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The fact they've used the term "spooktacular" says to me that its something for Halloween... Maybe something similar to the Krypt maze they had a few years back...

Sees webpage is unilad...... Ignores...

I was aiming to make some form of joke, but since I can't, there's no point...

They did keep it secret though... Who would've guessed that it would do that thing? There were absolutely zero rumours about it (though I don't tend to read the German forums)... I'm gonna change the topic title (Oh, I can't... That's pretty daft then that I can't edit a topic I created, silly TPM)...

I know it's because it's pretty much attacking our hobby/interest and stuff, but even that's a very daft thing to even say... The media have done far, FAR worse than jump on the back of Merlin over this stuff...

No different to say National Rail trains being stuck mid-journey due to the heat messing up the rails... Neither are particularly stories to panic over... I would assume an hour to evacuate the entirity of the Monorail given the scale of it would be about right...

The biggest issue is that it appears even the BBC has followed into the clickbait world... Very disappointing really...

Mein Gott! Hansa's definitely on the list next year then...

Well, it is the summer after all, lots of newbies join now...

Sounds like pretty much every other coaster at Efteling then, not breaking any top 10s, but will be solid and above all fun... Which is of course, what we want from rides... Fun, a few people tend to forget that...

No one here knows anything about when the ride will open... It will open when Merlin and the park are happy it is safe to run and not before...

Bus from train station... Or a taxi...

I'll believe that when I see it... Even though Hansa tends to have lots of things happen on lift hills (Fluch stops halfway up to have a man shout at you for example, something not seen anywhere else)...

I think a bigger DM wouldn't suit Efteling one bit... I prefer the smaller ones though, Shakira and Griffon did nothing for me... Plus it allows parks with more strict height ceilings or space issues to have one, which can only be seen as a positive... I'm sure the Dutch will love this as much as the Germans love Krake...

The official opening video (coverage starts from 21 minutes in, ride stuff an hour in)... I wish the UK parks did more events like this, opening ceremonies in general, rather than open the park with zero pomp to it...

If you're available today from 11:45, there's a livestream of Baron 1898 as it's the media day today... Linky - http://www.efteling.com/baron-livestream

It wouldn't surprise me that there are some who wear the lanyard as that badge of "I'm better than you", plenty of adults do it who are clearly not under the 'geek' or 'enthusiast' bracket... I think people's moans aren't about the lanyards, but about the people wearing them, especially if people have had experiences where these passholders are playing the "but IIIII have an Annual Pass" card for some reason... I couldn't care less mind...

Do they ever run two trains on Orange these days? They really messed up the station when they redid it...

Does TPM care if people take photos from Storm Surge's lift hill, given it takes half a hour?

One week remains... They're even changing the fencing: Before After Even that shows the difference some little changes can make to an area, the smaller fences look much better...

Now we just have to be able to push children off their parents' shoulders during shows and it'll be perfect...

Let's be honest, the queues are usually unbearable with or without one coaster open/closed...

No, since Storm Surge reminds you of it's presence constantly throughout your day, you could easily not notice FJ's shed...

That's exactly the point though, they'll be testing it to see if the situation can be recreated... All possible avenues that might lead to another crash MUST be looked into, irrespective of whether or not there might be failsafes... Always the distinct (rare) possibility that ALL the failsafes to prevent something might not work...