Mark9

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.

I thought this was going to be another generic Nemesis write up but it was a nice tounge in cheek attack on the other rides. Nicely played =)

Your trip report is reminiscent of so many others. Whilst it has the odd stand out ride in Shambhala and Khan, everything else is such a hassle. It's the only park where the rule queue jump or be queue jumped applies.

Great.

There is no doubt in my mind that Luke would love Tornado at Bakken. Which means he's either clinically dead or a sadist.

I'd be complaining too if I'd wasted £500 on a VIP pass.. There is much better things that could be done with that kind of money.

Tomasz

Magic Kingdom (it's better themed on the outside Charmander or Squirtle?

In my own experience as an ex ride operator, single riders can be the most un safety conscious of the lot. On rides like Inferno, Colossus and Fury where the Single rider queue was up the exit, they had an almost cavalier attitude to the rides day to day running. I should know, I was one of the Inferno single rider crew and some of the peoples attitudes towards the ride staff was disgusting. Openly rude, telling the staff how to do their jobs and telling off normal members of the public who decided to join the SRQ. That being said, it shouldn't have been removed from Stealth where it was actually part of the batching design. It all went wrong for rides like Samurai and Vortex where fastrack became more wide spread as I believed it worked well on the flat rides.

The amount of times Fury did that to me...

I've tried to like it, I admire its originality and ambition but... It's awful. Just looks like what its made out of, trash.

Nice piece of satire there Josh =)

Just for a heads up, Europa Park would consider Blue Fire and Wodan as family roller coasters.

What will you do if it isn't worth it?

Just to a point, a ride platformer would never have access to a phone or iPad to change the queue line in the first place. The ride operator would have access to this and in-between dispatching trains and checking cameras, would have the time to update the queue when necessary. Safety is paramount but queue times are one of the biggest complaints at a theme park so getting them as accurate as possible is important to parks guests..

It's okay Holly, there's only two more matches and then it will all be over for another year..

There are so many ways to solve this fastrack problem. Low numbers of tickets, higher pricing. People will still buy the tickets and queues won't get so ridiculous for either side. It's the way a lot of American parks apply the system and works a lot better then this gamble that the UK parks have become.