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I've been chatting to a few friends who were working at the London parks. At least 1/4 of management in operations have been let go at each of the parks. There was a hiring freeze from around about easter 2024. Rumours of Merlin looking to sell/modify properties that are home to wildlife due to...

For real though - Such a shame that the park have decided to completely bulldoze the mystery that Forbidden Valley once had in place for MORE weird future high-tech military-esque stuff. I just feel like this kind of future-experimental vibe is far better suited to X-Sector.

It's 2035. Winter Wonderland is now £30 per ride and starts in September. The big one has been replaced by a Morgan hyper which bankrupted the Thompsons and it still stalls. It's called the Bigger One. Also, the Bakerloo line now goes to Kent. Alton Towers is now Completely themed to...

Coaster count at start of 2024: 167 Coaster count at end of 2024: 268 (101 new) Park count at start of 2024: 33 Park count at end of 2024: 48 Number of park trips: 3 (I guess?) Favourite new-to-me coaster of 2024: Iron Gwazi (Honourable mention to Alpengeist) Favourite new-to-me park of 2024...

I'm pretty sure they had it testing before Christmas. The official opening date is Sunday, the 19th January.

The only 2 plausible explanations I can think of is either that these projects were started before the sanctions and Intamin need the payments from these projects so have followed through with continuing the manufacturing stage. That, or an account executive has found some loopholes to jump...

Ironically I'm the opposite. I want to see what Hex is like and this is a welcome addition in my eyes. I protested to go back to the park whilst the skyride was SBNO so with this opening, Hex hopefully open and nemesis 2.0, next year will hopefully be a good time to return. My question is why...

Don't get me wrong, Screamin' Swings are one of my favourite flat ride types. But seeing the ones at BGW, BGT and Dollywood all operating just one side made me question their reliability to operate at full capacity consistently!

Personally filled with an absolute sh*tload of resentment. Visited during the busiest time of year just because I figured the chance of it being operational was higher. Not a sniff of KK opening that day, no prior warning, no apology. Really genuinely stunned at SF GAdv's incompetence in the...

Hey! Thanks for your comment. All of my pictures were taken in 3 devices; Canon AE-1, Fuji disposable, or my iPhone 12 with dazz cam. I frickin love dazz, and it’s the best camera app I’ve found that simulates film quality well. I’ve always thought film photography has such a charming...

Yeah, worth mentioning, the park operations and MMM ar entirely different entities. The woman who shall not be named will probably have very little say in the runnings of the MMM team here. She will have a say over in house design team, but MMM is a separate company. It's like Costa having a say...

I think it's worth saying one of the biggest voices in this recent rumour has been coaster studios. May I remind everyone of their comments on Kumba's closure a couple years ago. What happened there?... (some quite telling re-wordings to title and description since)... I would really...

Apologies for the rather sizeable bump, but I just had to share some of the film pictures I recently got developed from this trip; and my favourite of the trip:

Man for someone who's visited the park about a dozen times, I'm finding it really difficult to track all the upkeep and upgrades that have happened this season. Looking forward to getting out there early next year and seeing it all with my own eyes. Has the Klugheim green wall been themed over now?

That's a whole lotta shed they're building for an outdoor flat ride :D