Matt 236
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Some of theme park mates (most of whom are members here) produce a weekly video on their channel Talk Themeparks, who specialise in discussing about park news in the UK,Europe and beyond in a relaxed, informal and open style (which I have recently started joining in with). Would appreciate it if anyone could like,share & subscribe to their channel -
Ooh, heard about this, potentially exciting news if true, Blackpool is well due another major ride, rumour has it, the coaster will be a Mack launched and part of the ride is going where the go karts are currently positioned.
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After 18 years of service & existence at WDW, it will be game over for Disney Quest which will be closing for good in 2016 to make way for an NBA experience restaurant as Downtown Disney continues it's transformation in to Disney Springs which should be complete 2016/2017. Source-Themepark Tourist Whilst I never got to experience it (or WDW yet as a whole), Disney Quest is basically like a giant arcade,ish their park with lots of games and attractions with many themed or tied in to Disney rides and properties. The whole concept when it was created back in the 90's was to add more compact/localised Disney's to places that were noticeable distances around the world, but sadly never took off, one used to exist in Chicago but shut down years ago. Whilst aged beyond repair, it'll be a shame to see this place shut down. It reminds me a little of Sega World a bit.
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Out of interest, what's everyone thinking/planning to do Food-wise at the park? I've checked the main site & the main eatery is called the Oak Tree Restaurant which offers a wide selection of pub style food such as classics like fish & chips, steak pie plus burgers & more. They even do drinky drinks for those alcoholics . Menu http://www.oakwoodthemepark.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Oak-Tree-Menu1.pdf Apart from that, I don't think there's much too offer, just a couple of fast food like places and an ice cream shop. I went to Dixie's Diner when I last went and the food was very very average (and quite expensive). http://www.oakwoodthemepark.co.uk/plan-your-visit/park-facilities/
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Don't do inversion counts anymore, it's all about creds (notably coasters, dark rides & parks as a whole). I didn't get a single inversion when I did Skyforce either because of the strong wind or that I'm crap at doing these things
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Is a London Dungeons Addict
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2 hours is a good length but £80 (at Pass rate) is too much! Should really be £60 at full rate max really.
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Loverly pictures of the sky there, although I do wonder what that giant wooden structure thingy is in the distance though? How did Tover compare to the other parks on the trip? It's a place I'm thinking of visiting in the future (alongside another park) but I hear it's tricky to get to.
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Yep both places charged 50p a map around 2007 time (during the end of the DIC days). I was a real sucker on my chessington visit then when I brought two maps for a pound (didn't become a MAP holder until 2010) and just after I bought them, it literally started to rain resulting in one of the maps getting very badly weather damaged
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Out of Interest, how easy is it to get to Billund from Copenhagen?
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Rumba for me is in a dire state at the moment, arguably worse than Loggers (which is mostly lacking a tunnel ATM). The sprinklers haven't worked at all this year and unless you every unlucky, you will come off Rumba almost bone dry currently.
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A ride that seems to be continuing the trend of investments of the park it's in. Looks a truly amazing ride. There's some seriously exciting new rides in the works for Europe next year. Hopefully this beauty will be opening April time (I know Chiapas did and with the amount of detail that's already finished halfway through this year).
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The day Falls gets new theming is the day ticket prices don't go up. It definitely seems the park is in a very poor state currently and Glamping & High ropes are definitely not the solution.
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Pity Windsor Cancel (council) are playing hard to get (and being blind as bats) and not seeing how successful the park is and how badly they need that ride which would probably be the most exciting thing the park would've built since Laser Raiders. If Copenhagen happens next year I will try to plan a day for Billund (depending how easy it is to get to from Copenhagen by train).
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One must also remember PA & DLP are also (now) in build up areas where there's many third company hotels within close proximity (at least seven for DLP in under 20 minutes distance alone). Whilst at Towers (which is in the middle of nowhere pretty much) and the only third companies within close proximity are Chained Oak Bnb & another place I can't remember. Any other accommodation outside of towers is a 30-45 minute drive away in nearby towns such as Newcastle, Soke, Derby etc. so it makes sense for towers to steadily increase hotel numbers (as long as they continue to invest heavily in the park and other secondary onsite attractions).
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It's happening so quick! I'm so excited! First trackless top spin!
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Great! There goes my optimism for the park's future (Hello bland Cattle pens)
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I would actually say the complete opposite. Disney parks might be comparatively similar in many shapes and forms but they're all completely different as they all have different rides and attractions, for example Cali & Paris Disney both have Star Tours rides whilst Disney World doesn't (though in Hollywood studios); Paris & Cali also have canal boats & casey junior rides but WDW does not, whilst WDW & DL have jungle cruise & Splash Mountain whilst Paris has neither. The list goes on. Even staple things at the park's like their castle centrepieces, staple rides like Small World, Pirates, Space Mountain & BTM plus even the areas and (to a lesser extent) layouts which are completely different too (see discovery land compared to the American equivalents). Back to Legoland though, locations may vary but on the ride front they're all very similar/identical in all parks as every park pretty much has driving/boating schools, Technic coasters (Windsor used to have one), squid surfer rides, dragon coasters etc. however Billund comes across as the most unique (and probably best) but the parks don't seem to have the uniqueness of Disney parks.
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As long as the park continue adding/improving the 'in park' line up I don't have a problem with the park building a fourth hotel at the park, after all it's on land that couldn't be used for new rides/themepark expansion (unlike Chessington cough cough) plus there's not a lot of accommodation close to towers anyway aside from two BNB's & tower's three existing accommodation options. The hotel expansion seem a bit more of a nod towards further encouragement of weekend breaks & keeping up with big theme parks in Europe (even though theyre probably not quite up there), after all, Port Aventura has 5 hotels, as does Europa (with at least one more on the way soon).
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Ramesis's queue line should've have money spent on it and been re-enhanced to its golden days, instead they did a cheap half cooked job of destroying the old entrance and moving the entrance to the ground near the shop and just plonking the restrictions sign there.
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I still haven't booked it and though the online price is slightly cheaper there is a booking fee which makes the actual price not too different. Tour sounds interesting enough though so I'll see what people do on the day
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Great! Chessington seem to be heading towards becoming a smaller Alton Towers (in the south) without the good bits, At least Towers has swarms of land and has been receiving a fair amount of investment over the last 10 years unlike Chessie who seem many steps behind even the UK Merlin parks (when once they were leading the UK park industry in large stops). Chessington needs (another) major decent coaster with good throughout and towards the thrilling end of the family market (on toadies & peeking's site), retheme &/or major enhancements to the park's main rides (Vampire, Fury, Tombs, Bubbles, Rattle, falls & skyway) amongst more new rides in general. What it doesn't need is further accommodation (cough cough Glamping) , secondary attractions such as high ropes and photo opportunity thingies whilst the main park continues decay (in most areas) resulting in further removed theming/toned down queue experiences and is generally short on areas to expand due to its iffy green belt location (the North car parks can't be tarmaced & the front field near fury be built on). The only thing that seems to be done right these days (decision wise) is the Halloween events. If Chessington was a car, too much effort would be going towards pimping up the radio & added extra systems whilst the body and paintwork continue to rust and the engine starts to strain the volume of items inside which gets heavier each journey.
