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    WTF Merlin?

    Oh I've given up on UK parks, I was more pointing to our European friends and what magic they can make happen! (and I was being a touch facetious) :p I just wonder if the 'will' is there to really push the parks to be world class again, or if the team are happy settling in to being the...
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    WTF Merlin?

    I can't wait for a Silverstone situation on a fireworks night! (For the Silverstone round of F1, they implemented surge/demand-based pricing, which got itself all muddled up to the point that prices were going up as people were waiting to finalise their tickets so you could have a £200 ticket...
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    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    I think it's great they have a space for wheelchair users
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    Alton Towers | Nemesis Reborn | B&M Retrack | 2024

    The atmosphere looks incredible! The eye seems very Merlin-esque. Obvious pattern of the teeth moving up and down, rather than random. Why doesn't it sync up with trains leaving the station? It could scream and all the teeth open up while the eye follows the train up the lift. Or something...
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    Universal's Epic Universe | Orlando USA | Theme Park

    I was thinking of a boat ride, either round the shire like you say, or the boat ride west at the end of the story! There's so much of middle earth that would make great attractions, like the story of the first song and the fall of morgoth, but I don't know how much the estate is willing to let...
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    Universal's Epic Universe | Orlando USA | Theme Park

    A drop tower themed to the fall of Barad-Dur seems a nice, easy idea to me. Mystery Castle-style, but the walls are screens and you watch the struggle between Frodo and Gollum as you climb the tower. Once you reach the top, Gollum gets the ring and falls (along with a little pre-drop as you...
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    Fire at Liseberg's Oceana water park

    Confirmation of sorts from Andreas Andersen that the missing person lost their life. :( https://reflections.liseberg.se/thank-you-for-all-the-kind-messages/ As if losing years of work wasn't already gutting enough, to lose a member of the team as well must be devastating. Slides and steel are...
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    Universal's Epic Universe | Orlando USA | Theme Park

    Isn't the Tolkien estate infamously picky and commandeering when it comes to anything to do with the franchise?
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    Fire at Liseberg's Oceana water park

    Something doesn't quite sit right with me about the engineer's explanation. Were they constructing the whole project with no fire protection or suppression equipment? Was there no ventilation in the building to prevent the gases building up? Obviously this was a catastrophic accident, but were...
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    Fire at Liseberg's Oceana water park

    I hadn't seen the clip at 0:44 in that video! Was that part of the main explosion, or was it another mini-belch of flammable gases? (also, where was that filmed from? Liseberg offices?) "That is a bit weird, isn't it?"
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    WTF Merlin?

    I don't think it's just disability access. :( Looking at the places scored 3 and 4 and structural compliance seems to be the main area of concern, and that does include layout and access. So that could explain those low scores, but like Nicky said; what on earth has happened to get a zero?! Did...
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    Walt Disney World

    I wonder how easy it would be to turn it into a regular hotel, without the space transport arrival and the fixed itinerary? Still have all the activities. but regularly throughout the day instead of at specific times. It should be fairly easy, and far cheaper than demolishing and rebuilding...
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    Universal considering UK theme park in Bedford

    Dear Santa Mr. Yasin, My name is Dar, I'm 34 and a half, and I've been a very good thoosie this decade. For the new universal park I would like: A clone of the dueling Mack at epic universe A donkey kong mine cart coaster A clone of velocicoaster but instead of ending after the roll over...
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    US Election 2020; what are your thoughts?

    It genuinely baffles me that some americans are so blinded by #teamdonkey and #teamelephant that there's a real possibility that they might elect an actual criminal. Faced with a choice between someone that announced they would be a dictator "just for one day", and someone that is old, it looks...
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