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Everything will now be a Lego park, every coaster replaced with a copy of the Lego coaster model and all the sea life centres filled with Lego sharks Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

I think Merlin was told to find a buyer by an investment group that owns a chunk of them and the group that owns Lego already had the money and the relationship in place. Does mean a potential for more investment though, just hard to predict where that investment would go, could be Madame...

BBC News - Legoland owner Merlin Entertainments agrees £4.8bn offer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48797245 Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

That whole process is interesting, like are there a lot of 'standard' parts GCI just keep in a warehouse or is it stuff that's only for Wicker Man so has to be made to order? Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

Good that no one was hurt, I bet those things can pick up a fair amount of intertia, they weigh loads they? Sounds like the loading floor bit that got bent might have protected everyone by getting in the way. Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

I think a lot of Brits are just a bit sad that it used to be so magical and exciting and Merlin (and Tussauds with their vending machines and money grabbing) kind of took away that magic quite a bit. It's still a great park and looks beautiful, but it's full of wasted opportunities and parts...

Right me and my wife are booked in there too, for some reason it was only £34 on Expedia!

If it is just the big six challenge again but with the dungeons it's going to be quite difficult, not only do you have to pay extra to get into the dungeons but you've got to try and get on six rides with Summer queues and Alton's ridiculous opening hours. When I ran a school trip there last...

Out of your whole list I love everything you've mentioned (that I've ridden) except for El Toro. Not sure if it was something wrong with it the day we went (it was raining a lot most of the day) but I really didn't like the second half at all. I need to get Skyrush and Voyage done I think.

I'd quite like BPB to get a tall drop tower. Lots of parks now have a shot tower/ drop tower combo and something like Ikarus at Grona Lund would be awesome with the views of the whole park, can't imagine the footprint is too big either?

Right, we've booked flights and the car so we'll be getting into AMS at 8:00am and flying back at 9:20pm - car has 4 seats (as long as no-one has any massive bags) so I've asked @Coop but I still have one more space free if you're flying at the same time as us. £40 for your share and fuel, just...

We will get into AMS at 08:00am from Norwich and will go pick up a car rental I think, then our flight back will be 21:20 so we should have plenty of time for Bobbejaanland.

We've never done one of these before either but we'd be up for it. We'd be flying from Norwich then renting a car in Amsterdam so if anyone wants a lift from Amsterdam airport and doesn't mind sharing the price that'd be great! Is there any more info on this like when we meet or where do people...

Only one of these I agree with is Insane at Grona Lund, that thing is horrific and I never want to go on one again. Kingda Ka is a bit rough but near the front it's still an amazing launch and I love those top hats, Furious Baco is rough but I love it for how ridiculous it and unique it is, and...

What do they do with this? Do they tow it round the rest in stages or do they have some kind of motor they can run on the track to push it?

So I went on this a few times in 2016 and I could have sworn there was some kind of theming on the ride, with little lights and model trees on the floor to make it look like you were flying over villages in a jungle. At the time I was second guessing myself a bit but am I right in now thinking...

Yeah, that was a letdown, even by Merlin standards.

Could be nothing but people are taking this Instagram post from Alton Towers as a hint of a new water ride or something for Splash Landings https://www.instagram.com/altontowers/p/ByTAEFVIPyu/?igshid=nnd4jk44m5mg

And if you're going to do Europa it'd be rude not to do Holiday Park for Expedition GeForce as well!

Do we know when this is meant to open? We're heading there early August now.