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Current Issue: 88

Issue 88: "Efteling: Enter The Dragon"

  • The cover features Joris en de Draak at Efteling.
  • Four pages of Club Corner.
  • A large report on Joris en de Draak.
  • A report on Thirteen at Alton Towers.
  • A large report on the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure.
  • A comprehensive list of Chinese parks.
  • Michael Horwood looks at parks in Spain.
  • A report on Cobra at Connyland in Switzerland.
  • Fourteen pages of news! Amongst the items covered are two spinning coasters for Belgium, Karolinelund closure, Djurs Sommerland’s new water coaster, Six Flags Over Georgia’s new Euro-Fighter, Loudoun Castle closure, large report on Gröna Lund’s new wooden coaster, Cedar Fair’s Windseekers, PBB Nickelodeon Land, Quassy woodie starts to rise, Texas Giant rebuild, Green Lantern for Six Flags Great Adventure, Starliner going home, Zippin Pippin mk2, launch coaster for Bayern Park, Cheetah Hunt at Busch Tampa, Blue Streak runs again, Six Flags Magic Mountain to claim coaster record, GCII Chinese woodie construction, B&M Flyer in China complete, Ferrari World ready, and a whole lot more.

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First Drop is the magazine supplied to members of the European Coaster Club. Every new issue contains at least 40 pages of roller coaster news and views from all over the world, along with scores of pictures.

A small selection of the hundreds of articles and pictures that have appeared in recent issues of First Drop are published on this website.

In addition to contributions from Club members, there are regular articles from an international team of dedicated news and feature correspondents with direct links to parks and ride manufacturers around the UK, Europe and the USA, bringing you the very latest information and pictures in every issue.

From time to time, historical items looks at forgotten parks and unusual rides, and First Drop also covers topics rarely featured in other publications.

Over more than twenty years, First Drop has often been first with the big coaster and park news - take a quick look at the contents lists and you'll see for yourself!

To name a few examples, First Drop published the first ever 3D Drawings of Dragons Fury at Chessington World of Adventures and carried exclusive details of Nemesis at Alton Towers months before it was general knowledge, and published first details of the new B&M inverter at Parc Asterix.

It doesn't stop there. Where else but First Drop will you find the people that design, make and own the rides telling the story of how their creations came into being? The list of past contributors resembles a "Who's Who" of the white knuckle world, including John Wardley - designer of Alton Towers Nemesis, Oblivion, and Hex, along with the Vampire at Chessington, Dragon Khan at Universal Mediterania to name but a few. We've also had contributions from Dr John Roberts who worked as a structural engineer on many UK rides, including Blackpool's The Big One and Geoffrey Thompson managing director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach - to name but a few.

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