Noxegon

On the other end of the spectrum is the Galaxyland Mindbender, which is positively brutal to ride thanks to the accordion restraints...

If anyone is planning on making the trip from another country, you might PM me; I'm trying to put together a group trip for the weekend of the 11th-13th January and have eight confirmed attendees so far.

They bought it. It's just under thirty years old, having originally been built for Frezeitpark Kirchhorst in Germany. It most recently operated at Luneur in Italy.

Yes folks, it's true. Ireland now has a travelling Schwarzkopf - who'd have though it? The attached photo is of the ride building up for Funderland Dublin which opens in two weeks time.

I've been looking at the logistics of doing just that...

Wow... a Boomerang, a SLC, and half a dozen Pinfaris. I'll have to go there!

Not sure at the moment... next years agenda is still somewhat up in the air, other than TPR China, which is confirmed. For what it's worth, although I've got over #1100 credits to my name I've still got two continents I've yet to start on....

The water stops as the train approaches. Initially I thought it might be there for decoration but in reality I think it may be there to stop the trench filling up with sand.

I enjoyed the DVD, not least because my ankles appear in quite a large amount of the Phaethon footage - with the rest of me making a special guest appearance for a few seconds It's great to get a DVD like this that lets me remember what a coaster was like - I'm watching the Sheikra footage as I type this...

I seem to recall that Lebanon will not allow Israeli passport holders into the country anyway even if you wanted to visit.

The advice from the Irish department of foreign affairs is that unessential travel to Lebanon should be avoided, but that Kuwait is fine.

I have a few, but they're not great unfortunately. Dust in the air was a big problem for pictures. Oasis Express is a nice ride to be sure, though it's rather gentle by usual Schwarzkopf standards...

Yup, that's what the park told us; it developed a technical issue two years ago that maintenance have yet to fix.

I think I might win this with my 2005 trip to South Africa. Thursday night, take fourteen hour flight to Cape Town. Friday morning, do Ratanga Junction. Friday evening, take one hour flight to Johannesburg. Saturday all day, do Gold Reef City. Sunday morning, visit Gold Reef City again. Thirteen hour flight back from Johannesburg on Sunday night, then straight into work on Monday morning! An honourable mention needs to go to my experience riding Voyage. On a coaster trip through the USA, we finished Worlds of Fun early. The next scheduled park (and indeed hotel) was Silver Dollar City. With a day to kill in the middle, we decided to go to Beech Bend and Holiday World to ride Voyage. We drove.

I've just added a large number of photographs of Kuwaiti theme parks to my web site. Direct links: Al-Sha'ab Leisure Park Entertainment City Kuwait Magic Hawally Park I've also posted trip reports here. If anyone wants to try to recreate this trip I'll do my best to help them out.

#1100 - Dania Beach Hurricane (Boomers) #1000 - Speed Monster (Tusenfryd) #900 - Cocinnelle (Walibi Rhone-Alpes) #800 - Talon (Dorney Park) #700 - Boomerang (Bellewaerde) #600 - Hurricane (Sendai Highland) #500 - Ortobruco Tour (Gardaland) #400 - Turbo (Brighton Pier) #300 - Crazy Mine (Hansa Park) #200 - Steel Venom (Geauga Lake) #100 - Shivering Timbers (Michigan's Adventure)

All your base are belong to TPR!

Pleasure Beach Blackpool is ten minutes walk from Blackpool International. Thorpe Park is maybe five miles from London Heathrow. Alice in Wonderland is a few minutes walk from Bournemouth International. Legoland Billund is no more than two minutes walk from the arrivals area of Billund Airport.

My list is currently looking like: New to me: Adventure City Beijing Amusement Park Castles & Coasters Chimelong Paradise Cliff's Amusement Park Crystal Palace Amusement Park Fishermans Wharf Fun Spot Indiana Happy Valley Idlewild Park Joyland Kemah Boardwalk Mega Parc Mysterious Island Pacific Park Sandspit Cavendish Beach Sea World San Antonio Shijingshan Park Upper Clements Theme Park Wonderland Return visits: Canada's Wonderland Cedar Point DelGrossos Disneyland Elitch Gardens Everland Hersheypark Hong Kong Disneyland Kennywood Knoebels Knott's Berry Farm Legoland California Little A-Merrick-A Lotte World Ocean Park Sea World San Diego Six Flags Fiesta Texas Six Flags Great America Six Flags Magic Mountain Six Flags St Louis Universal Studios Hollywood Waldameer Park There is scope for a few extra parks to find their way in there, and one or two may be dropped, but that's the broad outline.

It's funny, I'm of the opposite view; I love both rides for what they are. They're not perfect, with a turning ability that closely resembles a shopping trolley with a bad wheel. However, the launch is amazing, particularly on Dodonpa, and that made the ride for me. Robb's comment on Powder Keg is right on the money though; that ride is simply awesome. If only we could have something with the launch of Dodonpa and the trains of Powder Keg...well, I can dream

Thunder Dolphin?

Ah, so it wasn't just me. Glad to see I'm not the only one horrified at the thought of having to back to Gardaland again...

Disneyland - only because work brought me to Los Angeles before I got round to visiting Florida

Hires version for stupidly big screens (2560x1600, yes, I do have one) would be appreciated

Robb, I really hope you've got your ride list in a database. If not, you've got way too much time on your hands I just wrote a bit of code to output the relevant data from my list... (and edit, I found that the script isn't catching everything due to typos in my trip reports. Not exactly what I was planning to fix this evening, but anyway...) 2007 * Cosmic Typhoon (Milky Way) * Crush's Coaster (Disneyland Paris Studios) * Galaxy Orbiter (Galaxyland Amusement Park) * Hankatten (BonBon-Land) * Hollywood Dream: The Ride (Universal Studios Japan) * Jimmy Neutron's Atomic Flyer (Movie Park Germany) * Kirnu (Linnanmaki) * Kvasten (Grona Lund) * Mine Train (Power Park) * Phaethon (Kyungju World) * Rage (Adventure Island) * Renegade (Valleyfair) * Troy (Toverland) * Wicked (Lagoon) 2006 * Big Apple (Pirat Parc) * Black Mamba (Phantasialand) * Cobra (Paultons Park) * Crossbow (Bowcraft Amusement Park) * El Toro (Six Flags Great Adventure) * Goliath (La Ronde) * Goliath (Six Flags Over Georgia) * Grand Exposition Coaster (Silver Dollar City) * Italian Job Turbo Coaster (Paramount Kings Dominion) * Kentucky Rumbler (Beech Bend) * La Pomme (Euro Park) * Opa (Mount Olympus Theme Park) * Patriot (Worlds of Fun) * Pegasus (Europa Park) * Ragondingue (Bagatelle) * Runaway Train (Gillians Wonderland Pier) * Screaming Dragon (Como Town) * Speed (Oakwood Theme Park) * Stealth (Thorpe Park) * SuperSplash (Plopsaland) * Voyage (Holiday World) * Wacky Worm (Trimpers Rides) * X Coaster (Magic Springs) 2005 * Bowwow Coaster (Yomiuriland) * Crazy Mouse (Martins Fantasy Island) * Donderstenen (Avonturenpark Hellendoorn) * G-Force (Drayton Manor) * Galaxy Express 999 (Aqua Stadium) * Italian Job Stunt Track (Paramount Canadas Wonderland) * Italian Job Stunt Track (Paramount Kings Island) * Kanonen (Liseberg) * Kingda Ka (Six Flags Great Adventure) * Leprotto Express (Mirabilandia) * Mini Coaster (Arakawa Park) * Pegasus (Kashiikaen) * Raging Spirits (Tokyo DisneySea) * Rita - Queen of Speed (Alton Towers) * Sequoia Adventure (Gardaland) * Space Mountain (Hong Kong Disneyland) * Wild Train (Erlebnispark Strasswalchen) 2004 * Daemonen (Tivoli Gardens) * Dragon's Fury (Chessington World of Adventures) * Falken (Farup Sommerland) * Jungle Coaster (Legoland Windsor) * Mini Mouse Cartoon (Parc Saint Paul) * Okidoki (Bobbejaanland) * Revenge of the Mummy (Universal Studios Hollywood) * Typhoon (Bobbejaanland) 2003 * Nemesis Inferno (Thorpe Park) * Rugrats Runaway Reptar (Paramount Carowinds) * Tizona (Terra Mitica) * Top Thrill Dragster (Cedar Point) 2002 * Air (Alton Towers) * Colossus (Thorpe Park)