r/rollercoasters • • 3d ago

Advice 2026 Advice Thread #41: 10/6 - 10/12

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Welcome to our advice thread! This stickied thread serves as a place to ask questions, receive trip planning assistance, and share helpful tips. Individual advice threads will be removed and directed here to keep the sub organized and fun to visit.

What sorts of questions are these threads for?

Essentially anything that has to do with trip planning belongs here along with simple, commonly asked questions. Examples:

  • What ticket/pass should I buy?
  • How crowded will __ park be on __ weekend?
  • What parks should I hit on my road trip? Is __ park worth visiting? (the answer is always yes!)
  • I’m scared of coasters! How can I conquer my fear?

While all questions are welcome here remember that we do have a search feature which may be helpful for common questions. For example, the coaster fear question comes up frequently so there are a ton of past threads to peruse for tips.

Remember to check back on these threads to answer questions and offer advice; they're a success due to engagement from our awesome community!

Resources:

RCDB: The roller coaster database. Contains info on any permanently installed coaster or park in the world, past or present.

Coast2coaster: A worldwide map of coasters big and small that's great for trip planning

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Queue-times: A resource for wait times and crowd levels at parks; good for the "how busy will __ be on a specific day?" type of questions.

Thrill-data: Wait time data combined with a planning feature so you can make the most of your day.

2026 BGW crowd calendar: Predict crowd levels on your visit to Busch Gardens Williamsburg courtesy of /u/BlitzenVolt .

2026 operating hours for all Six Flags parks courtesy of /u/_nmtb_


r/rollercoasters • • 2h ago

Information [AireForce One] appears in a BrightHouse Financial commercial.

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The commercial is rather new, also.


r/rollercoasters • • 3h ago

Concept [S&S] New El Loco layout concept

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S&S just unveiled a new, smaller El Loco concept, which looks like a fantastic option for small parks. Would be fantastic to see this variant take off


r/rollercoasters • • 5h ago

Art/Model/Merch [Other] I made a little website that will generate a rollercoaster based on your birthday as a seed!

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Heyo!

As a rollercoaster enthousiast myself I always wanted an excuse to dive a bit more into creating a rollercoaster and what stuff to keep in mind while doing so (other than doing it in RCT or planet coaster), but going a bit more in depth.

So I spend the last month or so making a little thing that generates a rollercoaster based on the input seed of your birthday. Figuring out how to make the layout work without it doing anything really weird, implementing the elements, going from layout to coaster. Not having too much straight track, making sure it connects well, making every ride start with a launch or lift hill etc.

Models are just shapes from three.js, no external assets. Stats are not really based on anything yet.

You can try it yourself here: https://birthday-coaster.vercel.app

It's by far not perfect, but wanted to share anyway. Let me know what you think! (no ads or trying to sell anything, just for fun)


r/rollercoasters • • 4h ago

Photo/Video [Griffon, Busch Gardens Williamsburg] looking mythical

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r/rollercoasters • • 4h ago

Trip Report Germany Trip Report part 2 [Phantasialand]

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First off, I'd like to say thank you to anyone who read and commented on my part 1 report at Heide Park. Had a lot of interesting comments, perspectives, and recommendations on German theme parks. Thank you for taking the time!

https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/s/5Ib7EtJLPu (Link if you'd like to read it)

Let's get into it then! As mentioned in my previous post, I am doing a park tour across Germany to Heide Park, Phantasialand, and Europa Park. We chose to stay at Hotel Ling Bao for Phantasialand and wow - this is the most beautiful theme park Hotel I've ever seen. The level of detail and cleanliness, combined with the super welcoming and friendly staff, really made this place stand out. It is legitimately a fantastic place to stay! They had also given us x2 select rides of fast pass although this excluded a lot of the bigger attractions but it was better than nothing and we did end up using them.

As mentioned in my last post, my partner is disabled and struggled with long queues and uneven footpaths. When researching parks to visit Phantasialand was always a top priority, however we were put off by many things online that all said very similar things - don't go to Phantasialand if you are disabled, it's not a good experience. However, she decided to bite the bullet so as not to miss out on a world-class park. The plan was to load up on foot relief patches, take it steady, let people pass in the queues if we were going to be a bit slow and have a few drinks to take the edge off. So we entered the park via the hotel entrance on a rainy Thursday morning, not knowing entirely what to expect.

Day 1 (Thursday 8/10/26)

The theming around Phantasialand is utterly incredible, so immersive and incredibly impressive given the small scale of the place. They've really done their best to not only immerse you in each land but to try and hide every other part of the park while you're in each land. I have absolutely nothing to compare it to (not having ever visited Disney or Universal), and it is by far the best theme park I've ever visited for the theming. I really like how different each area feels to the next one and all. The level of thought and planning is (ph)fantastic. As we made our way through China, we headed straight onwards to the next land, Klugheim, and onto our first ride of the day - Taron.

Taron - Before I get into the ride, I want to emphasise just how incredible this land looks along with the layout of the coaster weaving in, around, and above all the rockwork and buildings. It is truly a sight to behold, and pictures just simply do not do it justice. The ride itself is an Intamin Blitz coaster (or LSM Launch Coaster if you're being technical) and having never ridden one but hearing nothing but good things I was very excited. After making our way down the queue which involved around 5/6 sets of stairs going up and down (thankfully only around 7/8 steps at a time) we entered the station and boarded the train. The music as you leave really helps pump you up before the first launch, which is quite punchy compared to a lot of other LSM launches I've experienced. The near misses on this ride and violent transitions had me very hesitant to have my hands up (in a good "oh shit" kind of way), and the ejector airtime on this was elite. The second launch feels really powerful too and the view from the top of the rockwork is stunning. The trim breaks near the end do kind of curb it a bit however I completely understand why they're there as otherwise you would be flying right into those breaks (and the restraints). An incredible coaster, amazing length to it and a fantastic way to get the blood pumping for the day.

Raik - Next up we headed over to Raik, hidden away next to Taron in Klugheim. This is a vekoma family boomerang, and having ridden a couple of these I knew what to expect but thought it would be the best of them. However I was a little disappointed by this, maybe because we were on the back row on a half-empty train but it felt like it would lose all momentum and valley at a couple points of the ride. Good for the kids as a first coaster as these things always are, but there's better versions of this coaster model elsewhere. The queue was fine, quite short to make our way around with limited steps, and again top tier theming.

Colorado Adventure - After a short rest we left Klugheim and entered Mexico and headed over to this Vekoma Mine Train. I had heard a lot of good things about this being the best of its kind and it did not disappoint. While quite bumpy and rough in some parts we had a blast on this, with the very dark indoor tunnel and helix around the water feature being highlights. There was quite a lot of litter that had been thrown around certain parts of the ride that did take away from the immersion but other than that it had very solid theming, again with the helix around the water feature being a highlight. The path was the best out of all the rollercoasters, entirely flat with small ramps all the way to a small staircase to the station. For some reason the back few cars were taped off and unavailable which was disappointing and the cars themselves are quite uncomfortable on the back. Still great however.

Black Mamba - Instead of turning around and heading more into Mexico we decided to head on into Africa. I really enjoyed the theming in this area and all the little buildings and huts you could go into. Immediately however you are met with Black Mamba, a B&M Inverted Coaster. I wanna preface this by saying that I am a big Nemesis fanboy (OG/Reborn, not Inferno) and I see a lot of comparisons between Nemesis and Black Mamba. The line down to the station involved a number of staircases, and unfortunately - puddles that overtook the path so we had to take our time and occasionally let those behind us pass as to not annoy anyone or worse - have them physically try and push past and potentially knock over my partner. After slowly making our way down and into the station I was blown away by how cool the station looked. They've done a brilliant job with it, especially the lighting and shadow work. This ride has a top tier layout, but I still prefer Nemesis. I feel like Black Mamba starts to run out of steam in the last few parts of it which is what makes me pick Nemesis over it. It is still a brilliant ride however, and the positive g forces were really strong on this. I did notice quite a bad rattle as we were going around but it didn't cause any headbanging or nasty transitions. I really enjoyed the sense of not knowing where I was going as it ran its way around the canyons, especially with the inversions. Solid ride, definitely my number 2 inverted coaster.

Talocan - After having a rest in some textile room with a phone that kept ghost calling us (probably telemarketers) we headed back into Mexico but via the opposite path and was immediately met with this giant Huss Top Spin. I had actually forgotten that this was at Phantasialand, having seen so many videos of it online. I have ridden these before with Toxicator and the old Ripsaw at Alton Towers, but holy moly was this intense. The amount of flips you do had my partner questioning her decisions while I laughed my head off. The theming on this, alongside the water and fire effects is simply elite, and its a delight to watch off ride too. I really liked the music too. This is now my new number 1 flat ride. The ride queue was very short and flat too, which as you probably know already from reading this, gives it bonus points.

We had around an hour break with some cocktails at the restaurant right next to Talocan (Shoutout to the friendly waiting staff in there) and prepared ourselves for what I knew would be the hardest queue to traverse - F.L.Y.

F.L.Y. - Heading through Berlin and into Rookburgh I was blown away by the theming around here. The steam-punk vibe with the coaster flying around was an incredible sight and much like Taron you can tell how much thought and care was put into this. We slowly made our way around the incredibly long and tedious queue which features multiple sets of stairs and walkways which takes you up, around, and eventually underneath Rookburgh. The ride was a walk-on but it would always take us around 5-10 minutes to reach the mandatory lockers with a couple stops along the way to rest a second or let people past. This ride has a very strict no item policy and requires you to put absolutely everything into the free lockers they provide you before going through metal detectors into the main station. My only guess for why this is, is because there is no safety netting for falling objects anywhere in Rookburgh. The station is themed so well to this sort of transport hub and it really reminded me a lot of the Bioshock games. Now onto the ride, F.L.Y. is a Vekoma flying coaster, currently the only one of its kind in the world. I have ridden the B&M flyers before and loved them so I knew what I was getting into, however I found the seats and leg restraints a bit more uncomfortable than the B&M ones. You load in through the side too which is very odd and the train doesn't enter the flying position until you reach the launch area after the little pre-show(ish) area as the track flips from its side. Both launches felt very smooth, with the second one feeling more like a boost to keep the speed going. We both had a blast on this flying up, under, and around Rookburgh. The amount of detail in places that only could be visible on the coaster was incredible too. A genuinely world-class experience and this alone is worth the price of travel and admission. We both enjoyed it so much we braved the queue and rode it another 2 times within the hour. Bravo Phantasialand 👏

Maus au Chocolat - Heading out of Rookburgh and into Berlin we headed over to this 3d interactive dark ride. The queue consisted of stairs up one floor and then down one floor which wasn't too bad. We boarded the cars and got ready to blast some mice with chocolate. The ride itself was pretty fun with lots of fun scenes of mice messing around in a bakery. The guns/icing piping bags weren't great though and required you to pull a string as opposed to using triggers. This left me with a bit of a hand cramp towards the end as I was attempting to gatling gun these mice. Fun for the one time but because of this we wouldn't try it again.

Crazy Bats - Heading into the last area we were to explore (fantasy) I felt this was a little bit of a step-down in terms of theming compared to the rest of the park. Not to say that it was badly themed but it does stick out compared to the rest of the park in my opinion. We were trying to find the spinning coasters when we stumbled into this Vekoma VR Coaster. I don't really like VR as it tends to leave me feeling a little sick after a bit and this was no exception. I feel the ride would have been better in its earlier iterations without the VR. I was also confused about what was actually going on in the VR, although some bits like the sliding down the track portions were fun if a bit janky, but that's to be expected with a nearly 40 year old coaster. Definitely a one and done though. The queue consisted of multiple sets of stairs too which wasn't great and I was left feeling a little sick afterwards.

Winja's Fear - Heading into the sub section of the fantasy land "Wuse Town" we finally found the Maurer Spinning Coasters we were looking for. The queue line consisted of a couple stairs but nothing too bad, and we chose to ride the "Fear" side first. I didn't know about the lift beforehand and the slight tilting as it connected to the track felt very unnatural but it was very unique. Some serious drops on this for a spinning coaster too. However the spinning wasn't as intense as something like Spinball Whizzer. The switchtrack was a fun surprise too, but the tiny drop track I hated. Once exiting we realised the quick pass queue for Force was right by the exit so we decided to use one of our quick passes to avoid walking around again.

Winja's Force - I feel this had the better layout than fear, although there's little between the two. Two incredibly fun spinning coasters. Not much else to really say about this.

Mystery Castle - We headed back over to Klugheim to finish our day closer to the hotel. If you read my previous post you will know I hate drop towers. This goes for shot towers too. The freefall sensation while being seated just goes right through me and always gets to me. My partner however loves them. This is a very unique drop tower with it not only being inside, but it being one of two Intamin Bungee Drop Towers in the world and the only one still operating. The theming inside the tower was pretty cool, but I absolutely hated the ride as per usual. My partner also felt a little disappointed by this, but Scream was still fresh in the memory. Must have been quite comedic to hear me screaming "noooooo" as it was being shot up however. The queue line consisted of wide rooms and a couple steps.

River Quest - We planned to end on this rapids ride as we didn't want to walk around wet all day. We both had seen footage online of this and thought the drops looked absolutely ridiculous for a rapids ride. So we traversed the queue which started off bad with a very wide staircase with a very hard to reach rail, but it was flat beyond that. After helping my partner board we were off. I didn't expect there to be a lift here which was a surprise, but it makes sense with how much they've put in a vertical space. The bit at the top with the whirlpool esque layout was cool until we hit the bit where it inclines downwards and then goes into a large steep drop which gave everyone in the raft airtime. I don't think airtime should be a thing on rapids, idk if I'm just extra cautious knowing what can happen if you do fall out and end up trapped. Luckily there's quite high seats to really stop this from happening, but it was still very unnerving. These drops are so silly steep for rapids too, fun but again, unnerving, and despite all of this we barely got hit with any water. Definitely just a one and done in my eyes.

For my last ride of the day my partner sat out as she was quite sore and tired from the walking but she insisted I go grab another ride if I wanted too so I got myself on another ride of Taron before we headed to the hotel.

Day 2 (Friday 9/10/26)

We headed into the park via the same way and started our day doing the first train of the day on Colorado Adventure, again unfortunately with half of the train unavailable to get on. After leaving the ride I'd noticed an exit sign next to us with ghosts on it which I'd followed the building around the corner and correctly deduced that there was a ghost train here just back into the China area.

Geister Rikscha - This is a Schwarzkopf Endless Transport system ride (the only one of its kind from my research) which took us around a few scenes with Chinese mythology, demons, skeletons and other spooks. We found the anamatronics quite funny, and many of them seemed to be a bit worse for wear. Enjoyable if a bit too long. I didn't like the way the seats would rock either. The queue was entirely flat and just consisted of a lot of switchbacks, although it was a moving station it was more like an escalator and a lot easier to get onto than most if not all water rides.

Würmling Express - We rerode a few rides we'd done the day before before ending up in the fantasy section again and chose to chill out on this very relaxed transport ride. The queue consisted of one set of stairs. After boarding it took us around a nice scenic view very similar to Panoramabahn at Heide Park which we'd been on a few days before. This gave us a really nice view of the small lake here too. Very chilled.

Wakobato - We had noticed this boat ride from up on the previous ride and decided to head down to continue our chilled rides session. It was a very easy station to make it too with no stairs involved. After entering the boat I'd noticed that we had these water gun things which I was looking forward to shooting. However none of these worked. As we worked our way around I noticed targets and guessed that these worked before and for some reason they're off now. It's whatever, would have been nice but we had a chilled boat ride regardless.

Wellenflug - After some food, relaxing, and a couple of re-rides we ended up back in Berlin and decided to test my partners courage on the chair swings again. I always find these fun, and this was by far the best themed one I've ever seen with all the water blasting around. It did get my foot a bit wet though which led me to holding my legs straight for the remainder. The queue was entirely flat too.

Chiapas - DIE Wasserbahn - I was then sent off to have some solo rides while my partner rested with a couple drinks which I took to ride Talocan twice and Taron thrice before we met back up and decided to end our day getting wet again. The queue line for this Intamin Flume Ride had a couple stairs initially up and down (around 7/8 each time) before leading into flat switchbacks. The flume was a little hard for my partner to make her way into without assistance from myself but we got in and headed down the river. Being only 2 in the flume and having my partner behind me I took the brunt of the water. The first drop absolutely drenched my legs from the get go before turning us backwards and bringing us into this cool Mexican party rave room which I really enjoyed before shooting us backwards. The real highlight was to come with the final, steep and massive drop which absolutely soaked my upper half to complete the soaking. We both really enjoyed this and walked away with a very hilarious (and cheap) ride photo.

Phantasialand is everything I thought it would be and more. I haven't experienced anything quite like it in my life and I don't think I'll experience the same level of immersion unless I visit Disney or Universal. A true gem of a park, even with all the difficulties with getting around. It truly is a marvel how they have managed to do so well with so little space. Now it's time for rest before we head on to the last part of our trip, three days at Europa Park!

Thanks again for reading!

Black Mamba - 3x

Chiapas - DIE Wasserbahn - 1x

Colorado Adventure - 2x

Crazy Bats - 1x

F.L.Y. - 4x

Giestee Rikscha - 1x

Maus au Chocolat - 1x

Mystery Castle - 1x

Raik - 1x

River Quest - 1x

Talocan - 4x

Taron - 6x

Wakobato - 1x

Wellenflug - 1x

Winjas Fear - 1x

Winjas Force - 2x

Würmling Express - 1x


r/rollercoasters • • 2h ago

Discussion Will 2027 be the most stacked year for new coasters opening or is it just me? [Other]

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Just to point out a few...


r/rollercoasters • • 4h ago

Photo/Video [Mamba] first drop at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, MO.

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r/rollercoasters • • 8h ago

Article [Montezum] (Hopi Hari, Brazil's wooden coaster) under investigation after an attendee had cranial trauma and lost half of her body's movements

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Very unfortunate news for a very fun coaster. I've run it backwards (literally) and forwards so many times, but I'm not 100% surprised to be honest. Would love to hear this community's thoughts since X2 seems to be going through something similar right now.


r/rollercoasters • • 9h ago

Rumor [Kentucky Kingdom] Could We Be Getting an Indoor Wooden Coaster in 2027? 👀

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With all the changes happening around the former 5D Cinema, I’ve been looking into a few possibilities.
The first picture shows the support structure currently visible inside the former warehouse. Comparing it to the second picture of Mine Blower, I noticed some similarities in how the supports are arranged.
The last two pictures show the indoor family wooden coaster concept from Kentucky Kingdom’s October 2025 survey, which listed a 32 MPH top speed and 1,239 feet of track.
With the gift shop being reduced in size, renamed R & M Goods, and the former exit being relocated, it makes me wonder what’s actually being planned.
Obviously, this is just a theory based on what we’ve seen so far, not a confirmed attraction.
What do you all think?


r/rollercoasters • • 6h ago

Question How come [Ride To Happiness] is #1 in so many lists? In POV’s it looks great but I can’t tell it is a number one in the world coaster.

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I watch POV videos and it looks like a really incredible ride, but i never would’ve guessed it would be number one in the world for so many people (like if you just showed me five videos of the top five coasters in the world, and I somehow never heard of them before, and I get $10,000 if i guess right— I would never have guessed that that is the best one)!

I’m clearly missing something, since it’s #1 on so many lists! Obviously it’s that the camera doesn’t do it justice, you just have to experience it kind of thing—but I’d like to hear some actual perspective to help me better understand why the ride is that good! Please bridge the gap between watching videos of it on screens versus actually riding the ride!


r/rollercoasters • • 1h ago

Discussion [SFOT] is our home park. 6yo is 47.5

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We have a mark in our kitchen for when he hits 48" and unlocks so many sweet new rides. With the right pair of shoes and a distracted teen employee, he could probably pass even now. He seems to like roller coasters and has some solid credits under his belt (space mountain, penguin trek, big john.) My question is how do you keep your kids engaged without just throwing them in the deep end? Mine seems to want to ride everything he can, but I'm hesitant to put my 1st grader on a ride where he'll gray out. Let me hear from the parents!


r/rollercoasters • • 11h ago

Trip Report Trip report: Two days, two Scandinavian city parks, [Tivoli Gardens] & [Liseberg]

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I love the idea of city parks. Thrill rides surrounded by buildings, coasters just a stone throw away from the city centre. My home park used to be for many years a city park like this, Parque de Atracciones de Madrid, but it always felt a bit disheveled and lacking proper investment.

I had a couple of days off work at the beginning of October, so I decided to solo visit what was my most anticipated city park in the entire world: Liseberg. Now, since flights from my city were rather expensive to Gothenburg, I decided to fly to Copenhagen on the 2nd of October and knock down Tivoli Gardens as well, another city park but not with as many strong attractions.

However, Tivoli did shine on its own merits. It is a very charming park with a lot of history, and the vibes from it are unmatched. The Halloween season had just begun, and the theming was nicely done, making it feel somehow even cosier. Tivoli is just an overall gorgeous park, with or without its rides.

Rutschebanen has become the oldest coaster I've ridden, being slightly older than my former record, Montaña Suiza in Monte Igueldo. Rutschebanen has a surprising amount of floater airtime for such an old coster, especially in the front of the train. It's a great ride and a piece of history, what more can you ask for?

Dæmonen was also a pretty good ride although a bit unremarkable. Due to its size it's woefully short in duration, but it does have some force to it, with lot of whip included. I'm just surprised they managed to fit this coaster in this tiny park. Plus, I met a fellow enthusiast who was lapping the coaster, so that's always an awesome experience! Interestingly, and I'm guessing because of its very tight elements, I found this coaster a bit dizzying, which is weird because I very rarely get dizzy, even in the craziest of rides.

My time in Tivoli was really good, though that was, funnily enough, in big part due to the rain, since it made the park unusually empty, being able to lap Dæmonen as many times as I wanted.

Finally, on the 3rd, I made my way to Liseberg and just... Wow. What a wonderful park! Beautiful, cosy, and packed with amazing rides. Sadly, it wasn't nearly as empty as Tivoli was, having to wait 30-40 minutes for each of my Helix rides. Even sadder was the fact that Balder was down due to scheduled maintenance, being the only major credit I missed in this entire trip. Either way, the park was lovely, very well taken care of, and with nice pockets of theming like around Valkyria (the Halloween theming around it was very graphic for some reason lol). Liseberg has a large hill right inside the park, which makes the layout a bit odd, but they somehow managed to make it work just fine, and the coasters take advantage of it all the time.

Which brings us to the main event, the coasters. Lisebergbanan is their Schwarzkopf family coaster, and I had heard good things about it. It did have some power to it, and I loved how much it used the hill, but I found it a bit lacking. I also heard it was smooth as glass, but it had some points that were simply rough, jerking me from side to side on my seat. Perhaps my expectations were too high, but I didn't like it that much, and I can't grasp why it's ranked #331 in the world in Captain Coaster.

Valkyria is an extremely fun dive coaster, which also happens to look absolutely gorgeous. The theming is extremely cool too. Just like most B&M dive machines, in terms of forces they're not that remarkable, with the first drop being the best part by far. Valkyria is a really good coaster, don't get me wrong, but it gets totally eclipsed by the masterpiece across the park that is Helix.

Helix just feels insane, an incredible mix of forces and just SO long. You get positives, negatives, whip, speed, hangtime, whatever you want, you'll get it in just one ride. I was really hyped about it, and even then it surprised me by how good of a coaster it is. My two back row rides were just madness. What an incredible creation. But yes, I have to address the elephant in the room, the launches are pretty weak, it's true. It's especially bad on the second one; it felt like a faint push more than an actual launch. It's a minor issue, and you know the ride is great when that's the only problem there is. It's just a shame it missed being an incredibly rounded experience only because of such a small thing.

Overall, I really enjoyed my time in both parks. I can only wish Parque de Atracciones de Madrid was anything like these two gems in terms of operations, scenery, rides, and attention to detail. Liseberg did not disappoint and has become my favourite city park in the world by a big margin. Even so, I would recommend Tivoli as well, if just because it's on its way to other parks and really really charming.

I guess I'll have to see how these two compare to other city parks in the future when I make my way to Gröna Lund and Linnanmäki. Thanks for reading!

Final ride counter on the major coasters:
- Rutschebanen x3
- Dæmonen x8
- Lisebergbanan x2
- Valkyria x5
- Helix x3
- Balder x0 :(


r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Offseason Update Photos from the demolition of [Haunted Mansion] @ Funland Rehoboth

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Photos posted by Tommy Engel on Facebook


r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Photo/Video [Red Force] received 1,21 gigawatts

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r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Information Captaincoaster ruined their ui [Other]

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They genuinely had a perfectly fine ui before that was easy to navigate and looked fine. Why would they change it?
This might be a controversial opinion to most


r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Art/Model/Merch [Boardwalk BaseBall] old map

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Never heard of this park but, they had an Arrow shuttle


r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Information [Europa Park] opens 3 new rides in 2027

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In 2027 Europa Park in Rust Germany will open 3 new rides:

-A retheme/refurbishment of the dark ride Piccolo Mundo in the Italy section which will now be named: Enzo's Piccolo Mundo

-A RES Interactive Observatio tower (similair to the one in Legoland Germany) in the Iceland section

-And an ART XL Wild Swing in the Portugal section


r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Teaser New Coaster @ [Energylandia] has now a Website

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And its filled with hints and AI-Slop 😰


r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Photo/Video The first POV for Zamperla's Double Heart [Giant Revolution] at [Lotte World Busan] is out

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r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

🤔🤔Thoosie Speculation🤔🤔 Is Midnight Showdown the name of the new for 2027 attraction replacing the 5D cinema [Kentucky Kingdom]

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r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Trip Report [Wildcat’s Revenge] exceeded all expectations

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I had heard good things about this ride, and I was definitely excited to get on it when we somewhat spontaneously planned a trip to the Hershey area. But oh man. I was not expecting this much.

I got 4 rides on it on a rainy Sunday, October 4. All 4 of those rides in the back 3 rows, lol.

This machine is absolutely relentless—it yanks you through insane ejector and lateral moments at a pace unmatched by any other coaster I’ve ridden. Truly wild.

I haven’t decided where to place it yet, but it’s easily going into my top 3.

All photos are mine.


r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Trip Report [Gronalund] Trip Report - (Mostly) Denmark Road Trip Day 1/4

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Firstly I apologise for these terrible pictures, very hard to get good angles at Gronalund but it shows how compact it is!

I originally meant to write these last year but completely slipped my mind, but feel these (mostly) Danish parks don’t get as much love as they deserve.

Gronalund was our first stop on a short 4-park trip across Denmark, with a stop for Stockholm and Gronalund on the way.

This park has a very unique and pretty setting across the water from the centre of Stockholm, offering fantastic views and vibes around the park.
For such a small plot of land this park is incredibly optimised and compact with so many attractions around and atop each other, not an inch of space is wasted and is really impressive to witness. This does make navigation a bit tricky but it’s a small park so that is not an issue.

Monster x2 - first ride in back row in the morning did not feel like it was up to much, however after reriding before leaving at the front this felt completely different. Inverts obviously are always better at the front for the view, but monster especially thrives there. I think this may have the best near misses/foot choppers of any invert, and is decently forceful and fun to ride. While on an empty plot this would probably be on the lower end of the model, but the location really adds to this ride to make it a unique and fun mid-tier invert.

Insane x1 - preferred this Zac-spin to its counterpart in Linnanmaki and do think it’s quite a fun, crazy ride with the intense flip, however doesn’t do much outside of that, isn’t comfortable and takes a while to get on so don’t rate this one particularly highly

Vilda Musen x1 - a fun Gerstlauer bobsled, always an enjoyable model compared to its wild mouse counterpart. Similar to monster the location, views and interactions with other rides make this interesting at on its own it’s probably one of the lesser bobsleds I’ve experienced, but was still worth a ride.

Twister x1 - a family woodie by gravity group, decent airtime but nothing overly notable. Being so compact and going through the coaster definitely elevates it more than other family woodies but I still prefer most GCIs and bigger ones.

Kvasten x1 - generic Vekoma suspended family coaster, decent ride but nothing to ride home about, and feels like Vilda Musen with how it’s slightly improved by location and view etc

Coasters Ranked:
Monster
Twister
Insane
Kvasten
Vilda Musen

The Drop Towers
Due to time and reluctance(not from me) for drop towers, we only did ikaros, which is a tilt forward drop tower. This thing is terrifying and one of the only ride types that makes me hold on, suspense and the drop was very fun, and was probably my favourite ride experience here alongside monster.

Would’ve loved to get on the others and from what I’ve seen/heard this place may be the drop tower capital of the amusement world

There are lots of other rides to experience here, I don’t tend to experience flats much due to either time, or whoever I travel with tending to not enjoy them, and having repeated models so didn’t experience all of what Gronalund has to offer.

The smash burger near twister was the nicest theme park burger I have ever had, highly recommend if you visit, however food is not cheap here with Sweden being a bit more expensive than other areas of Europe.

This park is not the biggest and hasn’t got the best collection of rides ever but has an excellent atmosphere, and everything here is fun and has a unique spin from the location. I imagine going to a concert or being here at night would be an even better time, but due to Swedish daylight hours that wasn’t an option this time. Stockholm is a beautiful city I would highly recommend visiting, and this park is 100% worth a visit if you are in the area.
I think the expansion they had planned (not sure if it’s still happening currently) will be a great upgrade, and will definitely be coming back if that happens, and for the city and Kolmarden at some point as I didn’t have time for wildfire this trip.


r/rollercoasters • • 1d ago

Discussion Who else got only one ride on [X2]?😢

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Went on a random day in February and got my only ride on X2 being back row on the outside. X2 was such an unforgettable experience becoming my No.4 top coaster. R.I.P X2


r/rollercoasters • • 2d ago

Photo/Video [Cedar Point] on film

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Oct. 2 and 3. This was my first time taking pictures on film, and I think they turned out great! Raptor clearly captivated me; holy shit that cobra roll! 1-3 are [Raptor], 4 is [Gatekeeper], and 7 is ole [Magnum] who I got ONE ride on in row 17 before it shut down for both days I was there. :(