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I've had some time to reflect on this over the last couple of weeks. This is definitely not a conventional hyper. I've begun to think along the lines of a scaled up Saw; A series of short, punchy elements in quick succession, only twice the size, and with a significantly reduced risk of a...

It's certainly unique. Unfortunately, we've already figured out many of the things that make coasters great. This coaster doesn't do many of them in it's relatively short layout. Unique is not the same as good. The gimmicks are basically "it's taller", and "it's weird". I'll take "smaller, but...

Eh. Now that I'm looking at the images on a bigger screen, the layout looks like it's got a bit more potential than it appeared to at first glance on my phone. It's certainly looking like it's got the potential to be the best ride that's been installed at a UK Merlin park since they took over...

Odyssey at Fantasy Island. Get rid of the stupid, high OTSRs that lead to endless headbashing, and fit the lap bar and vest combination restraints to instantly improve rider comfort by an order of magnitude. It's clearly not going to happen, though, given that the train was refurbished a couple...

I suppose there might be some very limited case where VR could be combined with an appropriate ride to create a ride experience that's really good, but nobody has done that so far, and I can't see anyone investing the time or money to make VR really work on that immersive level. It would require...

Give me Colossus any day. As far as I'm concerned, it's superior in every way. I prefer the atmosphere, the setting, the soundtrack, and the ride experience. It's not the most comfortable ride, but I always have fun riding it, and if you catch it one one of those rare days where it's really...

I think a lot of people overlook this as something uniquely effective, and unique to Oblivion. None of the other dive machines have this, not even G5, and it makes a difference. There's something about the slow, methodical, relentless creep towards the top of the drop on Oblivion that's missing...

For those of you following along at home, I promised photos: https://mouseat.co.uk/albums/august-2021-southport-and-north-wales/

Well, that was another fab weekend away. Mat has covered the parks and highlights really well, to the point where I don't have much more to add. Suffice to say it's been a weekend with the usual sorts of highlights; Loads of awesome people, a bunch of crappy parks, a few extra creds, a whole...

From their point of view, there's no balls-up. It's got the iconic look, and it's got its marketable gimmick, and that's all they seem to be interested in. Ride experience and practicality just aren't big considerations for them. Hell, it's the first new coaster at Chessington for 18 years, and...

Oh, FFS, here we go again. Another year, another Merlin gimmick. Just cut the crap, and build something vaguely worthwhile for once. Sure, I'll probably visit with some CFers at some point for a good day out and a +1, but announcements like this just annoy the hell out of me, and make me itch...

I find the secret is usually to check the park's web site ahead of time. Often, the published address of the park is wherever the offices are, which doesn't always match where the general public should enter. Often, if this is the case, they'll post an actual SatNav address or postcode on the...

Whenever a trip consists of a major park day, an overnight stay, and some miscellaneous mop-up afterwards, it’s difficult to know exactly how things are going to pan out on day two. Is everyone just going to want to cred run and move on, or are people going to be looking to check out a load of...

It can do. If the track work was good to begin with, it's not going to affect the speed much, if at all, but if the trackwork was a bit dodgy, resulting in high friction and excessive drag on the train, then fixing the track can prevent the train from being slowed down as much.

“Go to Skegness”, we all thought. “Get some new creds”, we all thought. “It’ll be burdenous”, we all thought. We were mostly wrong on that last one. Mostly. Sue was there, after all :p (We all love you really, Sue!) We were converging on Ingoldmells from a variety of directions, with many of...

That's the one that immediately came to mind for me. The difference between opening year and how it was running in late 2019 was just night and day. I think somebody (Jared, perhaps?) mentioned it was at least partly down to a change in wheels, which certainly sounds plausible.

I suppose that's possible. I probably think of it along those lines already. Many of us dismiss is as a major investment, because it brought no value to us as visitors to Thorpe. I don't look at Thorpe as a park that's developing; I look at the park as the place that is closing attractions...

Until this year, I hadn't been to Thorpe since it opened, so I'd never had the opportunity to ride it, and hadn't really had any desire to go to Thorpe in order to ride it. I did write some thoughts during my trip report from earlier this year, which I think still sums it up quite nicely. In...

There are some interesting points raised in this thread, and it's certainly had my brain working overtime for the last hour or so, trying to deconstruct some of them. First up, I've found many of the more immersive attractions that I've done to be an amazing experience, although as someone who...

Well, that's Denmark making its way rapidly up the bucket list for the next couple of years. I've been wanting to go back for a while, and this definitely justifies a visit. That layout looks like it'll be a lot of fun.