Recent content by Coastiesaurus

Regarding the loading gauge, is it just a particular problem on the lines that the trains would need to run on between HS1/St Pancras and the Bedford area? Because obviously prior to the construction of HS1 to St Pancras Eurostar trains used to run on the old network of British lines with the...

Came here to say the point about the border facilities. And yes, the cancelling of HS2 north of Birmingham is one of the most scandalous decisions made by a recent British government. It will at some stage have to be completed anyway because the lack of capacity is crippling parts of the...

Whilst I think an intamin family coaster would be great, I think we need to remember the Viking graphic from last years superfans event that strongly hinted at an inversion. And in Lawrence Mancey’s interview with lift hills and thrills he strongly hinted that people would be surprised with the...

Wow, that was unexpected (I for one thought accomodation was at least a couple of years away). The most intriguing thing for me is the reference to a ‘Scandinavian’ style - hopefully this means the accommodation will be at least loosely themed to match the new Viking area. Regardless, it feels...

On chessington and it’s unique selling point being its animals - haven’t there recently been rumours of Merlin looking to reduce the animal collection there and possibly move out of animals altogether?

I rode it this week for the first time and I was initially very worried about the spinning (I usually avoid rides with any kind of spinning as I do suffer from motion sickness) but with Danse Macabre I found the sensation to be just about bearable for me and it did not make me feel nauseous at...

I visited Weymouth Sea Life centre 3 years ago. It’s no surprise to me that a company like Merlin would be looking to rid themselves of sites such as that one. I mean, I love visiting aquariums but it was run down even 3 years ago and the cost of running them can only have increased in the time...

Different business structures in place as well though…. Paultons is family owned whereas Merlin being owned by private investment firms means that they expect their return on investment above everything else. Paultons also charge a much higher entrance fee as well.

I feel attacked by this lol 😂. I jest of course but Paultons is my local park and it is a fantastic day out for lots of reasons other than peppa pig world. When I was last there at the beginning of September it did feel like a bit of a shift, as Cobra, flight of the pterosaur etc had consistent...

I can see a water coaster fitting in very well at Paultons but I wouldn't put any stock into the image that was used on the planning material - Lawrence Mancey said in the recent interview he did with lift hills and thrills on youtube that it was literally just a stock image that an external...

Yes, as I posted upthread I was there Monday and it was heaving, despite the weather which was not ideal. Which considering the high price tag on day tickets and season pass tells you something about the standard they are providing to their customers. I was also really impressed that they...

I’m at Paultons today and they have been tearing down one of the infamously straight hedges over by Cobra. It’s incredibly exciting to think what is in the pipeline for this park but I’m not gonna lie, it was a bit sad to see one of those perfect hedges going as well! Lawrence Mancey has...

Have seen some images from Attraction Source’s Twitter showing that this will be a ‘turntable’ based ride system: https://x.com/AttractionSc/status/1791910855845544027 Are there any other rides out there that have this system? I can’t visualise in my head what this is going to be like …

Looks low.

Definitely looks to be an interactive attraction with guns - the first picture of the link that OP linked to definitely has a gun graphic in it. Personally I would have preferred a more traditional dark ride with no guns but given the demographic that Paultons is appealing to it’ll undoubtedly...