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Magic Mountain’s worst kept secret will finally be revealed next Thursday

In related news, Dollywood’s servers crashed due to high volume of traffic shortly after the death announcement

Rulantica is expanding with a new restaurant area called Nørd Havn (”North Harbour”) set to open near the end of next year https://www.europapark.de/en/rulantica/nord-havn

Hopefully they’re not a hassle to get in/out of. One of the brilliant things about FLY is how simple it is to embark/disembark compared to other flyers. I hope Vekoma has found a way to make it work equally frictionless here.

Directly from the park’s website. SuperSplash is the old Intamin shoot-the-chutes that has operated at the park for close to forty years. It wasn’t always the most reliable attraction but it was popular in the summer months. It takes up a decently-sized plot of land so curious what’ll replace it.

In other Merlin news, Chessington was closed all day yesterday due to a burst water pipe.

Helix is showing its age in the back row but the front is still pretty smooth. I found Wildfire a bit of a grind to marathon late last year but it’s far from the roughest woodie out there.

After being closed since August of last year, Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull at Tokyo DisneySea will reopen on November 30th after a full refurbishment and the addition of enhanced audio and projection mapping effects

Raptor has reopened as of 2 P.M. today: https://queue-times.com/parks/12/rides/452

A fire broke out at Gardaland earlier today in the Western area underneath Raptor. Apparently a structure under refurbishment ignited under unknown circumstances and caused visible damage, but not enough to cause the park to be evacuated, and the fire was put out by emergency responders shortly...

Announcement video and POV:

Moon-eating dragon in Phillippine mythology. Six Flags is on an ancient mythology/folklore roll, it seems.

Cú Chulainn apparently valleyed yesterday https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/s/XIAkAsje4b

The post doesn’t say the Kumba replacement/retrack will cost $100m, it says it’s a part of a $100m investment into the park as a whole. The actual price tag for Kumba’s Revenge is probably a lot less.

What coaster at Efteling does this description actually fit? Joris, Python, Max & Moritz, Vogel Rok are all continous motion from station dispatch to final brake run. Baron has one show scene before the lift, then it’s the same. Guess that leaves Hollander, but that’s it’s own category of dark...