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I wouldn't be surprised for them to do a LOTR ride kinda of similar to the Kong Ride, but on a boat instead of a bus. Go on a tour of some areas of Middle Earth, maybe diving into Moria and seeing the Balrog as a large animatronic before you escape.

Could have that pub from Bree as an entrance and then the queue involves you meeting Aragorn and going on an adventure through a dark ride

Hopefully their 'inside source' isn't 'enthusiast on the internet who looked at the concept art and made some guesses'

I don't think I'm missing the point, and my post wasn't just about Merlin, I just gave Alton Towers as an example because it's one we're all familiar with. I think there's an expectation from some people that theme park enthusiasts have some responsibility or that it's a positive thing to look...

I agree with Serena, we're consumers, not patrons. I don't like the way the Merlin parks or BPB or Pleasurewood Hills (my local park) have been operating and the decisions they've made, so I won't give them my money because I don't think it's worth it. That's on them, not me. We will be going...

Yeah we first went to Dollywood just a few years ago and I had never even heard of Thunderhead, we were there for Lightning Rod (and Dolly). I hadn't seen it in Youtubers' top 50 videos even, even if it's just been forgotten a bit, I still think that means it's underrated right now, because it's...

Thunderhead @ Dollywood - it's almost a perfect wooden coaster and I think it gets overlooked because of Lightning Rod being in the same park. For me it's better than any coaster we have in the UK and although it might not objectively be 'better' than LR - it's the main ride I look forward to...

It's like the very start of Soarin' but even more terrifying. It's so weird, things like Kingda Ka or Fury 325 don't bother me at all, but getting yanked up into the air like this gives me the heebie jeebies

Does it indicate any real investment anywhere else though (especially with the news about them cutting staff at Alton Towers for example last year)? Like if my bills have gone up and I sell my car so I can keep up with them, it doesn't mean I'm suddenly going to start investing more in my...

It also happens to be the details from Epic Universe. The Helios hotel in the park is 500 rooms and there's 4 themed areas (plus the middle hub area). I really think they just made it up.

Yeah I wouldn't trust a word of that Mirror article, since it's all things we pretty much know already along with a guess as to how long it will take to build. If they had some inside source I'd expect some kind of new information. The whole 'given the go ahead' but with 'financial arrangements...

As a teacher, I see it as a similar problem to what happened with Academies in Primary and Secondary Education, the focus shifted to a business model of 'how can we get results for as little money as possible' instead of 'how can we help society'. Universities being run as a business are...

I remember when Air opened at Alton Towers we had been queuing for about three hours, watching them dispatch one train every 15 minutes. A member of staff came down the queue and told us from where we were (a little bit before the split to the left and right sides) it was probably going to be...

Disney do an amazing job with the sheer number of staff and letting you take whatever on the ride with you. Watching Big Thunder Mountain load and dispatch trains from two stations at once is a thing of beauty.

Yeah it looks good, a bit 'JCB', but that's fine!