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Well it looks like they are actually second to Disney on something now, although not necessarily one to be proud with. $22 currently equates to around £16.50 based on the current atrocious exchange rate. Can someone confirm how much the car park used to be? I don’t think it’s particularly big tbh. I expect the majority don’t park in the park anyway.

Rumba could be something special with the right vision and effort put into it, especially considering it’s one of the most popular when being in groups. Some scenery (not burnt trees), effects and interactive features would not go amiss amongst queue upgrades too. I don’t think they’d be able to add/return any water features unless they were external from the current system though. Would be nice to see a proper refurbishment, but they probably don’t have the budget sadly.

Interesting report. Big Sheep sounds a lovely little park and the others don’t sound half bad either. I believe Flambards are the new owners of Lightwater, so hopefully they can turn around that place somewhat. Rampage used to operate at the now defunct Metroland until 2008, where it was known as the New Roller Coaster. It’s interesting to see how they’ve worked out the landscaping for what was once a completely indoors coaster.

Well, that Fish resin looks both random and impressive, never thought I’d say both together. They also have a new Stealth resin too, which is smaller but better than the previous one. Saw needs a new one as it’s had the same one for years. To whoever pointed the resemblance of the Colossus resin, thanks. Love the ride pins and been trying to get more of late, very addictive indeed. Bought the top trumps recently, they are not too bad either. Couldn't find the ride chocolate though. Does anyone know if they’ve (already) discontinued these?

Loving the Blue Spaghetti look.

Still better the garish green house look it had earlier on in the season. Fingers crossed they’ll actually be able to get the resources to fix it, next season at the latest. Least they have fixed some of the effects though.

It’s back open now and Heres the source. Apparently one train lightly bumped into another when it was parked at the station, so hopefully not as bad as what’s being said. Still concerning this happened though. Wouldn't be surprised if this kills Thorpe getting one of these anytime soon.

The shop looks rather grand, however I find the lack of promotion from BPB disturbing. It’s like they don’t want people to know about their new ride. Recent motives from the park suggest they are still struggling (as a result of low gate numbers and ride expense). I do worry for the park’s future should Icon be a failure.

Tover Land looks even more beautiful now, such a lovely location for the park.

I’m surprised Nemesis doesn’t feature on that poll. Then again, I rarely follow a theme park community that insists on banning people if they prefer Pepsi to Coke (amongst other silly reasons). Glad Helix & Taron made the cut though.

Well that was awkwardly hilarious. Certainly looks like that wasn’t supposed to happen.

I think it’s currently estimated for a late June opening from what I last heard. If this thing isnt running in August, then there’s something very wrong there. Once the tunnel is sorted, this beast should be ready quite soon I expect. The park just needs a major dark ride type attraction now. Rather badly if you ask.

0 chance in that 1

The chances of Paramount Park ever opening are equivalent of Loggers opening this Summer.

Should definitely be there for the Chessington part of the trip, but shall see whether I can join you at Thorpe too. Tomb should be attending too.

Either that or someone in HR needs a spell checker. 2020 would make sense though for a large investment though.

Clearly up there with Phantasialand then

I haven’t visited WMSP since I was really young so definitely need to get back there at somepoint. The ride selection sounds and looks pleasant enough for a park of that size. I think they have an interactive dinosaur walkthrough attraction there now.

I haven’t really noticed the impact on fastrack this year at the park, although that’s probably because I’ve visited on mostly quiet days, but this new system sounds like a noticeable improvement so far. Whilst I’m not the biggest fan of paid queue systems, if they are managed properly they can work out well for both sides of the fence. Parks like Phantasialand and Liseberg seem to have a pretty good method for their fastrack equivalents and neither seem to over advertise these either. As far as I’m aware. I havent visited Towers yet this year but can only presume Spinball still has fastrack?

By anything it was more of an observation. Whilst there have often been ‘peak only’ outlets the choice available was still comparatively limited, especially to any visitors that don’t fancy pizza buffet or chain stuff. Even opening just one (I.E Sombreros) would make a noticeable improvement. If Sticky Sisters is open all the time then that too will help. Churros though sounds great. Don’t think the park (or others in Merlin) have done something like thrn before.

I guess in all fairness everyone has their own favourite (and least favourite) parks. I think part of the reason why is these parks seem to be pushing the boats out in terms of theming and experience. Not to mention they are likely the most visited European parks by enthusiasts. I’m probably in that bubble considering they are all my top three. There are definitely more great parks out there though in Europe. Liseberg, Plopsaland and Gardaland (maybe). Tover Land might be one to watch out for too amongst others. Disneyland Paris is self explanatory. Anyways, keeping this topic unpopular now: 1/ Walking Dead is better than Derren Brown’s Ghost Train 2/ Walking Dead is the best ‘small’ investment since 2007 3/ Saw is rougher than Colossus Throw the tomatoes if you like then

Good to see Fins serving up fantastic food. One thing I couldn’t help but notice recently was how few food places were open last week. Fish & Chips, Burritos, Cornish, Peckish and Grill all closed. The only food places open were Fins, Pizza Pasta and the chains along with Donut Factory and Nitrogenie. Even then, they’ve reduced staff for Pizza Pasta as you no longer get lead to your table or given cutlery. I know it was an off peak day, but such a shame to see F&B at the parks being squeezed so much now financially.

Whoops. Awkward typo. Too excited for Wickerman and Steel Vengeance. Probably.

As long as this doesn’t have drastic impacts on throughputs and airtime, this isn’t terrible news. I do wonder whether Blue Fire and/or Icon will feature these? If not, must be an internal/Swedish regulation.

Looks nice. Lets hope it’s a good Intamin. This place has two other coastes due in 2020 (including an RMC), so they are definitely not standing still as far as investment is concerned.