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Ugh, why? Skegness has to be a thing again? Here's hoping that this spinner is half decent to ride. Maurer can create awesome spinners, but I've ridden a fair few that were either rough or meh, and I'm not liking the look of the flat turns at the top of the ride; They remind me of the vile...

On to the West Midlands, then. As plans go, it started with a perfectly sane idea. More specifically, it started with @SilverArrow dropping me a message, mentioning that a trip to Dudley Zoo and West Midlands Safari Park was being planned, and was I interested in joining in? Another fun weekend...

I'm a bit of a fence sitter here; I feel it's "a bit of both". I adore the ride, but I'm not blind to its flaws, and whilst it's a great ride for the UK, it doesn't stack up against some of its competition worldwide. It's an incredibly fun and re-rideable coaster, and I'll easily make the trip...

I guess the first question needs to be: what details level are you running on? Planet Coaster is highly tweakable in terms of detail, and you'll often find that most games have a few settings that have a really big impact on framerate. I couldn't find a detailed guide to Planet Coaster in the...

I can't help but feel like I'm writing something of an obituary for my local park here. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for the park, both from occasional visits as a child, where I'd enjoyed riding the train around the park and vaguely remember watching insane people riding the Soopa...

Well, I guess somebody should bring up Weston-super-Mare. After sticking around in Barry for longer than intended, we eventually made it to Weston-super-Mare mid afternoon, found a space to park on the side streets, and had a wander down to Funland for a nice, easy +3. It was the typical...

Yeah, I can't see this ending well for Lightwater Valley. Maybe they'll be able to scrape by indefinitely with a significantly reduced line-up, accompanying cost cuts and a reduced number of younger visitors accompanied by their parents, but I'm sceptical. I'm not sure how many parks aimed...

OK, how on earth did I miss the fact that they were planning on doing that with the theme? That's awesome!

That's definitely got me thinking. Whilst I doubt an entire park based on Elder Scrolls would be commercially viable, as Skyrim is clearly the area that most people know, and has mass market appeal, there's so much scope in terms of both tone, and in terms of utilizing some of the other...

No, some of the people complaining are the people who have seen prices constantly increase, the quality of the parks get steadily worse, and the park operators be incapable of building a decent ride, even when Merlin actually feel like making a halfway substantial investment. If Merlin want to...

Ah yes, Barry Island... where we all showed up to discover that Barry hadn't bothered getting out of bed yet! Still, we got a fairly chilled morning out of it, at least, and a few miscellaneous flat rides, even if we did get spited by the potential +1. I have to say, the Gravitron is still a...

I'm pretty jaded when it comes to modern day B&M, so I was going to post something about how it'll probably be an impressive feat of engineering, look cool, but be pretty average to ride... and then you post something like that and I start to feel actual excitement. Damn it.

After filling up with a decent, yet somewhat greasy burger at Denny’s in Swansea, the first challenge of the evening was trying to find my way over to Porthcawl, and find both the park, and somewhere to park my car. Somehow, I managed to mangle my SatNav settings, and ended up making a short...

Bloody hell, that looks insane! I just hope it rides as well as it looks.

I've definitely got mixed feelings about this. Djurs is such a great park, and I really hope they've got something special planned here. For one, I'm actually sad to see Jungle Safari go. From what I can remember, it was one of the more original takes on the concept, and whilst it was getting a...

Somehow, I can't see this ending well. Could it be done well? I'm sure it's possible. Is there a market out there? Quite possibly. Are they going to pull off something worthwhile? I doubt it. Ferrari Land I get. There's plenty of people who like Ferrari, there's enough casuals who see Ferrari...

This has to be one of the most interesting reports I've read in a while. It's kept me entertained with the usual humorous flair, but it's also touched on something that, until now, I hadn't given a lot of thought to. See, that's interesting. I've visited twice, had very different experiences on...

I’d been aware of the Norfolk/Suffolk trip whilst it was still in the planning stages, but decided against going. I already had most of the creds, bar the burdenous new +1 at Pettitts, hotels and restaurants were only just starting to open back up after lockdown, and it’s at least a...

Now this is an interesting one. I was really struggling to answer the "favourite flat ride" question for the recent CoasterForce video, as there were loads of interesting and awesome rides, but I struggled to find one that really stood out from the others. Regardless, coming from someone who's...

Pettitts was just a quick in and out for a few of us when we visited a while back, as we literally just rode Rocky Roller Coaster before rushing off towards Hemsby and Great Yarmouth. In a way, it almost felt like a shame to cred run the place so quickly, as it the place looked like it was...