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Just to warn you today Matt, it’s the National Day of Catalunya, which is a bank holiday in the region, if you wanted to get an express pass, today might be the day to do it. Baco is an interesting one, avoid the outer seats on the back row at all costs unless you truly want to see why people...

I think the last thing a place that has already gotten a bad rep for a water ride should do is buy one from Intamin.

I’m in resort this week too! The park seems both busier and suffering more closures today. I’d be interested what you think of some of their ride operations, they can be a bit abysmal, especially Furious Bacon.

To be honest, the new Nemesis theming they have added makes the area look like X sector 2, so it wouldn’t surprise me if it were for the top spin.

An interesting move to go for the live action Lion King, rather than the beloved animated film. I get that they’re pushing the live action with an unnecessary prequel, but mehh. Certainly the most exciting stuff to come out of Disney in a very long time, and it’s nice to see they are finally...

They also have over the shoulder lap bars instead, which are much better!

While not a specific “Theme Park”, the south west has the Eden Project, which is arguably a sizeable attraction that fits into the same “day out attraction” bracket that theme parks do.

Ah I wasn’t aware, I’m basing this all off of just watching the POVs and what people have said. How have SFFT been upgrading WW do you know?

Part of me hopes they go back to manufacturing the track like the did with the first couple. WW and Railblazer both seem to be pretty smooth, but the newer ones all seem to hit each track joint. Does anyone know why they changed this?

Almost unbelievably so.. how on earth does it reach speeds of 85mph? It’s shorter than Hyperia, which has a vertical drop, yet somehow faster by 5mph. Something tells me Kennywood have rounded up.

I feel like Ring Racer shouldn’t even be considered as an operational rollercoaster considering it opened for 4 days. 😂

I think the easy answer to this that everything is much more expensive. Land, Steel, Timber, labour, you name it, it’s more expensive. Late stage capitalism has also made company’s lazy. They want more profit from less resources, more shareholders to appease. So why invest in a giant coaster...

Ugh so the longest I’ve ever queued was back in 2004/5ish for Kingda Ka. Joined the queue at park opening, queued for about 1 hour. I got to the airgates, next people to ride, great! Ride breaks down, not great. They had no idea how long it would be.. but we’re right there, might as well wait...

I think the problem with the queueline is there is too much gold. Black and gold go well together, but the gold needs to be subtle, or at least subtler than the queueline. I don’t think it helps that the floor is also gold looking, a darker texture for the path could have helped. I’m also...

Intamin have had an atrocious track record when it comes to their water rides, so many of them have had to be removed within a few years, or have a huge amount of downtime, or killed someone. I can’t see them having any less issues even with Intamin’s own boats, this would all have had to...

Sigh, you’ve really got to hand it to Merlin. On the one hand you have Thirteen, ghost train and Walking dead.. some very mediocre family coasters/VR experience advertised as beyond terrifying experiences… and then on the other they have a coaster that could be genuinely terrifying and they want...

Is it airtime, or is it just a change in gradient like Wicker Mans lift?

Even with a continuously moving station, Crush’s Coaster has a poor throughput. There is no 4 seater train that can have a good throughput even if you add 20 blocks.

Is that not exactly what the previous social media post is talking about? The posts on Instagram showing the girl.. the creation of the narrative.. it’s all going to be for the advert right?

I visited a few weeks ago, rode Nemesis a bunch of times. I didn’t really notice any big shaking in any of my seats. I rode front row, middle, and a few times near the back. I did notice that the jolt in the final tunnel after the 2nd corkscrew has been smoothed though, that was the only actual...