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Big Dipper @ Blackpool Pleasure Beach (UK) = 1923 Blue Flyer @ Blackpool Pleasure Beach (UK) = 1934 Grand National @ Blackpool Pleasure Beach (UK) = 1935 Giant Dipper @ Belmont Park (USA) = 1925 Rodelbaan @ Waarbeek (NL) = 1930's

And what will BGT be doing with Gwazi? Will they keep it SBNO for another year

My very first B&M rollercoaster ever, was Vortex at Paramount's Great America back in 2002

Great coverage, but still 1 question. Screamscape has some news about a FunSpot announcement at IAAPA, about a Chance Hyper GT-X style coaster like Lightning Run at Kentucky Kingdom they are getting in one of their parks. The coaster would be called Gatorland Express and the lead car of the train would be themed to look like a gator head. Do you know their was some kind of announcement about this coaster or is this just plain bullshit? http://screamscape.com/html/fun_spot.htm

Lately there was news about the skyvue wheel, but we didn't hear anything about Speed. What will be it's future? Is it still stored in the same area? Are there any recent pics of the track parts?

I'm stil not a believer, because the train arrangement is the same as Kvasten. For me this will be a Vekoma and not a B&M. I need pics of the train as proof or other track pieces.

I'm sure this will be the best coaster in Vegas, especially with no future for Speed.

I don't know if Studio 100 has already introduced the Mega Mindy character in Germany. But this female superhero would be a great theme for this rollercoaster.

What's the current status of the Akita Plaza project and Speed The Ride? Still the same as 6 months ago?

Sad news to read the best rollercoaster in Southern Florida being demolished.

What's the news about Speed? Anything happend the last two months?

What you see at 1:40 is not the station itself but only the final brake section and transfer/storage area.

And don't forget the POV

Actually only 1 Schwarzkopf rollercoaster has really died in Mexico, the former SFMM Wildcat Mountain Express. Katapulta (a katapult coaster) was removed from Selva Mágica in 1998 and sent to Schwarzkopf's factory in Germany. The ride arrived damaged and it isn't known what became of it. A JumboJet coaster (former Alton Towers new beast) was sold to a Columbian park after a short stay at a Mexican park. And it is operating well since 2010. Mexico has yet 4 operational Schwarzkopf rollercoasters: * Cascabel - Shuttle loop @ La Feria Chapultepec Magico since 1994 * Montaña Infinitum - former Dreierlooping/Magnum Force @ La Feria Chapultepec Magico since 2007 * Tornado - JumboJet (former Glissade @ BGW) @ Selva Mágica since 2002 * Tsunami - former Thriller/Zonga @ Isla San Marcos Parque Temático since 2008 http://rcdb.com/r.htm?nm=na&co=6844&pl=2&ot=2

According this IAAPA.org news release from november 2011, the Selva Magica park in Mexico will have a classic Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop coaster in 2012, with the name "The Bullet". They are talking about the former Flamingo Land coaster that left the park in 2005 and got lost after that. Because the official Selva Magica website (http://www.selvamagica.com.mx) still has no sign of The Bullet I would like to know if this rollercoaster had allready appeared in the Mexican park.

In week when the Paramount Pictures theme park project at Alhama de Murcia has not been far from the front pages of the regional and national news, it could be prudent to look to Spain's other theme parks to see if any lessons can be learned. Earlier this week a number of Madrid based newspapers reported how the C3a train line between Pinto and San Martin de la Vega in Madrid, and which serves the Parque Warner theme park, will close before the summer season citing a lack of demand. The line opened in 2002 at a cost of €85 Million, and costs the regional government €3.3 Million per day to operate. The transport authorities note how the line, which is also used by commuters, serves an average of just 190 passengers per day. Maths Check : Av 190 passengers x 356 Days = 69'350 Passengers per year. €3'300'000 Divided by 69'350 Passengers = €47.59 Cost per passenger. Average ticket cost Central Madrid > Parque Warner = €5.00 Average financial loss per passenger = €42.58 The total investment by the regional government in the Park itself was also €160 Million, and this latest move has increased speculation that park may be about to close it's doors for good. Sevilla's Isla Magica and Benidorm's Terra Mitica have also been cursed with massive losses, with only Tarragona's Port Aventura park returning a healthy operating profit. Paramount Theme Park in Murcia is situated in a more convenient location for many tourists, with added benefits including new infrastructure (by way of the soon to be open Corvera airport , and promised connections with the AVE) aswell as having the proximity to the beaches and the climate. Let's hope that this works in favour of park, and that the investors, speculators and enthusiastic observers are not disappointed with yet another Spanish theme park cock-up. Source: http://www.tumbit.com/news/articles/5050-madrids-parque-warner-rumoured-to-close.html

* Atlantis Adventure @ Lotte World = the only Intamin Aqua Trax * Gravity Max @ Discovery World = the only Vekoma Tiltcoaster

Yes it' for sure. Our German friends at CoastersAndMore.De tell us that Ferrari World will get the drifting coaster and the junior inverted coaster that were supposed to go to the F1x parc.

2 of the coasters for the proposed F1X park will be going to Ferrari World instead.

What happend to Tornado - Sommerland Syd (DK)? This Vekoma Invertigo rollercoaster is listed as defunct on rcdb.com.

Why does Splashin' Safari gets a new ride 2 years in a row? Last year they allready had Wildebeest. The Holiday World themepark really needs a new rollercoaster or thrillride not the waterpark.

It looks like the one in Lotte World

It was the Funny Mouse @ Europark Idroscalo, Milan (Italy) I also wanted to ride the Bruco Mela (Big Apple), but they don't let adults ride this coaster.

1. Nemesis (AT) 2. Montu (BGT) 3. Katun (Mirabilandia) 4. Batman The Ride (SFMM) 5. Dueling Dragons - Fire & Ice (IoA), I did these coasters in 2009 when they where still called DD. 6. Black Mamba (PHL) 7. Top Gun/Flight Deck (PGA/CGA) 8. Nemesis Inferno (TP) 9. Silver Bullet (KBF)