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If this map is accurate, it really hammers home how needlessly isolated from the rest of the park Swarm is. The distance between paths on the Stealth and Swarm side of the lake is barely longer than the footprint of Flying Fish, and probably shorter than the queue lines of either ride. Would it...

Seeing as today is March 3rd, I guess we can unstick an Other Ride Construction thread right on time for once, then!

I just had a shower thought: The name "Splash Mountain" was always disconnected from the theme of this ride, and it has become a very iconic name. I think it will return some day. They're giving it a new name for now, to underscore how the ride has been refurbished, but I would not be surprised...

Adding to this, they need to renew the big things eventually too. What was built in the nineties as a huge headliner attraction will, over time, turn into an old clunker with ever-greater maintenance needs, while also becoming "old news" in the eyes of the public. They can't rely on an...

Thermal expansion in a fire can be nasty for a steel structure, even if it is left standing afterwards. At certain temperatures the steel may even undergo some chemical/structural changes on the material level, which makes it really uncertain whether it retains its intended strength. I doubt the...

Like @Trax, I suspect welding. Not necessarily metal welding, although it could be. But a waterpark also contains all sorts of waterproofing; plastic and fibreglass and sometimes asphalt membranes, that all need to be welded together to form continuous seals. Some of those welds are chemical...

For data gathering purposes, December-me would be very grateful if you gave us a summary in text form too.

A bit too late, as I did the tally earlier today, but fortunately that's of no consequence since we only count the top 10. I sometimes get a little curious how it would impact the rankings if we took the occasional top 15 or top 20s into account, but it'd be a pain and a half to work with the...

In our first annual ranking of CoasterForce's favourite coasters in 2018, it was #2. It has since been on a downward trend: #4 (2019), #3 (2020), #3 (2021), #10 (2022). Who knows where it will be this year? Speaking of which ... I guess I finally have time to make that compilation today. EDIT...

Of course! It's just that I need to find time for it. I'm sort of in the middle of a moving process, but I hope to manage to squeeze it in before the holidays.

How the heck does Maurer manage to keep selling more of these?

Hmm ... I'm not entirely sure there's enough of a market for another park this size in Norway, but it could potentially give some competition to Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park (while rarely mentioned by coaster enthusiasts, it is by far the largest amusement park in Norway) and the rather...

Ahh, the fascinating Main Street of Thorpe Park. The one that connects the middle of the park to the far back of the park, without any logical path to get to the entrance or to half the attractions in the park. Quite easy to get to the back of a water slide, though.

I'd say failure to be a net asset to the park, in costing more to operate than it brings in as revenue. Any cursory glance at the stats tells you that this thing will cost an absolute fortune to operate. Miles of track to inspect, six trains to maintain, three LSM launches, custom running...

Isn't that period of August the back-to-school season? Makes sense to keep the park shut on weekdays then. Likewise, May is exam season.

The fact that they all broke down and needed to be closed for a season for extensive retracking after only 15 years, partially explains why they stopped building them. I wonder how early these issues made themselves apparent. The P'n'P woodies had a strong streak for a while, and then suddenly...

Fortunately, we're sometimes very slow to catch stuff like that.

Looks slow.

I'd like to see another park challenging them on that!

Early May to late August here. Subtract a month at both ends for water coasters. By the way, I have absolutely no concept of what dates Memorial Day or Labor Day fall on. Might as well tell y'all that Tusenfryd is open approximately between Gauksmesse and Lukas Våtmann.