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Welcome to IAAPA 2024

Join us as we take you to IAAPA, the world's largest theme park convention, in Orlando, Florida! This isn’t your typical work trip—it’s a dream for theme park enthusiasts. From trying out real rides like drop towers and roller coasters to sampling free food, we explored everything IAAPA has to offer.

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2023 Group Names

One of the best parts of every tour that makes every trip unique is the group name that everyone comes up with together. These are the 2023 groups and their meanings.

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Coaster Breaks x Extended Tour

Working with my partner Gabby, Extended Tour shows the passion of theme parks via YouTube starting with an in depth look at the Belgium, Germany and Netherlands tours.

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The First Tour of 2023

The first tour of 2023 has completed. Everyone has now returned home after a fantastic first week away. Thank you to David, Dan, Paul, Connor, Michael, and Craig for a brilliant start of the year to Coaster Breaks.

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Now ATOL Protected

It is with a huge amount of pride; I can say that Coaster Breaks is now ATOL protected. This is a great step forwards in providing more services for theme park lovers and coaster enthusiasts as we continue to grow.

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The 2022 Winter Tours Review

Christmas feels so long ago yet here is the review for the 2022 Winter Tours. The festive season was amazing, meet the Allied Forces and the Hats Ons who experienced Phantasialand, Europa Park, Efteling and Plopsaland de Panne.

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2022 Highlights

2022 was an amazing year. Check out our highlights from 14 trips throughout Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands and France. From Halloween to Christmas and Kondaa to Taron!

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Group Names

One of the best moments for each tour is the creation of the group name. This is always unique and is decided upon by everyone. 10 tours have already been completed in 2022, these are the group names and how they came about their name:

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The First South West Germany & France Tour!

The latest tour to the Coaster Breaks roster has returned after an epic 8 days away with a group of repeat bookers all from previous tours and plenty of new credits to add to the list.

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Halo, Beer Hier

Introducing the Finger Marie’s – Scott, Paul, Scott, Robert, Ben, Robert and Darryl. This is tour number 3 of 2022, a crazy bunch of awesome people!

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Here We Go Again!

The second tour of 2022 has been completed and this is what we got up to when visiting Belgium, Germany & the Netherlands to visit some of the best theme parks in Europe!

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2022 First Trip Report

The first tour of the 2022 season has been completed as Coaster Breaks travelled through Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands for the first time with no restrictions and a new group of enthusiasts.

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Kondaa Review

The signature ride that has long been overdue for Walibi Belgium opened in 2021 with of course a very difficult season for the park. Here we take a look at this Intamin Mega Coaster and give our review on this impressive coaster.

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2021 Year in Review

Over 1 year in business, three tours under the belt and getting ready for a brilliant 2022, this is the first year of Coaster Breaks in review.

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South West Germany & France

A new year and a new tour is ready to launch into 2022 with the South West Germany and France trip planned to depart at least 4 times throughout the theme park season. Read More.

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The First Trip Report

Finally after what seems like an eternity, our first trip went ahead visiting 7 parks in 7 days and was a perfect start to Coaster Breaks. This is the trip report as we navigate Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium for the inaugural tour.

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When Theme Park Trips Go Wrong!

A very difficult year with international travel still being hard to navigate, now is a good time to reflect on personal past trips where things did not also go to plan. These are 3 trips that stand out and will always be remembered, for the wrong reasons.

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Travelling Solo

Travelling solo for the first time especially can be a very nervous experience, but you will be amazed at how quick those nerves disappear once you get on your plane or train. These are my experiences with going at it alone.

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Summer 2021 Update

The traffic light system is live, theme parks are reopening and further announcements for pricing and a pre-registration for our upcoming tours. Here is the latest update from Coaster Breaks:

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