UK RIDES UPDATES LIST (links will open in a new window):

APRIL 2008: New Videos - Irn Bru Carnival, Euro Mir POV, Suisse Bobbahn POV, Eli Ferris Wheel, Spiderman POV, Mad Mouse POV. New photos from Funland Hayling Island, Harbour Park & Legoland.

MARCH 2008: Chill FactorE luge ride. Looping coaster Storm opens as New Pleasureland gets going for the 2008 season.  Thomas Land added, Battle Galleons added. 2008 Park maps published. TV Archives updated with Pepsi Max Big One construction documentary.

FEBRUARY 2008: Leeds Valentine Fair 2008, Battle Galleons, Ocean Beach (South Shields) & Pettitts added thanks to Richard Jones. Twin Lakes added. New videos of Toboggan, Ultra Buzz, Barracuda & Leeds Fair model show.

JANUARY 2008: Funderland Dublin & their new Schwarzkopf coaster - Shockwave.

DECEMBER 2007: Around the World - UK's 1st Starflyer opens. Videos from 1998 Goose Fair. Luna Park Sydney's Ranger POV video added, Dreamworld Cyclone POV. TV Archives added.

NOVEMBER 2007: Haunted Hollow pics & Battle Galleons starts construction @ Alton Towers. Flamingoland's Splash Battle & Little Monsters added. New Forum upgrade.

OCTOBER 2007: Nottingham Goose Fair 2007 , Hull Fair 2007

SEPTEMBER 2007: Camelot updated, Knightmare 5 page special including pics from the lift-hill. Martin Valt talks to Phil Wood on BBC Radio Manchester. New videos of Whirlwind & Knightmare added.

AUGUST 2007: New Pleasurewood Hills, Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach & Joyland photos & videos added. New UK RIDES RADIO feature added, more videos added from Germany & UK.

JULY 2007: New videos from Germany. Knightmare opens! New Pleasureland opens! Luna Park Prague added. Zahmer Kaiser Rodelbahns in Austria added. Not being able to use the forum enabled me to finally update www.colinm.com!

Updates from Germany! - Europa Park, Legoland Deutschland, Phantasialand,  Skyline Park & Tripsdrill.

JUNE 2007: Newcastle Town Moor / The Hoppings 2007, photo & video updates from Drayton Manor Park & Loudoun Castle.

MAY 2007:  KNIGHTMARE construction photos updated with track now complete. INFUSION gallery & video added. Several 2007 2007 PARK MAPS added. La Qua / Tokyo Dome City video added.

APRIL 2007:  M&D's galleries updated, photos of new Mine Train coaster, new Giant Wheel, White Water, Waveswinger & Magic Carpet galleries. New ride Speed Buzz debuts, as shown in a new video from Kirkcaldy Links Market. The galleries from JAPAN are now online! HANAYASHIKI, LA QUA / TOKYO DOME CITY, SEA PARADISE, NAGASHIMA SPALAND with STEEL DRAGON 2000, SEGA JOYPOLIS, YOKOHAMA COSMOWORLD, YOMIURILAND, a JAPAN VIDEO CLIPS page & a feature on JAPANESE BIG WHEELS.

MARCH 2007: The 1st of many galleries from Australia added, SCENIC WORLD, LUNA PARK SYDNEY, BIG BANANA's toboggan ride, MOVIE WORLD & SUPERMAN ESCAPE, AUSSIE WORLD, DREAMWORLD & ADRENALIN PARK galleries. A few AUSTRALIAN VIDEOS added to! KNIGHTMARE construction at CAMELOT photos added.

FEBRUARY 2007: Time lapse videoclip of the rides at this year's Leeds Valentines Fair added. RAGE opens at Adventure island, pics & video added. Photos of Carters Steam Fair at Alton Towers, galleries of Lost Ark, Carousel, Victory Dive Bomber, Paramount Chairoplane, Rock & Roll Dodgems, & Park Swings rides.

JANUARY 2007: Camelot finally announce 'KNIGHTMARE'. New photos from Blizzard Funderworld, Cardiff &  Irn Bru Carnival, Glasgow. New Metroland galleries added: New Roller Coaster (with a video!), My Beautiful Balloons, Swashbuckling Ship, Whirling Waltzer & Wonderful Waveswinger.

DECEMBER 2006: No 'announcement' yet, but 'a nudge & a wink' from Camelot! New photos from Codona's  & a video of Looping Star. From the archives - video clips of Eurostar & Vienna Prater's Extasy ride, and a new (but old) video clip filmed on Southport's Cyclone.

NOVEMBER 2006: - Dreamland & Frontierland, Swan Boats & Tri Star added to Retired UK Rides, Manchester gets a new big wheel, Wildcat removed from Pleasureland.

OCTOBER 2006: - Camelot take delivery of Schwarzkopf coaster from Japan. Southport Cyclone demolition & demonstration. Traumatizer removed from Pleasureland, & appears at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Hull Fair 2006 & Nottingham Goose Fair 2006 videos added! Travelling Rides photos updates and Electric Yachts added. I finally added photos to Charlie & The Chocolate Factory at Alton, and a few more Duel photos. Spiderman - the 1st spinning hopper makes its world debut at the Hull fair & Blackpool's Log Flume demolition pics added

SEPTEMBER 2006: - Blackpool's Log Flume video added. Rhyl's Water Chute video added. Rhyl's Jetstream video renewed!

AUGUST 2006: - 10 new Belgium Videos added to the collection! Expedition Ge Force added to Germany Videos.  Bobbejaanland, Holiday Park & Walibi Belgium galleries added

JULY 2006: - American Adventure & Pleasureland galleries updated & videos added. Heights of Abraham added.

JUNE 2006: - Newcastle Town Moor fair (The Hoppings), Bomber Mark 2 & 2 Extreme pics & videos added

Bottons, Fantasy Island & Camelot galleries updates, Gulliver's Kingdom, Matlock Bath, Dunes Leisure & Folly Farm features added, Oakwood galleries updated, yet more videos!

MAY 2006: - Codona's, Funland, Hayling Island & Adventure Island galleries added. Loads of new videos added & even more to come, check back again soon! Bubbleworks gallery & video added, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory video added, London Eye gallery updated

APRIL 2006: - West Midland Safari & Leisure Park added

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BRIGHTON PIER, CLARENCE PIER, PAULTON'S PARK added.

Speed:No Limit photos & footage of the ECC preview.

MARCH  2006:Kumali feature added, Velocity On ride video - Flamingoland's motorbike coaster front seat footage, new photos in a few Flamingoland galleries.

Diggerland - feature, new video clips of Experience, Top Scan & Power Surge.

FEBRUARY  2006: Travelling rides feature updated with new photos. New rides unveiled for 2006: Stealth, Kumali, Speed:No Limits, Cobra, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.

DECEMBER 2005: US RIDES Video Page added.

NOVEMBER 2005: US Rides feature updated with photos from Universal Studios Hollywood, SIx Flags Magic Mountain, Sea World San Diego, Knotts Berry Farm, Disneyland & California Adventure, & Las Vegas

OCTOBER 2005: Thorpe Park galleries updated with new photos, including Rush, Slammer & the latest on Project Stealth.

Video & photos of Fabbri's new Mad Mouse travelling spinning coaster, & Scream, new travelling tower ride feature at the Hull Fair. Hull Fair video also added.  Manchester has a new giant wheel.

AUGUST 2005: La Rue de Paris is now open in Newcastle upon Tyne.

JULY 2005: G Force is new at Drayton Manor Park, pics updated it all DMP galleries.

New pics in the Flamingoland galleries, Velocity, Navigator, Voodoo, Lost River & Circulator added.

Heide Park video & galleries updated.

JUNE 2005: More new Videos, Cyclone & Corkscrew. Travelling rides updated & new Ghost Train, Rotor, & Waltzer galleries.

MAY 2005: New Gulliver's World galleries added. Log Flume, Runaway Train & Wild Mine

Lightwater Valley updated with 05 interactive parkmap, added Octopus, Grizzly Bear, Eagles Claw, Black Widow, Toad Hole & Trauma Tower. New onride videos of Grizzly Bear & Twister.

Loads of new photos including the new Speedflip & Spinning Wild Mouse onride video in Travelling Rides

APRIL 2005:New Droomvlucht videoclip. Alton Towers updated, Cred St, Duel, Toyland Tours, Teacups, & Rita galleries updated. Antelope updated.

UK Rides new server. Please update your bookmarks to: www.ukrides.info

March 2005: Slammer, Rush & Project Stealth at Thorpe Park, 2005 parkmaps added to Alton Towers, American Adventure, Thorpe Park & Pleasure Beach Blackpool. (PBB also updated with a few new photos and ride logos. Vikingar & Gold Mine galleries added). Travelling Rides updated again with a few old rides. Uploaded higher-res images to some Retired Rides galleries, which also has new additions due to the removal of a number of rides from parks. Added a few scanned old photo's here & there (including Alton Rapids / Disneyland Paris Big Thunder Mountain)

February 2005: Travelling Rides feature updated. New videos of Equinox & The Roller. Night time shots of the Manchester Wheel.

January 2005: Alton Towers off season update, RITA construction, Boneshaker pics, 1 or 2 pics on the Dynamo, Flume & Black Hole pages.

November 2004:Manchester Wheel feature.

October 2004:Finally added Dragon's Fury at Chessington! EU Rides updates! Following a trip to Austria, Germany, Holland, France & Switzerland the European feature has had a vast update! New videos & New galleries: Prater Park, 6 Flags Holland, Europa Park, Phantasialand, Heide Park, Movie Park, Oktoberfest & Efteling now online.

September 2004: Loudoun Castle page done - pics & videoclips of Twist'n'shout, Slitherin, Captains' Wheel, Black Pearl, and other attractions. M&D's, updated pics & videoclips of Tsunami, Express & Tornado. Some videoclips of European rides added.

July 2004: Shipley Glen Aerial Glide demolition

June 2004: Alpine Coaster pics & video clip, Newcastle Town Moor Fair 2004, featuring the new portable rapids ride. The Art Gallery

May 2004: EU Rides now available! - including Parc Asterix, Disney Resort Paris, & Foire Du Trone 2004. Blackpool Pleasure Beach charity auction added. Bling now open, pics & video added. Other BPB galleries added including the Grand National fire, Roller Coaster, Big One, Avalanche, Log Flume, Iceblast, and pic of new Space Invader car. www.colinm.com updated to!

Apil 2004: More Bling construction, Pleasure Island update, 2004 interactive park map, New for 2004-Pendulus, new pics of Alakazam, Boomerang, Condor, Century 2000, Gravitron, Mini Mine Train, Parachute, Terror Rack, Whirly Twirl. Scarborough Lost Feature - the former Marvels Park & Water chute Hex & Flume new pics.

March 2004: Alton Towers update, 2004 interactive map added, Spinball Whizzer pics & video, new Flume boats, new pics of AIR, Oblivion, Black Hole, Blade, Enterprise, Submission, Gardens. Meanwhile, Boneshaker has been moved into the lost rides category :0((

Blackpool updated, 2004 interactive map added, Bling, Ghost Train, Alice ride, Superbowl, Turtle Chase, Whip, new photos in most Pleasure Beach Galleries, including the new games area revamp pics. Onride videos of Wild Mouse, Grand National, Roller Coaster & Steeplechase added

Feb 2004: A few new photos in the Travelling rides section & Twister added to Travelling Coasters.Added onride movies of Big dipper, Big One, Boomerang, Corkscrew, Jetstream, Magnum Force, Revolution, Shockwave, & The Ultimate. Off-ride footage of Stargate, Wildcat, The Roller, & Top Buzz. Manufacturers page added. Flamingoland Lost River Ride.

Jan 29 2004: Camelot page added featuring off-season galleries of Gauntlet & Whirlwind. Over at Alton Towers, Boneshaker & Blade pics have been added, Nemesis gallery has new pics, as does Pepsi Loop, Water chute, & Monster at Ocean Beach. Knowsley Safari Park added.

Winter 03: New host, new features: US Rides feature added, movies page added, models, www.colinm.com updated, London eye, Top Thrill Dragster added.

New pics in the Portable rides, Thorpe Park & Alton Towers galleries.

Pleasureland 03 map, new Cyclone, Traumatizer, Wildcat & Spaceshot pics.

Alton Towers '03 park map, Hotel & Waterpark page

Ocean Beach added to parks, Water Chute, Pepsi Loop & Jetstream galleries

Blackpool Pleasure Beach galleries updated with new pics, Revolution, Avalanche, Roller Coaster, Spin Doctor, Big One, Trauma Towers

Ocean Beach added,  Jetstream, Pepsi Loop, Water chute 

New home, new image! New thumbnailed pics added to loads of galleries. Pleasureland updated.

Shipley Glen Aerial Glide added