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Yes, apologies - was talking about the 'New for 2021' badge over it.

Gone for me at all levels of zoom now as well, maybe Firefox had a slight stay of execution.

'New for 2021' still there but seems to disappear when you reach a certain level of magnification.

There's nothing to suggest it's coming back, but could be relocated I guess.

It's because it's a Mack it gets the admiration it does. If it was exactly the same experience but offered by Intamin, it would be probably widely seen as average or at least more widely disliked.

It's been a very long day....

Forgive me, but on what basis do we believe a ground-hugging, sleeper-supported, completely custom-manufactured, hybrid/Frankenstein of a ride could be relocated *anywhere*? I guess on the same insanity that led for the thing to be built in the first place...

1998-2010!

It's easy to mistake removal for inspection, repairs, grit blasting and repainting as new pieces of track. If what is being installed is precisely the same dimensionally, I'd suggest that new pieces are fabricated far less than what is assumed. Wardley was quoted in the last decade as saying...

Scarily believable haha.

Absolutely - more fit than one that had been in use in a lot of ways.

In my view it severely lacks imagination. There is too much emphasis on twisting and not much height changes once it is over the post-launch elements. The second launch is very poor, you can barely feel it at all on some rides. I found no detectable change in speed during the day either. It's...

Hardly something confined to the north is it. The cashing-in has gone way too far now, literally don't want to hear another thing about them.

Some people seem to think that the 2017 'big' investment has been put back in light of the Smiler crash...but all the presentations and things I've seen from Merlin say they aren't adjusting their strategy. Indeed, you could take the view that something new and big is needed now more than ever...

You could get it on a good cycle every now and then. I've been lucky enough to have been on it on a multiple spin performance once. Ultimately they are prone to cracking and weld repair almost every year, and it is just not financially viable to keep in operation - in their view.

The testing time required before all those concerned are satisfied it can open will be considerable. This will be particularly true given the procedural changes associated with the stopping in high winds etc that the new sensors suggest.

Re: Fantasy Island (UK) Updates It's generally not a good idea to paint wet/cold things...

Re: Fantasy Island (UK) Updates Bizarre really, as you shouldn't paint things going into winter.

Tiff Needell

Let's be realistic, the park has been dead since the accident. The popularity of the ride itself is going to be staggeringly low. One train would be sufficient initially!