Benin
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Learnt that trick off Towers.
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Good for them. Though why they're announcing something for NEXT year so far in advance is very Blackpool.
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Hyperia - New for 2024 (Ride thread)
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The quotes were from Abdab of Terror Tomb fame. It made as much sense as most of the posts. But doesn't look like Thorpe are going for the speciality car for Hyperia this season. Otherwise they'd have gone on about it by now.
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On the engineering side it's probably a mixture of factors of having lower staff numbers, poor retention of said staff, high turnover of staff over the last few years (losing the knowledge), ageing ride population and the newer rides are far more complex in their nuances. Engineering as an industry is struggling to fill in the next wave of people. Having a job offering below average wage and out in the sticks isn't particularly enticing for a number of them.
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Keep the building, gut the innards and put something worthwhile in there.
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Ignores also the amount of stuff that's vanished over the years. Even this year we're down 2 rides what with Blade and Clem Fandango leaving. Plus Dungeons being mothballed. Genuinely not enough to do at the park. And without things like Blade there's nothing to do with little one whilst rest of group does Nemesis or whatever else.
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It's weird that these opening day queues are going back to those 90s era lengths. Thirteen's opening day waited 90 minutes with @Mark9. I don't think any major coaster or ride opening since has been that low since. That a Top Spin is getting a peak 140 minute queue is madness.
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It never drains but it pours. Will probably be spending most of next weekend in CBeebies.
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Goudrix has new Vekoma vest restraint trains!
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Just purely on the amount of energy/force required for the short period of acceleration time on Rita/Stealth I dread to think how that would correlate up to the bigger boys. Remember going into the Rita launch room and being surprised at how quick it was, but doing that constantly must wear it out considerably, especially factoring in Ka having more trains. Then again Xcelerator was a bit of a nightmare too. Maybe American engineers are just worse than elsewhere?
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I'd imagine the incidents on Bounce & Treetops also didn't help. Towers just about clung onto its reputation after Smiler, Oakwood having more incidents after Hydro was never going to help.
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https://www.oakwoodthemepark.co.uk/blog/sin-categoria/oakwood-theme-park-to-close/ Closed for good. Had some great night rides on Megaphobia in my early enthusiast years.
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The Future & Consultation Related Stuff
Benin replied to Benin's topic in Chessington World of Adventures
Imagine the OUTRAGE that would've occurred when Beanoland closed for 2 months to start the Wild Asia process. Closing it for 2 years is ridiculous. -
Bringing back THAT pre-show. 😬
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The Future & Consultation Related Stuff
Benin replied to Benin's topic in Chessington World of Adventures
Is Minecraft Land for 2026 or 2027? That will make a massive difference.
