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I had thought they were built with some sort of special ceiling so you could look at the sky from your bed. But, no, if you want to go "stargazing" just, er, step outside and stand in a field. Alton, you are spoiling us.

Oh, well. I might put in an offer - you never know!

Looks like Hocus Pocus Hall at Chessington is getting a revamp - they've "put it up for sale" with the "new owner" announced on 17th October.

Well, no. It's cross-shaped, which would suggest large church or cathedral. Also the window of your first picture is clearly different, and your second picture is not a great example of buildings looking alike - it looks alike because it's the same building I posted!

The new building looks more like a Cathedral to me, and the window is almost exactly the same as Kings College Chapel, which is in the grounds of Cambridge University. So probably a similar relation to this new building and Hogwarts.

Presumably Magic Mountain features in a lot of stuff because it's just outside LA! I think it was where Katy Perry filmed a video last year and it's also been in The A-Team, Knight Rider, etc. I remember it best from the title sequence of awful sitcom Step By Step in which Patrick Duffy and the...

Not a great programme, and hard to see who'd be happy with that. The ride itself has got good reviews but I'm still baffled why they went for this theme following the Smiler accident and this documentary came nowhere near to addressing that, or even looking at lessons learnt. The way they went...

The Channel 4 "Hidden Britain" documentary is here, which shows Knightmare rusting away in April this year: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/hidden-britain-by-drone/on-demand/68238-001

I watched the Hidden Britain episode tonight and it was pretty poor. They showed a flashback of Steve Royle performing at the theme park and it was a completely different person! Meanwhile a woman dragged her kid round and moaned she had nowhere to go anymore, and Simon Rigby thought it would...

There did used to be a funfair with traditional rides, such as a carousel and roundabouts so not impossible there was a worm there. They tried to big the place up for a bit. Knowing Wiganers they probably burnt down the scary contraption with it’s strange lights and electrickery.

I find the idea of Love Island at Thorpe Park far more terrifying.

In other news, Hidden Britain by Drone visits Camelot Theme Park on Sunday 5th August at 8pm on Channel 4, and The One Show are also due to have a piece about Camelot in the Autumn.

Moved from the start of the school holidays to the end... maybe it doesn't show the park in a good light?

Yeah, I make a point of going on these every time now. Partly because they're ace, but mainly out of fear the only way of experiencing them the next time I go will be by visiting the gift shop.

Clearly a long time ago as there appear to be actual dinosaurs roaming in the background.

Think it was a victim of all the World Cup rescheduling. I've asked C4 but had no reply, but hopefully it will turn up soon.

. So, basically they went from making bikes to making bikes? Yeah, I can see how that would confuse customers... No idea what IHOP is but sounds like a name that can be easily adapted to anything. But what is "fake rebranding" anyway? Either it's a rebrand or not - does the waiter, after you've...

Er, I guess. But if Kia Motors had developed to make high-quality unicycles, or Dominos Pizza made gourmet burgers you might have better comparisons.

If people went to a SeaWorld and there were no animals people would be baffled and pissed off. If they were to ditch the animals it would have to absolutely be the end of the SeaWorld brand.

Well most of your post seems to be agreeing with me but there's nowt wrong with Six Flags. It's just not SeaWorld - if SeaWorld want to survive they can't just be a park full of sea-themed rides, they need the animals too. If an all-ride park is the direction they go in it becomes a completely...