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^not having an action camera nor planning to get one I would always clear this kind of things with park management before and if they allow it get written confirmation and a number of the management staff which you/the attendant could call in case of questions/problems. It is always a hassle to go back and store it in a locker and then stand in line anew - specially on busy days. I normally try to ride with glasses secured with a strap but on busy days in an unknown park I normally store it in the locker together with my camera just to be on the safe side.

^^Boosters (Edit: Fabbri not HUSS ) and similar are cool for smaller to midsize carnivals but not really suitable for parks due to their small capacity. The line for a ride like this at Liseberg would go once around the park on busy days. Inverting Frisbee has a nice capacity or Inverted TopSpin - and you can adjust the program on these according to demand with a short but forceful 2-minute program on busy days and a more leisurely 5-minute program on off-holiday weekdays.

Always takes some courage to dangle with arms in the air on a Maurer SkyWheel - while upside down on the lift and only supported by the lapbar...

That is another thing: Orlando parks - with some exceptions - only offer Dumbo/Telecombat clones and Tea Cup rides as flats. Maybe in Germany parks also have to stay competitive with Carnivals which offer loads of flats - and if you put them into a nice green setting it is okay with me. While Orlando parks offer some great darkrides, coasters and waterrides the lack of flats making them non-complete parks for me. Agreed it is complaining on a high level but if I would have to choose for a "home park" I would prefer Phantasialand or Heide-Park over the Orlando parks. Many other US parks even had flats in the past - mostly from Schwarzkopf or HUSS - but as these age they get removed at not adequately replaced. A park is not only about coasters, waterrides and darkrides - at least not for me...

Ever seen Talocan at Phantasialand? Looking quite good for a tacky flatride Maybe not for Disney but would fit into the Lost Continent at IOA...

Maybe aside from Fun Spot the major resorts need some more flats - generally missing at least one inverting flat per park. How about a HUSS Inverted TopSpin, a Zamperla AirRace or Mondial TopScan?

^back at my school days my parents simply wrote a letter that I was ill - there was no doctors letter needed back in those days.

okay, I mostly visited so far in May/June and while it sometimes was nice there were also days were it was raining cats and dogs - so reminded me a little of North Sea climate here in northern Europe. Did not know it gets that warm in high summer... And I personally would like to see more rides than a waterpark...

^in the New York weather?

Ocean Park is looking so great - have to do this soon together with Hong Kong Disney

This would become really interesting as soon as they can connect the major resorts. Will be interesting to see if Disney will allow it on property to their Transportation Center or if it have to end off property and likely not connected by Disney buses - if the latter this is dead before birth...

Reminds me of the SkyRoller from Gerstlauer

Still one year to go.... But having Smiler and Helix coming up this June

Looks like they have nice space for a bigger flat in the back - away from the broadwalk - plus a smaller kiddie ride and some snack shacks along a midway stretching the side of the coaster... And if they really open Memorial Day weekend they need to do testing and paperwork mighty fast.

^Looks similar to Mack's system. With that an even slightly rough Zamperla looper could be good!

Hope they would put in a Harry Potter themed hotel in next. Selected rooms with special effects...

^but the X-Car has lapbars and with that you can excuse some roughness. Unless I am mistaken Thunderbolt will get OTSRs... Nevertheless the bunnyhops will provide great photo ops...

Where are the bigger wave- and swimming-pools planned to go? Am I missing something or will this only have slides?

Looping looking great...

Some transitions look a lil jerky for my taste - hope the see some reports from riders soon, hope I am wrong!

Part 2 - Parque de Atracciones de Madrid PAM is easily reachable by Madrid Metro line 10. Coming from the city take the line in direction Puerta del Sur and exit at station Batan. Follow the signs from the plattform to the park side entrance. I started the day with covering the sightseeing basics: - Plaza Del Sol with Kilometer Zero - Historical Plaza Mayor - Late second breakfast with Tapas and Beer at the historic Mercado de San Miguel - A stroll past the Palacio Real, the Royal Palace PAM offers a great ride selection for all ages with Nickelodeon Land for smaller kids as well as a solid flat selction for adults including a StarFlyer, a TopSpin, a Frisbee, a Disk'O and a Condor. The programs vary but are overall more thrilling than those at Parque Warner. Also very soaking is the Intamin Shoot-The-Chute Los Fjordos. Sadly as I got to the log flume they were just evacuating all riders from the boats after a total breakdown. The operations varied heavily and ranged from okay to toally nerve-wrecking. Out of the seven coasters I ended up riding only three for various reasons: The two kiddie coasters in Nickelodeon Land allowed adults only acoompanied by a kid. The Wild Mouse had a ridiculous line: They had four cars running, filled these, dispatched them and then waited until all four cars returned to the station. And Tornado had a a ridiculous maximum height restriction with 1,87 meters - Sakaniemmi has none and I guess some member here can post if such thing exists for Volcano at Kings Dominion - and I was turned down at the station. I was about to leave in anger but then drowned a liter of beer and forget about it - you will find no pics of this coaster in my report as I tried to pretend it is not there afterwards. Abismo: I love SkyWheels - and this long variant offers great upside down hangtime as well as good forces and nice airtime. This truely is the highlight coaster of this short trip. Tarantula: One of the longest Maurer spinners around. Not spinning that much but nevertheless a fun coaster. It had among the best operations in the park, mostly due to the design of the continous loading plattform. Tren de la Minha: Funny minetrain by design a Gerstlauer Family Coaster using the same system like Hansa-Parks's Schlange Von Midgaard but offering a much bigger layout. This coaster had the worst operations, the two girls were masters at the art of time suckage. Arrived at the Batan entry One of the two Nickelodeon Land kiddie coasters only rideable with a kid Nice to see a new Telecombat ride The Wild Mouse with the Crazy Attendants The TopSpin had a short but great program: Offering a 5-7x multispin depending on the load Hooray for upside down hangtime About to be dropped Unique insight into a Frisbee Fountains and greenery among the StarFlyer who did a quite long program - great views of the park and the city Lots of Huss rides here Good forces coming out of the SkyLoop Frisbee also ran a good program More Maurer-Söhne goodness Happy riders - line was mostly at 15 minutes all day Good airtime at the drop into the station despite a trim brake before the drop Got Tarantula at lunch time with only a five minute wait while it had at least 30 minutes the rest of the day A Huss Condor named Rotor. This had a four digit postalcode on the serial number plate which are out of use since Germany's unification - so this Condor is at least about 25 years old Some clowns on the move. The small car blared loud pop music More Abismo airtime It took them nearly 10 minutes to load a Waveswinger... A small standard Disk'O Twisty goodness Lots of industrial fence around rides. Why not using some nice sandstones and cast iron - would look much better... But then you can soothe your eyes with this view a few meters onward Did I mention Abismo offers amazing upside down hangtime??? Wet chicas! Spanish girls often wear bathing suits under their tee and jeans - so tried not to stare... This one soaks you as good as the one at Parque Warner And if you do not want to stand in line there are other options to get soaked by this ride... Fun little mine train with horrilbe operations. Thats it for now. In about two weeks onward to England for Alton Towers, Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Dryton Manor - if weather permits...

Parque de Atracciones ran for better programs on their flats - even while also quite short the TopSpin there offered a 5-7 multispin depending on the load. I did wonder why they both did not have water fountains on the TopSpins as that would nicely fit for warm Spanish weather.

Thanks for the TR! Doing a few days for Alton, Blackpool and Drayton - if weather permits - coming month and hope to do London and surrounding parks soon but hotel prices in London gets one thinking...

The TopScan at Gröna Lund was quite popular with long lines all day - I skipped it when I was there as I could do such rides without lines on the carnivals here and with far better and longer programs. Would love to see inverting high-thrill rides in parks - lately we saw much effort into family-firendly areas so I hope we get some treatment for the thrillseekers again.

Hit the wrong button so here is more from Parque Warner... At 32 °C I was ready to get totally soaked by this great Shoot-The-Chute Spanish riders make some great atmosphere on the rides. There is always some chanting and/or clapping going on Huss Breakdance 3 stnading next to the dreadful wooden coaster Intamin log flume getting you well wet complete with turntables and the backwards drop having a small airtime bunnyhop before splashdown Happy riders OUCH, this coaster just hurts. Do not let yourself fooled by the Intamin trains which make one think of Colossos or Balder - this coaster is really bad Western city looking good. Time to find a Saloon for some... ...Beer!!! Yes I managed to get the complete Zierer Tivoli train into one picture Wettest rafting ride ever Parks! Get a Mack YoungStar! Grabs the price for smoothness from B&M and is fun for all ages Random waterplay area in ToonTown Parque Warner recommends: Drink more beer! Coming up next: Parque de Atracciones de Madrid