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Maybe one day we'll have a good park show in the UK... Maybe...

The hangtime stall section screams awful to me... Probs be better duelling, but these things just dont do it for me...

Only the rest of Merlin's portfolio left to paint now! (Even Smiler needs it)

Spoilered for largness...

Shambhala > EGF

Looks very good, Six Flags turning a corner perhaps? Be interesting to compare this with Knott's Iron Reef thing... I hope that Thorpe's attempt is reaching the level of this at minimum...

It's probably more noticeable as it's the first DM to go straight into the holding brake after the lift hill... Oblivion does ever so slightly move after the first pause/stop, same for all the other DMs...

Efteling stated on Facebook that this will be opening on the 1st July...

Det is a more intense drop tower than many other taller variants, purely because of the lack of only letting gravity do all the work... Long live Det!

Some people just like it for the banter...

Never been turned away by Lego, I think it's just as long as you don't take the proverbial piss around the park and bear that it is for kids... Otherwise they will throw you out... Gullivers refuse you point blank unless you have a kid, or have emailed in advance about it... And even then you get an escort around like a dirty person...

Isn't the queue for Forbidden Journey also an experience in of itself? And constantly moving? Weird ride to compare to a walkthrough is all...

S&S have disowned it, so doubt they'll put in anything towards it...

Went on Saturday, was alright... Nash is brutal now, my back was numb after riding it, I also learnt that I will only ever ride the Wild Mouse by myself from now on... Did Skyforce, it's the most intense version out there by miles, purely down to the prevailing wind from the Irish Sea catching you and propelling your spins further and faster to the norm... Pretty much every goon there got off completely messed up, it's really popular already even prior to officially opening... W&G ride is FABBBB <3 Really not much else to report, the park hasn't exactly changed massively... Though everyone's sudden realisation to the Monorail station having vanished was funny...

At Chessie I've asked for one with my meal before and got one... Can't be knocking freebies...

Why have I only just realised the topic title spelling mistake? Also, annoyed I have to return for that thing... Urgh...

My mate works at Nandos... This is my contribution...

The park has its own hotel, and a holiday village, those would be the recommendation because they are fab (though I've not stayed at the village)... There's probably some cheaper hotels in the area, but that's what trivago is for...

It's an undercoat, pretty much every coaster in the world has this, you don't just paint directly onto metal... Strange this is being done mid-season mind...

2 days is enough, though not sure how the place deals with crowds (I'm led to believe the answer is not well)... Depends how long you spend in the Fairytale Forest of Forever as well... If you wanna fly, either Rotterdam or Amsterdam are the options for you... If you get connections right, probably takes over an hour to get from the airport to the park via trains and buses, which are both regular from Tilburg or s'Hertonbosch...

Swarm as a brand was weak, and probably not helped by having a diabolical shop to boot, it's a similar issue to Thirteen's branding, though there's a lot of that merch mincing about... The difference between Smiler/Oblivio and anything prior to those is vast... The shops for those are packed out, and the sheer amount of tat is perfect for goons and the public alike, it would be disappointing for Merlin not to continue this trend, but I guess that's Thorpe's decision at the end of the day...

Given the hatred of Gove from teachers after what he's done to the education system, we can only dread to think what'll happen to the Justice system under his leadership...