Heading to Nickelodeon Universe the 2nd of November and was wondering and hoping all the rides will be open. Not sure if it's busy during the week this time of year.

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After the recent shutdown of X2, the tragic death of Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem on Goliath, and now reports of pieces falling off the Millennium Force roller coaster, it seems like the American media is doing everything it can to portray roller coasters in a negative light. You can clearly see the passive aggressive coverage from outlets like TMZ, especially if you look at their Instagram posts. Never in my life have I seen roller coasters portrayed so negatively in the media.
Do you think this could eventually lead lawmakers and politicians to push for bans on most, if not all, roller coasters in America, considering the way the media is portraying them? I don’t want to look back 10 years from now and realize that I was right. In fact, I desperately want to be wrong about this. I just have this feeling that, eventually, people will start protesting and boycotting amusement and theme parks, which could ultimately lead to the downfall of roller coasters in America. I genuinely hope that never happens, but with the way things are going, it’s becoming a growing concern of mine. This is just something that’s been on my mind lately, and I wanted to hear other people’s perspectives. What are your thoughts? Do you think I’m overthinking this, or could the negative media coverage eventually have serious consequences for the future of roller coasters in America?

Going to Knotts Spooky Farm this weekend in So Cal. In my opinion it has far surpassed even Magic Mountain’s Frightfest and Disney and Universals parks here. As a thoosie I genuinely think it is the best Halloween amusement park set up for spooky season. Disclaimer and caveat I have not been to Busch Gardens so there’s could be better.

What do you think about the new chocolate-themed park in Brazil? Cacau Park is set to open in one year.

https://destinoparque.com.br/en/parks/cacau-park/

Hello all!! This may be a stretch here, and this is my first time posting. But I am looking for any information about this safety video I saw recently inside one of Castle Parks rides. Here is the video of the ride, (alien shows up around 1:45). I am looking for a clean rip of the video, but any sort of information behind how it was made and who made it would be awesome as well. Thank you!!

Indiana beach is my home park and I have been very impatiently waiting for that thing to be built with no news, it has been 6 years now, is there any news that I am missing?

First and foremost is my condolences to the families of Rosy Esparza , Hassan Kariem & add to the person who died at Six Flags New England. but the reoccurring theme here is that they were all obese people.Rosy was very short and very heavy... You may remember the name from the six flags over texas incident. Also from two thousand four , the casualty at six flags , new england he was reported to be five foot tall and over two hundred and forty pounds , and his restraint could not close properly... The man on Goliath was also a very large fellow, obviously over 300 pounds.So yes, well, this tragedy could have been avoided with seat belt or with better trained attendants.I don't want this to put a blemish on roller coasters or for any parks to close because of this , because attendance will be down

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I’m thinking about visiting Phantasialand sometime between November 15 and 30, and I was wondering if anyone knows how busy the park usually gets during that period, especially since Wintertraum will be running.

Some of you might remember I asked a similar question a while ago about October, but I ended up not going. Now I’m looking at late November instead, mainly because ticket prices seem to be pretty cheap during those dates, which is a big reason I’m interested.

Are weekdays noticeably quieter than weekends at that time? Any tips on wait times or the best days to go would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

I’m curious if this was a freak accident caused by two separate incidents. Would it have been reasonably possible for him to keep himself in the seat if he was conscious if the harness did somehow fail? Or was he doomed regardless of passing out?

Aside from a new 4D coaster obviously I really want a Giga wing coaster to replace X2, Ik it’s probably nearly impossible but still just imagine looking at a 300+ foot tall wing coaster claiming the record for worlds tallest inversion, let me know what you want to replace X2!

After the tragic accident and loss that occurred in Georgia, this led me to suspect that certain B&M's in shadier parks (such as Portaventura), which I've visited, might have defective or highly worn out paws on the clamshell ratcheting mechanism?

The worn out paws in the clamshells can affect the proximity sensor (why? because they get the grease on the lens of the sensor) and therefore result in a lot of parks using their rides in service mode with manual restraint checks for each dispatch. Shambhala has horrible dispatching for example, and there's been (unverified) reviews on Google stating that the restraints have notched open in very large increments mid-ride.

B&M is a safe company that creates safe rides - but how safe are some of their rides 5, 10, 15+ years after poor maintenance?

What are the only two commercial internal combustion vehicles allowed into the underground Utilidors at Disney World?

I'm going to Japan in November and I've been thinking about going to a theme park. However, my girlfriend isn't the type to ride most rollercoasters or thrill rides. She might be convinced for some, but she's not liking anything that goes upside down or is too tall.

She will ride attractions like log flumes, Breakdance and some smaller or junior coasters, but not big ones like Top Spin or a drop tower.

We'll be in Tokio-Kyoto-Osaka though I'm willing to move a bit if it's worth it.

Which theme parks would you recommend that are fun for a couple like this?

I'm also open to less stndard parks or experiences if there are any worth it.

Heyyy!!! Im a theme park enthusiast from the UK who happens to need to do some research for a project about accessibility in theme parks. If anyone wouldn’t mind filling the form in so I can get some data for the project it would be amazing thanks :3

First and foremost, sending condolences to the family, but I don’t like how people are gonna try and turn this into an anti-roller coaster narrative. The reality is that there needs to be weight restrictions on these rides just like they have height restrictions for people that are too short or too tall. attendants need to turn away people who are simply too obese to ride. This simply could’ve prevented the tragedy that happened.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/15/us/six-flags-injuries-invs

honestly i really trust coasters and am very confident in the engineering and safety but this article was pretty eye opening for me. im in atlanta right now and i was planning on going to six flags but after reading this article im wary. what are your thoughts on the matter?

Basically the above. What we were told was never gonna happen on a ride, happened. I assume the outcome of the investigation hasn’t been released yet but do you think he was even locked in properly? If he wasn’t then surely the train wouldn’t even have left the station due to safety mechanisms.

I’m a theme park fanatic and I’m not generally scared of rides or heights but I’ve got a theme park trip in a couple of days and it’s not the news I really want to see right now.

All in all, I hope those who were present that day get emotional support and they feel better soon. Conditioner the family.