Mark9
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Two seasons on and I think Wicker Man has embedded itself as one of Alton's best coasters. At first it may have been the novelty of a wooden coaster at the park but now, it's up there with Nemesis and The Smiler for me. it was running very well at the weekend.
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The last thing they would want is Peeking Heights back, it was by a long shot, one of the more complicated rides at Chessington and could be incredibly dangerous if it started to spin out of control.
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Nice to see the B&M inverter (Blue Harvest) at Grona Lund finally appear in the open after what feels like four years of construction.
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Mate, thats never going to happen. We all know it will be dumped in Amity cove as the parks never ending mission to try and hide Tidal Wave from view continues.
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WELL! There goes my hope for an RMC coming our way any time soon.
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Don't forget to see the sights such as THE WORLDS ONLY REMAINING SKY SWAT or the log flume that DIANA princess of Wales rode thirty years ago. I hear there's the BRAND NEW FOR 2020 PRIPYAT EXPERIENCE next to DB's ghost train but there's been very few reviews of this new walkthrough so far.
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Those models don't have competition because B&M effectively killed off the competitions equivalent rides (Arrow suspended, Arrow looper, Intamin mega & wing-rider) by refining concepts to perfection. The floorless coasters are gimmicky as hell and sold incredibly well right off the bat. Besides I feel like we're both missing that SeaWorld Orlando is currently building a launch coaster and then is building another one a year later. There's clearly room at parks for two launchers from two companies at the very least. I agree with you that it will probably have something unique about it otherwise B&M wouldn't be bothering at all.
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Cedar Fair have built one major Mack ride whilst B&M have built Yukun Striker, Orion, Leviathan, Fury 325, Banshee, Valravn & Gatekeeper since 2012. Anyway, its a bit of a moot point. If it is a generic launch coaster, I still think companies would be interested in a B&M equivalent because they are the best in the business at what they do. Their only real rid type that isn't a hit is the junior inverted which is actually pointless. Everything else they've done has been smash hits so why would this realistically be any different.
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Most enthusiasts would argue against B&M making the best hypers. Besides, I think B&M have sold more hypers for the simple reason their rides work whereas Intamin have had problems with people being flung out of seats and trains getting stuck mid circuit in the past.
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For the same reason companies purchase B&M hypers and gigas over the Intamin/mack/Gerstlauer equivalents. With B&M comes the ultimate quality in rollercoaster design, reliability and capacity. Busch also seems to have a good working relationship with B&M, probably why they are are building their fourth ride at Seaworld Orlando.
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I think this has been slightly lost what with Coronavirus and talk about Eftelings sheds. Seaworld Orlando will be opening the worlds first B&M surf coaster. No one knows exactly what this will look like or ride vehicles thus far, all we know is that track has already arrived at the site and Seaworld has paid 4 million dollars.. The other piece of news is that this will be some kind of launch rollercoaster. A big rumour thus far is that it will be B&M's answer to the Intamin blitz coaster or Mack mega coaster. Now considering there are only two launch coasters by B&M currently operating, this would be quite a sea change from B&M who have typically shied away from launch methods as they were seen as unreliable. I guess not anymore,. I find this pretty exciting. IMO Seaworld Orlando already has one of the finest B&M line ups in the world and a B&M launch coaster akin to Taron or Helix would be like a pipe dream for me.
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At Disney World its just part of Frontierland. Nonetheless, I don't hate this idea. I love Splash Mountain and I love Princess and the Frog. I win either way. 🤣
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Disneyland in California has suspended its re-opening indefinitely. I would be very very surprised if Walt Disney World doesn't do the same as cases in the state are sky-rocketing. In saying that, the Governor of Florida is a madman so maybe it will reopen anyway.
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I think that's ultimately it. The parks don't know. They won't bring people in to get them up to standard as they simply don't know if they will be allowed to open on the 4th. I don't blame them either. Why they are being left to uncertainty is what I don't get.
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I'd like a fact check on this please.
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Just as a reminder, I did used to work at a theme park and do remember the absolute chaos that start of the season begins. I know that a certain other theme park is in disarray about reopening as they have not been told returning dates and have no training plans in place because it's being left to last minute. I remember a time in Summer at Chessington when I was the only ride operator who could operate Dragons Fury and Peeking Heights. My breaks were dictated by when a senior manager could cover me. Now I'm not saying that any of the parks are in this position. I'm saying a lot of staff ride training is completed when the park is open (particularly ride operators) and nearly four months will have already ticked by. If they have a lot of returning staff they'll be fine. If not then.. well...
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Really? These staff haven't worked at these attractions for three months (nearly a whole closed season fact fans) and some will have never worked with guests before. Thats a lot of pressure to get your rides teams up to standard in 13 days.
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They aren't going to bring staff in until they absolutely know they can open on the 4th. It's crazy that this is two weeks away now and the government have left it so late for these companies to prepare.
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It's just a bit confusing Matt. The only positive comment about this entire ride before this discussion was where Matt Creek said something nice and then you replied saying it looked naff. Then there was silence, then Josh posted the POV and then a very weird moment where you said this. as if people on here have been absolutely clamouring for a pair of mack powered coasters. I don't see where you got this impression from. So to conclude, congratulations to Efteling for sparking the conversation on TPM. 🙌
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By the sounds of it, the Seaworld company owe money for Ice Breaker and Emperor as well. One could presume that a lot of the final payments were due for all these attractions just as park closures and furloughs hit. I doubt Seaworld would want to be sued by RMC, B&M, Intamin & Premier all at the same time...
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I personally love powered coasters.. This ride looks lovely. Until they put a restriction in that says you must accompany children to ride then I will assume its for everybody to enjoy and will ride it.
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Frankly, no theme park in the USA should be open at the moment. The wilful ignorance to the dangers of this virus over there is driving record spikes in 22 states so far. The Disney entitlement doesn't surprise me at all, just look at the reaction when the company announced a ban on smoking in the parks or when they removed plastic straws. I'm surprised though that the AP's haven't been extended, something Disneyland Paris did immediately when they first closed.
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I'd guarantee that someone was bought in to do it with no direction so they did what they thought was best. As we've seen across the Merlin brand, when something is thought through with passion, its normally pretty good. Here it's just embarrassing as who ever was in charge of getting the boards installed couldn't care less about image and presentation.
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Did you know that Thorpe Park Mania used to be Thorpe Parks free PR machine.
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Hong Kong Disneyland has reopened with new castle finished for all to see.
