Richard Bannister

The following page contains diaries I wrote after visiting amusement parks in the year 2004. This year was, to be blunt, crazy; I managed to visit a total of 55 different parks (51 of them new to me) and a total of 156 new coasters. Interspersed with these reports are three trips with the European Coaster Club; the Gatecrasher Tour (May 1st to 5th), Coasterbahn (July 24th to August 1st), and the Belgium Weekender (September 18th and 19th). I also did a five day French trip with my friend George from August 27th to 31st.

30/04: Legoland Windsor, Adventure Island
01/05: Bakken, Tivoli Gardens
02/05: Tivoli Gardens, BonBon-Land
03/05: Legoland Billund, Karolinelund
04/05: Fårup Sommerland
05/05: Liseberg
01/06: Pleasure Island, Dunes Leisure, Fantasy Island, Botton's Pleasure Beach
22/06: Six Flags Magic Mountain, Universal Studios Hollywood
23/06: Disneyland, Disney California Adventure
24/06: Knott's Berry Farm
26/06: California's Great America
03/07: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
04/07: Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
23/07: Chessington World of Adventures
24/07: Hansa Park, Hamburger Summerdom
25/07: Heide Park
26/07: Fort Fun Abenteuerland, Erlebnisberg Sternrodt
27/07: Movie Park Germany, Schloß Beck Freizeitpark, CentrO Park
28/07: Phantasialand, Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten/Cochem
29/07: Holiday Park, Europa Park
30/07: Europa Park
31/07: Skyline Park, Legoland Deutschland
01/08: Tripsdrill
27/08: Parc Astérix
28/08: Nigloland, Walygator Parc
29/08: Parc Saint Paul, Mer de Sable
30/08: Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Paris Studios, Fete a Neu-Neu
31/08: Jardin d'Acclimatation
16/09: Alton Towers, American Adventure
18/09: Bobbejaanland
19/09: Walibi Belgium
25/09: Legoland Windsor, Barry Island Pleasure Park, Coney Beach
09/10: Nottingham Goose