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Theming so far looks great. I'm very glad the park is now adding more features within the parks and hotels this year. Looks a nice centrepiece there.

The last filmed episode of the Teletubbies ever made.

In terms of coaster roughness Runaway Mine Train- It's a powered coaster so it's not very rough Nemesis- For a 20 year old ride it's beautifully smooth, it may not be 100% but the last few rides I've had have been smooth as silk Oblivion- very smooth Air- it's smooth Spinball- varies by ride, some train are rougher than others but shouldn't be anything too painful Rita- probably the roughest coaster at the park. The ride does bash you about a fair amount. Thirteen- nothing rough on this coaster Smiler- first half of the ride isn't too bad, bad it does gets pretty rough on the second half especially on the last 3 inversions. If you're on trains 3 or 5 you should get a decent ride but on train 4 be prepared for rattly jolty ride. That's my opinions on roughness but rides vary on different days and times.

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Sounds like you has a great trip despite the uncertain weather. Drayton is a park in the uk I hope to get done eventually. However that a Buffalo coaster sounds like it does need to be replaced with a new coaster sooner rather than later.

Bungalow (Because it was from one of their old tv shows when I was a kid)

Swarms running noticeably more forceful than last year, it definitely pulls some intensity on the second inversion and first helix.

Katy Perry

Looks pretty decent to me, lots of great effects and interactive video sections too. I think it will be a fantastic coaster for the park with a mixture of fun and thrills. Being a Potter fan myself I'm impressed so far from I've seen both in/out of the ride.

Blue Fire

The theming there just looks incredible. I just love the details they've put in to this park. Looks like another park in the world that makes Merlin's theming look meh (even towers).

Grammar

Thanks for the trip report Luke. Port Aventura sounds and looks a loverly park and certainly one I've been wanting to visit for a years now, even if just for Shambhala. Shame Khan is now constantly braked however still sounds a great fun ride.

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Yeah I do think 15 mil is very optomistic number wise IMO. I just hope this park is a big success and turns out to be on the leagues of DLP , Europa etc. (neither which I've been to yet) and also gives Merlin the much needed competition and kick they need ATM. Just hope it's opening isn't a disaster and flop though (like Eurodisney)

Cap N Andy (Cap N Andy's revue)

All rides were open last Saturday as I'm aware, although Stealth was closed on the Sunday.

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Had a couple of rides on the beast last weekend and forgot how great the ride is and why it' my favourite flat ride in the world (Rush 2nd). The free fall is great fun, throttling towards the ground and up again three times and then a further three times in reverse (I'm probably babbling on about things I've said in the past) but I just really enjoy riding Slammer and am happy to have ridden it once again. Staff were rather tense when loading and tried to be very specific when it came to batching (probably in case they break the ride and it's broken for a lengthly time again). Also the sign still isn't properly restored yet on the entrance (probably a sign they're not putting too much faith in the ride in case it breaks again). Glad it's back running, I just hope it can reach the end of season this time, otherwise I don't know if they'll bother fixing up again .

I guess stealth is just having another bad time reliability wise.