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2 weeks ago when I was in Colombia visiting the family, I went on a bus to return home. The roads there are crap and the suspension on the buses are terrible, and it doesn't help that they drive like mad over there. Anyway, the bus i was on was going over a bridge which had some bumps and cracks on a section where it seemed as if they were too lazy to fill the gap where they put it in as sections when building it. The driver was going quick, and as soon as we reached the gap, the back of the bus flung into the air. I was sitting in the back so that didn't help matters. I was in mid air for a good 1.5 seconds and as soon as my backside hit the plastic chairs we were sitting on, it made a loud slap. I was surprised my back didn't hurt after that, but by far that was the most airtime I have experienced on public transport. Here's a video very similar to what i experienced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_4q5kzVAME

The thing that comes to mind after seeing these photos is this recent post Vekoma posted on their facebook page about the next generation looping coaster. Though I wonder if they developed a new train design which will be the reasoning behind this test.

In my opinion, I would have to say to go to germany. The parks here in the UK are good, but I don't feel that they are worth the journey. I myself hope to travel to germany for the parks there. But in the end, it is your opinion as to where to go.

Well, unfortunately my dogs time has come. She passed away today at 3:15pm (UK time) after having a seizure. She was 13 going onto 14, so she was quite a old dog. Thanks for the happy memories Peggy you greedy dog.

Here in the UK, Cathedral City (Cheddar) is the holy grail of cheeses. Well, in my opinion at least. Eating it solid isn't bad, but heating it up on some toast gives it a better taste and is quite filling. A image for good measure

Quick question, is there a reason as to why Ferrari world have chosen their outdoor coasters to have white track rather than say red track, such as in portaventura?

Some interesting and surprising news has appeared here in the UK. Bananaman, the hero with the strength of twenty men, and the brains of twenty mussels, is being turned into a musical. Its great to hear they are bringing a british hero to life, but I am still a bit irritated how no news what so ever has been released about the Bananaman movie which was meant to have been released last year. It hasn't been cancelled though, so that is some good news. If I remember correctly, more info about the musical is meant to be released on February 2nd. To those who don't know who Bananaman is, he is meant to be a hero who transforms from a boy called Eric Wimp after he eats a bananana. However, Bananaman isn't the brightest of heros. He is a parody of the superhero genre and also uses a lot of puns. http://www.bananamanlive.com/ And here is one of the cartoon series episodes which aired sometime in the 1980s. And if you want, you can watch all the 5 minute episodes as they have been posted officially on youtube for free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qA4Uu_m2Kc

Here is a thread which I started sometime ago which talks about negative gs in different places, so if you want to you can continue posting on the linked thread. http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=62644

I'm surprised this park isn't doing so well considering how close it is to Rome. Hopefully the park will make a good income next year as it does have potential to be something great.

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I had a look at the webcam and came across the car on the helix section. The design and colour looks interesting. But by curiosity, when is this ride meant to be open to the public?

I remember that when Thorpe Park were realising info on their wing rider, they said that a loaded train weighs 12 tons. Since The Swarm has 7 rows, that will be roughly 1.71 tons for each car when loaded. Each person weighs 70.8 kg on average in Europe according to wiki, so times that by 4 which makes 283.2 kg. Turn that into tons, which is 0.31217456 (0.31 tons to keep it easy) and use that to minus from the total weight which comes to 1.4 tons per car, if my calculations are correct. Note: I am not a mathematician. Correct me if I am wrong.

If I'm not mistaken, the reason for that shape on all the wing coasters so far, is due to the safety of the passengers as well as the vehicles being able to go around the track easily without any clashes with other sections of the cars.

At the moment I feel that the stand-up coaster is a failed concept. Mainly because of the crown jewel issue for men, from what I have read, but that can be solved. However, if the concept was improved on, say for example they made the floor transparent, than maybe the concept will be popular once again. It will be interesting to see if this is what B&M are doing, and if so what they come up with. Now talking about stand-up coasters, since I haven't been on one yet, what limits are there for disabled people to be allowed to ride this this type of ride?

I haven't had a train all to myself, but in a way I did at the same time. It was on Rattlesnake at Chessington. A quiet day it was, and so I got a car all to myself, since that ride technically doesn't have trains. Either way, it was fun.

I got bored at university today, so I decided to complete a task set by the teacher in an interesting way (its meant to be a newsletter).

I was browsing the internet for any recent photos of the dive coaster, and I came across this page. It has interesting photos showing many parts of the coaster, that I haven't seen before, as well as recent photos. https://www.facebook.com/gardaland1989?ref=stream Some of the images on the page.

The way that support is makes me think a Stengel dive (if that's the right name) will possibly be included in this coaster. Or maybe a tilted pretzel, though I highly doubt it due to spacing.

Hopefully the cooling of the soil will mean that the webcam feed will now be unaltered.

Looking at the webcam over the construction site (http://www.gardaland2015.it/it/webcam), it shows that they are covering the tunnel already. Though this seemed fast, it does lead me to think what the theme is about. Seeing as some of the marketing reminds me of Oblivion, I wonder if this storyline is based on going to the centre of the earth as Oblivion was once planned to be. Just speculation for now.

Looking at the progress via webcam, it appears footers are near enough nearly done. Is there any information in regards to the height and length yet? It will be interesting to have a idea how the final structure will come out.

The station interior reminds me of one of those boring offices. Though the addition of a coaster train and those gates make it quite effective and exciting for me. I wonder if there will be any major differences that will take place from now until opening in the station. When is the opening date again for Helix?