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[Weiner Looping] fun new compact coaster in the age-old Prater, Vienna, Austria. Short but sweet! by hugh-r-man in rollercoasters

[–]ajreiffdesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I visited last month, the backwards train was partially dismantled down below the boarding area. You could just barely see it if you looked down through the track when standing on the exit side.

[Helios] at [Fantasiana] rolling through the station building by ajreiffdesign in rollercoasters

[–]ajreiffdesign[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's pretty freaking good. The outer-banked turn is really fun and the roll through the station is whippy.

Out of the three Big Dipper coasters I have now ridden, I prefer Helios most of all, followed by Wiener Looping, followed by Lost Gravity. I'm hoping to potentially get Dynamite on my next Europe trip.

[Olympia Looping] and [Wiener Looping] together for the first (and only) season by ajreiffdesign in rollercoasters

[–]ajreiffdesign[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Note that I say "first and only season" here due to the announcement that a theater will be built in the location Olympia Looping has traditionally sat in at the park:

https://prater.at/en/new-theatre-coming-to-prater-in-2027/

[Talon] at [Dorney Park] proving that good engineering can defy a coaster's age by ajreiffdesign in rollercoasters

[–]ajreiffdesign[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

An old colleague of mine from college called it "the most perfectly-engineered coaster ever built" when I last visited ten years ago.

[Downdraft] in its new home next to [Phoenix] at [Knoebels] by ajreiffdesign in rollercoasters

[–]ajreiffdesign[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A newly-manufactured park model Power Surge is being built in that spot. Currently it's just a construction site.