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Part 9 - Winter Wonderland Hyde Park (November 2025) It's an undeniable reality that UK Winter is f***ing miserable. It's dark by 3pm, it's overcast 95% of the time, and it costs about a million quid to have the heating on for more than 10 minutes a day. One of the few saving graces of the...

Part 8 - Thorpe Park Fright Nights (Except The Only Frightening Thing Is The Queue Times) (November 2025) What better way to close out the UK theme park season proper than with a 6th and final visit to my new home park? Due to the favourable weather and it being the last day of school...

If we've got track on site, surely this project will be shooting for a mid/late 2026 opening? I believe we saw shovels in the ground for Hype around this time in 2016, which then opened in June the following year. Though, I imagine this may be a more complex build than an SRII.

^ I reckon it's legit. Roller Coaster Dream is about as good of a source as you can get for happenings in China. Frankly, in my books, it's more of a surprise that we haven't seen more big name Chinese coasters and parks go under. Some of them simply do not have the sustained local interest to...

Part 5: (a failed trip to) Böhmischer Prater The final couple of days of my Austrian excursion ended up being a bit of a washout, as the thundershowers which set in post-Prater evolved into a sort of persistent omni drizzle. Whilst there were a handful of dry spells, it wasn’t the ideal...

Part 4: Vienna, and Wiener Prater After a slight panic over the validity of my train ticket the next morning – it turns out that one person is indeed fine to travel on a two-person small group ticket – it was bye-bye Salzburg and onwards to Vienna. As I mentioned at the start of this report...

Part 3: Fantasiana A little history lesson, for those not already in the know. For over a decade, Fantasiana – a tiny theme park in Straßwalchen, about 30 minutes’ drive from Salzburg centre – was quietly internationally infamous because of Wild Train. Whilst I sadly never got to ride this...

Part 2: Innsbruck to Salzburg, and Keltenblitz Most of the next day was spent being tourists in Innsbruck. Since the Nordkette cable car was extortionately expensive, we instead chose to visit the Bergeisel for stunning panoramic views across the city. We also made a stop at the Hofburg (the...

Intro: Mack Produkt As the old adage goes: “if I had a nickel for every time that an Austrian amusement park decided to open a Mack Big Dipper in 2025, I would only have two nickels, but it’s weird that it happened twice”. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Austria once before in the past...

Part 7 - Alton Towers Redemption Arc (July 2025) The pilgrimage to Towers has dwindled from a near monthly occurrence in my teens to more of an annual tradition in my 20s. In 2024, I had a thoroughly miserable time, plagued with downtime and long queues. Would my 2025 revisit be better, or has...

Part 6 - Adventure Island (June 2025) Looking at the sizable list of UK parks I had never actually bothered to visit, Adventure Island was one of the most appetising destinations on paper, offering a juicy +5 credits within striking distance of London. Fenchurch Street isn’t exactly the most...

Great reports so far Heartline - although the trip until this point has sounded like less of a holiday and more of a cred-induced slog. Doesn't exactly encourage one to go across the pond anytime soon...

TLDR; I've had a bit of extra time to nab UK creds in the last couple of months whilst I've been hunting for a new job. Since said new job is now secured and soon to commence, here's a couple of trip reports to celebrate. Part 5 - Babylon Park (May 2025) Babylon Park is an indoor FEC located...

Part 4: Doha Quest Doha Quest is a modern, high-budget indoor theme park found in the Doha Oasis. This development includes the park itself, the Printemps Department store (we are in the Gulf, after all), luxury housing, and other amenities. It's located under 15 minutes’ walk from the Msheireb...

Intro: 19 hours in Doha This little layover was done enroute home from my recent jaunt through South Korea. You can read about my experiences out there in the dedicated thread. I will confess that the Gulf states’ iconic cities have never really appealed to me as holiday destinations. When I...

Days 13/14: a Korea Ending After the promised rain had bucketed down on Day 13, things had finally cleared up for our last day in Seoul. My parents had explored Namsan a few days prior, but since I had been busy at Lotte we took a walk up there together to soak up the wonderful views. With the...

Even more importantly - what's happened to the Vekoma Ghostrider? That was by far the most interesting part of this project for coaster enthusiasts, in my books. Cacao Park already have there's half built, so is there any chance that Hossoland cancelled their order and Cacao Park swooped in?

^ Vekoma SFC = Suspended Family Coaster. Examples include Orkanen at Fårup Sommerland and its numerous clones (e.g., Dragonflyer at Dollywood). Bets on whether this is a custom one or one of the cloned models? Herschend's last addition of a Vekoma SFC was the Orkanen layout, though I think that...

Day 12: Imjingak Park, the DMZ, and Children's Grand Park The day after my visit to Lotte Adventure, I had booked for the family to join a group tour of South Korea’s famous De-Militarised Zone (the DMZ). Admittedly, large group tours are usually one of my least favourite ways to visit...

Day 11: Lotte World Adventure (Seoul) Another day, another park. Thankfully, today’s target was substantially nearer than Everland, necessitating a mere 40-minute journey via the metro from Myeongdong. Lotte World Adventure in Seoul is perhaps Korea’s most internationally recognisable theme...