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Merlin weren't involved in the Bubbles retheme... We can blame them for a lot, but nothing prior to 2007 please...

With the late approval of the plans, Ghost is never going to be ready for 2016... I'd be extremely surprised if it did open...

Isn't it up for sale because the company were in administration? Like, place owned by administrators put up for sale isn't news...

That's gonna make things burdenous if closed for the cred construction...

From what I judged it's comparing original artwork to new look stuff... Also two coasters in that mess is utterly amazing... And required for the younger visitors tbh... Great work from the park to bring such an addition...

^Sounds like Thirteen's opening day to me... Who knows, maybe this will have the same situation where after a few years it'll be a midcard attraction... Hopefully that rather than end up being closed due to cuts...

At least JoshC got my humour...

Has Nick Thompson said what's happening to BPB?

Opens 1st July next year if anyone is planning a visit...

No, it'll be a simulator AND a mirror maze... A lot of negativity stems from Merlins record I say, plus the whole raised expectations of this being the "future of theme park rides"... I doubt you'd get that for £30/35 million...

Plopsa, having already got Anubis - the ride and the even better named Supersplash really know how to sell their IPs...

Also shipping costs need to be considered and will raise the price of any UK based B&M (and other manufacturers)...

A stabbing in London? Now there's something rare... One incident does not a terrorist attack make, just because the person was shouting "For Syria"... Allows for a lot of leaping and "Told you sos" by various groups... I'm probably just completely non-plussed by a stabbing is all... Too much Croydon Guardian when growing up...

Then again, you always get dumb people sharing THOSE videos which are like "THIS RIDE IS INSANE" and it ends up being bloody Talocan...

Merlin attempt a viral video... Fail... Seriously, did they really think any London commuter (especially on the Tube) would take notice of some weird thing? Let only in a badly done video... Sigh...

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Big old bump since their 2016 coaster is causing a bit of a stir (mostly as NOBODY KNOWS A THING)... They've teased a few images via Snapchat: Now, whilst a lot of people assumed that as a result of Mack testing a Spinning car on Blue Fire, it was going to move onto this... HOWEVER, the spinning coaster in China has one catwalk, whilst this has TWO, with that first drop looking suspiciously like a Dive Loop of some form... Could this be Mack's first Wing-Coaster? The plot thickens...

Restaurant is nearing completion, seems to be a sit-down set menu jobbie...

Given that the neighbours pretty much live on the park boundary, they are within their right to have some concerns... Good parks work within their constraints though...

Wonder if the paper realises that technically everyone gets released at the end of the year if they're on a seasonal contract (I.e. most ride ops)... If the ride was broken down (it was), and in manual mode (arguable), then the ride op would not be in control, it would be the engineer... Smiler probably has at least 24 hours worth of training before an operator is let loose on the controls by themselves (based off the old Vampire/Fury hours, it could be different at Towers), dunno what else you can do in 24 hours odd of training and operating... Some rides have easier to access manual modes than others, I doubt any coaster does though due to the nature of things...

The problem is that often repainting or refurbs often come at the expense of some actual investment into the park... Meant to be a new ride next year, but perhaps due to the pursestrings being tightened we can only afford some paint...

New queueline can only improve RQ (especially since one of the dragon meet n greets uses the old extension)... Meanwhile: Tonnnnnnes of pics at https://www.phantafriends.de/index.php?/topic/391-neu-20152016-themenbereich-klugheim-bilder/&page=9too for your own viewing pleasure...

I didn't rate it in Germany at all... Cos it's in Denmark It's good, theming is pretty decent, the optional Mirror Maze is pretty standard, the ride is very much aimed towards Lego's market and is basically a Frog Hopper version of Mystery Castle at Phannyland... It'll end up with massive queues though...

Ghost isn't capable of the same issues as Sub Terra (as in, it goes up then down, unlike Terry), nor are there any actors in the walkthrough... So there's not that much to be learnt from other attractions at Merlin parks...