Project LC

Absolutely ages for all 3 of them. Samurai managed about 2 weeks of operation just over Easter. Slammer is yet to open. Has detonator even opened this season?

One train on stealth is the only coaster with adjustable seat belts.

Well clearly there isn't enough demand. Oh wait, any queue above 10 minutes I would call enough demand. We must remember that they are eco friendly and 1 train operation is saving the planet.

It is good to see that they are working to fix whatever your issue was and it does show that they do actually care although sometimes it may seem that they don't. However it is in their terms and conditions that you do not disclose emails from guest services. "This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed."

It would be in their contract not to disclose information.

Yeah meant the 9th. Although time travel is an easy one to achieve, we are all going to love the 210ft RMC in 2021.

The sign was there over the end of Easter (the 19th) as I remember seeing it.

I'm more ranting at the media that creates the bad press. The whole zero hour contract problem is non-existent and so the media blows any story way out of proportion. More jobs created since 2010 than the rest of Europe combined and the likes of the BBC say that is a bad thing. I've had enough of it and as a result I sort of aimed my rant at you when I shouldn't have. So sorry about that, I was talking about the whole UK rather than Merlin.

95% of jobs are not zero hour contracts and 50% of the people on them want to be on them. Zero hour contracts are not a problem, lots of people like them e.g students as they allow more work in holidays if normally they only work weekends. Next time a politician gives an argument maybe you should check the statistics behind the ridiculous claim. I dont mean that as a rant just towards you, I'm just fed up of people using it as an argument. (Ill try get back on topic and leave the politics out of it from now)

Well if you are a company and suddenly have to give a wage rise to all your workers by a crazy amount you would be bankrupt pretty quickly. Our recovery is based on everyone having a job rather than a load of unemployed while some people have better paying jobs. So yes it may be a voluntary scheme but I don't feel those which haven't signed up to it should be demonised. Merlin could be paying them £6.50 however they are not. If they wanted to pay their workers £9.50 then they could but that would either eat into merlins profits (never going to happen) or they could lay off workers so others get a small pay rise.

Well health and safety put the huge fences and netting there. It would seem that efteling are in a place with a little more relaxed rules, or they have something else that satisfies H&S.

There must have been a reason to become a public company. Why suddenly float on the stock exchange if you are not after a way to raise money.

With all the budget cutting I would assume that Merlin does not have the money to buy it and run it if it were to go bankrupt.

There is only so many times you can devalue an annual pass or open on one train when 2 is needed or have poor opening times. Merlin have been walking a fine line and it would seem they are starting to take that step too far. Merlin seem to work on a one step forward, two step back model which means they do still have fans (otherwise why would we all be here) but at the same time they do something stupid that angers the fans. I hope that PP play it differently however with the lack of experience they have I expect they will turn to the big names in the UK industry which would be Merlin.

What I was trying to get at is that PP has the aim to build a new fan base where as merlin is just keeping theirs going (which isn't very hard as they are pretty much the only option).

Its a step in the right direction but really there shouldn't be summer nights on top of it. If they are going to have it as a concert with a few rides open then that's fine but there shouldn't be 2 tickets for that. Personally I think they should have made it so day guests can go and there is an evening ticket which allows entry from 4 but if I'm honest I doubt we will ever see that happen. Thorpe's capacity is just too low.

With all the clearance windows of the trains the maximum drop you could have in that building would be around 7m (22ft). Not really a big drop, even if they could make it 10m it's still not exactly a big thrill. Any trick track would take up a lot of room as well. I know the building seems large but in reality it's quite small. I just don't see how a decent sfx coaster could fit in there.

They do state it in multiple locations (admittedly most being in the park) that you need to be able to walk short distances for most rides for evacuation purposes. If it did stop on a lift hill and they had to get you off it suddenly becomes a major problem. I can understand that they would be annoyed and that they should make it clear on their website rather than the ride entrance however to play the discrimination card is a bit extreme,

Merlin are not likely to be a small investor. Why would they invest in something that if it does well will eat their profits and why would they let Merlin invest in the first place. Despite paramount not owning the project they do have an image to maintain. So like Thorpe and lionsgate, there will be talks going on with what they can and can't do. LRCH will have the creative lead but paramount will provide an input to make sure it is up to standard. Currently the project doesn't have many big names of the industry in however that will change. When planning permission is approved I'm sure they will start head hunting for the best. They are spending a lot on this and I'm sure LRCH expect the very best. After all their aim is to make money. So they have to be good so people tell friends and they encourage people back.

YouTube/ Google generally works on 55% split to the person. Larger youtubers normally get a much higher rate. A standard partner gets £1 per thousand views, zoe will get around £12 per thousand.

I do believe Colossus normally stalls on the final turn. As the corkscrews are slightly inclined downwards

B&M launched wing rider in the air car park is what I'm expecting. It may not be a worlds first but it would offer a very unique ride experience in the UK, and I'm sure the Merlin team can come up with some stupid worlds first tag line for it.

I would not call swarm unique or unpredictable. Nor would I call saw or the vampire those things either. I would also put air, thirteen, oblivion in that list but they were world firsts. Don't get me wrong, John was good but just because he designed it doesn't mean it will be amazing. Personally I'm more a Werner Stengel fan as nearly all of my top 10 favourite rides were his.

Personally I find millennium force the best ride I've been on. I just like the speed and the airtime. The first over banked turn also made me start to grey out so I wouldn't call it forceless. Anyway I guess that is my opinion. Going by POV I still don't see what makes shambhala so special.

They boxes with the crosses through them are disabled lifts. The preshow is simply a preshow. If you look there is definitely a set of stairs on the way in and on the way out.