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Has the water vortex even been on this decade? Wonder what you could do with some modern technology additions to it... Bit of projection mapping and some modernised updates to the SFX systems to make them more reliable and generally better would do wonders to it... Valhalla has always been a strange fit for Blackpool, exacerbated by the ridiculous levels of wetness that you'd actually be dryer after mincing in the Irish Sea in comparison...

You can have all the creative thought in the world, but it's always limited by budget... Blackpool just don't have the budget to operate a ride of Valhalla's scale... Even when it opened it struggled a lot... Geoffrey really did bite off more than he could chew with it...

Guess difference is that at Blackpool you pay per ride anyway (well, if you don't buy a wristband)? So Merlin couldn't really implement something like this (unless they did an ERT thing, but tbh they should just bring back Premiere Screaming events for MAP holders)... Like yeah, it's a weird thing, since surely it's being included on the wristband? Guess you're mostly paying for the certificate (which a big majority of goons will lap up)...

It won't be open until Fright Nights anyway, by which point no-one will care...

A vote system you say?

Looks like EVERYONE got an award from them... Least Symbolica is on there, though the two attractions seem worlds apart...

What with S&S revealing a new evolution of the Steeplechase, and Nick Thompson being involved in it, how long until we get a completely refurbished attraction? Only if it's the Velociraptor cars though

Check out @thegravitygroup’s Tweet: That car is adorable

This is also what stops Black Mamba from being better than Nemesis, and why the sometimes bemoaning of Nemmie not being as long as other inverts proves that I'd rather finish on a high than after being bored senseless by CORNERS... Helix > Blue Fire > Taron

There's a really, REALLY obvious joke there... I'm sure they released a video of it opening, either I imagined that or got it confused with another park... Well if this ain't opening next year Poland will drop off the card...

I thought that wate coaster had opened... Intamin! *shakes fist*

Well it's closer, and has a few more Euro-centric amenities than China... Don't think you'd need to faff with visas either... Plus tbh Istanbul looks like a cultural bonanza, and Ankara (with the new park of 16/17 creds) isn't too far off to do both (Antalya would be a different matter methinks, but is more a beach holiday anyway by looks of things)... China also has the issue of trying to figure out where to go region wise... It's a bloody nightmare trying to figure it out...

Sub Terra didn't close due to budget cuts, mainly some H&S issues especially post Smiler...

Djurs is just as easy to get to as Le Pal (fly and drive)... It's all cost though, can't imagine Helix or Icon costing less than Blue Fire Dinosaur edition. And that's purely out of that extra design stage required, and hence more unique pieces needing to be manufactured/drawn up/etc. There's room for clones, especially when smaller parks are building them to get on the ladder...

By clone are we just getting the track, or effectively the entirety of Klugheim? It's really variable, like there will be a massive difference between Takabashi and the clone because the clone is indoors... It's like all those Blue Fire clones, none have the same level of theming as the Europa Park one, but is it good that these parks are getting a good quality major coaster? I'd say so, much like with Le Pal getting a JOYvelen and it being a real quality ride... Let's be honest, saying this: Is just enthusiast elitism, since the MAJORITY of guests will have never ridden the original... It's the same way like all the UK enthusiasts bemoaned the additions of Krake and Baron at their respective parks; yet visit and they are the most popular attractions there...

If a person can't be bothered to expand their horizons it's their loss... I'd rather go to Japan than New Jersey, but if it allows more people to experience a particular ride, then wahey... There's some irony I'm sure you've not missed of having Piraten as your avatar

The new Gerst at Knott's has got lapbars, maybe this one will have them too...

Depends how Duane feels doesn't it? Apparently doing this with a Zierer Tivoli doesn't count as a new cred (even though the park itself said so), same for Hulk; yet EuroSat is a new cred? I'm on the fence about this... I love seeing parks take care of stuff that is truly iconic to the park and guests (pretty much everyone in Holland has ridden Python), and to be fair it doesn't really prevent any form of major expansion where it is currently sat... What could go in it's stead that is to the scale of Efteling's more recent additions? Efteling's nostalgia is part of the charm... Though of course most of the actual nostalgia is from the 90s ride wise, I wonder if Pegasus' spite for Joris drew some interesting remarks from fans and guests alike made them rethink things...

Surely you could say you're just coming in though? The band cancellation line sounds more plausible than "Big Amanda is watching you"....

Roland looks really old suddenly... I'm gonna miss the 80s kitsch most of all...

I know, shocking to be able to visit a park you don't have to be drunk to enjoy...

Nintendo with TWO Games of the Year in a single year I need my Switchmas

Does a MAP give you a free mocktail though? CHECK... MATE...

The prize is locked away in my safe... Maybe next year I'll get back on the wagon properly, although the plans are pretty much just revisiting parks for the most part...