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"Those other children are being naughty and are not supposed to be doing that" "If those kids jumped off a cliff would you do that too?" "If you climb on that, you wont be getting any more food from here and we'll go home" Anyhow that's probably what I would have been told by my parents in the 90s.

Latest update, the Maurer is progressing well and the station for the SFC has gone vertical, as well as the 2nd tunnel. First tunnel too:

BonBon Land - Thursday 14th of July https://www.parkz.com.au/attraction/bonbon-land Much like Legoland, BonbBon Land is a rite of passage when in Denmark. For those unfamiliar, BonBon is a Danish confectionery brandwith lollies that look like bird poo, rotten fish, puke etc: These themes carry through to the park, so if you love toilet humor, you’ll love BonBon Land. The park started next to the original factory, which is now disused, which creates a bit of a depressing atmosphere coming into the park because it’s this collection of moss stained old of sheds as your first impression and the main entrance and dirt car park is around the back in a field. It hardly screams fun park. Overall the park feels a bit of a step down compared to the rest in Denmark. It’s a bit more weathered and run down looking, and the attractions are adequate but nothing that really stands out.There are some huge bits of theming in the form of large animals, but it has a certain papier mache look to it. My visit was really to see the weirdness for myself and to try the worlds first Eurofighter, among other things. As for the rides I did: Vild-Svinet (Wild Boar) The Eurofighter which started it all, and for the first attempt its pretty good and surprisingly, not that rough. Tiny vertical drop, a nice sweeping stengel dive, a forceful loop, couple of helixes and its done. The thing that sets it off is all these boars driving go karts around the track. I dunno what it was, but just the arrangement of them along the track was flawless. Han-Katten (Male Cat) Another Gerstlauer coaster was next door. It was a compact spinning coaster that “looks like” it should be a standard layout. But surprisingly, only 2 of these have ever been built, with most parks electing to get the bigger model. The car was unevenly loaded so it was well and truly going by the 2nd switch back, and didn’t let up until the end. The layout actually has the same elements as the bigger gerstlauer spinners really, just in a more compact package. Not bad overall. I still cant decide what the station is meant to be like, is it an old suitcase or an old radio? Viktor Vandorm (Viktor Water Worm) This was a relocated family coaster from a park in Germany, with long turns and an even longer train, so it just rumbled along at a fairly consistent speed. To fit what was a coaster on a hillside to this new park, the had to both elevate the station, and build a trench in a lake below the water line. Rejen (Shrimp) I popped up here to get some photos of the park. Standard dry dinghy slide endemic in Europe, but the middle bump is smaller on this one so some good airtime. Hundeprutten (Dogfart) A pretty old Zierer family coaster with a basic single helix layout and a station canopy that reminded me of a rural service station. They did have a giant dog statue, complete with coiled up turds made of ag pipe, and a giant kennel with a speaker that played a fart sound effect. Was ok. Soloven (Sea Lion) Had no idea this existed before I got to the park. Same boats as WWF, but no drops, so it was a slow boat ride past themed zones themed around the 7 continents, in a great cartoony style. The Asian section was funny/borderline racist. You go past a pagoda building and there’s these full on ninja sounds / faux chinese speech from inside: “hhyaaaa chikkaa newwwwwww” or something like that. Australia had a lengthy section (Often overlooked on similar “Around the World” boat rides, with characters being eaten by crocodiles, and a weird mix of Sydney skyline and outback backdrops. Svend Svingarm (Spinning Swing Arm) Zamplera Giant Discovery. Not as speedy as the intamin version, thinking back, Its the slow build up of speed which makes this feel nauseating Cobratarnet (Cobra Tower) A medium sized drop tower a bit like the one at LPS. Quick and intense. Den Skore Skildpadde (The Giant Turtle) Had to ride this one (I seem to end up on wave swingers a fair bit for some reason) purley because of the silly turtle theme, and it even had seats themed like turtle shells. Mageklatterne (Seagulls) Im pretty sure this was built by the same manufacturer as the sky cycle at adventure world, though these had seagull scuplts on each car. A bit of work to pedal the car, but you got some good views of the flat rides at the front of the park. Kragetraeerne (Crow Trees) Cool to see this rare ride type. It’s a family drop ride (I think the only other is at Tripsdrill) , but you sit on a large, floorless cantilevered platform. The ride rises and falls a few times as you would expect, but then at the end the platform randomly gives way and tilts forward, flinging you forward in your seat held only by the lap bar, then it decides to drop. For most of the morning the tilt aspect wasn’t working, so i waited and came back till that was going. Baever Rafting This was the 4th rapids ride in as many days, so they were all a bit repetitive at this point, the usual wave generator, tunnel, waterfalls, and tossing and turning in the rapids, all whilst staying quite dry. Nothing really stood out other than the collection of beaver animatronics at the load station. Praerie Expressen Walked into this not knowing what it was. It was inside the wild west zone through a doorway in one of the buildings, so I was thinking it was some mini train ride behind the buildings. Anyway, it was a triotech shooting gallery, where you were traveling alongside a train as a sort of scrolling shooting gallery. Aparently this was their new for 2022 attraction…. …Alongside this! In the end I stayed for around 4 hours, and concluded with a couple more laps on Vild-Svinet. The weather was threatening to rain all day, and when it did I made my way down the road and went to the Forest Tower at Camp Aventure, only 7km away. As always, more photos are here, let me know if there is anything else you are curious about at BonBon Land. https://www.parkz.com.au/search/photos/location/bonbon-land

My bit of speculation Has a sliver warrior. Looks like it has a bronze warrior: Will trident get a gold warrior to complete the trifecta?

Nice. Was this here last year? Curious to see how they do a haunted maze.

A multi pass launch on something like TTD would be a downgrade though IMO. The whole point is 0-120mph like a dragster, not being a giant Wicked Twister.

If anything was going to go, it would be Iron Dragon? That all said, if you wanted to do extra elements on TTD, could you make it a long skinny layout in the middle of the current footprint, sort of like this. Obviously you would need some trim brakes after the main top hat, and then the remaining elements quite a bit slower!

^Not necessarily. From another site: Red Force (3 car trains, 180 km/h) has a launch track of ~155m. TTD has an overall launch track of 175m (I measured after the transfer track until the track passes over the building with the launch technic.). TTD launched to 193 km/h. So actually, updating TTDs trains to the new ones and using all of that track for an LSM launch, could actually do the trick.

You can always ride Kingda Ka

Yeah perhaps the weak point of RMCs is their restraints, they are all like that except for New Texas Giant which has Gerstlauer trains. FWIW Nagashima Spaland is a bit closer to Aus and Hakugei is better than Steve IMO.

Chaos? I think they stopped running worldwide since they kept falling over.

What's the point of bringing up Dollywood being seasonal then? It literally has nothing to do with the rainy day policy.

^What an odd thing to say. Literally anything good from a park overseas could now be dismissed since they are largely seasonal.

Wipeout lasted 25 years. The Claw is 18 years old now.

I put orphan rocker because of how unique and spectacular it is, but the original Big Dipper, and Beastie would be worth contenders. Everything else I've ridden except for Thunderbolt, but that was supposedly crap.

If 4 major rides are closed I'm not gonna go just to ride a gyro swing 🤷‍♂️

I think there has to be a more compelling reason for a giant swing than an "up yours" to DW. We now have them at DW, Aussie World, Luna Park, Adventure World, a number in varying sizes on the travelling circuit plus a mini one at Funfields. I mean the bigger Intamin one (Eg Tigeren at Djurs) is better than the smaller model (Eg Goliath at AW) The motion of the Zamperla giant ones is a bit more nauseating for some reason (I've done Sven Svingarm and Scream Machine at Adlabs Imagicaa) But really? do we want MW to build this and then that's our 'new' thrill ride for 3 or 4 years?

Ooooh, I can comment on that now (Trip report probably in a week or two) It actually felt quite awkward. When you entered a turn on the ‘inside’ you’d get this feeling of braking suddenly (because physics, the car is following a shorter path than the chassis) so it didn’t really flow well as a ride. Looks interesting offride, and I gave it a good 5 or 6 laps to be sure, but it didn’t really impress overall. I think the one at Skara will be the only one ever built.

But would a wild mouse at DW be as good as scooby? Maybe if it was like G'sengte Sau at Prater where it's just enormous rather than relying on theming?

Hey didn't they get new trains for Hotwheels/Gold Coaster, and also MDMC, supposedly? Hey and didn't DW also get a new car for TOT at one point?

If Escape from Madagascar is one of the worst coasters, what does that make a Wild Mouse?

100%. Heard about it for years, it was only ever at the Sydney Show (right?) so difficult to get a chance to try it. The other day I realised I've never been on a Zipper either!

So with El Toro, RMC were previously a company that just assembled rides (A bit like RCS GMbH) hence the RMC. So they put up El Toro. Then they eventually started manufacturing their own rides from scratch.

In terms of outward banking turns, there is one on Green Lantern.

So both Chessington and Legoland Germany are getting family versions of the B&M wing coaster They already make family inverted coasters so i guess a gentle wing coaster is a natural progression. https://www.bolliger-mabillard.com/product/family-coaster Wouldn't mind seeing one of them here as a unique family ride.