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Is the line people are speaking of the one that stops at Millbrook? (I sometimes change at Bedford to get there, as I have a close friend that lives in Marston Moretaine) because I definitely can't imagine that line serving a whole resort! Those ex-underground nightmares have struggled when it's...

Dragons Fury going would be a big loss to Chessington. One of the best coasters in the country, IMO. The way she flies around that track on a hot day is insane! It tickles me that it's more intense than the multi-launch B&M Wing Coaster it has for a neighbour. Preserve her, preserve her at all...

The nash-jolt incident was either 2018 or 2019. Our train hit the bottom of the first drop like it was bearing a grudge. It was definitely a thing, I remember a discussion online about it not long after, somewhere, maybe here? I wasn't the only one that had to wait a week for their spine to sink...

The only coaster that has genuinely hurt me is Nash. Does she still have that passionate jolt at the bottom of the first drop? I still feel that in my spine when I think about it 😂 I think we are a soft bunch though. I remember my first rides on Infusion and Odyssey - assuming (after seeing you...

I've never had a long wait using RAP at BPB. You sometimes get a choice of what row you sit in too, which is a nice touch. But again, if it can be helped I only visit parks off peak, so come the weekends and holidays it might be a totally different story. On my last visit it was done using a...

Sorry if my reply seemed a bit stand-offish. That wasn't my intention. The constant labelling of RAP as some kind of free fast-track just bugs me, the way people go on sometimes you'd think these parks were rolling out the red carpet and giving us solid gold toilets to use. The reality is - I...

BPB have the same system in place as Merlin parks, where you have to wait the advertised queue time of whatever you've just been on before getting on the next ride. Nobody is skipping any queues or getting free fast track. We're waiting the same amount of time as everyone else, in my case just...

I have mixed feelings about stuff like this. On the surface I'd be happy to shell out the £5 per person myself. It'd be really nice to go to BPB as part of a group of people and actually all be able to ride stuff together. I went with a small group in 2018 and we spent most of the day...

Once upon a time it was my favourite flat ride at Thorpe. I remember my first ride in '05 or '06, I don't know if it stayed this way throughout its life but you'd do a few rotations in one direction before reversing and going the other way. I *think* if you were on the Loggers end, on the...

I've been every year since Olympia made her debut. There were a couple of instances where I even went alone whilst passing through London, rode the big O a few times then left. Probably giving it a miss this year though, which is entirely down to cost. Never been that arsed about the other...

I was at the park yesterday, heartbreaking to be spited after waiting pertinently all year to get on Hyperia. Witnessed more than one irate member of the GP karen-ing that they've been twice this year and not got on it. I chose to grieve in peace all day, to not give any staff members a headache...

I actually remember thinking last year that Wild Asia seemed a bit tired and dull looking, and that it generally seemed a bit of a waste of space. It doesn't surprise me that this is happening. It's probably the easiest/cheapest plot of land on site to flatten and redevelop. Meanwhile...

Guess which idiot booked his trip for the 24th 😭 Tickets successfully changed to 2nd October though. Ugh, just want on this thing already!

My local is the Palace Pier in Brighton. I used to spend my summer holidays there as a child. I go maybe once a year now with friends/family and their kids but even then I skip a fair few of the rides (sometimes I'll also wander on as far as the first donut stand. Who doesn't love a traditional...

September for me too. There has been talk of going in the summer holidays with the boyfriends sister/nephews, but I don't know if I'd rather wait it out a bit longer. It could be worth it just to get on Hyperia a little bit earlier and not worry about doing much else. Then also go in September...