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I actually have an update to mine for once. 10 - Shambhalalalalala Floaty airtime goodness. Though the clamshell restraints weren't as forgiving last time I rode it. 9 - The Beast Love it. And at night it's REALLY special. 8 - Revenge of the Mummy (Orlando) Couldn't get enough of it. Just fun ride and fantastic themeing. 7 - Blue Fire I still enjoy Blue Fire even if it has dropped down the list over the years. I could ride it all day and is certainly a landmark for when Mack changed their game. 6 - Katun The first drop is old school B&M perfection. And one of the few "big" inverts that I really enjoyed. 5 - Oz'Iris Hopefully back on it next year, but the layout and themeing on it is top tier. Will it be ousted by Toutatis? 4 - Helix Mack struck green gold. The hillside location is used to tremendous effect, with the iconic music and Jubilee Line station adding to it. Another night time ride classic. 3 - Nemesis (Reborn) She's dropped down again! The sacrilege. However still one of the best designed coasters in the world. Was running like an absolute monster this Scarefest too. Plus the child is also obsessed with the ride so win-win. 2 - Untamed My intro to RMC (and still the only one I've ridden). There are certain rides where you only need one turn to fall in love and this is one of them. Airtime aplenty and was once my number 1, but a bigger love appeared this year... 1 - Voltron Blue Fire walked so Voltron could run. This is the most obscene bit of kit Mack have ever produced and whilst it might not be a "ride all day" coaster it is by far the most action packed and intense coaster I've experienced. It has inversions, airtime and random Mack nonsense all in one tidy package. I can understand why it would be too much for some riders but for me it is pretty much the perfect ride. And I can see it in my top spot for a long, long time.

Movieland Italy is a fantastic park purely due to its bizarre Mafia led nature.

I went to Europa Park and Towers 3 times. Prime enthusiast. Voltron was at least worth the effort. As was getting a rollback on it.

Would also be worth noting that Megaphobia is designed to suit the terrain it sits upon. That in of itself would cause a headache and require a mass recalculation and redesign of the supporting structure to suit a new position. They'd be 100% better off building and designing something dedicated for the park. As long as they remember to build a complete layout this time.

Closed season has been what, a couple of days off of Towers and already we've seen the wildest suggestion that will not happen at all. Next year is gonna be a lot of expectation for what's next. But given Merlin's situation at the moment I'm not sure what can be expected.

Towers is the same. The state of the entrance plaza at around 10am isn't the best first impression. Especially when most guests have either queued 30 mins for Monorail or walked.

Barely much left from those days. No chill ride on the waterboat from the farm. No CCR or Loggers Leap. Spent many a time on the crazy golf or in model world. Good old nostalgia eh?

Hyperia opened 2 months after park opening. Then broke for what, another 2 months (certainly felt like that long) after a day? Plus cost of living crisis etc. And no doubt the changes to RAP made many not bother.

Mean that's probably also tied into the weekends traditionally being busier. Do think its a combination of the wider increase of diagnosis, the "Free Fastrack" mentality it has about the scheme, and British people just being awful. Apart from Disney, I don't really know of any other parks that have that level of problem aside from their busiest days (Efteling at Christmas had a few RAP queues on the bigger rides).

You're forgetting that the main draw of the park are the shows. So it's not just a old-timey museum like Beamish. If the quality is like the French park (check out their latest walk through attraction) then it would be a very good option in our rather bleak industry. I think the company have done events up in Durham so they'll know the appetite is there. Shame they're a bit dodgy morals wise.

It was very busy on Saturday. Though I'd spent the entire morning in CBeebies Land so avoided most of it. Not helped by Air and Oblivion being on one station ops. Wickerman batching was non-existent and exacerbated the poorly designed pre-show and station. There's not enough support rides to spread people out. Downtime didn't seem to be as bad for extended periods though but still. Genuinely feel that we only visit because we get RAP, little one loves CBeebies Land and aren't immensely bothered about going on stuff in Dark Forest and X-Sector.

To translate, would appear Merlin are outsourcing some more parts of the park operations, such as cleaning. Given how crap Aramark are (Towers specific in my recent visits) this could be a concern of a continuing downward trend.

Think longest I saw on the app for a maze was 15 minutes. The time slots aren't as strict this year (1-5 or 5-9 being the options), but I wonder if the cost is an issue. Especially when you only get 3 mazes for it. Park is still struggling on other fronts (lack of support rides, some diabolical food options and weird ops) looks like Scarefest could be a success.

Nemesis at night is still the best reason to do Scarefest.

Since I don’t do mazes I rely on the resident expert at home for those. Liseberg's was good. Walibi Holland mazes were a bit meh. Toverland was ok. Best part of Walibi Belgium was the Zombie Bar on the lake but no idea if they do that anymore. General atmospheres are good though. Probably would need a fastpass equivalent though if available since you know, QUEUES.