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I heard lobotomies could do that, particularly as Baco gives them out for free.

A family roller coaster takes up much less room then a dark ride.

It's rather apt that the Baco trains are themed as barrels because the ride is akin to being locked in a barrel and thrown down a hill. It's been mentioned that being in a certain seat at a certain time of day on a certain day of the week on a certain month of the year can give an enjoyable ride but thats not how the majority ride roller coasters. The Spanish love it but then half of them haven't woken up till gone 9pm, hence the long opening hours. I also think the Spanish mullet gives excellent protection against Baco's jerkiness and shakiness.

I'm cool with that outcome. Alton, Thorpe, Chessington and Legoland are all going backwards whilst the Pleasure Beach is getting a new lease of life of late. Good to see the classic rides can outdo the newer, bigger stuff.

That Khan trim is sacrilege to a ride that just gets tighter and tighter and more and more intense. I'm sad to see that. As for Baco, such a limit pusher that its layout is a circle of eight with a shed. Brilliant. Remains my dead last least favourite ride because there should have been another way. It's shoddy, painful, shaky, unreliable and requires you to sit in one of two seats to be in an anyway enjoyable (and even that sucks compared to other wing riders and launch coasters). Rubbish, awful, shoddy, yuck and euch.

Your expectations are completely unrealistic.

Blah blah, Thorpe are rubbish blah blah.

Oh wow, it's only taken nine years for EVERYONE TO SEE THE LIGHT!!!!!! Oh. Ok then, never mind, nothing to see here folks.

Thanks for the trip report there. This park was a surprise highlight of my earlier theme park years and it still surprises me that its relatively ignored in coaster circles. De Acero has spent years near the very top of my top ten coasters and I'm glad to see it still impresses, even if you thought Batman was better. I didn't think Coaster Express was that bad when I went but even back in 07 it had a reputation for being rubbish. Maybe I was just so young and naive back then. Thanks for the report. =)

I'm fine with this. It won by 4% which is peanuts and if anything, Nemesis gave the new boy a run for its money.

I'd like to thank you for posting the trip report twice here Benin, just in case we missed the first go Your opinions pretty much echo what I felt back in 2007. Tarantula is an excellent ride, but it's not a particularly good spinning coaster which numbs the experience slightly. Fury does do it so much better. I loved Abismo back when I rode it, shame to hear it has a slight rattle to it now. I hated Tornado when I rode although in hindsight it probably is one of the better Intamins out there. Did you ride the random shooting ride under Tarantula? Benin Edit - OMG we can edit comments to our blogs... MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah I fixed that double posting thing...

Well yeah duh. 100 million plus is what it would take to do a Harry potter area justice hence why the UK parks would never touch it. Ironically, an area of that magnitude pays for itself quickly with the huge jump in attendance and return visits (not to mention the amount of merchandise and butterbeer people are willing to wait hours for). Still, we have Angry Birds so whose complaining.

Because our parks resent paying more then a tenner for their new investments, imagine asking them to stump up 100's of millions for a single area.

Maybe you should just go to Alton Towers then LC.

Thing is though, whether maintenance of the ride is bad or not, we don't hear about people being thrown off of B&M, Mack or Vekoma rides. So what is it about Intamin rides in particular that is causing some small (such as EGF stalling on the top of the hill or Ritas launch cable snapping so violently) or to the big where someones life comes to an end. I think its testament to Arrows ride quality that the first car didn't come snapping off and hurtling to the ground. And I really don't want to see a knee jerk reaction off all the trees being severely cut back because of it because part of Ninjas fun was how close the trees seemed to get. Still, I'm very glad that everyone came off relatively unharmed as it had the potential to be a very nasty accident.

That's okay, a family has lost their son in a tragic accident. All about perspective isn't it.

In terms of the ride layout, nothing has changed at all. When the new trains were added the main changes were down to clearance as the new trains are a lot bigger size wise then the old trains. Nostaglia and the rose tinted glasses may be wy you didn't think the ride was as intense as before.

Parks really have to start drawing a line on Intamin rides. If this turns out to be an park error, I'd ask the question why these park errors aren't killing people on B&M, Mack or Vekoma rides. This isn't the first time a teen has been thrown from one of Intamins rides and when is it going to be one death too many before Intamin drastically change their ride systems. Having ridden Green Lantern at Magic Mountain, it feels me with dread, the thought of being next to a seat which has just ejected someone at great speed. My thoughts go out to the family.

Agreed. Family coasters can be so much more then what this is.

A nice picnic area with a canopy over it would be rather grand. In fact, rip out Saw whilst they are at it..

Ignoring the inevitable Merlin are just reusing old concept stuff that people are peddling, I do fail to see how this will be a dive machine to end all dive machines. The superlative language in the press release is all very well but this project does feel way too 'safe pair of hands' for its own good. A new B&M isn't to be sniffed at but I'm really not getting anything from this ride so far.

From my experience, people who have worked at theme parks tend to be a bit more clued up about getting on with it. Its the rest that screw it up frankly.

The only valid point you've made I'm afraid is the lack of people giving out tickets at the entrance.

Was it the only thing open on your visit per chance?

You're giving Benin a run for his money with your negativity.