Project LC

Pursuing legal options of corporate damages and defamation against media companies often leads to follow up news articles being pulled or edited. The story grows much slower and forces reporters to get facts right. Presumably merlin is not following this course of action because legal fees are high and its bad for share holders in the short term. However this course of action is damaging in the long term as stories continue to grow with more and more ridiculous outlandish claims (Galatcica getting stuck upside down) and damaging customer satisfaction as now rides need to close in light rain in a city where it rains 106 days of the year. I personally have thought for years that Merlins PR team aren't the best in the world and that dealing with situations like this is poor. Its gotten far worse over the last year as the frequency of these situations have increased drastically. The main issue I have with them is that they are so slow. It takes them days to get a response out when stories like this need a response in minutes and hours not days. On top of that the response given comes across as apologetic when really they should be defending themselves.

Merlin could just stick up to the media for once instead of shying away.

Well it is ridiculous seeing as in infernos 13 year existence it hasn't ever had to close for light rain. I would understand if it had always been a policy but it hasn't been and there is no good reason why it should change now. This is some over the top knee jerk reaction from the weak Merlin bosses. They have had time and time again to correct the media when they have said something stupid but they always do it way too late.

£13m seems more and more likely to be the real price. Seeing as Thorpe are most likely the people who gave them that figure. To me it implies the budget has been slashed from its original target which given previous examples (zufari) doesn't rest very well. Then again the orginal £20-40m figure could have just been said to get fans hyped so who knows.

I'm glad to see that in the space of 10 years the design of the hotel has hardly changed at all. From an engineering point of view they could save a lot of money making this like most modern hotels where you precast sections off site and then move them on to the site and just slot them into place. Seeing as there is no overall repeating patten it implies that this will be built the conventional way.

Well both result in death by Hershey, so instead of starving to death in a park I shall go with being crushed by food. Guilty until proven innocent or innocent until proven guilty?

Steel engineered in a way to withstand extreme stress and strain with each component having months of work spent on it. What I am trying to do is shine some light on people obsessing over a light behind a sign. I understand it is a nice looking sign but at the end of the day it is a sign.

I know I am pretty pessimistic but come on, it's a sign with a light behind it. Also if there is not a scene where you think you are going to get hit by a train I will be stunned.

Edexcel did a paper a few years ago on stealth working out the acceleration, height and power. Then a year later it was a very similar question about kingda ka.

Seeing as we are back to mindless statements based on staff said so and so I shall assume we still have no news.

Interesting use of the word "well".

Good ride, no themeing. In or out?

If it were to have a splash on the first decent the ride would slow down a lot and would require a lot of power to get the speed back up for the boat to reach the top. So the water level only rises for a splash to occur on the last decent.

£13m??? Is that all? What happened to £20-40m. £3m building, god knows how much on advertising. Doesn't exactly leave much. I know money doesn't equal quality but for the loved god I hope this isn't a zufari all over again.

It is an amusement park rather than a theme park. The lack of themeing I have no issue with. It looks clean and that it is meant to be there, rather than six flags.

The roof is not load bearing as it does not compile with Euro code regulations for suspended loads. It is being supported from underneath by that black pillar.

Not much you can really do with these large dive coasters. They loose speed so quickly and cost so much. It is a shame that it does follow basically the same layout as all the rest. Nice vest restraints though

For anyone interested there is a live stream about phase 2 of the alpha at 7pm on the 4th, 11th, 18th and a developer spotlight at 6pm on the 5th, 12th and 19th of may.

It implies that one or multiple visual effects are not working as expected and is rather underwhelming.

Galactica upgrade cost £12m? Where did the BBC get that figure from?

Well may as well start taking bets now of when the actors will disappear. I'm going to go with 2021.

A £40m ride delayed so it can open 3 weeks before the end if season. You are joking right? New tech is expected to have delays. It's no surprise its been pushed back. Especially with the 4009 companies seeming working on this. (Exaggerating for all those that take my words literally) Hopefully while they fix the issue the other parts can be perfected.

I thought the airport imposed height limit was 500ft.

Oh Merlin. Delays happen with new tech. Delays happen with poor management. I have a feeling both are to blame.

They will just have to become clever with space. X, slammer samurai, loggers, rumba can all go on the chopping block when needed. There is still plenty of space.