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Oh god it was ****

You also get me following you around with a look of disappointment and disdain. Enjoy your day!

No one posted any of our updates here? Wow, I am disappointed guys. I am tired so can't be bothered uploading them here now, but a couple of quick words from me: -The queue is very nicely themed. -The ride has theming and effects dotted throughout. It varies between real effects, screens, lighting, smoke, etc -There is a post show, but it's rather lacking in my eyes - it's basically just a loud noise. -It shouldn't be forgotten that this is just X with a new theme. Don't go in there expecting some super scary thing. It is still a low-thrill ride with scary theming around it. And that's fine, so long as that's what you expect. For anyone who's done them, I'd say this ride takes leaves out of the books of Platform 13 at Walibi Holland and Van Helsing's Factory at Movie Park Germany. Think of X merged together with those two rides and you've got a good idea of what the experience is like.

The battery packs are on one of the trains, lighting up the more noise / vibrations there are!

Well, good job I was sitting down when I read that! Shock.

viner Daz Black's opinion on the ride (via his instagram story): "So we just got out of Thorpe Park. We did the new Walking Dead ride. Do not bother. Honestly it is the worst **** I have ever seen and we got soaked, we were in the queue for so long-" (video cuts) "And the old ride there, No Way Out, they just stuck a few zombies on the walls and it was over in like two seconds and it was the ****test ride I've ever done" BIG MOOD have basically no expectations for this ride. Ruined X totally.

Day 2 It's been so long since I've had a truly relaxing park trip and coupled with the fact I think my Australasia trip may have given me chronic fatigue, I was so happy to be able to get a good nights sleep in, staying on site and sleeping late is the way forward guys. Today started with a trip to Ferrari Land, the new park/land located next to the current park but accessed through a different gate, which means if you aren't staying on site, you have to pay 16 Euros or something for entry. I've paid more for less so I wouldn't have a problem if I had to pay but I can totally see the argument against it being a separate entrance fee. As we were powering through the turnstiles, dodging the unwashed masses, a member of staff asked if we had time to answer a few questions. Well we are only 3 feet into the park and haven't experienced Ferrari Land yet, so no. I wish they were still there as we left though, because my thoughts on the park weren't fantastic, oh well I can just moan on here... Red Force We headed straight to Red Force, a coaster I've made fun of multiple times, did it deserve it? Sort of. There's no denying that much like myself it's an ugly bastard. The supports holding up the top hat are so messy and extend way too far back from the coaster for my liking. Then there's the track, I don't like that new style of Intamin track as is, but coupled with that set up it just looks so off. I won't mention the stupid logos stuck on at 3 strange angles, oh wait, I did. As for the coaster itself though, it's fine, that's pretty much the best way to review it. It's pretty much Stealth with a better ending and trains. The LIM launch we all moaned about is more than capable but it's nothing outstanding, then the rest is pretty much bog standard Intamin accelerator coaster. I'd rate it exactly how I rate Stealth, "meh, it's alright". The pop of air into the end brakes is by far the best bit of the ride and it even managed to injure my friend's balls during that part, so that's a bonus. After 2 laps of Red Force, we'd seen enough and I was happy to leave, but my friend insisted we tested out the other Ferrari Land attractions, in hindsight he probably deserves another shot to the balls by Red Force for this. Flying Dreams After no less than 3 insanely pretentious (like me?) preshows you board a flying theatre, in which you travel the World to watch Ferrari's p**sing about.. The thing hardly moves, the screen was blurry, you could see the warehouse roof, was s**t. Racing Legends After the same awful pretentious preshow, followed by 2 new ones, you sit in a simulator with 6 other Spanish people, then you jiggle infront of a screen, pretending you are racing on lots of different tracks of the World, meh. A quick review of Ferrari Land then, if you are into Ferrari stuff and you're willing to look past the lack of things to do, the fact Ferrari is Italian, the slightly cheap feel of some bits and the additional entrance cost, then I reckon you could have a pretty fun time. If you aren't really into Ferrari, the park is currently ride Red Force twice (to be sure), then go back into the main park and be left dry by Shambhala. After we left the living Ferrari advert, we popped back into the main park to redo the coasters before heading off for an evening at Tibidabo. To prove everyone wrong and because we were hungry, we decided to try out the pizza place next to Baco. Fantastically friendly staff, a lovely pizza, an interior I felt too poor to experience, a man playing Kpop on his phone and a very reasonable bill was what we were greeted with. Awful food you say, nah mate... We rode the train from Baco land to China, rode the lacklustre B&M collection, rode Diablo on route to the woodies, where we were as yet unbeaten in a race. Tibidabo - https://rcdb.com/5114.htm It began raining heavily as we left PA for Tibidabo, which made for a tense drive, would we be spited again? Luckily we weren't and thank God because this park is fantastic! This charming little park is located on top of the highest mountain in the region and provides breathtaking views of Barcelona. Muntanya Russa - https://rcdb.com/3596.htm This terrain based Vekoma is such a joy to ride and really reminded me of a smaller Lisebergbanan. A gorgeous first drop with outstanding views, followed by many twists and turns and a hilariously useless airtime hill. I really fell quite hard for this little coaster. Virtual Express - https://rcdb.com/1831.htm The park's Zamperla powered coaster was a bit crap. The best part of the ride was that we managed to ride it without wearing the VR, take that RCDB! After many laps of Muntanya, we attempted to travel from the "lower level" of the park to the "viewing platform" of the park, where some of the older weirder rides call home. After many failed attempts to call a lift, we settled on climbing the many stairs to reach the elusive viewing platform. It was certainly worth the effort however because some of the rides up here will stay with me forever for just how crazy they were. Avio (AKA Plane On A Stick) A plane on a stick, that's been operating since 1928, not much more I can say, it's so weird but I love it. L'Embruixabruixes A suspended 8 seater monorail that opened in 1915. This thing was incredible! One second you're outside, hoping it doesn't collapse and drop you off the mountain and next second you're travelling through projection mapped dark ride sections. It's so crazy and no word of a lie the ending will change you forever, I'm still haunted by it. Talaia (AKA Bucket On A Stick) So the amazing views of Barcelona from the viewing platform aren't enough for you? Well then, climb into an almost 100 year old bucket attached to an almost 100 year old stick, with nothing holding you in and nothing stopping it from swaying. Easily one of the coolest, yet scariest rides I've ridden in years, highly recommend. We ran from Bucket On A Stick, down the many stairs (I only almost died twice), to get one more lap of Muntanya. With the sun going down and the city lighting up, that first drop was bliss. Tibidabo is lovely. A beautiful little park with a solid coaster, fascinating history, killer views and mass amounts of character, I've no idea how many of the people who make the PA pilgrimage yearly visit this place but I really hope it's most. Thanks to the sat nav being crap we ended up arriving back at PA and our hotel at gone 11pm but that didn't bother us too much. The feeling of already being checked into a hotel, so you can just get back and crash is underrated. Thanks for reading.

I think it looks perfect next to Storm Surge.. Ugly.

Dragon Khan is considerably longer than Furius Baco meaning the pain lasts for longer. Also, placing your head in the the right position for Furius Baco reduces the majority of the pain, while wherever you place your head on Dragon Khan, you get a very rough, uncomfortable ride. Furthermore, Dragon Khan lacks the theming that Furius Baco has, which makes you get less distracted and feel the pain more.

If all goes to plan we shall be posting live updates of the ride tonight! Enjoy xxx

I imagine one of the reasons for getting an actor to play the demon as opposed to an animatronic is cost. A full animatronic would require a lot of money being spent to look realistic, hiding mechanical components, etc, as well as making sure it's kept working. Hiring an actor means you just need to pay for a good costume (which is comparatively cheaper) and staff, and you get life like movements and no mechanics to hide. I'd imagine in the long term an animatronic would be cheaper, but what's more appealing - a large sum up front for something that will last for 10 years, or chunks of money each year for a few years, after which you can re-evaluate and change the scenes?

https://www.kentlive.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/9-amazing-new-rides-coming-1396335 just going to plonk this here

Maybe things have changed this year, I love PA but their operations on every visit of mine are easily the worse of any park I’ve been too - certainly no efforts to fill seats / quick dispatches so hopefully they’ve realised for a park of their popularity they really needed better operations.