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Day at Dollywood done today. Amazing park with some stellar rides… which leads me to Lightning Rod, our first and last ride of the day. There’s a bizarre sensation a nerd gets, riding this ride, tensing at the base of the first hill ready for a launch sequence complete with surrounding audio…...

Currently on day 4 of my pilgrimage across the East coast of the USA. My top 10 is in ruin. Yesterday we hit Six Flags Over Georgia and Fun Spot, having previously done Epcot & Busch Tampa. Our last ride at BGT was a re-ride of Iron Gwazi, which we also did as our first ride of the day. A...

^ With that said, if you have a window to go, you might as well just grit your teeth and bare it. When I worked at my local park I always told the teachers who were complaining about how busy the park was, that they forgot there's 5 days in a school week. The dip in attendance on a Tuesday and...

Staff rides have been taking place on one of the trains today. A lot of the staff are in plain clothes so I assume they’ve been invited to come in on a day off. A few disgruntled nerds giving the team staffing the ride a slightly hard time as they’re looking on. Tbf my group were in the...

Booked to be going to Thorpe tomorrow. Had it in the calendar since Hyperia’s opening day was announced. Obviously thought I got lucky with the rumours of a Tuesday opening, however I Just had an email from the park which states: Dear Guest, Important update regarding your upcoming visit...

This is exactly how I imagine thoosies who rode it yesterday talking to the guys there today

Conditional, isn't it? I think the 2 longest queues I've ever stood in are Frozen Ever After, and The Swarm. The Swarm was opening year, intermittent hail and brake downs. We had a brolly and I was like 15 at the time. It was only a couple weeks after opening so there was still a lot of hype...

Excellent review Josh. Thank you for taking the time to say all of this, some very informative takeaway points here. It’ll be interesting to see how tomorrow goes. Advertisement has been ramping up significantly across london, this evening alone I saw Hyperia on 3 different banners across the...

Is it really a wooden coaster company if it hasn't worked on Boulder Dash? I swear I've heard at some point, every manufacturer who deals with timber has touched this damn thing now. Curious to hear how it rides, I'll be up in Connecticut in about 6 weeks so it might be worth a swing by to see...

Was really hoping they were aiming for a 4th July opening. I'm visiting on the 3rd. Not holding out for it. But obviously, it'd be nice.

Absolutely love that we're slowly creeping towards a generation of NoLimits & RCT gamers entering (and flooding) the professional side of the industry. It's been bleeding in for a fair few years now, but it's properly on the horizon for the imminent future. Cannot wait for a real life Mr...

Never paid full price for an annual pass (as I guess the rest of the UK lol). 2013, I got one given to me for my birthday (believe my parents used clubcard points for it) 2014, I got gifted a 50% off staff code 2015-2019, I used my own 50% off staff voucher Haven't had one since, always had...

Surprised at the positive reception of the trains. They look like a sad collaboration between JCB and Lamborghini to me, somehow within the theme of an ancient goddess? Yeah nah. Printed bolts on a playmobil looking zero car isn’t doing it for me. Nice colours tho, and the team who produced the...

UK Wise, you'll be hard pressed. I also collect books on theme parks. The first one that really jumped to mind was 'Made by Mack'. Disneyland Paris, from Sketch to Reality is pretty much the ultimate 'coffee table style' theme park book there is imo. Other good ones, which don't carry the same...

Ok so maybe I’ve read this thread too fast but having been an operator there I can explain why Europa has some of the best ops in the world. 1. It’s essentially a showroom for Mack. If the rides don’t run well here, where they’re often prototypes, why would anyone invest in them? They have to...

As much respect and admiration as I have for John, it does seem like he's rather quickly becoming a poster boy for ALL the projects produced by the hundreds of MMM team members. Of course many of us, me included will be looking on with a touch of jealousy for having these opportunities. Let's...

Interesting range of replies here. For me, it's the majority of GCIs. Definitely one of the nerdiest comments I've ever made here, but I've never had a great first ride on a GCI. The rides are so chaotic, it always takes at least a second lap to learn where to tense and lean to make the most out...

Kinda - (I gather) one of the briefing documents was put into the general access on merlins file management so any employee could have a look through it. Looked pretty crap. MMM need to have words with their file controller 🤣 But yes - i think the belief is that Horizon wasn't developed enough...

Yes, it might help avoid any miniscule planning skirmishes. The way they're discussed in architectural circles, NSIPs essentially behave as a fast track for planning. Although local consultancy will still need to take place, they might not carry the same weight in criticising and changing a...

On a single cycle with no LPs, a top spin CAN get over 1000 riders per hour. Typically, however, due to the unforgiving restraint systems and the fact pretty much all the classic top spins run a double cycle, it's more in the region of 400-550.