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For those of you following along at home, I promised photos: https://mouseat.co.uk/albums/august-2021-southport-and-north-wales/

Done. Creepy Caves tickets are booked. We can settle the bill on the day.

I'm probably game for booking the creepy caves at Chessington, but because they run with group sizes of 2-6, the stupid online booking system will only let you book tickets for 2 or more people at once. If somebody wants to double up on a two person ticket, just let me know. I'm quite happy to...

Well, that was another fab weekend away. Mat has covered the parks and highlights really well, to the point where I don't have much more to add. Suffice to say it's been a weekend with the usual sorts of highlights; Loads of awesome people, a bunch of crappy parks, a few extra creds, a whole...

From their point of view, there's no balls-up. It's got the iconic look, and it's got its marketable gimmick, and that's all they seem to be interested in. Ride experience and practicality just aren't big considerations for them. Hell, it's the first new coaster at Chessington for 18 years, and...

Oh, FFS, here we go again. Another year, another Merlin gimmick. Just cut the crap, and build something vaguely worthwhile for once. Sure, I'll probably visit with some CFers at some point for a good day out and a +1, but announcements like this just annoy the hell out of me, and make me itch...

The first official CF Live in almost two years? I'll be making the trip down for Thorpe and Chessington. Now, I just need to sort out some annual leave for the Monday, so that I can at least get some sleep on the Sunday night.

I find the secret is usually to check the park's web site ahead of time. Often, the published address of the park is wherever the offices are, which doesn't always match where the general public should enter. Often, if this is the case, they'll post an actual SatNav address or postcode on the...

Whenever a trip consists of a major park day, an overnight stay, and some miscellaneous mop-up afterwards, it’s difficult to know exactly how things are going to pan out on day two. Is everyone just going to want to cred run and move on, or are people going to be looking to check out a load of...

It can do. If the track work was good to begin with, it's not going to affect the speed much, if at all, but if the trackwork was a bit dodgy, resulting in high friction and excessive drag on the train, then fixing the track can prevent the train from being slowed down as much.

“Go to Skegness”, we all thought. “Get some new creds”, we all thought. “It’ll be burdenous”, we all thought. We were mostly wrong on that last one. Mostly. Sue was there, after all :p (We all love you really, Sue!) We were converging on Ingoldmells from a variety of directions, with many of...

That's the one that immediately came to mind for me. The difference between opening year and how it was running in late 2019 was just night and day. I think somebody (Jared, perhaps?) mentioned it was at least partly down to a change in wheels, which certainly sounds plausible.

I suppose that's possible. I probably think of it along those lines already. Many of us dismiss is as a major investment, because it brought no value to us as visitors to Thorpe. I don't look at Thorpe as a park that's developing; I look at the park as the place that is closing attractions...

Until this year, I hadn't been to Thorpe since it opened, so I'd never had the opportunity to ride it, and hadn't really had any desire to go to Thorpe in order to ride it. I did write some thoughts during my trip report from earlier this year, which I think still sums it up quite nicely. In...

There are some interesting points raised in this thread, and it's certainly had my brain working overtime for the last hour or so, trying to deconstruct some of them. First up, I've found many of the more immersive attractions that I've done to be an amazing experience, although as someone who...

Well, that's Denmark making its way rapidly up the bucket list for the next couple of years. I've been wanting to go back for a while, and this definitely justifies a visit. That layout looks like it'll be a lot of fun.

Photos from the trip have been on Facebook for a few days, but for those of you who haven't seen them yet, you can also find them at https://mouseat.co.uk/albums/may-2021-thorpe-park-and-paultons-park/

The problem is, there's now a big gap between the thrill tier of The Ultimate, and what the park decided to retain prior to the sale. They've not been a proper thrill park in a very long time, but were doing OK in the "something for all the family" market until last year. If they're looking to...

I think this has been the case for a while. The park has generally been profitable, just not profitable enough for any of the previous owners to take the plunge and invest to keep it that way. Here's hoping they do something worthwhile with the place. Given that the park has already got rid of...

I'm fully dosed with AstraZeneca at this point. The first round was followed by some minor aches in my arm for a couple of days. The second dose was a little more annoying, as in addition to the returning ache in the arm, I had a load of other muscle aches and tension to contend with for around...