Altitude

The two Port Paramount ones give me life. I'm in love.

Ian, if Merlin were so against a wing coaster after The Swarm, how come Heide Park gets one 2 years later?

Did it look big?

I never said it wasn't!

On Tuesday this week, Swarm was on one train with a 25 minute queue. They had hardly any staff on the ride either, so little that they couldn't open the baggage booth! We had to leave our belongings on display in the station next to the gates, which I really didn't feel comfortable with as you can reach over the gates easily.

Hmmm not sure if I'm honest. I know it's not open yet and I haven't experienced it so I shouldn't judge, but it looks so... Merlin? Half of it looks like the I'm a Celebrity maze, complete with low ceilings which pretty much destroy the illusion of being in a forest/jungle. The other half it just the tavern scene from the old London Dungeons but with a still model behind the counter that doesn't move? The video (and the name of the attraction) feels like they're trying to recreate the WB Studio Tour in Watford but without all the effort. I know they have to make all the theming on this from scratch (I assume), but I just have a feeling it's going to look unfinished and not immersive in the slightest.

The original has blood waterfalls, how is that not better? Plus Nemesis at AT has the helix.

Went yesterday and the mist was fab! Literally couldn't see anything and got drenched on the front row <3 In the afternoon it was still great but not quite as dense!

Ok so I went onto this I'm a Celeb today... We got there at 10:50, and she said it'll open in 10 minutes, and we were the first ones there. Then she said there's another 15 minute delay, that was alright. Then she said there was another delay which she wasn't allowed to explain to us, and we ended up waiting for about 40 minutes. I know we could have left the queue, but I wanted to try it. Anyway the "maze" was pretty atrocious really. Felt rushed, the actors were friendly but most seemed uninterested. It didn't feel immersive either for me. You could see the real ceiling above the theming as there was light spilling everywhere! The rocks on the glory hole part were nice, but again there were parts when you could see just plain black walls next to them. The scene with the question tanks was lame too. There was literally one question, I got sprayed with air, and then told to get out. Worth doing if there's no wait but don't waste 45 minutes of a 7 hour opening.

Ugh that's a shame </3 Any idea how long they've been down? (Detonator and Samurai, not Slammer as I expect that to break all the time) Thanks though!

Not sure where to ask but what rides are closed at the moment? I'm heading there tomorrow and I'm wondering because apparently Samurai and Detonator are closed?

So beautiful :'(

^ Well you were wrong about the extra large seats on Inferno so I'll check when I'm there on Tuesday.

Double post but look how nice Baron looks in the sunshine!

Glad to hear you still had a great day! Although I swear you were right about the big seats on Inferno? I've heard it somewhere before!

Surely because there's no pattern on the thick outside park of the wheels, it will be harder to notice that it's not spinning too?

Both wheels are up and christ does this thing look good! I take back what I said about not liking the shade of brown... Photo from vijfzintuigen.nl

I'm not a logo designer in the slightest so these are awful but... Simple logo with simple font? Or a steampunk sort of version? Not too keen on either of mine as they're not polished at all, but I think the new logo should be similar to the current one as I quite like the current one! (Although it is outdated)

I'd say SAW (for me at least) is fine apart from the bottom of the big drop and the last corner. Although I do brace myself just in case, which isn't the most fun thing to do I suppose :L

^ Fortunately I'm not lonely enough to have experienced that!

The shade of brown they painted the wheel doesn't go in my opinion but that's just me being picky!

Same here if help is needed for anything!

I'm not sure why I update this thread nobody sees it anymore haha. Ah well I'll fangirl alone... They have begun placing the giant wheels on the sides!

Airtime I can see why they'd seem dull without riding it though!