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Soon (I didn't realise it had been a month since I wrote the Denmark one.)

Comes across as desperate. I'd hope for it to be at least themed to Old Town, but lets face it, Zodiac has been spinning around in Drayton Manor colours for 12 seasons now.

In five years at working at Chessington, I never once saw a measuring tape and was never asked to carry one, provided one or required to have one. Expecting a park like Drayton Manor to have them at each individual ride is unrealistic, thats what the height boards are for after all. Lets face it, the Mirror only really gives us one side of the story, the poor visitors to the evil theme park who deliberately discriminate the disabled. I'd take it all with a pinch of salt.

Drayton did the right thing and thats the end of it.

Good good! I want to see Olympia Looping a regular feature of Winter Wonderland frankly. Keep telling your friends, we need to see this ride every year.

It used to have masses of flavour of the month flat rides, as you say since 2005 its flat rides have never been the main draw of going to Towers and were never any good as support rides. I don't think Blade will go anyway and I'd be surprised if Hex doesn't re-open next year either.

You forgot to add, check if X2 is open.

Moana is so good. Best soundtrack since the Lion King (In Disney films anyway).

Although I've no idea of your financial situation, job/university responsibility etc, I do think you should definitely aim for a European park soon. As great as Blackpool is, the parks out there can really broaden your horizons. I can't imagine a world where the rides I look forward to are the ones I've done a hundred times over.

Seconded. Thirded. It's no Piraten. I prefer Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Parc to Disneyland California. I make no apologies for this. I like Scream and think its a top tier B&M. Everyone likes PortAventura. I think its awful with only Shambhala and Dragon Khan to make the place tolerable. Everything else is dilge.

What was the last European theme park you visited out of interest.

In what way? I'd like to hear your reasoning on how a 20 year old ride type would fit into a park that has a lot of flat rides.

Had a ride on this on the front row before work today... walk on. Can we swop out Colossus for this please, so good.

Flying Fish back in 1999. I queued 45 minutes.

Nothing from the UK, no point. Disneyland Paris in February and May Efteling & Phantasialand are definitely up there, along with trying to get to Walygator Parc for Monster Europa Park in May Florida in November.

Hey gorge

It's frankly outstanding that Olympia Looping has finally made it to the UK for the next two months. I'm very pleased and really looking forward to riding it

If you're going next work, definitely do the fastpass. What with it being a holiday week and thanksgiving, I'd expect the park to be extremely busy although you'd have to ask on American forums to see if this is the case. I really liked magic Mountain on my visit, if you're looking for a load of thrill rides, this is your best bet. When I went, the only ride we queued for was Full Throttle and that was only because it can only run one train. Everything else was walk on. Tatsu, Scream (guilty pleasure), Apocalypse, Riddlers Revenge, Ninja and Goliath are awesome. I'm not really a fan of Knotts frankly, it gets more visitors per year then Magic Mountain and has nowhere near as many decent rides. Silver Bullet is okay if you like your slick and forceless B&M's and Xcelerator is nowhere near as intense as Stealth. I like Disney California Adventure and would recommend it, however it will be absolutely joyless in Thanksgiving week.

The ridiculous thing is, the turntable/switch track idea are such common sense that its amazing it's taken so long for a company to do it with this type of ride. I love it though, the same rollercoaster with three different ways of riding. So I guess Europa have just thrown us a bone at their next potential rollercoaster I hope...

The dreaded closed season. A time when the ride games return, the silly season occurs with people making the same jokes about Colossus being repainted or Rumba being rethemed. Just be glad the Intamin aquatrax joke hasn't reared its ugly head. I like to think of closed season as a time of opportunity, a start of planning trips for 2017 and I thought I'd just put together a few blogs to maybe, inspire. Denmark. A road trip around Denmark is surprisingly easy. Start your trip in Copenhagen which features Tivoli Gardens and easy access to the rest of Denmark follows. Along the way you can discover the fantastic Djurs Sommerland, the original Legoland and Farup Sommerland. If you so desire, visit Bakken which is easily my least favourite park in the whole of Europe. Djors Summerland A park with two of my absolute favourite Intamin rollercoasters, this relatively small park in Denmark is a must visit. Along the way discover a topple-tower, a Gerstlauer bobsled and with a new rollercoaster in 2017, it's sure worth a visit. Piraten This fantastic Intamin mega-lite is a wonderful example of how you don't need to top 250 feet to be a decent rollercoaster. This air-time machine is genuinely one of Europes best rollercoasters. It warms up too an irresistible level the more it runs and must be ridden. Juvelen I have a lot of love for Juvelen. It was an absolute surprise on my visit From its twisty layout and head-choppers to the unexpected force of its second launch, it's a wonderful example of how a family rollercoaster can deliver so much more then just another thrill ride. Tivoli Gardens The thing with the Gardens is emphasis on wide open spaces and the beautiful scenery. Admittedly I visited in torrential rain but this doesn't dampen spirits. Dæmonen This tiny B&M is shoe-horned into the gardens and yet still packs a punch. Featuring three inversions, it is also one of B&M's shortest. It looks beautiful at night and with it's two train operation, queues are kept to a minimum. A sure-fire favourite. Farop Sommerland Towards the end of our trip, the final park was Farup which features a Gerstlauer launch coaster which despite some jerky moments, was a hit. The wooden rollercoaster Falken was also a hit, despite its slight oddness. Lynet Falken I heartily recommend a trip to Denmark. Not only do you get some fantastic rollercoasters, you visit a culturally rich country with beautiful scenery (and beautiful men and women) as well as a country that truly caters for everyone. Whilst a trip here can be expensive, planning ahead and accordingly can really save you money. Thanks for taking a look, next time, the very exciting Italy.

Inferno is awesome. It deserves to rule supreme in a crappy forum game. Tidal Wave is a worthy second place too. You guys have good taste. Edit to Add:- And the Swarm third. yay.

This game is just the ultimate spam. I wouldn't put too much thought into it.

You'd rather the 70 jobs cut rather then say, Enterprise and Blade closing instead.

It's an extremely rare incident yes, which means it got hours of press time and even this season, every time a ride stops, it gets an article or a THIRD ALTON TOWERS RIDE BREAKSDOWN IN A YEAR news story. It was a major news story, one that ran and ran and ingrained itself into public consciousness. Anyone can work out millions ride, but it can take one incident to shake that foundation. You live in a delusional world. Throwing more money down the drain would see more staff being let go then already has been. 2015 and 2016 were complete write offs whilst Towers attempts to rebuild its reputation. With the court case now over, 2017 can really start to get the resort back on track.

People thought they'd get injured or die if they went on an Alton Towers rollercoaster. What part of that do you not understand?