My 2023 Highlights

I’ve thought a lot about how to do an end-of-year post. A month-by-month run-down? Best and worst? But in the end, I’ve settled on pure joy. So, without further ado, here are the absolute highlights of my 2023 season, the very best of the rides and parks I’ve experienced! And it was one heck of […]

Beautifully Unhinged: Halloween at Bellewaerde

With just four rollercoasters, only one of which manages to achieve ‘Extreme’ status on RCDB, Bellewaerde might not be a park to catch the eye of coaster enthusiasts. Located in Ypres, Belgium, just under a two-hour drive from the Eurotunnel, there are certainly better options nearby if thrilling rollercoasters are your main draw to a […]

Discussing Everything Announced at Destination D23 2023

I’m a Disney Adult. There I said it. Let’s be honest, we all knew that, didn’t we? I’ve still got a few precious days left on my Disneyland Paris annual pass. My walls are adorned in attraction posters, and I’m currently sitting opposite every Walt Disney Animation Studios movie in chronological order… you get the […]

(Finally) Entering Valhalla at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

It’s over four months since the gates to Valhalla opened once more for brave adventurers, and last month I was lucky enough to finally enter the gates myself! After years of hearing nothing but effusive praise for this legendary water ride, I was more than a little bit hyped to finally experience it for myself. […]

Together on the Nautilus: A Disney Dash

When I planned a grand total of 34 hours in France, the mission was simple: renew my annual pass. This was all well and good until the week before I was set to depart, when the new Disneyland Pass was announced, the old passes withdrawn, and the renewal window halved to just one month meaning […]

A Brief Viking Adventure at Jorvik

Sometimes, I visit an attraction with absolutely zero intention of writing about it, but it turns out to be so excellent that I just don’t have a choice. Jorvik Viking Centre was one of these attractions. Located in the heart of York, on Coppergate, the centre sits on the site of a former Viking settlement. […]

Entering the World of Jumanji

The World of Jumanji has arrived at Chessington World of Adventures! The largest single investment in Chessington’s history has seen the addition of three new rides in a gorgeously themed area, and I was honoured to be invited down by the park to attend the media launch event! In a year of – nonetheless very […]

The Magic of Tivoli Gardens

In the early 1950s, Walt Disney took a trip to Copenhagen. He was in the early planning stages of an amusement enterprise, and where better to gain inspiration than one of the oldest amusement parks in the world? Walt walked around Tivoli Gardens, making notes on the food, the gardens, the rides, and even the […]

USA 2022 Days 11 & 12: Cedar Point

I’ve been to Cedar Point. A sentence I never dreamed I’d be able to write, but here we are. I’ve actually visited America’s Roller Coast. And what a place it is. Way back in the year of our lord 2021 – a lifetime ago, or so it feels – my friend Bobby dropped a simple […]

The Curse at Alton Manor: Duel, who?

Okay, I admit it, I am a fraud. Sure, this blog is titled coasterclaire (thank you so much for stopping by!), but I have a secret. Coasters are not even my first love. That would be dark rides. My favourite coaster in the world, as of March 2023 is Taron at Phantasialand, thanks in no […]