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Are you referring to the increase in employers national insurance contributions from 13.8% to 15%? No doubt this will have had some effect but has it had such a drastic affect where Merlin have had to make such drastic decisions? Am I to blame Rachel from accounts for the cancellation of...

It is very strange what is going on. It was only last March they reported "record revenues" and celebrated purchasing the Orlando eye: https://www.merlinentertainments.biz/newsroom/news-releases/2024/merlin-entertainments-revenue-2023/ Fast forward 11 months and it's all doom and gloom. Lots...

Lots of metal fencing delivered to the site today. Perhaps the type of temporary fencing you would need if you were about to start some construction [emoji848]

Interesting topic! Here are a few I would change.. 1. Thorpe Park going with the sit down launched B&M rather than Colossus in 2002. I don't think it would have changed much in terms of the parks future other than it would have been better than Colossus...

I know still no offical announcment has been made but regardless it is still all sounding very positive.. It's looking way more likey to go ahead than not at this stage?

Mine is also a RMC and I have been spited by Iron Gwazi on 2 seperate occasions 🥺 Must get on one this year hopefully Wildfire.

https://backstage.merlinentertainments.biz/2025/alton-towers-resort-unveils-name-of-new-record-breaking-attraction-and-thrilling-first-of-its-kind-details/ "The only topspin in the world to be elevated above ground level" "Standing at a record-breaking 78ft high thanks to its setting on a...

Yeah I definately preferred the rustic OG Forbidden Valley feel, it had an air of mystery about it and was way more subtle in its delivery, the old audio helped add to this. It had been diluted other the years anyway with Ripsaw removed, Nemesis Nosh bus removed etc.. I still really like the...

And John Burton has tranformed full time into Miles Cedars, he greets everyone at the gates everday like..

Towerstimes have posted plans, confirmed to be replacing the Postman Pat ride. A very boring layout even for a small kiddies coaster.

Thought this may make for an interesting topic that I don’t think has been discussed before. Do you enjoy a coaster more when you don’t know its layout? Or do you actively avoid watching a POV to keep it a surprise? I say this as I just rode Flying Aces recently and I realised when riding I...

I can imagine there is a bit of anyone who got to ride the now closed attraction now want to hype it up a bit too as they got the cred and you can’t. A bit like how Olympia Looping was so hyped up when it was quite hard to get on the thing, now it’s at Winter Wonderland every year it’s “meh” to...

Oh wow wasn’t expecting this to reopen with the hydraulic launch intact. Brilliant news.

Ah ok my mistake I thought this was for next season. Still hope this isn’t a Spinball replacement though, there is a pretty large empty plot where they do the character meet and greets, hopefully it’s going there.

This seems very late in the day to be submitting applications for a new coaster to open next year? The pessimist in me suspects did Spinball need some unexpected closed season repairs so they are getting rid and putting in a new kiddies coaster in its place? Hope i’m wrong.

An interesting development, no idea how true this rumour is but would show a big statement of intent if Universal have pinched one of Disneyland Paris top imagineers to work on this project.

Forget the hill, that cliff drop is absolutely insane. I cannot wait to see this thing testing.

1. Cosmic Rewind 2. Tron 3. Space Mountain 4. Expedition Everest 5. Rock 'n' Rollercoaster 6. BTM 7. Seven Dwarfs 8. Slinky Dog 9. Barnstormer

Big Nemesis claw with an SBF drop tower going into it.

We lost the red waterfalls but gained green fountains 🥲