Theme park fanatic Marcus
Gaines has blown £33,000 on riding 1,099 rollercoasters. The television cameraman,
36, spent the cash on flights, hotels and entry to 251 parks on his 46 trips to
19 countries. They include 456ft tall
Kingda Ka, in New Jersey, U.S., and 8,133ft-long Steel Dragon 2000, in
Nagashima, Japan.
The father-of-one, from Southampton, spends the
equivalent of one month a year in a theme park. He jets abroad for breaks
several times a year with friends, family, or alone - simply to experience the
thrill of a new ride.
Other countries he has
visited on his quest for excitement are Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cuba,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands,
Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Mr Gaines said: 'I'm like
a little child who still gets incredibly excited at the sight of a new
rollercoaster.
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