
Everything posted by Benin
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Phantasialand
I literally don't recall any issues with phone signal on the park, guess everyone else just has crap providers...
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The Walking Dead: The Ride - Speculation and 'Construction'
Gotta love that barbed wire fence aesthetic...
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Port Aventura
Irony being that Shambhala is probably the best operated ride in the park (to be fair to them, Shambhala isn't operated that badly platforming wise, it's the Fastrack balance)...
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Energylandia
Still a better contractor than TG Cruise.
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Yeah the Arthur baggage system is poor (made more hilarious that single rider queue completely skips it)... I'd rather do locker faff outside the queueline like Universal et al then a confined indoor space...
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Port Aventura
Best way to describe PA is all skirt and no knickers... Which is a shame because when I visited with Mark those years ago I had a very good time there... @Mega-Lite you'll have to at least ride Baco in the back row outside seat once... Just the once...
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Europa Park
3 rethemes in one year is impressive... Poor Seal Maybe you can get them to send it to you Mark?
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Something Stupid: Thorpe Half Marathon 2018
When you doing the Disney runs?
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Pleasure Beach has good days and bad days... I believe I was also visiting the same day as Mark once and that day was full of dreadful people (and not just the goons)...
- Great Ride Documentaries
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Disneyland Paris
Like Ratatouille? Which is going to Epcot... Star Wars is about the only definite clone from the States, Frozen Land looks like what was meant to be going into DisneySea (and has gone quiet since announced), and Marvel is potentially a weird mix, we're definitely not getting Guardians of the Tower of Breakout, or likely to get the Guardians cred going into Epcot; so beyond the Iron Man RnRC retheme and the stunt show replacement I don't know what we might get that'd you'll find in America... Someone has mooted the Ant Man shooting ride coming into Hong Kong but without any solid concrete announcements we don't actually know if there will be much cloning going on...
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Disneyland Paris
DLP has the best Magic Kingdom #truthbombs
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach
It'll be equally amusing and upsetting when the GP are completely non-plussed about this...
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Disneyland Paris
HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS AND GLASSES! The Studios will no longer be the red-headed stepchild of DLP, it will gain 3 new themed areas (Marvel, Star Wars and Frozen) over the course of the next few years (I'm guessing)... http://www.ed92.org/en/news-disney-announces-transformative-multi-year-expansion-for-disneyland-paris/
- The Small Parks Thread
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2018 General Discussion
No Rocky Express? Joke of a place...
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Wicker Man
Thirteen V2.0 - Fire edition.
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Wicker Man
Problem is we've seen it time and again with Merlin's attempts of theming/experience attractions, and I speak as someone who likes Sub Terra... There's always that ONE mis-step made that stops them from being that high quality they do strive to be... I've still not bothered with DBGT, but that it itself has been high evidence of the difference between theory and practical in terms of experience attractions... Given rides a story for the sake of having a story does not work, bigger parks than Merlin have buggered that one up enough times... And tbh I don't think being to the level of Baron 1898's pre-show is actually that far beyond MMM; given that it is just well designed projection mapping, but the devil is in the details... Would Merlin add a little hatch that opens up when the ghosts appear, or have the physical scenery move when they fly off? As I say there's always that one step they miss that prevents them from going from good to great...
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Liseberg
Pics from Lond on TPR: More at http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46937&start=2710
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Wicker Man
Doubt he'll be working for Towers much longer... The pre-show has been making the rounds (a verbal description, not a vid/pics), all seems a bit of an attempt to give it a story or something... Certainly going to have to be something to judge upon viewing (but it has to beat Baron 1898)...
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Wicker Man
- 2018 General Discussion
Wonder how many of the pop badges will be on Ebay next day......- 2018 General Discussion
Forever the optimist eh Josh?- Great Ride Documentaries
- The Walking Dead: The Ride - Speculation and 'Construction'
You make the Fish sad. - 2018 General Discussion