Italia 24: More Plus 1s? Yep! Plus a Visit To Fiabilandia The Ride The Ultimate Plus 1!

After a great day at Mirabilandia, it was time to mop up some plus ones. If you’re bored of seeing photos of tiny coasters then fear not, you’ll also get to see the worst pint of Guinness ever and an amusing pig statue. Let’s get started!

First up was this monster:

Followed by:

This was sparking quite a lot, which added the fun! Next up was:

And then this:

Oh look something different!

Then we rode something half decent…

But that’s enough of half decent stuff, back to the sh*t.

With the plus ones done, we headed for a beer!

The Helles was actually ok. Check this out though…

It was very cheap, thank goodness, and when they brought it out we all just laughed.

The next morning we visited a proper park, Fiabilandia.

It is a bit prettier on the inside!

Weirdly, we started with a boat ride.

Then it was cred time! Red Mountain (746):

Next we rode the highlight of this park, Valle degli Gnomi (747). This is the first apple coaster and inspired all apple coasters (there’s a lot of them) that followed! Perhaps this is the ultimate plus one!

It’s even got a dark ride section!

We then rode the spinning mouse, which I forgot to take a photo of. Moving on to the Wild West section, where a animatronic man on a toilet was a real highlight.

Oh and Miniera d’Oro Del West (749).

With that we drove to Venice! Moose On The Loose - Venice, will be the final part of Italia 24!

I’ll leave you with the pig statue I promised you:

Thanks for reading.

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