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Wardley was a different breed. He had the air of a TV presenter, he could be stood talking about a Volaire and he'd make it sound interesting.

RIP The Big One.... you're redundant now

Weird to think that Thorpe is the first park in the UK to have 2 coasters over 200ft and the second in Europe. I suppose Red Force/Shambhala, but technically separate parks.

Just another opening weekend at BPB then? 😂

Taron... it simply cannot be judged on a day ride alone. I suppose you could go for a technical loophole and make your first ride(s) the night rides, but then there's still a lot to appreciate about it, and Klugheim, in the day (preferably a nice autumn day).

Another new 'World First' ride concept from Merlin

RMC it. It's not historic or interesting enough to preserve in it's current form. Another very local RMC for us Brits, and it would still only be the 4th here in Europe. I'd take that all day long.

Best part of the new 'theme' I've seen. Looks excellent!

Tough question really - I think by definition, we tend to know why we love certain rides... even if the reasons aren't clear cut to other people. For example, we might like a really terrible ride for nostalgic purposes. Or perhaps we prefer a universally ridiculed ride over a world class ride...

I know we're a bit off topic here (this really belong in the WTF or Yay Merlin threads) but it's all a domino effect. It's not just the early closes with AT. It's an arse to get to for a lot of us, then on top of that, ride availability is fairly tragic. So, it makes the 4pm close a lot more...

South Park got it right 20 years ago

I'm not sure how fast people expect this to be going considering these are early test runs in one of the coldest months of the year. I don't think there's going to be much difference to speed once this has worn in a little and the weather picks up.

More trimming than a barbers here. Don't get me wrong, this should still be a good ride regardless. I just find it peculiar when people are asserting it's already the best UK coaster and probably one of Europe's best too. Talk about jumping the gun 😂 Anyway, I'm looking forward to the...

To be fair to Icon, it was never going to grab attention from abroad. Look at what opened elsewhere in 2018. Even within the UK, Icon had to wrestle with the Merlin marketing machine thanks to the Wicker Man. Is Hyperia getting loads of foreign attention? I couldn't say, I haven't looked at it...

Apparently they're moving it over to Captain Tom's daughter's house. New for 2024!

Does everything have to be black though? Perhaps I'm being picky... but it's the same at Pleasure Beach. They add a bit of grey and then decide that everything should now be grey. Perhaps they have too many tins of paint left over or something? I'd have liked some additional foot choppers, a...

The aerial view really does emphasise the scale of this ride. It'll be great to see another fly-over when the lift hill and first drop go up.

It's crazy how much traction this news has gained. Most of my family have been discussing it. They are so far removed from 99.9% of any other theme park related news and rumours. It's now plastered all over mainstream social media pages. There's no way Universal would need to worry too much...

Can't wait for the moment that we find out the Ropers moved into the local area from Staffordshire.

This is gonna look so much better. Glad Thorpe are bringing back some of that much needed vibrancy, especially coupled with the light colours of Hyperia. The skyline is going to be a little brighter, at last! I hope they stop slapping that bloody logo right in the middle of their photos though.