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A ROUGH INTAMIN?! Say it isn't so!!!! Jesus you get close to the Comet station on the turn into the brakes... And I thought the point of the floor being put on the inner most seats was to REDUCE the bounciness? Unimpressed... (Unsurprisingly, but considering B&M have brought out 4 smooth looking versions of this, well...)

I think it's more that the park have decided the best way to improve the ride is throw more money at it over a long period (I.e. staff wages) on a ride that already needs the highest number of staff to run it minimal... In a time where budget cuts are getting bigger and bigger, it doesn't make much sense to add more staff who will be paid higher wages 100% of the time... Maybe they could/should have just done with more effects in this exit corridor thing, but I dunno if the re-rideability will ever increase for it now... I'll find out Saturday, with people who have never been on the ride in any guise anyways, so it's gonna be like we're all riding it for the first time...

If Colossus had trains that didn't restrict my legs for 90 seconds and were actually possible to get out of then it would be an improvement... Like it was 10 years ago... But then again, I have the opinion of if you have to brace yourself on a ride, it's not that great, especially for the people who have never ridden it before and hence won't know this small fact between it being goddamn awful and potentially rideable...

I'm sure there is also a maximum wind speed that the effect can work at, as seen on X2 and Terminator/Apocalypse...

To be fair, the consideration of riding Rita when you're standing by Rita is a chore anyways, so it's a win-win...

YOU DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE STUNT SHOW?!!!! *cries*

Well THAT was an anti-climax... http://www.gardalandraptor.it/fumetto/scarica-pdf.php

OM NOM NOM NOM NOM

It's not based off a god, it's based off a character in the Asterix books! [/pedantic] Also, needs more park review Got me all excited now too... YAY B&M!

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Nice quality POV... I think the simulated splashdown suits the Mega coasters better, it looked a bit silly when half the train had already left the pool when Diamondback's splash started...

Going on Anubis and Oz'Iris after uni is finished...

The German train system is fab, with multi-language ticket machines which can also print off your change-overs with platforms and times... German public transport

Surely Expedia will help book a hotel off site to the park? Just search for Rust/Europa Park... Still think the best bet is flying to Basel and getting the relatively expensive shuttle... Better than having to suffer Stanstead, Ryanair and stupid flight times...

Marvel have really pushed these post credits sequences since Iron Man... In fact the Avengers gets a SECOND one in America (but isn't as interesting as the one we get anyway, it is just a continuation of a previous joke)... Even so, Joss Whedon

Or don't do that as it is against the park rules and regulations... If you're that desperate not to pay the parking charges, buy a Premium AP... We have been lucky enough in the UK not to be charged it for so long in comparison to the other countries really...

To be fair to Gardaland, they did the whole "egg discovery research leading to giant alien attack" story first, so Towers kinda stole that off them really and just tied it into Nemesis' pre-existing back story... If the theming is anything like Raptor's/Sub Terra's, then it should be good enough, and might well be received better by an Italian market (and also vandalised better as well)...

Verbolten will have 3 different sequences (I.e. lighting, theming) during the indoor section, either a lightening strike, Thirteen Ripoff Spirit of the Forest or Wolf attack (apparently to homage BBW)... Nice, very good thinking there... http://themeparks.about.com/od/rollercoasternews/a/Verbolten-Busch-Gardens-Williamsburg.htm

Of course, nothing is stopping Candy Holland and co using ideas from Sub Terra for other parks in the company for new attractions...

We did know

So possible new attraction for next year teased... Oh, I wonder what it could be...

Maybe they weren't in their right mind? Lucky nothing worse happened... Very, very lucky...

And people say Sub Terra and Merlin's theming attempts are rubbish...

You are Nick Varney and I claim my £5!