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Meanwhile, Europa host the Miss Germany final again...

The 90s The hell happened to Thorpe is the best question...

Hour at the maximum... Depends how much you like sharks...

If there's one positive thing Merlin have done is realising that good quality park merch will be purchased by guests... So this can only be a decent call...

Tis completed it seems:

There have been rumours about a vertical drop a la Thirteen... So I doubt it'll be 'unique'...

There's still time for Saw Alive to be taken away by the flooding though right?

Not always if you time it well... It's decent enough, Aquarium's are pretty samey in the long run, but the multiple levels and the giant tanks are pretty fab... With a MAP it's worth it... Better than bloody Tussauds that's for certain...

Like Princess and the Frog? #pedant Also, 'were' #doublepedant That being said, the proper hand drawn style of the 90s is beautiful, similar comparison can be old Simpsons and new Simpsons, where the old style animation was a lot more inventive and motion based, where as the modern one just looks dull (suits the show now tbh)...

A Gravity Group Woodie not good enough for you? Shame they never got that B&M Invert they did some concept for a while ago... Problem is it is the opposite side of the country... If you don't care for it, don't bother (especially as expensive country is expensive)...

Tunnels are not unique selling points unfortunately... Neither is replacing quality theming, so...

First coaster - Vampire First Inverting coaster - Nemesis Some top quality right there...

Most cinema chains are... But I'm busy, and more than happy to wait till Friday to go and see it...

I got bored of it in 5 minutes... Typical internet craze, in a week or two, the next frustrating game will come out and people will be all over that like a rash... Besides, Flappy Bird has even less substance than Angry Birds, how could you transfer it into a theme park environment?

That drop is literally out the station, prior to any form of launch... Using the terrain to the advantage

So the drop out of the station has been built...

Considering the OUTRAGE Thorpe had about the barrel of syringe pens, they had to heighten the limit to prevent kids from being 'scarred' by an adult rated film... It was always a weird theme to have on what is a family thrill ride...

Like you don't go to Thorpe/Towers/Chessie/etc if you're not gonna ride anything... Is a big selling point that non-riders at Blackpool can get in for £6? Especially given you can play the same style of games on South Pier or in the town of tack itself? If you pay £48 on the gate not to ride anything, then you deserve to lose money...

The height restriction choice will no doubt also have a factor based on the local H&S authority... And any incidents that may be related to it (hence why NWO and Rattlesnake were/are 1.4m)... Down to park preference I'd say as well, Oz'Iris being in Asterix is probably the main reason it is 1.3m, because they wanted to absorb as much of their family market as possible...

Krake is adorable with it's 6 seats per row trains though Same for Daemonen

It's unlikely that Towers will open later than Thorpe during the same days over holidays or whatever... 6pm during summer/holidays is the best you can hope for... However, for a Friday, don't go in June, it'll be awful and full of burdenous children...

Think it's down to the shape of some of the inversions... Should also increase the overall speed as well, as Wing-Riders are rather heavy, hence their rather 'ponderous' nature at times...

A ride that doesn't invert can also be thrilling... Indeed, the concept of what is thrilling or not changes over time...

Does it HAVE to be something offered by the industry in the public domain now to be a suitable addition? For all we know, Merlin could be doing deals with manufacturers like Tussauds had with B&M and Towers all those years ago which gave us Oblivion and Air, when prior there was nothing like them before (ok, Vekoma had the Flying Dutchman, but Air's technology exceeded that version greatly)... Same thing for Thirteen really... Nothing stopping the park being imaginative and getting something 'under the table' as it were...

Playhouse and Capers' designs is WORSE than Zufari's... A complete waste, especially given the Action Man play area was varied and generally amazing... But it's ok, Chessie knew what they were doing when they installed the disabled lift access for Capers...