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They're all screwed in november then when Six Flags America closes.

Upon Kingda Ka's passing, it cursed all the accelerator models.

Easy winner is Thorpe. Best operated rides, best opening hours and better reliability.

The actual operations at Towers are broadly always excellent. It's whether the rides are actually open that is Altons problem.

Any Hippogriff ride. I will never wait an hour for a Vekoma junior coaster. Not on your life. I don't generally spite myself out of any rollercoaster. If I've done it before then I won't do a lot of Gerstlauer rollercoasters. Saw is awful to ride, Smiler is painful to queue for. Eurofighters are generally quite meh. Generally I avoid Tidal Wave type rides now, there's no fun in walking abound in soggy clothes.

Smiler is constantly Towers busiest ride but that doesn't make it the most popular 😘

It's a top five for sure. The return journey to the station is some of my favourite sequencing on any rollercoaster, the pacing is just spot on. With Voltron and Helix, Mack prove that if you let them, they can push boundaries with even the smallest of elements. I guarantee, if you ask the majority of the general public, their favourite ride at Europa Park is still Silver Star. I remember a few years back, they did a general poll and I was so sure Wodan would be the guest favourite, but no it was the old reliable. As brilliant as Voltron is, it is just that aggressive and intense that it probably puts a lot of people off after their first ride.

Define slow. I believe they can dispatch as soon as the 1st train has cleared the lift hill.

For context, 8.5 million is near the bottom of the Universal portfolio Japan 16 million Orlando 10 million (for each park) California 9.6 million Beijing 9 million Singapore 4 million Being bang in the middle of Orlando and the three Asian resorts, I think the scope is there for 8.5 million but the UK needs to get the infrastructure bang on. I really have doubts in Eurostar ever making it to Bedford, Disneyland Paris had Eurostar right on their doorstep and halted that right after Brexit so there's no way it's going to Bedford. Not with Thameslink from Kings Cross St Pancras already in place.

I'm really impressed by the ride teams at Thorpe. We really take for granted how hard they work to keep the rides moving so efficiently. It's really telling how good we have it, The Swarm probably had the worst ops but they were still only stacking trains for about 10 seconds per cycle (and that is an exaggeration). The Hyperia team must have been chosen by the goddess themselves, because they run that ride so well, never stacking, always dispatching as soon as they can. Also shout out to Inferno's team who were doing a great job. They need a batcher though as lots of trains going out with two empty seats next to each other. And finally, the older I get the more I see myself preferring Thorpe's coaster line up to Altons. As much as I like Nemesis Reborn, I think the rest of the line up is either gimmicky nonsense, run awfully or just dull. Whereas Inferno is running the best Ive seen it (honestly, it's so good right now), Stealth and the Swarm are just so much fun, Hyperia manages to be open ( ) and I still love hanging out around Colossus and hearing that music. In general Thorpe is just a better experience all round. Better hours, better rides, better food, better operations. I would have never said that 20 years ago, but now, to me, Thorpe is in a different league.

Riding this Saturday, it was incredibly smooth, couldn't notice a hint of vibration or roughness. And actually riding this so soon after riding Helix two weeks ago, it's amazing how forceless Hyperia feels. Maybe the new wheels making it faster has taken some of the weightless feeling out of the ride (well for me anyway). Majority of guests clearly still love it although I found it interesting on my trip that Inferno was far busier throughout the day. I was expecting Hyperia to range in the 100 minute wait time, especially with the beautiful weather, but it never went above 50. As intimidating as it is, sometimes the majority of guests just want a smaller, more manageable ride like Inferno and the Swarm.

I get the reference however.. The only thing worse than people moaning about Christmas stuff in shops in August is forums talking about halloween.

Do we have to? It's worse then Christmas in shops in August..

They just need to scrap it now. It does nothing for anyone, it's costly, it has a terrible atmosphere with ride hosts shouting down the PA and down megaphones all the time. It's also an awful ride that barely gets you wet. Opening 3 hours after park opening? Get rid. Not worth the effort.

Yes it is. I actually like quite a few of the rides but it is a painful park to be in most of the time.