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  1. toofpikk

    How far have you travelled for a theme park or coaster and where is on your"mustdo"?

    Yeah a couple of >2,000 mile road trips around Europe doing theme parks. 2024 saw me do this road trip here which was almost entirely theme parks. From Orlando (4,000 miles) driving up to Connecticut (another 2,350 miles) and then flying back home (3,400 miles) I guess that's just shy of 10,000...
  2. toofpikk

    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    Palace Skateboards, popular streetwear brand is opening their third Korean shop front in Lotte Mall. They will be releasing a line of clothing which features iconography from the Lotte brand, including their signature tri-ferg combined with the park's mascots...
  3. toofpikk

    Why is theme park food so bad?

    I think it's one of the defining factors of a theme park visit from a guests POV. What do you remember about a theme park? You remember the parking, the weather, a few of the stand out rides, how the park is to navigate, and the food. Plopsaland is one of my least favourite parks to visit...
  4. toofpikk

    Kumba at Busch Gardens Tampa closing August 2nd; "Kumba's Revenge" planned

    Your rambling is fantastic and a refreshing perspective for my narrowminded opinions!
  5. toofpikk

    Kumba at Busch Gardens Tampa closing August 2nd; "Kumba's Revenge" planned

    There were rumours like 10 years ago that Kumba was on it's way out. It's been one of those lingering OAPs for a while. I felt lucky to ride it a couple years ago - I guess maybe some people see it as one of those forever attractions because it has been around and been reasonably iconic for so...
  6. toofpikk

    Fast & Furious - Supercharged to close at Universal Orlando

    As someone with a delicate grasp on any of Universal's attraction names and even some of their IPs, this was an incredibly confusing thread title to read.
  7. toofpikk

    Phantasialand Expansion Planning Procedure Commences

    excellent pair of posts in this thread. What a contradiction. Very funny. Thanks as always for the clarity, @CSLKennyNI
  8. toofpikk

    Mandoria | Valtor | Gerstlauer Bobsled (Tiki Waka clone) | 2026

    https://www.linkedin.com/posts/valtor-wystartowa%C5%82-pi%C4%85ty-rollercoaster-w-share-7481259667239682048-UR5-/?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAACazv3ABjq4Q9wE1wk5WDbBIAL4S5nGXXk4 Valtor is now open
  9. toofpikk

    Fun Spot Atlanta closure - ArieForce One Six Flags relocation

    Lightwatervalley purchases and calls it: The Ultimate's Revenge. Get rid of the zero car and replace it with this 1991 British Rail inspired beauty:
  10. toofpikk

    Fun Spot Atlanta closure - ArieForce One Six Flags relocation

    Just down the road from SFOG too. Easy 1-2 day.
  11. toofpikk

    Paultons Park | Serpents Curse | Mack Water Coaster | 2027

    Unlikely. The cost of the wild swing and eurofighter hardware would be 2/3 of that budget alone. Mack's have famously become more expensive in recent years, so I doubt if you combine the cost of the hardware of all the rides it would fit into that number.
  12. toofpikk

    WTF Merlin?

    A lot of these chain companies will work with marketing companies who will do a package for them. Promotional graphics, a collection of different kinds of merch (i.e. shirts, hoodies, mugs, posters etc) and they are ultimately responsible for the content that is contained within these packages...
  13. toofpikk

    Europa Park | Euro-Mir replacement | 2028

    Yeah, was never a fan of Euro-mir. That's not to say it wasn't funny as hell, or had some character. Frankly the best coaster in the park to get a face lift.
  14. toofpikk

    WTF Merlin?

    There were whispers that he took a lot of credit for what was actually an entire teams work, sometimes almost entirely nothing to do with him. Sometimes difficult to work with but generally he was well respected for his ability to give nods to previous attractions and having strong big ideas...
  15. toofpikk

    Energylandia | Unknown | B&M Wing Coaster | 2027

    Fly to Lodz, rent a car, drive to Energylandia & Legendia and visit Mandoria on the way back. If you book far enough ahead you can still get return flights to Lodz for less than £40. Hotels there can be around £25 a night for a pretty decent room. It's still possible to do Poland ridiculously...
  16. toofpikk

    WTF Merlin?

    It's admittedly been a while since I worked as a ride op but I was there from when it used to be a stamp booklet right up until the digital reservation system. My older brother is severely physically disabled. We have benefitted from using the pass and also dealt with the headache of splitting...
  17. toofpikk

    WTF Merlin?

    Worth highlighting that this isn't exclusive to Towers. Sounds like cuts and redundancies have already been actioned in Merlin HQ, and there will likely be more restructuring at the other resort parks and attractions too.
  18. toofpikk

    Dracula Park coming to Romania in 2027

    Big 4 attachment to a project doesn’t necessarily bode well. A lot of the cancelled gulf projects had a big 4 involved. A more notable stamp of hope is the involvement of Chris Lange, the former creative lead from Europa who’s been bouncing from success to success in the industry in recent...
  19. toofpikk

    Parc Asterix | Tonnerre 2 Zeus | Tonnerre de Zeus renovation | 2022

    Yeah I remember being excited to give this one a go a couple of years back after the retrack, just to come off feeling quite beaten up and absolutely deafened by the tunnel. Really funny reading back through the comments before it was open of us being excited for it, just for absolute dead...
  20. toofpikk

    Your 2025 in review

    I'd like to do mine slightly differently to the format that seems to have been adopted by you guys above. I didn't think 2025 would be a particularly big year for me. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't huge by any means, but still, I was expecting to do maybe 4 or 5 parks at most. In fact, in The...
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