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Probably also helped with the general "thrill park" image, but it's hard to argue that the thrill line up at Thorpe is a problem... It's just everything else that is

Black Friday sales prices. TBF that VIP package seems like a steal of a deal.

Cool evac.

Shall we call it Colossus? The real question is will I fit?

Where it's coming from is my time working there, more specifically my final season in 2018. I'll explain with a true story: Imagine working with people who are expected to be "friendly and nice" towards guests, so they do so on that end...but behind the scenes, some simply don't care about you or your mental health issues...while one in particular thinks it's funny to screw you over and quite honestly just mentally destroy you. And now imagine you're explaining your situation to others in hopes of them understanding how it's making you feel, and they reply with "Oh 'this person'? She's lovely! She's very caring and I'm sure she didn't mean it etc.". And what's more is that even after I left (and seemingly escaped), I was made aware of a bullying incident where a lot of staff from my area were generally being really horrible about others, especially the kind-hearted ones. And surprisingly, these also included people I'd previously thought were really nice! It's not nice when you're the only one who knows the truth about someone through experience and everyone else thinks differently, it's selfish. And that's why I'm writing this post, not to be controversial, but simply to point out that following a lot of trauma I was put through, the last thing I need to hear is of the same select people who made my last season there miserable getting recognised for being something they're not.

They have one of those, too!

Are they?

Well brace yourself here is my enthusiast level park count: Thorpe Park x3 Alton towers x1 Asterix Park x1 (review still in progress...) Disneyland Paris x1 (3 days and both parks though...) Tulleys (if it counts) x1 Next year I hope to add Europa Park or another European park to that list. Can't wait to go back to Asterix when their new ride opens Florida is still the plan in a few years.

Been a brilliant year for me park-wise. Plenty of new parks and only one familiar (yet brilliant) one. And the best thing? Not a M£rlin park in sight. Blackpool Pleasure Beach: x1 Kolmarden: x1 Liseberg: x4 Efteling: x2 Phantasialand: x2 Toverland x1 Highlight for me this year was undoubtedly Efteling as not only was it my first solo trip abroad (which, for one thing, gave me plenty of me-time after an awful week) but it was a weekend shared with the amazing Planet Coaster community which not only made my first couple of times at Efteling really memorable, but also finally turned tables on my mental health for the better. While it doesn't quite have the same lineup Liseberg offers, it's still a beautifully themed and kept park with some incredible dark rides.

Anyone else getting withdrawal symptoms or is it just me? It isn't even so much the roller coasters and rides I miss as a whole; but the theme tune as you arrive and walk down the bridge, the iconic themed music to each ride, the scenery around the park, I don't know what it is but I visited a fair amount of times last season, 3 or 4 times over Halloween and loved it each and every time. I need an adrenaline fix asap. #2020.

It's closed season. They're bored in the office. And so it begins again. How low will they go this year...