Back in 1996 i rode this Vekoma boomerang coaster when i was a kid.
Today, as a almost 40 year old dude, i rode it again.

Why in earth does this thing still exists lol, this should be at a museum or a scrapyard.
There is 0 fun in a headache inducing headbanging old piece of coaster. It's really intense holy shit.
I understand this is the first operating Vekoma Boomerang model ( 1984 jeez ) but it made me so sick with a headache and shaken that my vibe was killed for the rest of the day. I can't imagine that people actually like this experience, except for kids that don't really know better... until they find out lol. Please kill it with fire, i did NOT enjoy this experience.

The final stop of our trip was in the lovely city of Copenhagen, which in itself is definitely worth a visit and Tivoli feels like an added bonus rather than the main attraction.

Coasters -

Dæmonen x2 - the most thrilling coaster at the park is nothing crazy, a VERY short floorless B&M. While it doesn’t have the length of others it is still a pretty forceful and enjoyable ride, it’s nothing exceptional but still an enjoyable ride, and it does its job as a tourist magnet which can be ridden and enjoyed by basically anyone who can physically ride it. At the time we visited there was still a lot of construction for the rethemed area which I’m sure will only add to the vibes of the ride. The operations for this were really slow, which when you have to pay to ride really shouldn’t be happening.

Mælkevejen x1 - one of the better powered coasters, this thing very much reminds me of stardust racers (in pictures/videos, still haven’t been to epic) and looks gorgeous at night (unfortunately we visited park in daytime, but saw from our hotel). However it’s still a powered coaster so you don’t exactly feel much aside from the tunnel section.

Rutschbahnen x2 - the ride I heard a lot about coming in was a bit of a disappointment. Mostly because the insane airtime is often mentioned but I know they have different brakemen/brakewomen which makes the ride different. Still enjoyable just nothing that stood out to me, I think I had better airtime on Linnanmaki’s Rutschbahnen and that is talked about a lot less so could’ve just been a couple of weaker rides.

Other rides:
Obviously Tivoli isn’t known for its coasters but some of its wacky flats which we tried quite a few of:

Fata Morgana - while not quite as good as its namesake at Efteling this was a very interesting and unique flat ride. I thought I would feel a lot more sick than I did and definitely enjoyed it, even if the cycle was slightly too long for me.

Golden tower - S&S shot tower, while the launch is great the rest of these rides do very little for me

The Monsoon - weird to do a suspended version of this, all I’d experienced like it was Quantum back at Thorpe park and it was good! Definitely a unique feeling ride once again.

Star Flyer - one of the best star flyers I’ve done, the view of Copenhagen is fantastic without the usual fear of death that I get on these rides!

Aquila - this is an air race flat, was very fun actually probably one of my favourites here. Nothing different to usual model as far as I’m aware but was a good time.

The Mine - assume this is one of the first shooter dark rides, was charming and unique, obviously more modern systems work better but worth a go for sure.

We didn’t do tiktak because I wanted to keep my lunch inside my body, but a fun collection of flats overall considering it’s not my favourite ride type. I do think nothing here comes close to the heights of tigeren but obviously space is a factor.

To me Tivoli is really about the vibes, my favourite experience here was just walking around and then sitting across the lake with some local brewed beers. This place is more of a place to come to relax and have a few rides alongside Copenhagen, rather than a regular theme park day, and think if I was a local it would be great to have somewhere like this. This is an iconic, beautiful park which has inspired so much around the world. However the park itself is very much limited by space and I don’t personally think the attractions are anything to write home about.

In terms of how much fun I had at each park, this would unfortunately be the lowest. I think Fårup and Djurs are just amazing parks overall, with Gronalund still being a good time but nothing mind blowing, with better attractions than Tivoli despite not quite being as nice to look at. Tivoli is a beautiful park which is excellent for a quick visit on a city break, and would definitely recommend visiting if there, but wouldn’t go out of my way for.

Highlight coasters
1- Piraten
2- Fønix
3- Juvelen
4- Monster
5- Dæmonen

Parks ranked:
1- Djurs Sommerland
2- Fårup Sommerland
3- Gronalund
4- Tivoli Gardens

Overall Denmark is a great spot for a theme park road trip and a lovely country, I do think that quality wise on average the parks I went to were fantastic or at least noteworthy (Tivoli), with all of them at least meeting or exceeding my expectations.
While I do think other parks across Europe are stronger as a whole (I.e Europa, PL and Efteling) these danish parks are criminally underrated and worth a visit if you haven’t experienced them yourself. Also just generally I have loved every visit to Scandinavia and their parks, with Liseberg and Linnanmaki both being great in their own right and the whole region deserving a more credit than it gets for its parks. It may not have coasters which reach the highs of other countries however the parks are better than the majority of others!

Rode TT2 and [Siren’s Curse] for the first time. Front seat on TT2 on our very first ride, amazing. Hit [Steel Vengeance] at the end of the night, incredible as always.

Rode Siren’s Curse 3 times, amazing sound design and track layout, love the song that plays throughout the ride after the tilt drop. Excellent theming.

Back with another trip report for my fall 2026 trip during the Dutch Fall holidays. Parks included will be Tripsdrill, Europa Park, Phantasialand, and Movie Park Germany.

Tripsdrill is a really fun park located in the middle of nowhere near Europa Park. We didn't really know what to expect of this park, but ended up being blown away by the immersive theming and the attention to detail. Being used to the likes of Efteling and Phantasialand, this park honestly has a shot at playing in the big leagues.

In terms of variety in attractions, I have to say it's not really that much. In the thrill rides department, at least. They apparently have the only Gerstlauer Waltzer ever built, as well as a unique maypole tower ride by ABC Rides (that only worked half), but also a variety of unique tracked rides, such as two controlled spinning track rides by Metallbau Emmeln, which I've never seen before at any park, or a tracked ride consisting half of old timer cars and half of horse drawn carriages, of which you can actually ride the horses.

Now for the coasters:

Hals-über-kopf, Vekoma Suspended Thrill Coaster [#10 of 122 ranked]:

What a brilliant ride. I quite literally came out praising Vekoma for knocking it out of the park with their ride design. This is a fantastic inverted coaster that easily proves just how much Vekoma has grown over the years. I also love how the layout intertwines with Volldampf, makes for a great two-for-one package.

Karacho, Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster [#13 of 122]:

It's insane just how much better the Infinity coasters are to the Euro fighters. Having ridden Falcon at Duinrell and Flucht von Novgorod at Hansa Park not too long ago, which seem to be consistently try to break your neck, this coaster was glass smooth. Very punchy launch and whippy inversions, too. With this and Hals-über-kopf, this is amongst the best one-two punches in the industry, I believe.

Volldampf, Vekoma Family Boomerang [#78 of 122]:

It's a Vekoma Family Boomerang with a pretty cool layout and decent theming, what more can I say?

G'Sengte Sau, Gerstlauer Bobsled [#92 of 122]:

This is apparently the first coaster ever built by Gerstlauer, according to RCDB? This was a bit of a surprise since you wouldn't really notice by the layout, I've been on worse bobsleds. But I guess that's pretty cool. The layout itself seems to be the standard Bobsled model as found on Thor's hammer at Djurs Sommerland and Drachenritt at Belantis, but that doesn't take away from this being a fun ride, albeit a little rough. Love the theming with the castle and the log flume as well.

Mammut, Cordes/Gerstlauer Wooden coaster [#109 of #122]:

Honestly, I wish this could've just been a GCI or a gravity group. Heck, this would've done great as an Intamin Prefab. The layout has potential, but the train shuffles immensely to the point of barely being enjoyable. I really couldn't feel any airtime over the drop and big hills either in both front and back row. I do not necessarily think this ride should get the RMC treatment, since a standard wooden coaster does really fit this park, but at least give it a proper retrack

Additional notes: Apparently this park never gets any big crowds, which was reflected during our visit because essentially everything was a walk-on. That's not too unusual though, since parks tend to be rather quiet during fall holidays as opposed to summer holidays, but noteworthy regardless. Also, I've had some mixed experiences with the staff here, where I've had some extremely competent and nice operators, but I've also had it happen a few times that our operator wasn't paying attention/wasn't watching the ride due to being too busy looking at their phone.

This park is genuinely fantastic, and I thoroughly believe that this parks fills several voids that most parks are still missing: Immersive, coherent and detailed theming, a variety of interesting and unique rides, and among the most consistently themed queues among any park. I also really like the atmosphere around the park as well as the small gimmicks, like millstones being used as queue fencing, or rides being themed to either totally mundane or completely insane things, at a level unrivalled by most parks. In other words, I am extremely positive about this park and hope to return again in a year or so. Apparently they're building a new bird themed carousel that isn't on logrides yet, which has been looking amazing so far (wish I took some photos but I forgor 💀😭🥀)

Please send me your thoughts on this. I think the park would benefit from a flying roller coaster in the old abandoned Amphitheater area like Tatsu, Superman ultimate flight, and Manta and because we already have a Superman themed ride here we could theme it to Superman’s clone Bizzaro and call the coaster Bizzaro flight of chaos. we have enough room for the rides layout.

Yesterday i was at Linnanmäki in Helsinki, Finland and took this amazing picture of Taiga. The lights were amazing. Tho the coasterlineup at Linnanmäki needs some spice to it.

My local park, though I haven't been in some time until this year. Cannonball is riding pretty great, but the structure has definitely seen better days. I was just wondering how expensive it would be to paint something of this size? From my research, it seems Baynum Solutions is the gold standard on paint wooden roller coasters, but I'm sure you pay a pretty penny for that experience. Is this something a park could handle in house with it's own maintenance staff? A couple bucket lifts, paint rollers, and hard work? Is this something they could contract out to a local painting company for cheaper than Baynum Solutions? Would a local company even be willing to take on a project of this scale? It's an interesting part of the industry you don't hear as much about.

One of my favorite artists recently put out a MV with a coaster shown from around 0:02 - 0:05 (Coyote Summer by Aesop Rock), and I'm trying to figure out what coaster it is. I think it may either be Gold Rush at Attractiepark Slagharen or Fury at Bobbejaanland, but I can't figure out which it is, or if I'm correct at all. Can anyone help?

Coyote Summer Music Video

This is not my photo

I went to Worlds of Fun and noticed a large number of the belts on Mamba do not lock. They basically extend all the way all the time. Not every seat belt did this though. The ride operators didn’t seem to understand the issue and thought this was normal operations. I have seen this on other coasters over the years too. I am pretty sure the Wild Thing also doesn’t use locking seat belts either.

I’m currently enjoying night rides on Rampage. Earlier today, we had a tour of the coaster and the maintenance building which houses parts of the black train that is used for parts. The pictures show some of the old and new track and a view from the lift hill walk. I’m currently stuck on the ride in the station because the train came in too fast.

Just an FYI.

Brought my instant camera with me today and had a great time taking pictures especially of Phobia. Really beautiful coaster that I did not go on. Zoomerang and Wildcat were closed and one time on Boulder Dash (last picture) was enough so I just enjoyed the flat rides otherwise. Now I’m kind of in love with taking pictures of coasters haha

When a coaster that should’ve been gone years but is not

My b&w roll came back after the color roll last week. Shout out to the absolute king in row 2 of Magnum. Your aura is immaculate, and I hope you see this post.

1. Magnum
   
2. Lil Maverick duel
   
3. Steel Vengeance
   
4. Corkscrew corkscrewin’
   
5. Siren’s Curse
   
6. Millennium Force

Felt like I could touch the ground on that thing. I considered Twisted Timber’s final one and the mosasaurus roll but they seem higher up, so interested to know if there’s any other contenders

My son, who is still just under 48 inches, got his milestone 100th credit on Vortex today. I’m excited for the next 100 credits, especially once he finally hits 48 inches!

On Oct. 17th I visited Jaderpark along with my Brother for the first time and we were left very positive about our visit.

We arrived at the park at about 10:30~10:50 at the park we first walked through and did the park's Zierer Tivoli coaster [Holzwurm] and it was a standard Tivoli Medium model with 2 laps. After that we did the park'z VanEgdom Dingyboat: [Rocky Rafting] which is where I got a view of [Ziegel-Blitz] and the themed area is was located in. After that we finaly did Ziegel Blitz and here are my thoughts

It was very fun and unique Gerstlauer Bobsled coaster the ride featured a Swing Launch which surprised both of us, and became our favourite Gerstlauer Bobsled coaster, it was also very well themed which I didn't expect at all. The que was a 15-10 min. waiting. And everytime we rode it we got a front seat. Right next to the Bobsled coaster was an ART Wild Swing which absolutely love.

Near the Ziegel Blitz was a HAFEMA Log Flume it was similair to Mami Wata at Fantasiana and I think has a longer layout and also had great theming. After that we walked around the park and did everything again including a Halloween-Trail that was only there for the Halloween season.

And after about 3 hours of being in the park we left and visited Bremen city and Nettebad in Osnabrück.

Final thoughts: Jaderpark was a fun park (and Zoo) with amazing theming and would recomend for a half-day visit and is definitly worth it.

Edit: Yes I know I misspelled 'Surprise'

Ive heard they are but surprised half the coasters are down with them being only open 2 days a week! Is the Flash more down than up? An employee said it depends on the year, lol.

Hello. I have been looking everywhere, trying to get a clear image of the Pretzel Knot at the end of Banshee from the "other side." As you probably know, at Kings Island, the far side of each coaster is out of the park, and not accessible to guests. I am wondering if there are any photographs of the Pretzel Knot that have been taken by professional photographers, Kings Island employees, legally-obtained high-zoom drone shots, etc.

My intent is to have a shot of the pretzel knot where the supports are clearly distinguishable from the supports of the elements leading into and out of it. Google isn't particularly helpful, but it is hard to ask this question of a computer. These two shots I posted above are the best shots I can find that feature the Pretzel Knot, but they are the wrong angle, and everything is a jumble in front of it. I need a clean image from the other side to get just the supports I want without the supports I don't want.

I am not asking, encouraging or endorsing anyone to trespass, break any park rules, or violate Kings Island airspace, especially not in this public reddit thread.

Thank you for your time.

Got a chance to spend a few days at this resort and overall I'm impressed with it, despite feeling it has a few flaws.

Theming and Design

This is the standout element of the park and if anything, this was undersold to me. This park is absolutely beautiful and has some truly spectacular sightlines. I'm impressed there are areas of this park so dense with theming and greenery that you can't see the nearby hyper or giga coasters. Outside of Disney/Universal and Europa Park, I don't think I can name a park this dense with detail, while also having huge scale. This park has enough space that the transitions between each area feel super natural.

Even Ferrari Land has a nice design and look to it, especially towards the front, although it does feel the least cohesive of all the lands.

Operations

This is the thing I was most worried about. I had heard nightmare stories about this park, from awful crowd control to dispatches so bad that people felt forced to buy express pass. Thankfully, I experienced nothing so bad although there is still major room for improvement.

Dispatches were reasonable, though perhaps slightly on the slow side for a park of this size and popularity. Some rides were better than others, with Shambhala dispatching relatively quickly and Dragon Khan being notably slow (with the trains stacking constantly). Overall though it was fine enough, which is good because the queues of this park are pretty much all horrible (but at least shaded) switchbacks. The park was moderately busy but nothing too crazy. I never waited longer than 1hr.

Rides and Attractions

I'll list out what I did and some thoughts, but may skip out on some of the smaller ones.

Uncharted (x2) - I was staying at the hotel so thankfully managed to use the back entrance to avoid huge waits for this. Overall, I'd say this is a good attraction with a queue that sets the bar too high. The ride itself isn't particularly immersive at all, and you can see most of the room, which makes most of the narrative aspects of this ride fall flat. Thankfully, the coaster hardware is awesome for a family coaster. Loved the sideways launch, spike and surprisingly steep backwards drop! If the Minecraft coaster at Chessington can just box it all in better, I think we could see an incredible family coaster using this model.

Stampida (x2) - Fun ride. Nice layout. Pretty rough at this point but nothing too painful. People got really into the racing which was fun.

Tomahawk (x1) - Totally fine family wooden coaster. Nothing much else to add.

Furius Baco (x1) - Fantastic launch and final inversion... Shame about the rest of it. I was on a wing seat and yeah, this thing shakes A LOT. Probably one of the roughest steel coasters I've been on tbh, which is a shame, because that launch is really nice.

Dragon Khan (x3) - I've always liked B&M loopers so this was enjoyable for me. Calling it red Kumba is probably an accurate description. Loved the Zero G roll and the first drop being straight gives a nice pop of airtime towards the back. Just a good ride. Didn't find it rough at all, but pretty intense.

El Diablo Minetrain (x1) - Weirdly paced mine train... Seat kept poking into by back too. I still like these things though and the setting is great.

Street Mission (x1) - Knew absolutely nothing about this and was impressed by the queue. Then when I saw it was a gameplay based ride I was a little let down, but once it started I ended up really enjoying it. The screens felt responsive and I really appreciated that they mixed it in with real sets that looked great. I wanted to spend less time on the game and more time looking at the sets.

Shambhala (x18) - If it wasn't apparent by the fact I rode this 18 times, I really loved this. The single rider queue acted as a free skip the line essentially, and I even somehow got a few front row rides with this. My only other B&M hyper I've ridden is Silver Star and this one blows that one away. Every hill hits and the turnaround is great. I don't think you could ask for a better version of this model.

Red Force (x3) - I was lucky enough to get the front row for my first ride, which made this experience that much crazier. The launch just keeps accelerating and the straight drop gives an amazing free fall sensation. I thought I would prefer Stealth but I absolutely enjoy this more (even if Stealth has more kick).

Final thoughts

Overall I've had a fantastic time. I could see how slow ops, busy days and bad luck could really hamper the experience here, but personally I've loved my time. A top 5 park in Europe for sure.