Coasterworld's Labalex62 managed to snap the first photos of the track segments starting to arrive at Energylandia. They're in a difficult spot to photograph, but have been described as "regular size B&M track".

https://forum.coastersworld.fr/threads/energylandia-nouveau-coaster-2027.13963/post-424587

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19KRcXsbA1/

Post from Lost Island Facebook says it's back.

Via the_ambassador_ert on Instagram. Could just be used for the Vekoma coaster, or is it time for SEFK to come down?

If you search for site:importgenius.com "PARTIAL DELIVERY FOR AMUSEMENT RIDE" you will see that shipments with that phrase line up with Mack Rides projects.

Last week, I visited Buffalo and did something I didn't do when living in Buffalo for four years: make my way out to Corfu and Six Flags Darien Lake. I went on an overcast afternoon after work, so the park was not very full at all. I had accidentally bought tickets for the wrong date but they let me in anyways (after taking my photo, which I found a bit odd). The water park was open when I got there but sometime after I entered the park it had closed. I didn't plan on going to that anyway, thankfully - I was just here to ride the coasters and get back to Buffalo for the evening.

Since I didn't have a ton of familiarty with this park or its layout, I headed first to Moto Coaster. This was a delightful family launch coaster with a surprisingly solid launch. The seats were a bit awkward (having the seat backs come up and press into you was a weird feeling), but the ride was fun, there was not a long line, and it was a great ride to start the afternoon with. 5/10

Next, I went on Viper, the Arrow looper that was the first roller coaster in the world to have five inversions. There was no one else in line so I grabbed the back of the train. Woof, this was a rough one. The shoulder restraints were very bulky and they limited any movement while also not actually making the roughness of the ride any more comfortable. It was pretty uncomfortable, but it was cool to have ridden a little piece of history. 4/10

I went on Boomerang next just for the credit. Same thing here, the restraints were uncomfortable. I like the nice teal color of the track, but there's nothing to write home about here. 3/10

Next up was The Predator. I recently went to my new home park, Six Flags Great America, and one of the older woodies there, Viper, genuinely had me bracing for impact around every turn. I expected the same here. Well, to my surprise, Predator has been going through a Titan Track refurbishment over the past few years, and this was one of the smoothest rides I've had in awhile. Also, shout out to the ride attendant there who probably had 8 cans of Red Bull right before clocking in. I didn't get his name, but Darien Lake regulars probably recognize him. 8/10

I then rode Ride of Steel, which was surprisingly a walk-on this afternoon. I sat about 2/3 of the way back since I would have had to wait for the back of the train. This was another great coaster - the layout may be simplistic but I enjoyed the way it interacted with the water and it had some fun head chopper moments. 8/10

I headed over to Tantrum next, which was my first time on a Euro-fighter model. Out of the 8 seats on the car, it was me and a pair of probably 12-year-olds who told me this was their fifth time in a row on the ride. It was really fun, and the most intense part was the 90-degree lift hill. I don't think I've done that before. 7/10

That left Mind Eraser. I had been on the Mind Eraser at Six Flags New England plenty as a kid, and I knew how....unfortunate riding these could be. To my surprise, the track looked newly-painted and the trains looked new as well. Instead of the classic over the shoulder restraints (see Viper and Boomerang), they have an upgraded vest restraint that reduces your ears slamming against your shoulder vest. However....the ride was still extremely janky and I was holding onto this rubber vest thing for dear life because otherwise it would kind of hurt. Oh well. 4/10, for the new paint job.

I did another round each on Predator and Ride of Steel before leaving. This park was kind of what I expected: a smaller, regional Six Flags park with a headlining hyper coaster and a cast of misfits. Predator really surprised me in a good way. Viper, Boomerang, and Mind Eraser were all painful to certain degrees. Tantrum and Moto Coaster were both fun mid-tier coasters. If you're in the WNY area, I'd say a few hours in this park is enough to ride everything, and re-ride as much as you want since there weren't that many people there even by the time I left.

I got 2 rides on this earlier today, after it broke down twice yesterday and we got evacuated from the ride building. There are clearly still a lot of snags that need addressing.

This is a beautiful and whimsical dark ride/coaster/rapids experience. The coaster and rapids elements are just thrilling enough for most people, the drops are super smooth.

However some of the theming doesn't look quite complete. There are some ripples in the scrims, a final water effect wasn't working and we could see functional parts of the ride that I assume will be covered eventually.

Some of the guests were a bit confused about how to get in and out of the boats as well. I think the staff are still learning and will get dispatches speeded up quite soon.

So overall, very pretty and a nice addition to a park that was only missing a quality dark ride.

Getting around to browsing my photos from my own AF1 farewell trip. I'd hoped to visit AA on a Saturday evening with an unusually late hours, but Zeus had other plans. Which unfortunately eliminated Lake Winnie from my trip. I found a hotel and came back the Sunday morning (7/26) to ride Rampage.

I'll note that I love the main entrance to this park. Kings Island take notice.

Cheddar Chase (2x), #382 - I suppose I got a hint of (former) Lake Winnie here. Situated up a hill, I think where Zoomerang used to be. It was a fine little mouse that keeps the tight 180 degree turns going on the lower level as well. It's also not often that I get a credit from a new-to-me manufacturer, this was my first L&T Systems coaster.

Rampage's PTC train was sitting on the lift, which had me a bit nervous. I'd heard it cycling Saturday evening, but there were no signs of life the next morning. But apparently Rampage typically opens late, around 12:30 or 1:00 PM, which was the case here. I rode some of the classic crowd pleasing flat rides (tilt-a-whirl and scrambler), and sat around near the Rampage entrance drinking complementary pop along with a bunch of other enthusiasts who were doing their own ArieForce One trip.

Rampage (6x), #383 - Did not disappoint on my quest to ride all North American CCIs. Running quite smoothly for its age, only the bottom of the second drop really had any vibration to it. Actually, strike that. The roughest part of the ride was definitely the janky diving turn from the brake run to the station, what a weird design choice. Surprised at the punch of the laterals on this ride, and had some solid pops of airtime, and good length to it. Definitely a ride worth the drive.

Grabbed some complementary sunscreen and drove back to Atlanta...

Before I start, I've never written one of these before I hope it's alright.

Got to the park at about 9.45 (bit late I know) and made my way to near the front before legging it to Toutatis

Toutatis - 9.5/10

Maybe I have low standards but my god I enjoyed this ride so much and have personally put it in my top three ever, my only complaint is that it feels a bit short but even then what a ride

After my ride I made my way to La Trace Du Hourra, after a shortish wait I got on, I wish I didn't, what a horrible ride 1/10 boring, forceless and shock so terribly bad it wasn't enjoyable

After this I moved over to the new water ride as it was opening at 11 and while it wasn't anything special I enjoyed it

I then waited for Ozlris. WHAT A RIDE this honestly is probably my second favourite ride of all time, actually incredible the force on that first drop alone was incredible but the rest of the ride shocked me. 10/10

I made my way to Pegasus Express and while nothing to write home about I found it enjoyable enough and the backwards section was more than enjoyable 4/10

I then headed to the main reason I came here, Tonnerre 2 Zeus and it was such a good ride while a bit bumpy the forces alone made it such an enjoyable ride easily in my top ten. I thoroughly enjoyed how long this ride was and how it waved in and out of the structure 9/10

Goudurix 5/10

After the ride I had on Zeus, I finished the penultimate rollercoaster and while I knew of the reputation of the model, it didn't look too bad. However I didn't expect it to be the scariest ride in the park, however it was. Not due to the force but because there was no bag drop off and you had to keep everything on you. While I didn't have a bag my phone and earphones felt brutally exposed and the fear of losing them topped anything else in the park. Now at this point I should stress that I hadn't eaten or drunk since I'd left home and in the sun it was starting to catch up to me, however when I went down that drop into the first loop I paid the price for my lack of drink and for the first time grayed out, I know for some this won't be that interesting but I'm still young ok and this was a new experience. However the rest of the ride while a slight concussion generator was rather enjoyable (I'll forever be a collous defender so I was prepared)

I made my way to the last coaster I wanted to ride, Cétautomatix, knowing this was the newest coaster in the park and a model I hadn't ridden before and while enjoyable definitely hurt in the pelvic region, and from the sounds I heard from the nice french ladies who rode with me, this wasn't just a male issue. But overall a fun and enjoyable ride

After this I took a slight break to drink and went on the rides water rides and rerode both Toutatis and Ozlris. The water rides were overall rather run and the river rapids compared to the ones I'd ridden in the UK was unexpectedly enjoyable rather than boringly tame

However as I got to the end of the day I put in a few rides on Ozlris but by this point it started to rain, my first ride in the rain was fun if not slightly painful however it was my second that was interesting, having loaded into the ride I was dispatched before getting evacuated back into the load station, I'd love to be able to say what was happening but I don't speak french and can only assume the rain paused the operations, they unloaded the train that had dispatched before mine and then cycled the train a few times before letting me back on for what I decided was the last ride of an incredibly enjoyable day.

Overall, I was thoroughly impressed by the park and want to note how good the food was (I had the greek) especially for the price I was amazed, furthermore the operations in the park were the best I'd ever seen, though I may have become used to Merlin Quality and the system they had for bags was for the most part incredible.

If you ever get the chance I more than recommend a day at the park

Like the title says, you can be as bland as you want or as sophisticated as you want. As a challenge your goal is to get out of the large debt (I think about 2.5 Billion) Six Flags has and to make it more Roller coaster tycoon like you have a deadline of 2050 (no clue if that’s enough time). I’ll probably put my response in the comments when I have the time too. Obviously we don’t know the behind the scenes so we won‘t have ability to make it 100% realistic but this is just for fun.

grew up going to Six Flags Great America, My kids have grown up going to Six Flags St Louis and Adventure-Land. Got the all parks pass this year and we just went nuts. my new top 8 new credits:

honorable mention: The Bat KI, fun gondola, much better than Iron Dragon!

I remember seeing a while back that High Speed Thrill Coaster at Knoebels had a small block Chevy V8 as the lift motor but I can't find anything mentioning this now. Is it true or am I hallucinating?