Hey,
basically you can say themeparks, amusement rides and they're technology are some sort of hobby for me. I'm travelling around (atleast europe until now, but might expand when I get the chance) and visit themeparks.
I just enjoy the environments in those parks and the rides they offer. I'm not that addicted to "Flatrides", which are the many different carousels and stuff which turns and spins around, but really have fun on rollercoasters, themed darkrides which tell storys or free fall towers. I can ride those all day without any problems but get nausey really quick on the spinning carousel things. In addition, I really like themed areas where you'll be brought to different worlds full of fantasy and storys, I'm able to be a kid again in those places and really enjoy it. Life itself is serious enough and for me, it is a way to get a balance to my everyday life.
"Planet Coaster" actually is a PC Game where you can build and manage your own themeparks. It's possible to be extremely creative and there is a large community, which shares many people with the themepark and rollercoaster communitys (seems obviously, i think) and we are holding yearly meetings at the efteling and additional ones at other yearly changing themeparks. Those are really fantastic, creative and lovely people and the man who organized it every time is actually a dutch guy.
With youtube I started since I've found out that I really have fun on video filming and editing and I've sort of combined two interests with my channel about themeparks. Since last year, I've decided to try and do every video in german (which is my native language) and english, to reach more people with my stuff. The same is true for these blogs. I'm not really a "professional" blog writer or video editor of some sorts, I just do what is fun to me and show it off, to see what other people think about it. :-)
Greets,
Danny
Now I understand. It's a very interesting hobby and I actually enjoy going into theme parks too. And like you I can't stand carousel and I actually never even take a ride as I know I would get very sick. Efteling has beautiful themed attractions. I love Villa Volta and Droomvlucht :) I also enjoy the roller coasters there. It's a great idea to hold meetings there. It must be a lot of fun!
I didn't know about that computer game but it sounds like a great thing too, especially when you are creative :)
I have also wanted to make youtube videos but it's just too much work plus all of those editing so I decided that it's not worth it. BUT reviews like yours are important and definitely worth the time that you spend on them :)
Hope you have a great Sunday!