Everything posted by Benin
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Liseberg
Weird decision, any idea of an incident on it over the past year? Or perhaps changes to Swedish H&S? Depends how tight they are on you if they ruin the ride that much... Disappointing regardless...
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Tiger Rock
Wait until you see the massive fences everywhere...... The station looks nice, the tri-coloured shop/arcade does not... The tiger rock itself looks nice, that dragon does not... A typical Merlin project then...
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Energylandia
You should mention that trip to Cedar Point more... I do worry that this thing will suffer from Intamin syndrome... Great first drop but then everything else is all mehhhh...
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach
All that profit has been wiped out by Icon though... So it's success is necessary...
- Football
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Efteling
Is it under-rated though? I'd probably say not, just not so many people visited Efteling goon wise so perhaps not had a wider hit of people waxing lyrical over it... Plus it's not perfect, given that the touch screens are kinda pointless and the distinct lack of progressing storyline kinda makes a little bit fall flat (same could be said of Dreamflight though really, but as that doesn't present itself to have a storyline, it does get away with it)...
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach
#betterthannothing
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Dymchurch Has A Cred!
£2.40 makes me cry... It's probably still a nicer place than Hemsby...
- Football
- The Small Parks Thread
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Phantasialand
Chiapas is better than Ripsaw Falls, predominantly because of the distinct lack of drenching and also the backwards rave room... Taron as an overall package is fantastic, as a ride I'd rather ride Helix...
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Efteling
Python doesn't have VR, they're trialling an equivalent of Reserve n Ride on it... I do believe they're clones though...
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Cedar Point
And to think, there was an utter pile of turd stood there not long ago...
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Unpopular Opinions
Planning the trip is more fun than actually going. #truthbomb
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Alton Towers General Discussion
Perhaps, the wording is awful though and it's a stupid thing for any social media account to say to a prospective guest... Should've just said something about "if you need to change the date on your advance ticket please contact such and such"...
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Alton Towers General Discussion
It's amazing how a response that they could honestly help with they've been rather arsey about... Needs more responses tbh...
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Chessington General Discussion
Regarding the back row, putting the disabled guests there means that they have to travel the least amount of distance should an evacuation take place (off the lift hills obviously)... Even 10 years ago full trains were used on rare times, though that might be as well because of Exit Passes (not sure if these are still a thing?)
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Wicker Man
Merlin compare themselves to Disney, why can't we hold them to that comparison? There's clear reasoning why certain things at Merlin parks are prioritised, and that's to please the shareholders over the guests... Maintenance doesn't bring in the money (at least, not in the short term, providing regular maintenance over time prevents having to do one big cash drop when the ride is effectively condemned or when a child falls through the rotting fence), so what does that matter to the shareholders? Comparing to other parks regardless of location is fine... The UK was basically inspiration for a lot of European parks after all (as well as the typical Disney influences) at the peak of the 90s powerhouse, why can't we now look to other parks for inspiration of how to build and run them? Europa is an unique one because it is effectively a showroom... But Mack go above and beyond anything really; just look at the Old 99 retheme!
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Liseberg
Waiting for an opening date announcement like:
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Unpopular Opinions
Is Maverick that unpopular? I only don't love it because of those stupid restraints effectively ruining the whole thing... Think I need to try X2... X was a weird one but sullied by a 2.5 hour queue on 1 train op...
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Toverland
- Food Outlets
- Wicker Man
*insert joke about Varney seeing the gas bill*- Legoland
Nah there'll just be a fantastic view of the shed...- Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Or everyone's waiting for Icon to open... Towers in 2013 before Smiler opened was pretty dead compared to previous years... - Food Outlets