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So apparently all you need to take down a ride are some ladders and blocks of wood? My degree taught me nothing...

Port Aventura is the new Disneyland Paris... Also, lots of love for Dollywood, I approve of it... Although it's funny how Cedar Point and Europa are on everyone's lists, yet they're parks on the opposite end of the spectrum... Shows the difference between America and European park styles...

Repainting them red... Methinks the rumours of Mexicana becoming generic Wild West land might be a little bit true...

That's my "ride looks slow in testing video" box ticked then in new coaster bingo...

Calling Blackpool tacky isn't really an insult though, indeed, tacky is what I'd expect from a British seaside park... This tacky level is seen in the dark rides, I wouldn't say that they are all of top quality though... Alice in Wonderland is so crap it's fab for example... Aside from that there's only 4 others and even then they are not what I would call top quality... The TLC is only a very recent thing though to large quantities... Nick Land has made them have to revamp the park a lot (and has probably brought in the income TO revamp bits and bobs), the state of Beaver Creek beforehand was dire... And let's not say they keep all their classic rides, otherwise what about the Whip, Turtle Chase and Noah's Ark?

Don't get your hopes up

Actually done all of them listed... Though I've not done PotterWorld or Shambles (yet) and haven't been to WDW since 2001... For me, it's two words, Tokyo Disneysea... That is literally the only park in the entire world that I want to visit desperately...

Film of 2014 confirmed...

Bearing in mind only about 5 people on the forum have actually been on Smiler so only their vote counts

Looking at the trains more... Great concept, bad execution... Biege? </3 Everyone and their dog are putting lights on coasters now though...

Maybe they'll just have it so any kids sit in the middle, hence adults will be in the way of any attempting to be thrown out of the truck... Like the Black Buccaneer system they have... Doesn't make sense though yes...

I can say that in my experience it wasn't relating to sales, but that was 4 years ago now and at a difference park... Not knowing the inner workings of Thorpe's operations, can any of us really tell why the queue times are constanly incorrect to high levels? Maybe it's a KPI thing so people can say "no, queues didn't spoil my day as I queued less than anticipated"... Of course, it might just lead to boosting sales of Fastrack... I don't truly care tbh...

BORIS PIZZA <3

How much does a massive sheet go for these days to cover the gondola? Plus, it's Chessie, no one cares

Of course there was plenty of fire and assorted insanity... Including epic cage light rig of epicness

I'm quite sure Rameses has a manual locking mechanism for such emergency issues... I'm sure as well if Chessie could have lowered the ride then they would have, why would any park want the fire services there aside from a last resort? Maybe they could get Talocan in then instead? Can watch that rot instead...

Can't see it opening for a long time (if at all this year)... It's just funny now that all this crap is happening to Chessie this year, next thing you know Vampire will throw more bolts off itself, another Fury platform will collapse and Alex the lion will get set on fire...

I went to Download Festival this weekend... It was awesome... Rammstein

Yay lapbars! Yay rolling launch! Boo crap looking trains...

As a small note towards pathways around Chessie, quite a fair few of them are affected by the ground shifting (cos of hills and nature being a bitch), hence the poor state of quite a fair few bits of the tarmac... Of course, doesn't give reason as to why the rest of the park looks so crap... Don't think it's been touched since it was redone 11 years ago...

Lift chains can and do snap... Enough wear on them after constant operation will cause potential weakening of the material, like in any situation... Moreso with the chains because they are constantly changing speeds as well... Shock absorption could be a major culprit in some cases if the ride runs onto the lift like Inferno... Not too regular an incident, but I've seen it happen mid season...

They don't seem to have built anything behind the canvas in my eyes... Yet...

Towers' coasters have never been famous for exceptional all across the board theming mind... There's always been a focal point (be it ride or station) but that's about it... Actually thinking about it then Smiler's Marmaliser was gonna be it really aside from the station... Just an observation about something I've noticed...

It's part of Jumbos and has been there all season as mentioned... Doesn't look bad in real life... Nothing to worry about yet...

A wooden coaster won't be built by a Merlin park anytime soon, the market research has put paid to that until the general public perception of them changes drastically... Would need a smaller park to build one first...