I don't see this anywhere else, but rcdb seems to have picked up that they are getting a custom slc and a motorbike:

http://www.rcdb.com/pd276.htm

I noticed that too. Sounds like a good additon for a park that size. The layout of the SLC should be interesting too. I wish I could go to Europe next Summer.

The SLC is apparently a clone of the one currently at Happy Valley In China and the one going to Beijing Next Year as well.
The ride looks awesome and i cant wait to ride it next year

The motorbike is longer and faster than toverlands addition.
3 major launched coasters in 2 years for the UK

now if and if BPB announce one.......

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^sounds pretty good, where do they get thje money for all this??? its a small park isn't it? The SLC should be interesting though.

3 Major launch coasters in two yesrs? Which? I know of four major launches for Europe in 1 year:

2005-
Kanonen
Rita
Thorpe's racer
Flamingoland motorbike

I never even heard of this park. You learn something knew everyday.
But it seems all the parks are getting something for 2005. What a great year.

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i did say the UK.. and thorpe parks coaster is 2006 not 2005 like the others.
2005 for thorpe is the Sky Swat and the Swing

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Rita dosn't look that great, at least not as good as the motorbike racer. Shame then that the motobike racer will probably not get as much publicity.

What is RITA? I never heard anything except 100 KPH launch.

No one exactly knows what it is either.

its all secret but it won't have any inversions, its intamin, its painted red, thats all anyone knows right now. Its got to be finished by march so you'll see soon enough.

Their website is so funny, it reminds me of RCT1&2 websites.

I want to get over there some day and hit all the parks. But that won't be for 5-10 years.

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Yea, going to England and the two low countries for a month, that would be great. You get roller coasters, sight seeing, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and just discovering a new place.

so beg your parents to take you there/here. you got the whole of europe to explore......but if you go to london theres loads of stuff to do as well as going to theme parks. Paris is only a 2.5 hr train ride (it goes under the water) away (or 45min flight).

I know about the chunnel, and the 180 MPH bullet trains already.

Well, see, my mom's very first Europe offer was indeed London, but she always manages to get out of it with some excuse, so I won't even bother. What's the closest amusement park to london, and how far timewise?

The Chunnel also has trains to Brussels right? And from there I'd go to Amsterdam, because I heard it's great "fun" there. But that wouldn't be with my mom, of course.

The channel tunnel (eurostar - chunnel is just a nickname kind of) high speed service offers london to paris or waterloo . By going to paris though (Gard de nord ('north station')) you can connect to the french TGV and go pretty much anywhere.

The closest theme park to london is chessington and thorpe park. Both are in london, thorpe park is only 10-15mins from heathrow airport (main international airport but there are 3 others) and chessington is only 20mins train ride from the centre (thopre is about 30mins from the centre). AT is about 2 hrs drive from london and blackpool another hour (3-3.5). Flamingoland and lightwater are about 3.5 hrs from london. fantasyland is about 3 hrs.

Amsterdam has this reputation, although i haven't been there, i would say there are better places. Barcelona in northen spain is probably my favourite european city. Paris is well worth visiting

That's one thing that I've been so impressed with Europe is the train system there.

Americans are so stinking attached to their cars. I'd rather catch a train into downtown any day. Oh well, at least I have a loverly "express" bus. lol

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Barcelona always would've been my first choice in Europe, and you can ask my mom that. Rome next, then Paris, then London.

Anyway, if I were to go to a theme park while I am in London, if I go anytime soon, it would be Thorpe.

you would have to drive to AT, you can get the train but its very expensive and takes forever because it dosn't go that near the park.

Well, I got no plans to go to Europe annytime soon. The soonest will be summer 08, when I'm 18. Unless my mom takes me earlier.

is that likely? Its easy enough to do, just expensive. you won't be able to hire a car at 18 so going with a parent or someone like that will be easier, also getting hotel bookings and things like that. that is a long time, i will have grauadted (hopefully)and moved away from london (probably) by that time!

Yes, well, whatever happens. Why do you want to move aaway from London so much.

I don't especially but its stupidly expensive to live in london or in the home counties (the counties that surround london). Even if i get a decent job, to start off with, it probably won't pay enough. I could afford it, but all my wages would go on renting a house or room.

Also i just want to live somewhere different, another country probably like spain. For a start its warmer! But it'd just be nice to live in a different place.

Move to Poland because they have awesome food.

maybe but its too cold.

Or NYC. In NYC, there are sections for literally everything. There's Eastern European around the Brooklyn Queens broder area, there's Italian around Williamsburg, Oriental in lower Manhattan and Lower Brookyln. Russian right near Coney Island, Groumet stuff all over Manhattan, there's everything. I believe there is a large Arabic section too, Not sure where though. Either Queens or Bronx. So, yeah, NYC has a little of everything. And it's close to GAdv (1 hour).

wel great but its still cold in winter. plus there are permit issues - but i might end working for a us owned company so who knows (since thats the largest car industry)?

Dosn't mean i would get a choice in where i go. its a long way off, just see what happens.

Ands loads of arrogent people!

Still think you should move to Poland in the winter, maybe Southern Poland isn't very cold.

Well, I'm arrogant. I can be chauvenistic too but there are ladies around.
btw, Southern Poland is the same, if not higher, lattitude than Mocow. All of Russia and surrounding countries are very cold. And I guess NYC is too. And so is Chicago. So......I'm moving to San Diego! No, guess not.

So then, if the layout of this SLC is a clone, why is it custom? And what is the layout like?

Switzerlands awesome, and so is Germany, but you'd have to learn the language, but it's worth it.