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Unfortunately those parks are nowhere near eachother. I would guess around 300 miles, give or take. Tusenfryd however is "only" a 4 hour bus ride from Liseberg.....

Theres a road next to the escalator for wheel-chair users,etc... It passed under the long turn on Speedmonster pretty close, so getting pictures like that is no problem. As far as I know theres no fence at that side of the road... I do think that Speedmonster is a great ride, but its not amazing just because its unique. I think it lacked a little on the intensity part, especially the launch... Thats soooooo true! The difference between wet and dry coastertrack is amazing! Its almost like two different coasters. Yngve "riding Thundercoaster after a month of dry weather is like getting a spine adjustment" Oestbye

The G-forces would be far higher at the bottom of the loop than through any of the turns found on real flying coasters. They are either taken rather slow or they are stretched out quite a bit.

Your trees are "too organized". They dont look very realistic!

http://www.rcdb.com/id124.htm Theres also quite a few Vekoma looping coasters with Arrow trains...

The duelling coaster looks pretty cool with the riders facing eachother, but an outside loop on a flying coaster would be very uncomfortable in real life and is unrealistic. Imagine 4G towards your restraint! However, this is RCT, not real life so I think you should keep it that way because it looks cool!

This is great news to those who live in that area because those rides are extremely fun. I rode the worlds longest in Austria last year and it was insane!! 3.5 kilometers (almost 11500 feet) long with arouns 70 turns I belive. The lateral G-forces were crazy!

I have ridden a few Schwarzkopf coasters, all with lapbars, but I can definately understand that they can be painfull with OTSR because those rides are designed to be wild and throw the passengers around a bit. Thats what makes them so great in my opinion.

Heres a better picture of those enormous swinging ships http://www.coastergallery.com/japan/N08.html

Thank you for all your nice replies, its really appriciated. And I must admit that Im very pleased with how the chairswing picture turned out to be. I didnt expect to look that great! It was also cool to get a link to my PTR on the front page! I promised you a small update from Tusenfryd so here it is. The day before was awesome, so our day at Tusenfryd was kinda 'meh'. Lines werent too bad, but it was hot and we were both exhausted. And Thundercoaster was absolutely awful. We rode first in a non-wheel seat and though it was horrible. And on our second (and last) ride we rode in a wheel-seat and I thought I was going to get my spine adjusted. It was the most painfull experience Ive ever had on a wooden coaster. I belive that the reason for this is the dry weather in the Tusenfryd area the last month. When wood dries, it becomes very stiff. Thundercoaster was nowhere near as rough when I rode it in the rain a few months earlier so I guess the wood is a bit more soft and bends easier when its wet. It was really a shame because it has so much potential... I wasnt in the mood for picture-taking, so if anyone wants to see more pictures from Tusenfryd I reccomend checking out my Photo TR from Tusenfryd earlier this year- I'll end this update with a picture containing an S&S tower and a house made of candy! Speedmonster has not surprisingly developed a bit more vibrations since it opened, but its still a very enjoyable ride! Atleast there is one rollercoaster worth riding here. Screw everything I have said about this ride being better than Balder! Words cant describe how horrible it was! Hmmm and I thought it only felt like it was about to fall apart... It may look great, but its one evil torture machine in dry weather.. No PTR from Tusenfryd is complete without a picture of everyone's favorite Vekoma looping coaster! Stupid Mondial ride getting riders wet! Atleast it didnt throw any passengers off this time... Skipped this one as I already had the credit! These kids are about to get very wet! With the high temperatures we went to Supersplash quite early. But with a 30 minute queue we only rode once. Still a very fun ride!

Thanks for the nice replies! I'll have a small update from Tusenfryd coming up either later today or tomorrow. For those of you wondering about the layout on Jetline, its almost identical to BMRX, which you can find an onride video of here. Jetline is bigger though, and BMRX looks like its braked more. Jetline felt like it was flying through the brakeruns and helixes. Oh, and I can definately understand that these Schwarzkopf coasters are rather uncomfortable with OTSR because they are quite wild, and Ive heard that those restraints usually comes down during the ride aswell... Btw, just out of curiosity, are there any other Intamin droptowers where the cars tilts at the top? I know that Apocalypse @ Drayton Manor tilts forwards as it starts going up. What about those Gyro drops like Acrophobia @ SFOG? I can imagine them tilting at the top....

Liliputbahn @ Prater Park, Vienna

Fritt Fall Tilt @ Gröna Lund. 260 feet tall and the standup-floorless car tilts about 10-15 degrees forward at the top. Awesome stuff!

Last night I came home after going on a short coastertrip with a friend to Gröna Lund and Tusenfryd. We started with GL, which is a small park in Stockholm, the capitol of Sweden. The park is very easy to get to as its located almost in the center of the city. Its a small park with a great atmosphere and some awesome rides! Since I didnt get any pictures of all the hot swedish lesbians, I'll end the GL update with a picture of me with a giant Intamin droptower sticking out of my head! The park became really beatiful as the sun went down... Another picture for you lifthill-enthusiasts. Check out the clearance on the right side! The park had a great, classic atmosphere! Gröna Lund also had this weird ride! Its kinda like a bicycle which does loops, but we didnt feel like doing a workout! And it ended with this awesome slide! It actually has a double-down where you get airtime!!! The funhouse was awesome! Tons of wacky stuff! They also had a 200 feet S&S Combo Tower but we didnt ride because of the long line. Mondial Topscan through the trees!! It was really beatiful! The location of this park was just awesome! There was plenty of funny faces on Fritt Fall Tilt! Woooooooosh! See the difference?? Yes, the car actually tilts AT THE TOP! 260 feet above the ground the car tilts forward! Its such an amazing feeling! Take a good look at the purple car before looking at the next picture. They had one of those standup-floorless cars. 260 feet of Intamin dropping-awesomeness! Fritt Fall was next. Crappy pictue of a train heading down the psycho-drop as another train full of happy riders returns to the station. They were running 4 trains so the line was only 5 mins, even with the park being packed! Everyone loves Jetline! Its a very powerfull ride which throws you around a bit, but its not rough. And this is where everyone goes "OMFG!" This is where everyone goes "Weeeeee!" This is one of those "never in America"-rides. The reason: The support structure for the MCBR on the right is like a foot from the train going up the lifthill. I almost hit my arm on it! Awesome Anton-curved-chainlift-stuff! Jetline opened in 1988 and its still the largest coaster in the park. SEE?! Totally impossible! Its impossible to take a picture of this coaster without taking a picture of Jetline... Our first ride of the day was Vilda Musen, a Gerstlauer coaster which opened a few years ago. Gröna Lund from the ferry. The location of this park is just awesome! Heres a view of Stockholm from the ferry to the park.

That was a great video! Thanks for sharing it with us (atleast me ). Im going to Tusenfryd on friday and this video really made me look forward to it. Its supposed to be rain so Thundercoaster will be flying if they are correct!

Edit your first post!

More pictures of this amazing park aswell as a few other Chinese parks http://www.coasterclub.org/gallery/index.php?cat=18 http://www.coasterclub.org/gallery/displayimage.php?album=117&pos=14

Of those I can remember what was like: 1. I Corsari (Gardaland) 2. Batman la Fuga 3. Coaster Express 4. Superman la Attracion de Acero I cant think of any other rides I have been on with themed queue lines....

Maybe they'll send it to South America like several other famous Schwarzkopf coasters. SA seems to become Schwarzkopf-land....

I thought every ride on SoB was like that

^I should kill you and your butter-smooth B&M's for that

I dont think you will find a rapids ride in Europe with seatbelts. And yes, its not uncommon to see people stand up to avoid getting wet....

HOLY CRAP thats amazing! I love the theming around Superman, errr, whatever the name is. Especially that picture with all the lights. It looks spooky!

Yes, not everyone enjoyed the ride as much as I did as you can read from the trip reports. Most people on the trip seemed to love it though. http://www.coasterclub.org/trips/reports/2005/rhapsody/day3/

Its not a smooth ride. It doesnt feel like its about to rattle itself to pieces, but it does throw you around quite alot. But thats what I love about this coaster. Its unpredictable and wild. If you prefer smooth coasters you will probably not like Wild Train. But if you like coasters which feels like they are alive and are doing the best to throw you out of your seat, you will probably enjoy the ride. I rode it 37 times that day and left the park with a giant bruise on my left side. But it was worth it. I think some of the other members of ECC got like 50-60 rides on it that day....