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He just misses the opening date too. I've agreed with him that if it's open whilst I'm there I've to let him know and he'll be on the first plane out.

I'm going out there on Grand Prix weekend figuring everything will be running for the influx of tourists that'll descend on the city.

An Alpine Coaster just outside Warsaw in Poland.

Thanks for the plug David. That file has been my little baby for the last 3 years. Do check back every couple of months as it keeps getting added to on a regular basis.

Add me to the list of people scared of Starflyers. I'd also add the pirate ships with stand-up cages at the end such as the one we found in Albacete's city fairground. There's no way it would be allowed in our Health & Safety riddled countries.

Look again, something else has appeared!

It gives me an excuse to go travelling

Here's another bit of digital manipulation. Too subtle? Raging Bull

I'm one of those that moved it down the list on the Hawker poll. It is a really horrible ride Ignore the big wide grins on the people as the train comes back into the station. They're just checking their fillings are intact. Those that put their hands in the air on the first drop spend the rest of the ride wondering why they did it and hold on very tight for the remainder. 2 drops side by side do look cool until you realise that having been smacked on the first one you know you've got another to endure. There's no reride queue for a reason, no one wants to. But in its praise, at least it was open, which can't be said about the wooden coaster at La Feria.

SFMM's Goliath and SFOT's Titan coasters. After a teasing lift climb that feels like eternity you crest the top then looking down you can see a tiny black square way below in the distance and you think to yourself "there's no way we'll fit in that!"

Thunderbolt at Kennywood gets my vote, not necessarily because of the quality of the ride but because when I put my hands up on a drop the guy behind me decided to tickle me under the arms. So the reflex action of hunching up my shoulders and pulling my neck down, coupled with the coaster levelling out at the bottom of the drop caused me to feel like I'd broken my neck. It took 3-days to fully recover from that.

There's a model of the castle on the beach in Seuss Island.

The only problem I have is that it goes everywhere. Taken from here

100 Grand National, Blackpool 150 Balder, Liseberg 200 Rasender Roland, Hansa Park 250 Dragon Flyer, Camelot 300 Twistrix, Drievliet 350 Camel Coaster, Nasu Highland 400 A travelling dragon 450 Rollersoaker, Hersheypark 500 Racer, Kings Island 550 Flying Super Saturator, Carowinds 600 Frozen, Sokolniki Park (which I found!!) 650 Boomerang, Six Flags Mexico 700 Powder Keg, Silver Dollar City 750 Fairly Odd Coaster, Nickeodeon Park