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Benin

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  1. Benin

    The Smiler

    Worked for me this time... Looks like it's been corrected... No point me entering mind... Oh wells...
  2. Benin

    The Smiler

    What's the trick then?
  3. I think only two of those are relatively doable at the current time, and that's removing the pre-show and lowering the fencing... Pre-show can even be re-jigged into a queue line video just so we can still have Chase dodgy accent Driver... Lapbars would probs require a bit of reduction of the amount of people per truck, as there's not much space in them (even for seatbelts, let alone lapbars)...
  4. Benin

    The Smiler

    4th and final video... Smile
  5. Benin

    Random

    Printing out hotel confirmations and park tickets for Denmark... Woot woot!
  6. @Josh, I don't think Disney California reduced entry fees when the Adventure park turned into Construction Board Land... It's the usual thing hidden in the T&Cs of any park that covers them for such eventualities (not saying it's right to do so, just more they have it covered)... The worry atm is that the theming might not return (as there are previous examples at the park) or it just won't be of any viable quality... Whilst most of Merlin's thematic additions are quite decent, there's always a few parts which could've been better... Waiting game for this, but it's not one of hope...
  7. Benin

    The Smiler

    Couldn't care less about the station, we have an exceptional ride and the Marmaliser to look at instead... The extra details as well
  8. There were a LOT of issues with the seatbelts as quite often they were either twisted up so couldn't come out of the holster or just wouldn't come out at all, so unresponsive and completely the opposite design style of car seatbelts, which I think is one of the issues, as people just try pulling them out when they need to half the time actually start from the base... Poor design indeed... Be interesting if they fit lapbars instead, although this would be problematic with small children (assuming it's a row-long one, individual bars would actually allow little ones to ride though, so that would actually be a must)... Just such a shame Chessie made a load of simple design errors with this ride, ranging from high fences so you can't see anything, to the addition of a squeezed in Pre-Show which doesn't do anything worthwhile, and the less said about the Platform the better...
  9. Not if you're one of the last people batched in... It's a very poorly laid out situation... And of course, there's the issue if you skip the pre-show, others follow, then all of a sudden you have a packed out queue to the loading platform... So... badly... done...
  10. Think the issue was that the various issues weren't considered as such until about a week before actual opening, hence the sudden amount of work being done... Things change in industries quite suddenly at times, especially when it comes to H&S legislation...
  11. Benin

    The Smiler

    Towers Nerd Dat Clearance
  12. Benin

    The Smiler

    I agree, I've always though HIV to be one of the most under-rated coasters in the world... I blame TPR...
  13. Benin

    The Smiler

    That's like saying having Chlamydia is better than having HIV...
  14. Woodland Walk is Towers Hotels only, and is pointless since it opens at 10am these days... Gonna have to go to main entrance like everyone else...
  15. Benin

    The Smiler

    New components in friction based noise (screeching because they are predominantly rubber) shocker! After Tonnerre de Zeus last year, that's nothing...
  16. Benin

    The Smiler

    Dat pacing is... Wut? Little bit of head-bashing, but most rides have that to some degree going through inversions, such are the laws of physics... If that's the pace of the ride though, onto a winner...
  17. Benin

    The Smiler

    So not all children who watch Newsround are over 1.4m and will then pester their parents to watch said show (IPlayer ftw) and then go to the park? Indeed, isn't Newsround later on in the day when most families are partly at home? Like, gone 5? If parent picks kid up from school they're bound to be at least AROUND to see it... Actually quite sensible at aiming towards the higher age range of kids... Who have the pushing power to the parents...
  18. Cookie Cutter is more towards the rather atypical layouts you see in America... Whilst the WingRider is a new type, this doesn't really do anything new... Yes the entrance thing is nice, but at the same time, they could've done more to it instead of two plain thin towers... It's so typically bland of Cedar Fair to create a good idea but put zero effort into it... Shame really...
  19. Benin

    The Smiler

    World's first coaster being opened up, Thirteen got one, Oblivion got one, Air probably got one too...
  20. The film's depressing enough without need for this...
  21. >Not constantly in your face >First thing you see upon entering the park It's also one of the most over-rated parks ever, but as Mark said, aside from Millenium Force and Dragster, there's nothing else that is really big and brash (or anything bar the usual America style)... 2 rides out of... 15 odd now? Raptor, Mantis, Magnum are all big rides but show something more substanial than that, Gatekeeper fits into this category of big rides, but does that mean there should be more effort that two giant pieces of bare concrete (something Smiler gets hate for interestingly)... Maverick is spectacular to watch (and to some degree ride, but then Intamin restraints </3) as well, but I just like my rides to have more substance than the EXTREME cookie cutter experience you get at Cedar Fair parks... At least Six Flags theme some of their rides (N.B. this only applies to DC rides)...
  22. Is the right answer... Fits Cedar Point to a tee... Cookie cutter coasters that could be located at any park in the world...
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