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August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

Fantasiana- A World of Magic Awaits

Fantasiana is one of Austria’s leading theme parks including a whole variety of dark rides, a stunningly themed log flume and 2 family rollercoasters. The park is Austria’s second most well known theme park and is located only 30 minutes away from Salzburg- which makes it perfect to combine with a city break in one of Austria’s most famous and historical cities. Thanks very much to Fantasiana for letting us visit and let’s have a virtual explore through this park together!

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Story Behind Europa-Park’s 2023 Coaster

Europa-Park in Germany will open a MACK Rides Big Dipper-style roller coaster next year, and we now know more about the ride’s story. The new coaster will be located in the park’s brand-new Croatian section, which will open at the same time as the new ride.

August 12, 2022August 13, 2022

In Defense of Avengers Assemble: Flight Force

It’s only been a couple months since Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind opened at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT, but Disney Imagineering has already unveiled their next Marvel-themed attraction: Avengers Assemble: Flight Force. Though expectations were (probably) modest, the “new” coaster didn’t perform as desired for some folks – what went wrong?

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

Pleasurewood Hills – Park visit 2022

Here in the UK we are blessed to have so many beautiful parks, some surrounded by countryside and others amongst beautiful seaside destinations. Today we are going to talk about our day trip to the lovely Pleasurewood Hills in Lowestoft in the UK.

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022

Texas Twister at Kinderpretpark JulianaToren!

How about the brand new rollercoaster Texas Twister in the Netherlands? Besides all the major parks in Europe, you shouldn’t miss out on visiting the smaller local parks. Our team got invited to Kinderpretpark JulianaToren in the Netherlands to ride the new coaster and the different fun rides! Join us to discover this cute park where we also celebrated the birthday of the park mascot Jul!

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022

Family Park Opens a Brand New Water Ride!

Family Park in Austria has just celebrated the launch of their brand new Intamin log flume for 2022- Biberburg (Beaver Lodge in English). We were so thrilled to be invited to the grand opening of this exciting new attraction at Austria’s largest theme park and therefore we thought we’d share all the details with you!

July 8, 2022September 22, 2022

Parque Warner’s 2023 New Coaster Goes Vertical

UPDATES: Sept 5, Sept 7, Sept 22

Spain parks are in full motion for the 2023 season! PortAventura is working on a yet unknown project (rumours can be heard about an enclosed spinning coaster) and Parque Warner is developing maybe their biggest project in 20 years. Construction is already visible at the studio based theme park, so let’s take a quick look!

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

Tibidabo Announces New Thrill Ride for 2024

Following the removal of Hurakan (Top Spin), the emblematic amusement park of Barcelona has recently announced the addition of a new thrill ride for 2024. The park is also developing a new plan for specific attractions in order to maintain and renew its socio-tourist appeal providing new sensations and experiences to its guests, while maintaining the essence of historic attractions.

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022

20 Best Disney Rides in the World – 2022 Edition

About this time in 2017, we dropped a Disney Rides Top 20 to celebrate the opening of Shanghai Disneyland. Five years and two revisions later, we’re back with the 3rd Edition of our Global Disney Top 20. We’re proud to bring an increasingly comprehensive countdown of Disney’s top rides from around the world – each one pushing the limits of storytelling entertainment and illustrating for the visionary artwork of Walt Disney Imagineering.

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June 7, 2022June 7, 2022

From Taiga to Kirnu – Coasters of Linnanmäki

You might know Taiga, an Intamin Launch coaster that makes most coaster enthusiasts’ hearts race. During our recent visit to Finland, we rode it at the wonderful Linnanmäki theme park in Helsinki. Like many Nordic parks, they have limited space and yet offer a large selection of rides for all ages. But Taiga is just one of the many coasters! Get to know more interesting facts about Finland’s capital park!

May 29, 2022June 5, 2022

Efteling: World of Wonders – 2022

Efteling is a park we simply cannot get enough of – a trip to Europe simply feels incomplete without a visit here.

May 29, 2022May 29, 2022

Heide Park 2022

One of the largest parks on our trip was Heide Park in Soltau, Germany – home to one of Europe’s most diverse coaster collections. While we made time for a ride on each of the park’s monorails, our focus was on each of the park’s nine coasters.

May 25, 2022May 26, 2022

Walibi Holland 2022

Do you ever go to parks and feel like themed areas all start to run together? I don’t mean within the park – I mean all of the different “fantasy forest” areas, all of the “Wild West” areas, all of theme park standards – jungles, castles, fortresses, pyramids, “slice of life” entrance plazas, and so on? Then have we got the park for you!

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022

Trip to Europa-Park in 2022

Where can you eat food from a large selection of European countries and cultures in one day? Where can you ride attractions themed to and landscaped to a bunch of different European nations? That’s right! It’s Europa-Park!

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May 20, 2022May 24, 2022

What to Expect at Marvel Avenger Campus at Walt Disney Studios in Paris

There’s no better thing than a brand-new Disney park themed land opening up. This is particularly true for Disneyland Paris’ neighboring park Walt Disney Studios that has always struggled with a smaller-than-usual attraction lineup. As part of a large expansion to the theme park, Avenger Campus will be home to several rides, restaurants, shopping and entertainment attractions. Let’s take a look at all that Avenger Campus will have to offer!

May 18, 2022May 22, 2022

Erlebnispark Tripsdrill 2022

Tucked away in the wine country town of Cleebronn, Germany, is truly one of the great hidden gems of the theme park world: Erlebnispark Tripsdrill. Obscured by rolling hills of grapevines, Tripsdrill is an uncannily large park considering its off-the-beaten-path location about 35km north of Stuttgart.

May 16, 2022May 17, 2022

Hollywood In Germany! – A Tour of Movie Park Germany in 2022

“Hollywood in Germany!” was the 1996 slogan of newly-opened Warner Bros. Movie World – 26 years later, Movie Park Germany near Bottrop remains one of Germany’s premier themed parks. Attractions include Star Trek: Operation Enterprise, Movie Park Studio Tour, Van Helsing’s Factory, Area 51, and Excalibur – Secrets of the Dark Forest; join us for a tour around through what we still call “Hollywood in Germany”.

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022

Hansa Park 2022

We’re privileged to have enjoyed over a week of theme parks across Europe this Spring, many of which I (Alex) hadn’t visited in nearly a decade and were new for Sean entirely. The first of 9 parks we’ll be covering is one of Germany’s northernmost parks, the lovely Hansa Park.

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022

Roaring into a new world of Dinosaurs at Djurs Sommerland

If you’ve been keeping up to date with us lately, you’ll know that we’ve been taking you on a tour of the major theme parks in Denmark and all of their latest developments. Not only has Denmark had the blessing of an epic development like a brand new Vekoma, called Fønix, just on the other coastline you can find a brand new development, called Dinosaurland, which has recently opened up its doors to the public. We checked out Dinosaurland on the opening weekend at Djurs Sommerland. We were also very lucky to have an exclusive meeting with the park’s CEO! So expect all the interesting updates in this article!

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

Spring has sprung at Tivoli Gardens

Tivoli Gardens is one of those parks which changes upon the seasons. The park can look completely different depending on whether you visit in spring, summer, autumn or winter. Tivoli has recently reopened for the 2022 season and the park couldn’t look more decked out for spring. There are beautiful flower beds all over the park and the cherry blossom is looking more vibrant than ever before. Fountains dance on the lakes and the crowds are out in full in the spring sunshine. Today we will take a look at the latest additions to the park and everything that caught my eye during my day at Tivoli.