<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Theme parks on ke.vinpet.it</title><link>/themeparks/</link><description>Recent content in Theme parks on ke.vinpet.it</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-uk</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:59:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/themeparks/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>2025</title><link>/themeparks/2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>/themeparks/2025/</guid><description>&lt;div class="retro-stats-bar"&gt;






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&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;parks&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;new parks&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;park days&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;visits to Efteling&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;After a great 2024 with Europa-Park and my 100th coaster credit, 2025 was all about doubling down on the parks closer
to home. And by &amp;ldquo;doubling down&amp;rdquo;, I mean visiting the Efteling 15 times – perhaps more, I might have forgotten to log a
few visits here and there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2025 was a very different year for me than 2024 - I ended up getting fired from my job in the beginning of the year, less
than two weeks into the year. That influenced my plans enormously and my life has changed drastically since then.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>2024</title><link>/themeparks/2024/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:43:02 +0200</pubDate><guid>/themeparks/2024/</guid><description>&lt;div class="retro-stats-bar"&gt;






&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;parks visited&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;new parks&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;100&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;coaster credits&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;23&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;total visits&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I might have anti-dated this post so that it shows up as 2024 instead of 2025, as it is the first of July when I&amp;rsquo;m typing this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With the big updates on my website, it only felt fitting that I would pick this back up! And as luck wants to have it,
2024 was a great year for theme parks for me! So let&amp;rsquo;s get started.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>2021</title><link>/themeparks/2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:54:03 +0100</pubDate><guid>/themeparks/2021/</guid><description>&lt;div class="retro-stats-bar"&gt;






&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;parks&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;new parks&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;park days&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;coasters&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;attractions&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;2021 was a special year due to Covid-19. I realize I never updated this post, so time to update it!
Unfortunately, my main logging tool didn&amp;rsquo;t want to work along for something so long ago, so some things might not be
100% accurate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2020 was terrible and 2021 wasn&amp;rsquo;t much better in the beginning. But, Plopsaland De Panne opened one of the best rollercoasters
in Europe, so that was certainly a highlight of the year!&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>2020</title><link>/themeparks/2020/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 22:14:45 +0200</pubDate><guid>/themeparks/2020/</guid><description>&lt;div class="retro-stats-bar"&gt;






&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;parks&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;new&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;







&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;







&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;visits&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Updated on the 16th of September 2020, it&amp;rsquo;s now at least 99% less negative!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Earlier this year, I had lost hope for theme parks this year. I have only visited a single park since, only a few days ago, but that&amp;rsquo;s enough reason for me to update this post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My last experience in a park was completely different - one that was more about enjoying the rides itself and the experience of being away for a day - and hopefully, that&amp;rsquo;s something that I&amp;rsquo;ll be carrying around with me for the rest of my life.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>2019</title><link>/themeparks/2019/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:43:42 +0100</pubDate><guid>/themeparks/2019/</guid><description>&lt;div class="retro-stats-bar"&gt;






&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;parks&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;new&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;







&lt;div class="retro-stat"&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-value"&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="retro-stat-label"&gt;visits&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I haven&amp;rsquo;t posted about this here, but one of my major interests is theme parks - my girlfriend describes it (I hope lovingly) as an obsession and as such you could find me often in theme parks around my area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This year was the first year I started collecting metrics (more metrics coming next year, since I started collecting most of the metrics near the end of the season).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And since this blog is oriented around tech and my interests - I thought, why not share it?&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>