Photo TR: The complete set of B&M

[Noxegon]

After several years of visiting parks around the world I've finally (as of this afternoon) completed the set of all seventy-five coasters built to date by Bolliger & Mabillard. This is not something I expect to be able to claim for long, given that there's a new ride under construction at the moment in China, but it's still a fun statistic for a few weeks. To mark this triumph of credit whoring I thought it might be fun to post a photo essay documenting the full set, which spans eleven countries (China, Denmark, England, Italy, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and the United States).

 

All pictures are my own. Rides marked with a * are no longer operating in the location where I took the picture. Numbers are from the list of coasters I've been on.

 

0023: Raptor (Cedar Point)

0025: Dominator * (Geauga Lake)

0071: Oblivion (Alton Towers)

0075: Nemesis (Alton Towers)

0076: Air (Alton Towers)

0102: Raging Bull (Six Flags Great America)

0106: Iron Wolf (Six Flags Great America)

0108: Batman the Ride (Six Flags Great America)

0114: Mantis (Cedar Point)

0115: Nemesis Inferno (Thorpe Park)

0125: Superman Krypton Coaster (Six Flags Fiesta Texas)

0135: Batman the Ride (Six Flags Over Texas)

0150: Batman the Ride (Six Flags St Louis)

0159: Chang * (Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom)

0171: Apollo's Chariot (Busch Gardens Europe)

0174: Alpengeist (Busch Gardens Europe)

0192: Vortex (Carowinds)

0197: Afterburn (Carowinds)

0205: Dragon Khan (Port Aventura)

0217: Superman - La Atraccion de Acero (Parque Warner Madrid)

0218: Batman la Fuga (Parque Warner Madrid)

0235: Daemonen (Tivoli Gardens)

0260: Riddler's Revenge (Six Flags Magic Mountain)

0261: Batman the Ride (Six Flags Magic Mountain)

0262: Scream! (Six Flags Magic Mountain)

0285: Top Gun (Californias Great America)

0286: Vortex (Californias Great America)

0289: Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)

0326: Silver Star (Europa Park)

0378: Silver Bullet (Knotts Berry Farm)

0402: Georgia Scorcher (Six Flags Over Georgia)

0405: Superman Ultimate Flight (Six Flags Over Georgia)

0410: Batman the Ride (Six Flags Over Georgia)

0425: Montu (Busch Gardens Africa)

0427: Kumba (Busch Gardens Africa)

0430: Incredible Hulk (Universal Studios Islands of Adventure)

0432: Dueling Dragons [2] (Universal Studios Islands of Adventure)

0441: Kraken (Sea World Orlando)

0457: Nitro (Six Flags Great Adventure)

0458: Batman the Ride (Six Flags Great Adventure)

0463: Medusa (Six Flags Great Adventure)

0465: Superman Ultimate Flight (Six Flags Great Adventure)

0502: Katun (Mirabilandia)

0575: Diavlo (Central Park)

0632: Orochi * (Expoland)

0645: Pyrenees (Parque Espana)

0711: Superman Ultimate Flight (Six Flags Great America)

0740: Patriot (Worlds of Fun)

0749: Wildfire (Silver Dollar City)

0763: Goliath (Six Flags Over Georgia)

0800: Talon (Dorney Park)

0802: Hydra the Revenge (Dorney Park)

0812: Great Bear (Hersheypark)

0861: Goliath (La Ronde)

0865: Vampire (La Ronde)

0878: Batman - The Dark Knight (Six Flags New England)

0913: Black Mamba (Phantasialand)

0940: Hollywood Dream: The Ride (Universal Studios Japan)

1071: Phaethon (Kyungju World)

1094: Sheikra (Busch Gardens Africa)

1105: Lightning (Entertainment City)

1135: Tatsu (Six Flags Magic Mountain)

1168: Great White (Sea World San Antonio)

1171: Goliath (Six Flags Fiesta Texas)

1185: Time Machine * (Freestyle Music Park)

1189: Griffon (Busch Gardens Europe)

1190a (relocated 25): Dominator (Kings Dominion)

1273: Crystal Wings (Happy Valley Beijing)

1279: Dive Coaster (Chimelong Paradise)

1306: Insane Speed (Janfusun Fancyworld)

1307: Diving Machine G5 (Janfusun Fancyworld)

1380: Diamondback (Kings Island)

1389: Behemoth (Canadas Wonderland)

1443: Diving Coaster (Happy Valley Shanghai)

1493: Manta (Sea World Orlando)

1501: Intimidator (Carowinds)

[jarmor]

You are my hero lol...so was it really like riding the same coaster over and over?

[deathbydinn]

Thats insanely awesome and insanely nerdy! Do you have any more more pictures from Janfusun Fancyworld? That's defiantly a park you dont hear about a lot. Same with Entertainment City.

[bgwfreak777]

Richard that is one amazing PTR. And my timmy was the last one too.

[jarmor]

trimmy...

[Skycoastin Steve]

And I was proud of the fact that I had ridden 40 of the 50 operating B&Ms in the US. That's awesome! Well done!

[Noxegon]

Thats insanely awesome and insanely nerdy! Do you have any more more pictures from Janfusun Fancyworld? That's defiantly a park you dont hear about a lot. Same with Entertainment City.

 

The latter can be found here. I've not posted my pictures from Janfusun mainly because the weather was pretty lousy, and thus the pictures mostly look horrible. I might see if I can touch them up a bit at some stage.

[george greenway]

I have accompanied the geek on many of these trips and can attest to his lack of sanity on this occasion

even sadder I would have finished the set on the same day as the champion B&M rider, but I am 1 behind, I missed Flight Deck at CGA 5 days ago because I ran out of time credit hoaring Taxi Jam

[ArizonaGuy]

What an amazing collection of ridden coasters. I got a hard on just looking at your coaster list!

Great pics! Thanks for sharing!

Edited May 29, 2010 by ArizonaGuy

[robbalvey]

I have accompanied the geek on many of these trips and can attest to his lack of sanity on this occasion

even sadder I would have finished the set on the same day as the champion B&M rider, but I am 1 behind, I missed Flight Deck at CGA 5 days ago because I ran out of time credit hoaring Taxi Jam

George, I am expecting a "Complete set of Miler Kiddie Coasters" report any day now!

[Em-Z]

That is awesome! Good idea for a trip report!

[BaMiTsPaT]

Wow! Congratulations! That is quite the accomplishment!!!

[matteocrepaldi]

Great! Do you have more photos of Insane Speed?

 

I'm 3 B&Ms away to get all the european ones.

[RollingRunner]

That's a pretty amazing feat to achieve right there! I can only dream of riding that sheer amount of coasters! So now that you rode basically every single B&M, what would you say are your favorites? Do you have a favorite Hyper, Invert, Floorless ect. ?

[Carnage]

Shouldn't it be 12 countries, or do you count Canada as the US's 51st state?

[gisco]

^ America's top hat!

[Groteslurf]

VERY cool !!

 

I have a long way to go.

[Sir Clinksalot]

That's awesome!!!

[Pingu1651]

I just wet myself. And not with urine...

 

Congratulations, man! I feel so deprived now, because I only have three. Anyways, which of those credits would you say was the hardest to get?

[miniviews]

Congrats Richard! Since a return to China is inevitable, I suggest you conquer all of Golden Horse's roller coasters

[coastercrzyjames]

Wow, thats a great photo TR, thanks for sharing these with us. I saw your credit count and it is extremely high. Are there any other ride companies, that you've completed their collection as well? And I'd also like to know what your favorite B&M coaster was.

[hobbit]

I was checking it more times, see if you dont forgot something..

but you did a great job !!,

next intamin?

[Six Flags Enthuseast]

Great report! I've only ridden a very small number of these. I really wish I was able to get out into the world and ride B&Ms.

[alpengeist04]

Very impressive indeed. I'm right behind you, only about 40 to go.

[65skylark]

I don't typically look at myself as a coaster nerd for the most part but I must say that is pretty cool. I'm pretty sure I've been on every B&M in the state of California. I think.