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The parks never provide details, which you cannot blame them for what with social media pretty much exploding any minor thing that occurs these days...

There's a massive difference between UK and US planning laws... Plus of course, where would a 4 lane road go outside Chessie? Or a motorway to Towers? It's not exactly black and white for any of the parks in the UK to be able to just say, create a bypass in the local area when another huge company pretty much owns half the local land and doesn't want to give it's land just because... Bear in mind as well that Chessie's expansion potential is limited by the Green Belt land behind it, not just because of the council/locals... Half the time it'll come down to the park/council not wanting to fit the bill for a road redevelopment but the park/council not willing to make a deal about it either...

A 'fantastic' Vekoma Boomerang? Wipeout is nowhere near being designated as one of the 'good' Vekoma Boomerangs...

17'000 people at Chessie in a day? This explains a lot, they must have raised the max capacity a wee bit... I remember when the days of 15k guests were a rarity happening once or twice a year if you were lucky... Helped by the rides tending to push throughputs a lot better as well (as much as they could of course, but I never worked on Buccaneer and had a 45 minute queue)... Of course, some of the smaller rides aren't helped by the addition of Fastrack, which adds a fair bit of time to the queueline... Maybe not doubled but still adds a chunk on, doesn't excuse 80 minutes for Dodgems though...

What's the max capacity of Chessie these days? What's it pulling? It certainly never used to be this busy a couple of years ago for certain, I would probably agree that the additional hotels have created further demand, but the park itself hasn't been adapted to suit the large amount of people...

You including the rides down for refurbishment in that? Since Disney dont have a closed season in order to do such things...

Loving the themed seats I must say, even if the massive white walls are a bit off... Given this is a last minute addition, it looks alright...

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...