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A helpful French goon has done a quick sketch of the location for the new cred: http://www.disneycentralplaza.com/t53982p475-france-parc-asterix-paris-1989#3442290 The second image denotes a playground, eatery and a potential other new attraction, rumoured to be for 2023 (rather than opening with the coaster)... The pathway to the coaster actually already exists as staff access... Apparently a waterfall (cascades) will be added either to or from the existing pond/lake (the Grand Splatch one)... Finally, apparently they want a new hotel (never stayed in the one they have atm, looks nice though), and here's some concept art to drool over: EDIT - Further reading seems that they're getting a new 4D cinema next season (no idea where, presumably in the Victorian indoor section is my guess) and seemingly the utterly fantastic stunt show has finished for good... Which upsets me greatly because it was one of the best shows I've seen at a park, especially the finale ❤️ Hopefully it'll be replaced adequately...

I saw a while ago that they decided not to use any of the 'classic' baddies for this season, presumably thinking that they could cook up some imaginative ones/focus on the human side of things with the Rosa Parks/India episodes... A decent idea, but not sure if it's working well... It ain't Dr Who unless the Daleks are being reborn. Again...

Nothing attracts attention on here unless it's in a Merlin park though

Because apparently Dutch law means all new major rides MUST have a behind the scenes documentary on them...

#BetterThanTaron #BetterThanHelix?

Gotta remind people you exist when it comes to Christmas budgeting and the MAP sale...

Alternative video: It's weird, between the first drop and the final set of airtime hills it looks a bit, eh?

My main concern is that this is prime for IDS (Intamin Death Syndrome) with the switch track mid-way through, plus the potential flow-killer when it does the forwards/backwards/forwards bit... EDIT:

I've 100% record for attempts to being allowed in (1 out of 1)... Maybe I'm just nicer?

Would not be surprised if the poor performance this season leads to can kicking of an addition in the Mouse area, like any business if there is an awful year things might have to be pushed back... There's at least a better chance of a Mouse replacement coming before a Loggers one...

Paging @Mark9 to the thread...

*Reports to Police*

Pfft, all you have to do is email them and they let you in escorted...

Need to compare what the others have done though, because if Towers are just advertising their winter event then of course engagements will be low... People are more interested in looking at something that isn't advertising after all...

Still have the issue of public transport options being insanely limited (it would take 2 hours from Strasbourg to this new location); and the issue of going to Stansted and flying with Ryanair...

#2Dank4U *dabs away* Honestly it's very typical of a company that thinks it's funny/cool/down with the sickness kids to post stuff like that... The engagements say it all though (low for an account like Thorpe's)...

Which airport though? I dread to think how much work would be required to get this to Basel or any of the other 'major' German airports... Wish they'd get some form of direct train service tbh from the likes of Stuttgart...

Roland's been at the sauce again during board meetings: https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/mittelstand/familienunternehmer/roland-und-michael-mack-europapark-besitzer-wollen-seilbahn-nach-frankreich-bauen/23585840.html?nlayer=Newsticker_1985586&ticket=ST-351031-XUAdi4MuIWBfZbETCnrd-ap2 Basically in a team up with France's government, plans to build a chairlift to the park from a small village exist to improve infrastructure... Somehow?

If I had a quid for every time Chessie had PLANNED to do something etc...

Linnanmaki's new Intamin continues to grow! #willbebetterthanTaron

Still better than the Capaldi/later Matt Smith episodes though....... The first few episodes are always dodgy under Who though, re-watching the whole lot recently reminded me of that (yes even Tennant's)...

A massive part of Taron is the landscaping anyway, it's like those Blue Fire clones placed in deserts with no theming whatsoever... Won't affect the quality of the ride, as it'll be a midcard coaster regardless of theme or location...

Presumably it's Half Term? So hell on Earth is a likely answer...

This winds me up moreso than anything, is it really so difficult for people to change the response template even just a little bit to at least show they're reading it? Trip Advisor responses are the worst offenders...