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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...

The longer the parks in the UK have this thinking the more of a state they'll end up into... The Dome needs to be a real big deal, it's the real first thing you endure experience upon a visit, it needs to blow people's minds... It doesn't do this...

Stop saying you want to go and just do it... Book flights, hotels, etc and just visit these places...

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3...

Clegg, Farage and Milliband all resigned/quit after this... Bloodbath is probably not apt enough...

S&S gave up on it, I highly doubt any other company would want to go for a similar design, as using hydraulics instead of air pressure would probably result in even more of an unreliable mess... Or at least it would still have the potential to suffer from the same issues as the original... As always, every year, the best thing for the park to do would be to scrap it and replace it with, well ANYTHING...

Lol at all the exit polls being horrifically wrong... Let's be honest here guys, no matter who got in (Labour, Tory, Coalition), we would've been absolutely screwed one way or another... It worries me about people voting for UKIP, shows how easy it is to pander/manipulate to a demongraphic, in the same way that this week saw a rather vicious attack towards Miliband by the Tory sided papers... The SNP taking pretty much full control of Scotland even after their choice to stay in the UK is weird too, but I don't pretend to know anything about politics anyway so...

Given that Japan have done a Resident Evil horror maze (with laser guns, which sounds FAB), and I think Orlando had one the other year (I forget), it's no surprise that gaming is a medium they've been interested in... Any Nintendo addition will be in Japan first though... And the potential ideas are very interesting... Even beyond the likes of Mario, Zelda and Metroid, what about a Pikmin themed attraction?

Because of COURSE you want an EuroMaus themed game!

Quoted for truth... It's always something that we enthusiasts take for granted, presumably because we'd love to live next door to a theme park... About the only things that might produce regular income outside of the park that I'd consider local are Monkey Puzzle, and the shops at Chessie South station...

This pretty much dwarves the entire park... I hope it fits in like Fluch does... Bit worried that it won't...

If people find the cast list confusing now, imagine what it'll be like for Infinity War.........

I'm sure if Varney could build it at a Merlin park he would...

Few more pics off TPR: I think Phannyland are obsessed with rockwork, I saw a POV of one of their older creds that has since been spited (by fire if I recall) and that was covered in rockwork too...