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Even 5 days at Europa would be too much... Although you'd probably just about have ridden everything by the end of the 4th day...

I'm trying to think of parks I've spent more than 2 days at... Beyond DLP, Towers and Efteling, that list isn't particularly long... 2 days is enough, 5+ for a singular park is overkill...

To be fair, Fastrack is much more a necessity in PA, considering that advertised 40 minute queue does not take the queue-jumping Spaniards into consideration... Parks forever have this issue of incorrect queue boards... Ideally, the ride staff should be updating them as it used to be (I assume the clip-boarding staff are part of GS and are the only ones with the ability to change the queue times), but then you have that issue of suddenly people joining the queue because it's 5 mins and then it isn't anymore... Doesn't help that Fastrack selling is a different department and there is a distinct lack of communication (and love) between these departments... And not just at Thorpe...

Chessie don't just need to add one high capacity ride, they need to remove a few of their current stock and replace those with higher capacity rides as well... Imagine if they removed/replaced the following: Peeking Heights (and the crappy trampolines) Tiny Truckers Berry Bouncers (or whatever they're called now) Toadies Toadies could easily be replaced by a small supporting cred and maybe even a flat ride or two, especially if Bouncers got the boot as well... Peeking Heights should be an obvious choice for removal, and it's pathetic (and always has been) for any park to have a ferris wheel that they can barely use the capacity of; again, this area could probably fit in a flat ride, or maybe even two... Truckers should just go because I hate it... Then consider attractions like Playhouse, Capers and Temple of Mayhem... If those were replaced by either an actual ride (Vekoma Madhouse in Wild Asia anyone?) or another restaurant (another thing Chessie does lack is a choice of massive sit-down restaurants in my opinion), then you've further expanded the infrastructure of the place... Add a small wooden coaster in the field above Wild Asia and boom, it's pretty much all sorted... Though still leaves the park crying out for a water ride, but that's for another time... Though of course, since Tomb is pretty much a ticking timebomb, I'll imagine that we'll get something replacing that (and presumably Falls) instead...

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Poor Terry, it really doesn't deserve the hate... Hell, it's probably bad that we hate it, means Merlin won't try anything like it again, which isn't good...

They've got a massive cattlepen in what was once the shop nowadays... Looks utterly vile tbh...

But if it was built today, would it be an Arrow ride? Assuming the rest of history stays the same, then no, it wouldn't be... So you'd then have to wonder who would make it if built in a modern world? Intamin? Mack? B&M? It's still an icon, even if it's not as iconic as the Dipper or Nash...

Mack mixing it up again... Apparently it'll combine the forced spinning of Euro-Mir for half of the course and then go free spinning for the rest of it...

It's so strange how UK parks, which are so obsessed with easy marketing, usually tend to miss out these chances... That said, Air's queue board still mentions the 10 years, shows how much staff notice things... Hell even Chessie did something for Vamp's 21st...

Clearly everyone disappointed with a closed Griffin's wants to go on the closed Capers slide or break into the Squirt-a-Lot control box...

That's what you get for going on a weekend in Half Term...

Hehe, 'demand'... The maintenance department is lacking severly in numbers, it's a poor excuse, especially when Thorpe don't particularly consider 'demand' as 30+ minute queues on some days...

Is I'm a Celeb being torn apart anymore? Not too sure on that one, though I've no idea, sure Marc could shed some light somewhat... Sounds like it'll be the same line-up as last year then... Horray for stagnating Merlin Halloween Events!

The world does need more hypers, so this is a good thing... Now all we need is a Wing-Rider and they can complete the set again...

Opens 5th June...

Need to update the screens though to be 3D, plus the projectors and whatever other upgrades/updates they need to do to the existing stock... Plus I think someone mentioned in the realms of the internet that they were aiming for it to be automated, meaning they could remove the need for a cast member to dispatch it... Not sure if that's true or not mind...

Updating the simulators will probably take the bulk of the time, not sure how long the Stateside versions took though...

Nope, Wipeout hasn't been upgraded to a new Vekoma Strap-Vest train unfortunately... Those trains are fab though... Agreed on the GIB love

After this year's renewal price freeze from Merlin nothing is surprising...

These be the rumoured ride refurb lists as we build to the 25th anniversary... Hope no-one wants to ride BTM anytime soon...

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...