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I've only been on Montezuma's Revenge when I visited Knott's in 2009. Now that I'm living in Europe, though, I'm hoping I can get a ride on Turbine when it opens! =D

Here are just a few photos from out day in Rome and Vatican City: I like wall! Rome's full of traffic! Italian cannolo + hot chocolate = delicous! The street art of Rome is rather nice. Some nice steps. Walking along Vatican City's wall. Ferrari 599 on its home turf! Ok, home country; home turf would be Modena. We've entered another country. The smallest country in the world! This place is huge! La Pieta. I'm sure a lot of people know this statue! Beautiful! Big dome. This is a LONG staircase! "We are HIIIIGGGHHH UUUPP!" You can get a great panoramic view of the whole city from here! Nice park. Another view of Rome. These stairs were steep! Intamin Swiss-cheese soldiers! Ouch! This thing is rather pokey. Gotta love real Italian food in Italy! So much pasta! When driving in Rome, be wary of the 1,000,000 MPH scooters that tend to fly by you! Walking back down the stairs. Rather nice looking metro station. Goodbye Rome! Thanks for reading! =D

I personally think it looks awesome! I was kinda unsure at first about how well Cedar Point could fit the ride right over the entrance, but it appears to fit in rather nicely. I love the theme; it fits in well with the placement of the ride while still having a relatively simple Cedar Fair name, and the train design is pretty cool! I certainly believe that this is a great replacement for Space Spiral and Disaster Transport, and I hope it's as good of a ride as it appears!

I completely agree, especially considering that Flashback will most likely be moved while Texas Chute Out will probably be scrapped. I can already see how an X-Flight clone may fit in that new area. I really hope that something different comes to the park, although it'll probably be another chain ride.

Awesome pictures of the park! I had a great time there; I like how hidden the park is in the forest, it has nice theming in the new family area, and the rides are top notch. Oh yeah, and Expedition GeForce is now my new favorite coaster!

I've seen advertisements all around where I live for a park called ZooMarine, located near Rome. I did a little bit of research into the park and found it to have some nice things to do. The park has several animal and water shows with a water park and few rides inbetween, including a Schwarzkoph Looping Star that's traveled all around Europe. For Memorial Day weekend, we visited some friends of ours that live in Rome, and we checked out quite a bit of the city, as well as ZooMarine. First off, here are some photos from our day at ZooMarine. We've arrived at the tents of ZooMarine! Here's my ticket to fun! Dad approves of this Jurassic Park ripoff. I think this is a relatively new attraction. It's some kind of exhibit on dinosaurs. "I like pleasure spiked with pain and music is my aeroplane. It's my aeroplane." What could this tent be for? Looked over a fence and saw the park attempting to hide parts for a new Aquatrax! Many of the restrooms at the park felt kinda portable and like they were just plopped in their locations without much thought. OMG! Dinoman! We grabbed a little snack at the cafe at the front of the park. The ladies who worked there were very nice, spoke good English and gave us good service! Nutella Crepes are always awesome! Here's the way to the rest of the park. Here's the park's 'Wacky Whale'. Almost sounds like the Italian word for squirrel! Octopus and water slides. It's kinda like the slide ride you can get on Roller Coaster Tycoon games. Kiddie swing ride. Not the most scenic canal to have run through a theme park. Here's the little waterpark section. It's definitely a nice thing to have in Italy during the hot summers. Now we've reached perhaps the most exciting ride at the park: Vertigo! Nice first drop. Too bad it's not opening until a little later. So for now, let's go watch the dolphin show! "What is it with European theme parks having such catchy theme songs? Zoozoozoomariiiinnee!" Flying dolphins! They can jump over each other! Underwater circle! They flip! They fly! They touch the sky! Tail SWWIIISSSHHHHHhhhhhhh! The dolphin show was great! It was one of the best theme park dolphin shows I've ever seen, and it's certainly a highlight of the park! It's finally time to ride! This definitely seems like a traveling coaster, and it actually is! This is nowhere near the first park to have owned Vertigo. Train shot. Literally! The station is very simple. Orange is a good Schwarzkoph color. After we got a few rides on Vertigo, we headed to the bird show. It's mostly educational, informing a building designer about why she shouldn't build her new skyscraper in the rainforest. Fly-action! This one was pretty loud after the show! These guys have big bills! Hmm... so Gardaland's mammoth escaped to ZooMarine! Ah, so we've run into a new addition! I'm guessing that, come next year, this section may attempt to unite the park's scattered pirate theming. What the heck is this thing?!? We noticed all of this white stuff on the ground... bird feathers or did we just miss a snowstorm in Rome? You decide! Are you ready for the 4D Cinema? It was actually pretty terrible! Old effects, terrible 3D vision that irritated my eyes, and a rather strange story. Time for some more loop action! Onride photo of me! Brace for the brakes! Here's out midday snack. Next up, the park's high dive show! Highest dive of the show! They have an underwater viewing area that shows some of the sea lions and other animals! Mom and I took on the slide! It goes reasonably fast, but you don't get very wet. The kiddie drop tower was pretty fun! Dad and I rode it several times in a row! Small drop towers with lots of airtime make me do weird things. AHHH! THE WHALE'S EATING ME! Next up, the log flume. Ok, so on this ride, I can't smoke, be a fat woman, like Switzerland, fall backwards down stairs, eat a hamburger, dance while in the log, or leave people stranded. And I might also get wet. This ride has 3 lift hills! Here are 2 of them. Finally, it's time for the CSI: Sea Lion show! They tried to figure out who stole some fish from the sea lions. I felt that the show would be better if it had some more action. It seemed to be mostly talking and not much movement. Last minute stop in the park's main gift shop! Wonder if there's a real owl or eagle hiding in there somewhere... And that was our day at ZooMarine! Coming up soon is our day in Rome and Vatican City!

Finally, this horrible roller coaster story (literally) is coming to a close. It's unfortunate that this once-impressive ride failed so badly, but at least it'll leave lots of room for park expansion (Intamin prefab hope, anybody? ). I'm glad that it will never torture another rider again.

I always love a good 'SKLOOOSSSHHH' shot, and that certainly shows how wet of a ride Divertical is!

Although Disaster Transport is a unique ride, I can't say I'm excessively disappointed that it's leaving. I didn't find it to be a very fun riding experience when I rode it, and its building is an eyesore to that part of the park. If it manages to find a new home elsewhere (hopefully without the building), that'd be great, but otherwise, I think it's about time for that area of the park to be updated. I like observation tower rides, and it's too bad that one of the more unique of the Intamin towers is going. However, all of the aforementioned problems with it certainly make it a less-than-desirable ride to keep. Perhaps a newer tower could replace it in the near future?

Our last full day in Barcelona, Day 5: We start off with a nice little breakfast in the cafe right next to the hotel. Smiley cookie and hot chocolate is all I need! We've finally sorta figured out the trains here! We jump on the Orange route today and head back into the hustle and bustle of Barcelona. Here we are near the Olympic Stadium, home to the 1992 Summer Games. The Olympics were a big deal here, and the city spent lots of time and money preparing the city for the event. This structure, the Montjuic Communications Tower, was one of the many city-improvement projects that the Olympics games helped inspire. It's designed in the shape of an athlete holding the Olympic Flame. Anybody recognize this building? Artsy shot! On the right is Barcelona's old bullfighting ring. When it fell into disrepair, it was converted into a shopping center that opened last year. I bet that roof is great for rain protection! So THOSE are the guys who work on my computer in the backroom... Next stop: Camp Nou stadium! You know how much Europeans love soccer, especially Spaniards! Camp Nou has been home to the Football Club of Barcelona for many years. We chose not to go inside because of cost, but we certainly did enjoy our quick stop at Camp Nou! Where could I be now? Finding lunch, of course! Before we even walked into the restaurant, they let us know that we can file complaints. Great welcoming sign! Our lunch came in 2 courses. Here's the first course. And here's the second. An enjoyable meal overall. Continuing down the road on our bus, I constantly absorbed the architecture of Barcelona. This is one of the nicest areas of town. Lucario and I as we ride along. We jumped off the Orange bus and back onto a Green bus to hit a few places that we missed before. Nice view of a cathedral. I'm not even sure which one this is anymore! Does this look familiar? Where could we be going? It must be near the beach... This is it: icebarcelona! It's so cold in here, you're advised to not stay inside for more than 45 minutes! And our glasses are made of ice! "This place is cool. No really, it's freakin' freezing in here!" They give you some pelt to sit on, but it doesn't help too much! I didn't drink quickly enough. My Shirley Temple froze partially to the bottom of the glass. Overall, we had a great time! This looks oddly familiar. This is the Barcelona Convention Center. It's a pretty cool looking building! Now we've arrived in the Red Light District. This is the current Barcelona bullfighting ring. It closed in January this year because of the passing of an animal cruelty act that banned bullfighting in Catalunya. We're back at La Sagrada Familia, this time for a full tour! This front Facade of La Sagrada Familia contains several rock sculptures that all depict the Stations of the Cross. The inside of the cathedral is just as amazing as the outside! Gaudi's technique of light control definitely made its way into this cathedral. All of the stained-glass windows are carefully placed to create a beautiful display of color that lets neither too much nor too little light into the building. These pillars are inspired by trees that form into a big canopy. This is the altar area. Notice the clear windows toward the top; the stained glass windows up there haven't been prepared yet, so that's just filler. "This is a REALLY heavy church!" The rear facade is very impressive. There's a lot of detail; too many stories to possibly explain! As a bonus, there's this little building right next to La Sagrada Familia. It was built by Gaudi with insanely thin walls (just a few inches thick) and the usual Gaudi visual appeal. Goodbye, Sagrada Familia! Still under construction, so I guess I have new things to look forward to on my next visit! Another Starbucks credit! World of Color at Disneyland Barcelona! My last view of Barcelona. After we returned to Sabadell, we managed to find a Domino's! I was so excited, as I hadn't had Domino's Pizza in more than a year! Mom and dad's pizza. My BBQ Chicken pizza. Finally a couple of chocolate lava cakes to end the day! Thanks for reading my trip report! Sorry it took so long to get out, but I hope you enjoyed it! Post your comments if you liked it! =D

This seems like an awesome little park! The location is absolutely amazing; it sorta reminds me of Tibidabo in the sense that it's high ontop of a mountain, but this park certainly has the edge in natural beauty and thrills. The Screamin' Swing's placement is pretty epic, and quite a few of the rides seem to afford great views of the whole place. I think this trip report has accomplished its goal! I definitely want to check this little place out now!

Part 2 of Day 4: We've reached this funicular... where could it be going? Looks like a long journey to the top! What are these people doing here? Is that a roller coaster? Ok, I'll stop pretending that you don't know that we're in Tibidabo. There's a very nice church... some blocks... and a theme park! I believe this is the ticket list for the rides. This is a strange observation platform ride thingy. You board one of two platforms, get hoisted up to the top, stand there rocking in the wind for ten minutes, and then descend back down. Any park simply wouldn't be complete without a carousel. Most parks don't have a view that's quite as nice as this one, though! This certainly seems like an interesting credit! Too bad it's closed. This plane ride is pretty neat! Someone else is ready for the old Windseeker! Grabbin' a quick snack in the cafe. Awesome Jeep (word filter, blah), but did it come with the California plate? Closeup of the communications tower because I'm a nerd like that! The church is beautiful on the inside. We went up and got to take in the amazing view! This would be a nice place to stand for a while... We're up at the top now with Jesus! Overhead view of the Vekoma. You can see The stairs up to the highest part were pretty cool. "It's a beautiful city... Too bad I'm made of stone and I can't go down to the beach during the summer!" The welcome sign for Tibidabo. This is a big motor that pulls the funicular up the hill. They had some cool looking posters in the waiting room for the funicular. They seemed to have a few little tribute posters to the old Muntanya Russa that was here until a couple of years ago. Here's a ride sign as I'm heading back down. You can sit here if you're holding a baby in you arms, holding a baby in your stomach, bent at a 45 degree angle, or if you're holding 2 plungers on the wrong side. Here's my 'nice car credit' of the update: an Audi R8! Now we continue through the Barcelona traffic. Here's our next stop: Casa Batllo! Preeeetttyy colooorrrsss. The amount of work that was put into this house by Antoni Gaudi is absolutely amazing! Almost every single element of the house, from light to temperature control, was considered. The tiles that decorate the walls of this stairwell are darker towards the top, so as to keep the walls consistently colored when sunlight hits them. Imagine this courtyard 100 years ago, filled with people wearing stylish hats... The arches and slats in this hallway were all designed to provide both structural beauty and good ventilation during hot Barcelona summers. Artsy light-hole shot. View from ontop of the house. This roof right here is perhaps the most famous part of the house! They told us in the last room to 'pretend like we were really going to meet Gaudi'... I see what they did there. This is the running joke of the famous roof from before. You can also buy furniture that was designed Gaudi-style! It matches much of the furniture that can be found inside the house. As we head out, we run into this cool Coke machine. Definitely an original! Street art or giant piece of chocolate cake? You decide! When we arrive back in Sabadell, we're not sure where to go. We stop by the first open place we see and try it. Nothing on the menu looked that great to me, and our waiter went 'moo' and 'baah' to help us figure out what was what! Needless to say, it was pretty entertaining! I didn't get any pictures of our food, but it did have a delhi right next to it, which is usually a sign of quality. Pelican ride FTW! That's all for Day 4! Day 5 to come soon!

Gouderix was definitely painful, but ToT looks much better! Hope I can ride this one in October.

My thoughts exactly! Italy has several moderately-sized parks, but quite a few of the credits here are hidden in these small parks that you visited on this 'credit whore day'. If I ever get the chance to visit the Rome area again and I have some time, I'll have to hit up these parks and snag the credits for myself. Hopefully I won't need to have 200 Euros on me in order to get them, though.

Day 4: Checking out the grocery store before we head out. Gotta love the chips here in Spain! We take the train into Barcelona once more. There's that one-eyed fish dude again! We decided to ride the Barcelona tour bus. Another Hamburgesa King. This is the Barcelona Aquarium. Also near here is the Olympic Park and a large IMAX movie theater. I think this area of Barcelona's port is quite nice. This is one of the many prominent works of art in the Olympic Village area. This is called The Golden Fish. When the sunlight hits this structure, it's easily visible from well down the beach. What the heck are these? Barcelona has such well-maintained freeways... Much better than Italy! The area where we are now used to be a neighborhood until... I believe the 1970's, when it was demolished in favor of nice public beach area. The area pictured is one of the newer areas of Barcelona This park, introduced in 2002, helps promote Barcelona's popular adherence to the idea of sustainability. This is a big mall. Running out of interesting captions. Very superstitious... writing on the wall... Barcelona's tram system is a clean, fast way to get around town. Barcelona is a very green city, both in the presence of trees and its conservation of energy. Anyone recognize this building? Quick graffiti break... More of Barcelona's awesome architecture. Now we've come to one of the most familiar and visited attractions in Barcelona. "La Sagrada Familia credit!" Interesting coffee mugs... There's lots of bull in Barcelona! Instead of waiting in the huge line for La Sagrada Familia in the rain, we decided to grab lunch at Subway. Subway is the largest fast food chain in the world. And it's also one of the best! We found another one! Totally family friendly. Although we didn't stop to visit it, we learned that this hospital is worth visiting because of its beautiful architecture. My jaw dropped to the floor when I saw a Domino's. I WANT NOW!! We had to walk quite a ways to get to our next place... This is a cool submarine. Walking up a hill now. Americans beware! I'll leave you with this hint as to where we're going next... Pretty obvious, I know. The rest of Day 4 to come soon!

Are they actually saying that Ghostrider is an 'old wooden coaster'? This article seems to attempt to make people think they're more aware, when really all Yahoo's doing is pointing out a few either preventable or very rare accidents. It's unfortunate that this article will probably be heeded by the general public and thus more misconceptions will be made about how unsafe theme parks are and how you'll die if you ride a flying roller coaster and blah blah blah. I'm glad I'm educated enough to understand that this article is 100% crap and that I'll probably never run into any of these problems at a theme park. And if I do, I know that I can blame 1) myself on preventable accidents or 2) the Intamin cable on soaking me with hydraulic fluid.

Fasanolandia is a nice little park. It's not in the very best condition, but its setting is absolutely beautiful and the Euro Fighter packs a great punch in a small area! And Zoosafari is a pretty awesome addon! It's really unfortunate that you're running into so many closed rides this trip. Hopefully this closure of rides is limited to just the Puglia region, or else you'll probably have my luck and have to visit Rainbow Magicland 3 times before you get a ride on Shock.

I'm a huge fan of drop towers, but whenever I ride and of the Towers of Terror, I always get exceptionally nervous. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the orgasmic airtime that they exert, because airtime is usually my favorite sensation on a ride. I also get somewhat nervous when riding Intamin Rockets because of how amazifyingly intense their launches tend to be. I guess that goes to show you that I haven't ridden Dodonpa yet.

It's too bad that Senzafiato was closed, because it's fun and very re-ridable. the POV I took of it, for those who are unfamiliar (sorry for the bad quality). Anyways, it's nice to see an update of Miragica! They day I visited last year wasn't the best for riding all of the rides at the park, but I really liked Miragica's theming, food, and pricing. The staff there was also very friendly, and several people at the park spoke English. Per Bacco is definitely one of the most interesting drop towers out there; if only Rainbow Magicland's was like it. The Zamperla Disko got me soaked last year in the rain, but it's still a great ride nevertheless! Obviously, now you guys appreciate how crazy Italian spinning mice are. I can't wait to see the next update! Heck, I'd like to join you guys right now!

I'm very sorry for the long delay. Here's Day 3, which is our first day in Barcelona! Interesting art thingy in Sabadell. We managed to figure out the ticket system for the train to Barcelona. For those who have never travelled to Europe, taking the train is often the best way to go, as it's cheap, fast, and convenient in getting you between major destinations. This guy sang on the train to Barcelona. Kinda random and a little loud, but he was pretty decent. The entrance and exit system will chop you in half if you follow the person in front of you too closely! We emerge from the station in the heart of Barcelona. This is the Placa de Catalunya. Near here are several good shopping areas, the north end of Las Ramblas, and the Hard Rock Cafe Barcelona. Placa Catalunya is also the main starting point of several Barcelona bus tours. PIGEONS! We were very happy to find a Starbucks here! This is our first Starbucks since London during Christmastime! Artsy shot at the Gothic Cathedral. It's a very beautiful cathedral! European cathedrals have fascinating history and design behind them. I'd recommend visiting the Gothic Cathedral if you take a trip to Barcelona. What could this be? Barcelona has several cool statues. Here's another beautiful building! We had genuine Catalunyan food. The beans I ordered were somewhat unusual, but the rice plates that my parents ordered were great. This amazing lava cake made up for the beans! Barcelona is home to some very cool graffiti! Walking down the streets of the Gothic Quarter. Seriously, I've never seen graffiti art like this before in my life! We took a stroll down Las Ramblas, one of the most famous tourist destinations in Barcelona. It has a fun atmosphere. We stopped by the Hard Rock Cafe for a quick snack, since it had been a little while since our lunch. By "quick snack", I mean some awesome Hard Rock Nachos. Red Hot Chili Peppers FTW! Just sayin'. I'm a big fan of model cars, so I had to take a look inside this store. Lucario in 3D! Tech geeks like me love window displays like this. So I guess bike rentals are available here just like in London? Which train is ours? We stopped by this sandwich place in Sabadell before we got to our hotel. Day 4 to come soon!

I think I know where the green B&M track is going next year! I'm glad that something is finally being done with that area of the park. It seems like it hasn't been updated in such a long time; allowing a better view of the beach with a new ride would be great, and the changes to the front entrance and parking lot seem pretty nice as well. I'm curious as to what exactly will happen to Disaster Transport and Space Spiral, because I know CF parks seem to have a trend of recycling rides as much as possible. Perhaps Michigan's Adventure will finally receive a new ride?

Great report! I'm glad to see that Cedar Point has put so much effort into making the park better since my last visit in 2008. The new Fast Lane system sounds like it works very well; I remember waiting in Dragster and Millennium Force's lines for at least an hour and a half apiece when I visited. I'm also impressed by the many touchups the park made over the offseason; Millie's new paint, the ferris wheel's new lights, and Mean Streaks retracking all help to keep CP a great place for us theme park fans! (of course they're still a great vacation destination for other things too, as the hotels and beaches prove)

Nice TR! I'm realizing more and more that I really didn't take advantage of all that SFGAm had to offer when I visited in 2005, and I now have X-Flight as an excuse to go back. X-Flight really does look fantastic; it looks like one of the best 'full experiences' to have hit a SF park in a while now. I hope it catches on and inspire some other parks (namely SFMM ) to do better!

No kidding fix what you have before adding more stop sacrificing the entire park for the coaster crown and other assorted world records for Gods sake You took the words right out of my mouth!!!!!) And mine! SFMM should put some serious emphasis on... well, pretty much everything but thrill rides! It goes without saying that family rides, more (or at least open ) kiddie rides, ride operation, and theming are all downfalls for the park. Considering the lack of other rides, I can't say I'd be surprised that SFMM could once again be looking for another record-breaker as their 'big 2013 addition'. The rumor that some kind of launch coaster utilizing Metro's old tunnel and Log Jammer's area makes some sense to me. As to what kind of ride it could be, I'd really only guess Premier or Maurer X-Car, but what do I know? I guess we won't know for sure until we see pictures of track or get an announcement...

^I'd say it's a good bucket-list park: its ride selection was great, the theming was top-notch, and the food was decent. I'm hoping I can get a chance to visit once Shambhala opens. Finally, here's the end of Day 2: New one for the index? Time for some more Dragon Khan! This ride definitely gives you a good dose of the classic B&M Roar! Now, ladies and gentlemen, here's what you've all been waiting for: the onride shots of Shambhala from Khan. Here's the splashdown, as well as the entrance to the tunnel. There's the right-hander out of the station. The transfer area. I'm not sure if this ride will have 2 or 3 trains, but so far 2 are on the transfer. You can see the exit of the tunnel up to the first hill. After DK, we go to Hurakan Condor, where we run into a giant Pikachu. We got to ride the floorless-tilt seats! Definitely my favorite free fall drop tower experience! Another part of the park's awesome theming. Here comes another mini-parade. We decide to try Tomahawk, not knowing much about it other than that it's a woodie. I quickly learned that it's a kiddie woodie. I also learned that it had a ridiculously slow lift hill. This could possibly be one of the most inefficiently run rides I've ever ridden! Thanks to the uber-small trains, there's only room for 1 adult or 2 small children per row. Are those magnetic brakes? I didn't know how to brace properly, and so my knees suffered. Sesame Street definitely gets some representation here! We decide to challenge the flume. This ride has a huge queue. Gotta love the rotating station! They don't look too wet... That's a decent little splash. It has a decent course. You can get a great view of Shambhala from the top of the lift hill. It was a bit wetter than we expected, which is great during hot Spanish summers, but not on a cool day like today. At least we didn't cheat! I decide to ride the Crazy Barrels. Not quite as crazy as I hoped, but still kinda fun. What an original name for the show! Ready for the Sea Odyssey? Turtle Vision 4D... Something something sounds kinda fishy. Here's that awesome submarine. The question is: will it apply to this new programing? Check out our sexy 3D glasses! The pre-ride warning animations were pretty funny. The program was very boring in my opinion. Even if it would've been in English, I feel that this would've been much better in a 4D theater than in the simulator setting like it was in. To end the day, I'll get my final remaining credit here. The first thing you'll notice when you walk into this part of the park is the amount of color. The theming here is just as good as the rest of the park, perhaps a bit better! Here it is! Index credit. This ride is very similar to Road Runner Express at Six Flags Magic Mountain. This one makes a pretty decent rumble as it goes by. This is probably one of the smallest rides I've ever seen that has a video camera on it. My parents decide to grab some Cafe Zero before we leave. Do a barrel roll! This very short section of Furious Baco is one of the most beautiful parts of a theme park that I think I've ever seen before. Whoosh! One final look at the amazing theming of Port Aventura! Turnstiles... out of the park for the final time on our trip! After we were done with the park, we tried to find a decent place for dinner. The people here didn't speak a lick of English and we didn't recognize a single thing on the menu, so we left. Unfortunately I cannot find the pictures of the restaurant we did end up going to, but it was actually really good! It was called Buffalo Bill's and it had a lot of American-themed food. The only person working there was the manager due to the lack of dinner crowds until about 8:00 PM (Spaniards eat dinner late), but he spoke great English and was very friendly. We had some great food there and headed back to the hotel. The next update will include pictures of our first day in Barcelona, and you'll definitely get a good chance to see some of Barcelona's best, so don't miss it! Thanks for reading! =D