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JULY 2010 -
Shark Bite,
Tir Prince &
Knightley's added.
MAY 2010 - NETHERLANDS mega
feature added. New galleries from DRIEVLIET,
DUINRELL,
EFTELING, HELLENDOORN,
SLAGHAREN, TOVERLAND,
DE WAARBEEK
&
WALIBI WORLD.
MARCH 2010 -
Bootcamp & Th13teen review
added. Drayton Manor Park &
Thomas Land galleries
updated.
JANUARY 2010: Moved webhosts -
Forum resurrected!! Bayern
Curve, Black Hole,
Christmas Coaster,
Christmas Fair at the O2 &
Winter Wonderland,
London City Coaster,
Power Tower 2,
Magic &
Carter's Octopus
galleries added.
DECEMBER 2009:
Christmas Fair at the O2 &
Winter Wonderland
video streams added. Previous
videos now in 'UK VIDEOS ARCHVE'.
OCTOBER 2009:
Flamingoland 2009 video
added.
JULY 2009: Netherlands trip!
- Drievliet galleries &
22 NEW videos added.
Wirral Show added, along with
its debut of 'Rock Rage',
UKs 1st KMG Inversion 12.
JUNE 2009:
The Simpsons at Newcastle Town moor
fair!
MAY 2009:
Videos from Paris added,
galleries from Foire
Du Trone, Jardin D'Acclimitation,
Disneyland Resort Paris,
Parc Saint Paul, &
Parc Asterix. CAMELOT TICKET GIVEAWAY
APRIL 2009:
Blackpool Piers added
with another Crazy
Mouse! Bridlington updated,
Crazy Mouse,
Grand Canyon &
Jungle River galleries added.
MARCH 2009: Camelot to re-open.
Alton Towers SW6, Paultons update,
includes the new Edge.
Thorpe Park
Saw: The Ride
opens. Pleasure Beach Blackpool
update with Alice in Wonderland,
Flying Machines,
& Ghost Train video clips.
FEBRUARY 2009:
Leeds Valentine Fair
DECEMBER 2008:
Saw:
The Ride,
Vienna's
Wiener Prater
updated.
Wiener Riesenrad
(Vienna's Big Wheel) pics & video added.
NOVEMBER 2008:
More old photos from
Blackpool Pleasure Beach &
Alton Towers.
Alton Towers
- The Magic Factory
added. Dreamland,
Bridlington,
Luna
Park Scarborough
&
North Bay water
chute
added / updated.
Farewell to Alton's Corkscrew,
1980s clip of Alton Towers rapids in the TV Archives.
OCTOBER 2008:
Starflyer,
Farewell to Alton's Corkscrew,
Hull Fair,
Nottingham
Goose Fair.
Pleasure Beach Blackpool updates
including
Magic Mountain,
Monorail,
Adventure Golf,
and new pics in many other galleries. Older
photos from Blackpool Pleasure Beach &
Frontierland Morecambe added thanks to Pete Andrews.
AUGUST 2008:
Carters Steam
Fair @ Weston Super Mare.
Brean Leisure Park
, Coney Beach,
Barry Island
& the bizarre Ridge Rider
added. Cardiff Big Weekend,
Eclipse,
Extreme
& Speed Buzz videos.
JULY 2008:
More travelling rides
videos,
Wicksteed
Park
added, their new log flume
Rocky River Falls
galleries.
JUNE 2008:
Disneyland Resort Paris
updated. Milky Way added.
Nigloland added. New travelling rides
videos,
Newcastle Hoppings 2008.
MAY 2008:
Travelling rides updates -
QUASAR,
TIP TOP,
WALTZERS,
ROUND-UP,
CHAIROPLANE
galleries updated. Brighton Pier's
Horror Hotel,
& M&Ds
galleries
updated,
Captains Curse added.
Knutsford May
Fair added, new photos & videos in several
Travelling Rides galleries. New photos in the
Legoland
galleries.
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
why not be 1 of the first to have a say
in the new
FORUM?
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. |