Neil Bethell-Codrington

 (born 12 November 1970) is a retired British journalist who formerly worked for Window Lifestyle Media.

Firing
In Issue 195 (May 2005), Neil referred to the Zamperla Volare coaster as "a Vekoma Flying Dutchman with downs." His comment received many complaints from readers, and he was fired soon after. He was also found to have been making fun of disabled people on a scrapped Coasters article about alternate queue lines.

Further Career
Neil later returned to Window Lifestyle Media as the editor of Disney Magic. He was later replaced by Thomas Flur.

He would later retire from journalism. He is currently the owner of a cannabis oil company in named Codrington & Co.

Trivia

 * He was the only winner of the "Coasters' Editor Passdown" contest to not become editor, this is due to him spouting offensive remarks about disabled people, he was replaced by the second place winner Kuno.