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Chief Inspector David Bruce said: “Five gondolas connected in a train on the Tsunami ride have detached from the rails, struck the superstructure and then struck the ground." Possibly a more reliable source, I assume that support was bent due to the derailed car hitting it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxB03OUZ7_g looks like the ride it crashed into was some little scooters. Edited to embed video. - ECG

Absolutely horrifying, I hope those injured make a full recovery, and that M&Ds is made to pay for its blatant failure. Probably going to be a tough rest of the year for other theme parks in the UK, I doubt the media will hesitate to tie this to the smiler a year ago.

Article here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-36408268 http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/kent-theme-park-remains-open-96614/ Ah well, it was a solid year.

When I was young I touched those spinning metal pots and pans in the dark section of the dragon at Legoland Windsor as seen in that picture. It gave me a really nasty electric shock, I'm hoping it was just static electricity that had built up over time and not mains voltage or something - I...

Nah I want them to - it's hilarious. Bring them on I say.

The press seem to be publishing more rollercoaster scaremongering, this time it's Paultons park in the spotlight. Daily fail published this "Rollercoaster passengers are trapped 45ft in the air for 40 minutes after ride breaks down just one week after opening", while the sun said"Passengers...

They do move around and look alot better in some photos than others. This video shows the animatronic dinos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3D1emFS1IQ .

Meanwhile over at Gardaland, owned by the same people, anyone can pay 80 euros (£63), which gets you unlimited fasttrack for a year. Not saying that having it that cheap is a good thing (it really isn't), but honestly £55 (cost of two tickets) for fasttrack is absolutely insane.

So much vekoma hate wow

As do most building sites, no?

If the statistic posted ages ago about only 1% of visitors paying the full price still holds true, then surely it can't be fair to compare the worst case scenario if no one actually pays it. Take a park like Paultons, who charge £30 per adult/child ticket, with no reductions or offers available...

If you pay £55 to get into Alton Towers, then you an idiot.

It's 100% a cred. The only reason people don't see it as one is because you are in a harness, rather than on a seat. You even get suspended coasters that swing in a similar way. Clearly it isn't a zipwire because it has track, not a wire, which allows you to do far more than you could do with a...