Recent content by Rupert

Yeah I’d agree - whilst the idea of a 400ft Ride To Happiness would be pretty awesome (so a longer more interesting layout), my main memories of Kingda Ka - beside the unbelievable rattle - are the abysmally slow ops. A world away from something like Nitro which was eating people. I’m not...

I rode RailBlazer last week and excluding the station where it jolted a bit when setting off, I thought it was really smooth - no noticeable rattle, just completely insane airtime and transitions. So perhaps @MLDesigns is right and it’s just down to the maintenance regime of each park.

Not really topic-specific (other than thanks to Pokemaniac’s work I can now say I’ve been on the fastest operating coaster in the world [and it was bad]), but really just wanted to shout out @Pokemaniac ’s more analytical posts like in this topic and many others - always interesting, insightful...

It’s amazing what a transformation the park has had in the last few years. A decade ago I had no desire to visit the collection of average coasters but now it’s a genuinely great day out, with a hugely fun headliner, a really strong supporting line-up for all ages, good landscaping. The constant...

If it was a suspended Top Spin or similar, having a ride capable of absorbing an additional 1100pph would be a huge bonus and sorely needed given the hollowing out of the flat ride lineup over the years.

All that work just to move the ride 25m further north and lower the tallest section to have a smaller drop, and it won’t reopen until 2025, not to mention the lions end up somewhere else with a smaller enclosure? If that’s true that would be a catastrophic waste of money - I can’t see how the...

Amazing to see land purchase by a company obviously 100 times more likely to do something than the London Resort ever was. I’m at work so can’t check - how does the size of this plot compare to other parks, Universal or otherwise? I presume at least ~50% of any site goes to backstage needs...

Looks like a hell of a head-chopper there!

Not really sure where to put this but bit of a needless PR error from Thorpe here: Thorpe Park apologises to locals after blaring Halloween sound effects all night https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/13/thorpe-park-apologises-halloween-sound-effects-all-night

…especially when the Power Splashes already fit that exact description…

I guess this implies that either the Universal purchase was just a rumour, it did exist but has collapsed completely, or it still exists but has stalled and this is a tactic to push them along.

Looks amazing - you can almost feel the airtime. I just can’t fathom why they chose the support colour though - it’s so drab.

https://x.com/veilstrup/status/1692134845676192109?s=46 Slides going in for the attached water park. Aesthetically it’s not great so far, with very chunky supports and it’s a minor thing but I’m surprised to see how misaligned all the slide ‘seams’ are… Looking at the renders above there will...

I’ve completely missed this - what’s the significance of RMC capitalising Os in words, if any?

A really enjoyable set of reports to read! Looking forward to the Phantasia part - hopefully going in a few weeks after a 5-year absence so will be good to hear how it’s changed. And I completely agree on Walibi Belgium expectation vs reality! I assumed it wouldn’t be that nice, a bit concretey...