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Numbers 51 to 100
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This is an
ongoing record of the roller coasters I have ridden.
I've numbered every roller coaster to show the order
which I rode them in. I've also put an extra number in
brackets. This number is the coaster count of English
roller coasters I've ridden, as I thought it would be
interesting to keep track of that in this log as
well.
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51
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Zimzalabom
Bon Bon Land
(Denmark) |
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52
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Hangover
Liseberg
(Sweden) |
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53
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Lisebergbanan
Liseberg
(Sweden) |
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54
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Thunder
Coaster
Tussenfryd (Norway) |
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When I
went up here as part of the tour I had already
heard a lot of hype about it. I'm glad to say it
lived up to all the hype. It is one of my all time
favourite roller coaster. The best bit is the
second drop, but the ride as a whole is still a
brilliant
package.
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55
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Teeny
Weeny
Tussenfryd
(Norway) |
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56
(-)
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The
Dragon
Tussenfryd
(Norway) |
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57
(-)
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The
Loop
Tussenfryd
(Norway) |
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58
(-)
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Jetline
Gröna Lund
(Sweden) |
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59
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Jet
Star
Särkänniiemi
(Finland) |
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60
(-)
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The
Loop
Särkänniiemi
(Finland) |
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61
(-)
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Tornado
Särkänniiemi
(Finland) |
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62
(-)
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Vuoristorata
Linnanmaki
(Finland) |
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63
(-)
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Space
Express
Linnanmaki
(Finland) |
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64
(-)
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City
Express
Linnanmaki
(Finland) |
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65
(-)
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Vonkaputous
Linnanmaki
(Finland) |
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66
(41)
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Colossus
Thorpe
Park |
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67
(42)
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Air
Alton
Towers |
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68
(43)
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Wild
Mouse
Dreamland
Margate |
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69
(44)
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Looping
Star
Dreamland Margate |
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This is the second Looping Star I've done
at Margate. It's also the second to be removed.
This one now precedes at Loudoun Castle in
Scotland. |
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70
(45)
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Wooden
Wild Mouse
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach |
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This was my main roller coaster holiday of
2002. It was a trip up to the European Coaster
Club trip to Blackpool, followed by a day at
Pleasureland Southport.
The highlights of the
trip I felt where the one hours E.R.S on the Grand
National, and the recreation of the Jim 'll fix it
eat your pack lunch ride on the
Revolution. |
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71
(46)
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Space Invader
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach |
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72
(47)
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Zipper Dipper
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach |
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73
(48)
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Revolution
Blackpool Pleasure
Beach |
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74
(49)
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Cyclone
Pleasureland
Southport |
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This was
my first and due to it's recent closure my only
trip to Pleasureland Southport. I'm glad I got to
do the Cyclone a couple of times before it was
taken down.
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75
(50)
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King Solomon's Mines
Pleasureland
Southport |
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If I'd
known at the time this was my 50th British Coaster
I'd have tried to do them in a different order so
my number 50 was either the Cyclone or the
Traumatizer.
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76
(51)
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Wild Cat
Pleasureland
Southport |
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77
(52)
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Traumatizer
Pleasureland
Southport |
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78
(53)
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Barnstormer
Adventure
Island |
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It was
coaster counting which was one of the main reasons
I first visited Adventure Island. It's now one of
my favourite seaside amusement parks, and one I
visit on a semi regular
basis.
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79
(54)
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Green Scream
Adventure
Island |
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80
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Orient
Express
Dream Park (Egypt) |
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You may
see this and wonder how I ended up riding a roller
coaster in Egypt. Good question. It goes back back
to when I was made redundant at the beginning of
2002. I was lucky enough to find a new job very
quickly, and to receive a pay of, consisting of my
redundancy, and quite a bit of unused holiday pay.
I decided to use this money to fulfil a big
ambition of mine, and book a holiday to Egypt,
sightseeing down the Nile and around Cairo. It was
a pretty full itinerary, but there was one
afternoon free in Cairo, which I decided would be
a good time to try out one of the local theme
parks.
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81
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Suspended
Looper
Dream Park (Egypt) |
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After
getting a taxi to the park (which in Cairo is a
white knuckle ride itself), I paid to get in and
started to get around. It was definitely one of
the more pleasant parks I've been to. There was
one incident when I rode a Tidal Wave style splash
boat ride, where after the splash one of the
passengers climbed up onto the front of the boat
and started dancing. In this country you could get
chucked out of the park for doing that, here no
one said anything.
It has a few good thrill
rides, and two roller coasters, a mine train steel
coaster, and this ride, which is a suspended
looping coaster with a similar layout to the
Traumatizer, although I felt it was running faster
than the Traumatizer, although this might have
been because I got a back seat on both occasions I
rode this one.
Although it's not worth going to
Cairo just to do this park , if you ever are in
Cairo for whatever reason it's worth making the
effort to try this
park.
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82
(55)
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Nemesis
Inferno
Thorpe
Park |
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83
(56)
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Mine Train
Botton's Amusement Park,
Skegness |
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My main
aim of this trip was to go to Fantasy Island, but
I knew this one was here also so I managed to pay
a quick visit to Botton's to do it's 4 coasters
and a few other rides, despite getting delayed by
engineering works on the train
up.
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84
(57)
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The Queen Bee
Botton's Amusement Park,
Skegness |
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85
(58)
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Storm
Botton's Amusement Park,
Skegness |
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86
(59)
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Big Apple
Botton's Amusement Park,
Skegness |
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87
(60)
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Millennium Coaster
Fantasy
Island |
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I was
hoping to get up to the 90 mark at Fantasy Island,
unfortunately Jubilee Odyssey was closed on both
days I went, as was the Big Apple kiddies coaster
variation (it has a strawberry instead of an
apple). I still managed to get on 3 new coasters,
as well as a couple of other good
rides.
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88
(61)
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Fantasy Mouse
Fantasy
Island |
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89
(62)
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Rhombus Rocket
Fantasy
Island |
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90
(63)
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Mighty Mini Mega
Adventure
Island |
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91
(64)
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Blue Train
Dreamland
Margate |
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92
(65)
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The Dragon
Legoland Windsor |
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Here I've
finally got around to paying a visit to Legoland
Windsor, including going on the two main coasters.
At this point I think I know which coaster I want
as my 100th so I did these two to help make sure I
got to that
number.
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93
66)
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Jungle Coaster
Legoland
Windsor |
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94
(67)
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Dragon's Fury
Chessington World of
Adventures |
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I didn't
quite make the opening but I made if for the
second day of
opening.
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95
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The Demon
Tivoli |
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All these
coasters are ones I rode on the European Coaster
Clubs gatecrasher tour of Scandinavia. My second
trip to Scandinavia, it was also my girlfriends
first ever coaster club
holiday.
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96
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Vild Svilnet
Bon Bon
Land |
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97
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Extreme Racers
Legoland
Billund |
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98
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The Dragon
Legoland
Billund |
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99
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Looping
Tivoli
Land |
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100
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Falken
Farup Sommerland |
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I'm glad
to say I think I made a great choice for my 100th
roller coaster. It's a great wooden roller
coaster, and there was the huge bonus of doing it
at the opening ceremony, before it was open to the
public.
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