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"Can't get to" There is no operational park that comes under that category, and even if we're talking monetary reasoning, you have the old thing of those able to flush disposable income down the drain on this sorta thing being the ones who could put that money towards going to these parks... I doubt getting a fridge magnet or shirt from a lesser known park (say Duinrell or Familypark Austria) is going to convince people to go out and visit either... If someone has basically chosen to spend money on getting merch without visiting in the first place, I cannot see tat changing their mind... So it's a niche product in a niche market where a high percentage of people involved won't partake in it for various reasons...

This topic shows why Merlin will always be second to Disney; not enough OUTRAGE on the addition of a coffee chain in the parks from the goons... Put more effort in guys...

Why would people want stuff from parks they've never visited though? Like, I can't understand it at all, ride merch is predominantly memories of a particular ride or park that you have physically been too, so what good is it to me to have a box of say, DisneySea tat, when I've never been? Do I get to pretend I have and show off to others that I have that stuff? They're also way too optimistic that parks will sign up to this, way too optimistic...

Think the phobophobia thing is their Halloween event, the experience is very much a version of the Dungeons, with a little bit more leeway given to the actors in terms of acting and dialogue... Tombs I've no idea...

Tidal Wave an unique ride and experience? There's plenty of spillwaters in the world so dunno what that means...

Aren't said boxes with crosses on the plans representative of lifts (I.e. Wheelchair lifts)? Like, image of the building plans is needed to confirm...

A lot of UK parks definitely have strained relationships with locals and council; but it is a two sided thing and the parks need to do what they can to try and say to the NIMBYs that they are worthwhile existing...

One thing that always interests me is that in many parks abroad there are very few with those in a similar age range as our parks... Young adults are still prevalent, but there's a lot more over 25s in many parks, Dollywood had even older staff as a constant... Perhaps opening it as an actual career, rather than a summer job would improve staff retention AND give them a goal if they come in with minimal grades or whatever... Unfortunately menial jobs in the UK are really looked down on...

Or because it's a ghost TRAIN ride? Bet the marketing boys were patting themselves on the back for that one...

Just think, in a few years we'll look back on this news story with fond mammaries...

Oh I only read the Mirror article and they were all hitting on her. Grim times...

To be fair, Colossus IS dreadfully designed restraint wise, and is unforgiving for a fair amount of guests... Still, she gets some fame out of this, some of the comments are creepy though...

There was a person around on the forums who had a g force reading for many rides... Wonder if they did Saw... You could easily hit 5G on Saw, if only for .1 of a second and it'd still count anyways... Indeed most of any ride's highest g force is very quick and sudden otherwise there'd be a lot more issues if they were sustained for a duration...

TOTT was longer when free because it didn't have to share the building with other mazes would be my guess... When will our parks and guests realise that scarezones ARE just pathways with theming and roaming actors?

Another shuttle coaster?

Both Saw and Smiler could've been built with lap bars, half the time it's the owners decision (if there is a choice obviously) and I think a lot of the choice is often based on the country of residence... Lap bars on an intense coaster would probably appear unsafe to the masses... Karacho is probably a good example comparison as it does have similar train and elements to Saw... Plus a launch as well, though I reckon the main reason for OTSRs would be the drop, and though Iron Shark has both that and lap bars, 6 years is a long time for further development to allow Gerst to provide such an option for their Eurofighters...

That model is so dull and awful... There's zero sense of motion (because lol animations cost money), and the 2d cave backdrop is so cheap and tacky... No doubt that model will appear in the ride too...

To be fair Thor's Hammer at Tusenfryd or Huntik at Rainbow Magicland could've been within the budget of this, though TH does suffer a little bit as a result...

People complained about the original ending of Terry too... Assuming it ends up with a scare corridor ending, would people think that it would be a suitable/satisfactory for a £30m attraction?

That's not exactly a forfeit though is it? How about you change your username to LegoblandSam instead?

Wonder if they're gonna add the rumoured (when construction was going on) mirror maze section? Cor imagine if that's actually what the only change was...

Minions were a great comedic sidenote in the first film, unfortunately popularity saw to a dreadful level of overexposure which peaked with their dedicated film... As Ryan said, Universal hold the rights to that little pie of money making...

But Bubbles at it's core was ALWAYS a kids ride... It was just designed (like a good kids film) to have jokes and a style aimed towards mum and dad to keep them equally entertained...

It's funny how people's opinion of the ride vary so wildly based upon what was broken or not... That in itself is proof that the ride isn't working to the correct level it should be, and needs a serious look... Unfortunately, it was also so predictable that it would be like this...

Some rumours say yes, but it's been confirmed that Symbolica will be trackless, so no as well...