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ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN!

As a thought, given the state of recent H&S style decisions at Towers, I unfortunately think it's more than likely that they'll just end up only having one train on the track at any one time... Grim thinking for anyone visiting to visit the park next season... I hope Towers will prove my doubts wrong on that one though...

It's stalled twice if I recall since opening, most other rides (including a few B&Ms) have also had some issues with stalling... I wouldn't say that something stalling twice is really a massive issue either... It's not a consistent problem over 2 seasons of on/off operations... The incident was always going to be human error though, unfortunately the engineer made the wrong decision (probably as they were sick of having to constantly reset the ride)... Of course, it's highly entertaining reading all the GP comments... Lots of people seem to think that minimum wage teenagers would be the ones at fault...

To be fair, Chessie have been rather unorganised for a long time...

To be fair, Universal's theming has always been pretty good, even on the older attractions like Twister, Jaws, etc. That's some fantastic rockwork though...

Flume rides are pretty much part and parcel of any theme park... They aren't the main draw, but they just allow 90% of all guests to ride it, it's all good... IF we end up with a Chiapas style flume instead, then yay, not that those restraints are 1) that comfy, and 2) still have issues having people jump out...

Apparently there's some footers in the RQ pool, but I dunno if they might be leftovers from the old Monorail the park used to have... Things aren't clear, but they're still exciting...

Problem is, announcing closure without any signs of it being actually replaced means everything is all up in the air... Especially if SW8 has actually been delayed/cancelled as a result of Smiler's crash... It's all a bit opposite of what you'd think a park would want to try and do what with all the negativity surrounding it since the incident...

Can see the RQ tower covered in scaffolding now... Still confused on the layout...

Hex has like, 4 people on it... Some people saying that it's also buggered, seems to be a problem with Madhouses this year...

It's been done...

It's disappointing that it must be one thing or the other, rather than the best solution which would be refurbs AND a new ride...

All the Merlin flumes are pretty much buggered... Sub Terra is clearly in need of a big fix, as is Charlie (one lift operation is death)... Dunno what state Hex is in, sure no-one really cares about Driving School, and Ripsaw is near the end of its life (as is Blade)... At the end of the day, if you don't maintain your rides, this is what happens... If this ends up being true, what else is next?

Hooray for more badly implemented Speedy Pass!

4 people have on Blue Fire... That said, Vertigo at Tivoli Gardens provides a similar experience (I.e. spinning/inverting in various axes), and I found that a rather vom-inducing experience... Imagine Blue Fire's inline with spinning involved? Ew... Besides, Blue Fire is perfect as it is...

Literally like nothing happened yesterday by the looks of things... Walibi Alpes' new coaster train looks fab, Timberliners <3

Classic Italy... Disappointing if it does close obviously, never nice to see a park go under... But here they only have themselves to blame...

Not as good as "Touch Your Blaster" tbh... "Some Zombies have arms" <3

Lol, ridiculous rumours are ridiculous... $1 billion expenditures ftw...

That's my thinking on the Walibi Holland coaster, a Mega Coaster from Mack would make Goliath look pretty damn pointless and inferior...

I'm sure one was done last year, let's have a generic one anyways to bump it annually... So IAAPA is off once again, so far the most interesting things to come out of it is Maurer Sohne announcing a Wing-Coaster concept and Mack testing spinning cars on Blue Fire... Who knows what might come up the next two days... Seriously, a spinning car on Blue Fire?!

Official POV

I don't see the appeal of visiting the same park 33 times in a year... That to me, is pretty damn boring... The beauty of these +1 parks is that sometimes you discover a really fab little park... De Waarbeek for example has tonnes of old-school rides and is generally fun... Of course there are some places which are cack, but it's the fun and adventure that comes with going into the arse end of nowhere and finding a surprise gem... Especially when abroad...