Located in Hershey, Pennsylvania – a mere 400 miles from Cedar Point, our previous day’s park – is one of the most comprehensive rollercoaster collections in the United States, and it just so happens to be situated in a theme park themed to (questionable) chocolate! Of all the parks on our trip, I went into […]
Read More USA 2022 Day 13: HersheyparkThe 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 […]
Read More Entering the World of JumanjiOkay, 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 […]
Read More The Curse at Alton Manor: Duel, who?After a surprisingly early finish at Holiday World, we arrived at our – very conveniently straight across the road from Kings Island – motel early evening. Though we had no further park plans for this day, armed with Cedar Fair annual passes, a couple of hours park time, and an undying love for night rides, […]
Read More USA 2022 Day 10: Kings IslandPhantasialand, Germany I first visited Phantasialand just 7 months ago (at the time of writing) in June of 2022. The weather was gorgeous, with temperatures nearing 30 celcius, clear blue skies and long sunny days. But with 6pm park closes and 10pm sunsets, it’s safe to say I never even came close to seeing what […]
Read More Walking in a Wintertraum WonderlandWhen it comes to UK theme park Christmas events, I can take them or leave them. With entertainment squarely aimed at children, and a limited ride line-up targeted at the same audience, they’re very much an ‘if I’m in the area’ deal. Happily, I had a spare afternoon in the West Midlands which of course […]
Read More Christmas Magic at Drayton ManorPassing by the stunning Gateway Arch on our way out of St Louis, and Missouri, the time had come to begin the drive back East, travelling through Illinois on our way to Indiana, and our next stop: Holiday World. Holiday World was something of an anomaly in our road trip line-up, being a medium-sized family-owned […]
Read More USA 2022 Day 9: Holiday WorldWith 185 new rollercoasters ridden in 2022, what were my absolute favourites?
Read More My Top 10 Rollercoasters 2022EPCOT (as it’s now stylized) is in a period of flux. What had been planned to be a moment of rebirth, beginning with the renaming of the park’s lands and later bringing us whole new pavilions and even a hub for the park’s relentless festivals has instead taken a bit of a stumble and well… […]
Read More The Ridiculous Wonder of HarmoniousWhen it was announced that Universal Orlando Resort’s newest attraction would be opening its doors whilst I was in town, I knew we’d have to give it a go! Universal’s Great Movie Escape is a first-of-its-kind escape room style experience marketed as ‘not just an escape room, an escape adventure’. The attraction offers two different […]
Read More Escaping the Raptors at Universal’s Great Movie Escape
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