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  1. Smithy

    Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s wooden coasters: what would you do with them?

    Get rid of PMBO and you may as well get rid of the Tower too, it's as much a part of the skyline of the town.
  2. Smithy

    Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s wooden coasters: what would you do with them?

    Was going to just post a link to FIRESTARTER but actually thinking about it, I quite like the Streak and think Big Dipper is unique enough to warrant keeping (even though it needs an awful lot of work). Streak and the kiddy one - keep as they are. Big Dipper - Retrack, sort out some of the...
  3. Smithy

    What UK Parks are "Worth It?"

    Somewhat agree with what you've already said - the three absolute must-dos are Alton, Thorpe and Blackpool, and in reality you'd probably want a full day at each. I absolutely would not go out of your way to Oakwood, it's a ballache to get to. You could probably tick off Legoland and...
  4. Smithy

    Roller Coaster TV Programs and Other Related Videos

    No idea if it's new but channel five showing a behind the scenes at Legoland Windsor right now.
  5. Smithy

    Where is the dry water ride category headed in the near future?

    Whatever gets you off @gavin, each to their own.
  6. Smithy

    Kent, England | The London Resort | Entertainment Complex

    £70 million spent on a park where they don't even own the land it's to be built on yet? This is the greatest money laundering scheme in many years.
  7. Smithy

    Kent, England | The London Resort | Entertainment Complex

    Matt in all seriousness you want to drop a link to this thread to the guys pushing this park because there's obviously a pretty mint to be made from hyping it up and I don't think I've seen anyone in the media market it nearly as often as you have done.
  8. Smithy

    Kent, England | The London Resort | Entertainment Complex

    Bless your enthusiasm.
  9. Smithy

    Phantasialand | F. L. Y. | Vekoma Launched Flying Coaster | 2020

    Can we go back to balloon puns?
  10. Smithy

    Coronavirus: Impact on Theme Parks

    They can keep her. Ffs I'd already committed to never flying with that **** airline again but that's sealed it.
  11. Smithy

    Coronavirus: Impact on Theme Parks

    Bit mad that one - the Balearics and Canaries are doing fine, it's just the big spike in Catalonia that's caused it. And if we're being pedantic, the rate in Spain is still less than in the UK so you're still more likely to catch it here. But yeah, bit of a kick in the teeth that.
  12. Smithy

    Kent, England | The London Resort | Entertainment Complex

    Go for it - I'd be surprised if the majority aren't pre-vetted questions and self-submissions to allow them to create the illusion of wide interest - but you may get through.
  13. Smithy

    Kent, England | The London Resort | Entertainment Complex

    That's the equivalent of me amending the number of lottery wins I'm going to have this year down from 6 to 4. Spoiler: I don't buy lottery tickets.
  14. Smithy

    Coronavirus: Impact on Theme Parks

    I think it's too soon to say hold off just yet - although the cases are climbing they're all in little clusters that can be contained and likely will reflect what happens in the UK in the coming weeks.
  15. Smithy

    Phantasialand | F. L. Y. | Vekoma Launched Flying Coaster | 2020

    I'd seen a report they were trying to install this new bit of theming in a novel way but just ruled it out as a load of hot air.
  16. Smithy

    What's the roughest coaster in the UK and why?

    Loathe to chuck a Wild Mouse in here as they're inherently rough on purpose but **** me, that one at LWV that's killed a few people was horrific too.
  17. Smithy

    What's the roughest coaster in the UK and why?

    Easily The Ultimate for me - whilst the National is rough, it's re-rideable at least. I can give it a few spins on a visit and from my visit last year, Big Dipper was actually rougher and more painful. The Ultimate was just painful and I wouldn't ride it more than once in a visit, nor do I...
  18. Smithy

    Incident at Thorpe Park

    Agree with that entirely - it's a situation most involved will likely never have had to deal with or respond to and by early accounts they've handled it well. For me, the wider issue has to be not around how he got a knife inside, but actually why he did so. That's a societal question not...
  19. Smithy

    Coronavirus: Impact on Theme Parks

    I've been following the situation in Spain quite closely and by all accounts they seem to have really knuckled down and dealt well with it. That's not to say it was perfect because it wasn't, but by and large they locked down quite quickly, and extremely strictly, and yet it was adhered to...
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