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I've had a wonderful day at Paultons Park today with the family. My 4 year-old daughter has passed the 1.0 metre tall mark since our last visit meaning that her entry fee went from £0 to £45 which was painful, but we definitely got our money's worth as she can now go on Velociraptor, Flight of...

It's finally all gone: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/12JmjJqyufg/ That circle of supports on the left hand side is from the giant sphere that was there when it opened as Borg Assimilator: Photo credit @davidm You can also see more of the track from the Carolina Sternwheeler (the thin...

That would be a good shout but I think the Chessington one is just getting moved to the other side of the park for the new 2026 land...

Did the launch get toned down back in 2011 then? I thought they had just turned the cars around? I rode it in 2017 and have to say it was overall amazingly forceless for such a tall fast coaster. Still the centrepiece of the park though, it could be seen and heard from everywhere.

Presumably an old roof from Oakwood?

We don't actually know yet where this will be do we? I guess the obvious site will be the former Bling/Red Arrows site, the only drawback would be that it would be dwarfed by the Big One lifthill in that space. It would be more visually impressive further North, either on the Grand Prix site or...

Discussion on the project in the house of commons today: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/166cvNCYb3/ Of course with it being Prime Minister's Questions nobody actually said anything that had any substance whatsoever, but it's good to at least hear it being mentioned at this level.

I see the Ultimate has been replaced by a Hall of Mirrors. Ah well, at least the skate karts are still going, they were always a highlight.

Just some AI nonsense... Right??

Fragments of the track that guided the steam boat are now visible again in amongst the coaster footers: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1XSreFk426/

Goudurix has received new trains: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHN7CZUtDgi/?img_index=2&igsh=bmI1cHk1YmY0OWw5 With this and the new spinner it's a big season for PA!

Epic Universe is now on the Universal Orlando app:

Does stuff cost a lot more in Wales? Aspro claiming to have invested £25M at Oakwood (for a couple of small second hand coasters and a Disk'O) and Mr Danter claiming £12M at Barry Island (for an SBF Galaxi and some fairground rides). Reading this article you'd picture a big thriving park rather...

3x forwards launches and 3x backwards launches - that's a lot of launches. I'm a bit disappointed it's not a major coaster but that sounds fun.

I reckon they had already made the decision to close the park and Hydro is already on its way to one of the other Aspro parks.