witchfinder
Giga Poster
Both the UK's big new coasters are up and running now, with reviews generally positive for both. This question isn't about which one is best (it's Icon, obviously ) but how significant or important they will be for the UK theme park and coaster scene.
So what do you think? Will the UK's first woodie for over 20 years give other parks the confidence to invest in wood? Will the smooth, reridable nature of Icon make the general public realise that not every coaster has to be the biggest/fastest/most loopiest? Or will it not make a jot of difference because nobody other than Merlin has any money to invest in a decent modern coaster?
Personally I'd love to think that other UK parks are already looking at new coaster models from Gravity Group and Vekoma and we might get a flury of exciting creds over the next few years, but then reality sets in and I think that other than maybe another GCI at Thorpe Park, it's probably not going to shake things up very much.
So what do you think? Will the UK's first woodie for over 20 years give other parks the confidence to invest in wood? Will the smooth, reridable nature of Icon make the general public realise that not every coaster has to be the biggest/fastest/most loopiest? Or will it not make a jot of difference because nobody other than Merlin has any money to invest in a decent modern coaster?
Personally I'd love to think that other UK parks are already looking at new coaster models from Gravity Group and Vekoma and we might get a flury of exciting creds over the next few years, but then reality sets in and I think that other than maybe another GCI at Thorpe Park, it's probably not going to shake things up very much.