaster. I loved Spinball Whizzer and had very high hopes for this and I was VERY diapointed. The lift is very fast and the first drop was great and the s-bend drop into the mist tunnel was really good but thats it. The rest of it sucked. It was dull and boring and it does'nt spin much at all and there are to many MCBR's. The que was around 20minutes and got to 40minutes after I went on and I did'nt think it was worth a reride. VERY disapointing, 5/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I then headed for Tornado an Intamin SLC and it does look great all black. It does'nt look ugly at all. Even the VERY oversupported loops are'nt that bad. The que and station look horrible but anyways I got near the front for my first ride and it sucked. The drop was nearly over before you gained speed, the loops were alright, the turn between the 2 loops is dull, boring, forceless and rough. The corkscrew was good and the last helix was lame but fun. For my second ride I got nearer to the back of the train and it was much better than near the front and for my 3rd and last ride on it I got the back row which is by far the best row on it. The drop is great in the back, the loops are fun. The turn still sucks but is'nt as rough, the corkscrew is great (nowhere near as insane as Batman's ) and the helix is slightly more fun. It is also a bit rough going into the helix but it would'nt give you a headache or anything but it makes a horrible noise in the back. And the ride-op's were terrible. It had a 40minute que with 1 train operation and dispatch times were nearly 10minutes. It took 5 minutes for a ride-op to let people on the train after it had been unloaded. Anyways it's crap anywhere near the front and is good anywhere near the back. 7/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then it was onto Abismo, the largest MS X-car coaster. This is right in the middle of the main thrill area and thank god Parque Atracciones got it, without this the park would have been terrible and shit. Anyways I got in the que and it broke down, it tested 4 times and reopened and then I qued around 10minutes and got on. The que bars are not very strong because it nearly broke with everyone sitting on it and started bending back really far. The restraints were great and they dont get tighter throughout the ride, the lift is fast and scary and then the upside down part of the lift is really scary and insane as you are just hanging and the blood rushes to your head 150ft high. Then when it goes into a little drop upside down into the inversions it's even more scary and feels really weird. Then it's the inversions into the large drop. Then there is the very over banked turn which is like an inversion which is taken really fast. Which is then followed by an airtime hill with great ejector airtime. Then another overbank turn into a very fast little hill and drop into the station which provides another burst of airtime and back up the verticle lift where the brakes 3/4 way up the lift stop the train suddenly. I thought the brakes would be painful but they were'nt. It then goes slowly back down the lift hill into the station. DONT put the restraint tight in the station because I did for my second ride and I could barely breath for the ride. I have to say it gets better with every reride. Put your hands up for the whole thing and it makes it way better especially the airtime hill. For my last and best ride on it I left the restraint a bit loose which was VERY scary on the lift but was worth it for the airtime . And again the ride-op's are terrible. They dont check the restraints and barely look to see if they are all closed before he dispatches the train. The capacity is terrible, so short ques go really slowly. It had a 40minute wait most of the time I was there. 10/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I then went into the nature area of the park for the chute the chute water ride "Los Fiordos". It looked very wet and I thought it would be like Parque Warners that absolutly soaks you but it was'nt. The only thing that gets soaked is your face and hair and your t-shirt gets slightly wet. There is only one drop on this and the bridge gets very wet. The themeing on this however is brilliant, the entrance of the que is themed as a castle thing. It was fun and a good filler and is well themed. 7/10 This area also has the huge bumpers that has good themeing aswell but I did'nt bother going on. The rapids had a huge que so I did'nt bother because I had to leave at 8.30 because we had dinner booked at TGI Fridays . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I then went back into the main thrill area to go on the flats and Abismo and Tornado again. Lanzadera is a 200ft Intamin drop tower which has no themeing and just has sit-down seats. It was closed all day . But I was on Hurakan Condor the day before and did'nt care . Ben and Jake said it sucked anyways. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I went on the Huss topspin which I think is called "Top Spin". It's on the same setting as Parque Warners which is the setting for the water fountains. Parque Warners was better themed and this one made a horrible noise. It was still fun though and the Spannish seem to love clapping and roaring when it lowers you and you are facing the ground. I like it when it holds you upside down and moves very slowly. 6/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then the last flat I went on in the park was the Huss Frisbee "La Maquina" I dont get sick or feel sick much on flats and I thought I would after this but I did'nt. It was fun and good but I was worried that the people beside me might get sick on me. Thank god they did'nt. It was fun but nowhere near as good as KMG afterburners. It seemed to be over just when it was getting good. So basically it was average but fun. 6/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thats all the rides I went on and I did'nt go to some area of the park which had a few more family rides but I did'nt care as it does'nt have anything interesting. When I got off Tarantula and my first ride on Tornado I hated the park but it grew on my while I was there and Abismo saved it. Most but not all of the ride-op's are terrible. The place has little atmosphere and que smokers is really bad in this park. I think it needs more rides like another big coaster but they already got Tarantula in 2005 and Abismo in 2006 so a new coaster wont happen for a while. Without Abismo I would probally give the place 5/10 but with it a 7/10. The place grew on me in the few hours I was there and I started to enjoy it and the place got busier as the day went on especially in the evening since the park was open until 1am. Ride Count: Abismox4 Tornadox3 Tarantulax1 Los Fiordosx1 Top Spinx1 La Maquina (Huss Frisbee)x1

Well, Superman, Batman and I think Coaster Express have storage lockers in the station that lock when the trains dispatch. I dont know what you are supposed to do with them on the other rides. In Port Aventura Dragon Khan and Furius Baco has shelfs for your bags and on Hurakan Condor you just leave it on the ground beside your car but you have to bring it on the water rides, Stampida and the other rides. And DONT MISS TEMPLO DEL FUEFO. In Parque Atracciones they had shelfs on Abismo and Tarantula, in Tornado you have to leave it on the ground.

Well B&M's I have been on are: Dragon Khan, Superman (Madrid), Batman: La Fuga, AIR, Nemesis and Oblivion. I really liked them all except for AIR. It was alright and only average. Intamin's I have been on are Tornado (Parque Atracciones), Rita and Furius Baco. Furius Baco was brilliant but the other 2 were good but not great. And Nemesis and Batman are miles better Yornado. So B&M.