Charlesberg

Depth Charge (5) Nemesis Inferno (6) Rocky Express (1) Stealth (6) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (6) X (6) Stealth + Rocky -

Does anyone here know the prices/no. of tokens needed for the larger rides this year?

I find Furius Baco uncomfortable but fun. Colossus on the other hand is just uncomfortable and certainly not fun.

Here I go again: - Cheetah Hunt is better than Taron. - Nemesis is overrated and I think Smiler is more exiting. - Abismo is a good ride.

How surprising...

I’m very glad that theme park soundtracks are becoming much more recognised as in the past they didn’t appear to be too big a deal. That’s probably because enthusiasts were the only people that really cared about them (and the majority of theme park visitors are GP). Now all they need to do is release full orchestral scores

Honestly I think having Infusion, Icon and The Big One together is an effective use of colours as it forms red, white and blue (subtle patriotism maybe). Could symbolise that Britain for once are getting something worth while and that they are proud of it.

Agreed, the ride experience isn’t very memorable as there aren’t really any standout elements (apart from the 1st brilliant airtime hill and the second launch). It leave me somewhat disappointed when I rode it.

Nah, they already ruined it!

Looks like I won’t be going. Words of wisdom: don’t become a talented musician, you’ll have no spare time.

This will be no surprise, but mine has to go to Kingda Ka. Firstly, it’s a very long launch so there’s plenty of time to take in the experience unlike Stealth’s launch (which is good, but much shorter and more forgettable). The launch feels as if there’s two stages to it. The first half feels like Rita’s launch so it felt like it was finishing after this half. Then all of a sudden the train has another burst of speed (where it reaches 128mph). At this point you are going so unbelievably fast that the wind is the only thing you can hear and feel, it’s just breathtaking.

I don’t dislike the first film, but I preferred the others because the first one dragged on a bit too much for my liking.

Generally with PA (and I can’t help but bring this up again), the people that enjoy the park are the ones that buy the express pass and the people that hate it don’t but it. But it is completely understandable why, both times I went I didn’t see Shambhala with a queue shorter than 2hrs.

So as part of a choir related tour, I had the opportunity to go to Disneyland Paris. However, as it was one of these school style trips, it was inevitable that the visit would result in huge compromises. To start off, we only had one day in the park. In addition, we spent quite a lot of the morning preparing for a concert (reducing the amount of time we had) and had to have dinner at 6:00 in which we couldn’t stay afterwards (despite being told that we would stay till 9 ish). My ride count was not great: - Hyperspace Mountain x2 - Indiana Jones x1 - Pirates of the Caribbean x1 - Star Tours x1 With regards to the rides, I’ll begin with Hyperspace Mountain. I was left quite disappointed, the changes really left the ride feeling bare. Space Mountin Mission 2 was one of the only roller coasters where the theme actually got me (bear in mind that theming rarely makes or breaks a coaster for me). I thought the onboard soundtrack was poorly arranged for the ride; randomly scattered Star Wars tunes does not at all compare to a fully synchronised orchestral soundtrack (as featured on the previous SM). Comparisons aside, it was a great ride, just not as good as it used to be. I did used to rate this above RnR (WDW), but based on my last 2 rides it would move down a few places in my list. But apparently this is only temporary (I’ll hold my list for now), so hopefully SMM2 (or any original SM theme) returns with it’s glorious soundtrack. If that soundtrack doesn’t return for whatever reason, the new one must be original and orchestrated to satisfy me. The rest of the rides were pretty good. Indiana Jones was running rather smoothly and both pirates and Star Tours proved better than their American counterparts. Disneyland Paris is one of those parks which I just haven’t had a sufficient experience in, but I’m looking forward to the days I get to go with no compromises. The last time I went was 4 years ago on the exact same tour with the exact same choir, again we only went in the Disneyland Park (my ride count was better though). The time before that was on my 5th birthday (we went in both parks) which I know was a dream come true at the time but memories are very faint. Words of wisdom: If you ever go to a theme park with a school, music club, etc. you must be prepared for disappointment.

If it’s on the 2nd then I’ll go.

So I just watched the fourth Final Destination film thinking it was the first... For starters, why was it called “The Final Destination”? There was literally no way for me to tell it was the fourth film (seeing as there was no number in the name, and that every other sequel had a number).

I think the reason was that they didn’t have the right to host the Olympia theme or whatever (which I think explains why one of the 4 smaller loops doesn’t have any word on top of it).

It’s weird with me... I’m that kind of person that can feel travelsick fairly easily but I’ve never actually been sick at a theme park. Pretty much any roller coaster or flat ride won’t make me sick, even if I’d had a rather large lunch beforehand. The only slight exception to this was when I was spun around on a park randabout for about 5 minutes straight (I was close to throwing up). But that’s not technically at a theme park, neither does it really count as a ride. With dark rides such as Forbidden Journey when your body moves out of time with the screen, I can feel slightly nauseous after too many rides (5 rides of FJ was enough for me) but it’s no where near as bad as my travel sickness (which generally isn’t too bad).

Agreed, it can’t really be classified as SW8 wood when it had no contribution to the actual coaster. They should’ve waited for when it gets RMC’d in the far future

Colossus is now back on two trains, which is good I guess. Except I liked the fact that many crowds would be stuck queuing for Colossus (which is just so awful I don’t bother to ride it anymore) thus reducing the lines on other rides ?

The lack of apostrophe...

looks 5, is 15

When people tell you about something that happened on a roller coaster that isn’t physically possible (e.g. Dragon’s Fury stopping halfway around the high-banking turnaround *insert correct element name*), and then say stuff like “well you weren’t there, so...” after telling them. Generally when the GP say you’re incorrect for a (theme park) fact that you could swear on your life is true. This has happened multiple times with the GP saying the drop on Sheikra goes inwards (beyond vertical).

I don’t understand why they weren’t relocated, Chinese Fireball was a strong invert (better than Inferno) which would suit many of those other American Parks we all know about. Hungarian Horntail on the other hand despite being rather crap, I’m pretty sure some park would have delightfully snatched it up. I’m just grateful that I got to ride them both before closure. But all I can really say is that there is a better invert in Florida anyway so despite losing this, we’re not hard done by on inverts in Florida.

Would the fact that it’s a short maze (based on literally eveyone’s reviews) increase it’s throughput?