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Intamin take number 1 spot for me. Intamin offer such a wide range of rides and what they do, in my experience, they do very well. From Furius Baco to Stealth, I LOVE accelerators. No other manufacture has delivered what Intamin have in terms of a ground breaking product and I don't think any...

Just to dig something up... As a solid Schwarzkopf fan, I will naturally bring myself to the fore here to defend the most influential company ever to have emerged into this industry (Bring on the debate :P ).... The Jumbo V, being the final evolution of the 'Jet Star' and 'Wild Cat' range...

Don't start getting hmphy about it. If Alton opened, you'd have pretty much no coasters. B&M's (anyone who visited Thorpe back in the February openings will know this), have a required minimum temperature to operate. Typically around 4-8 degrees, considering today was -1, you're going to...

Well, my understanding of it is pretty vague at best, fluid dynamics is probably the single most complex bit of engineering going. To broadly summarize my understanding of it; if you were to turn on a hosepipe, at the top of your water slide, as each molecule of water hits the plastic it...

^ 4AM OPENING?! That's really quite impressive, hey, Alton Towers, catch on? But that's really great news, at least there's a bigger window of opportunity for catching the peak summer season, and the best show ever (FiestAventura of course), may have to make an effort to get over there!

Well, I can spot one clear problem at the offset: A true vertical drop on a tube slide is not the best of ideas, namely because the rider will float, not be on the slide, and with that comes a few problems, mostly to do with head collisions with the 'top' of the flume. I rode one of those '70...

Intresting point about the Ultimate. I used to hate it. I saw nothing good about it and, to this day question what I see in it. But unfortunately, I now do see something in it. Maybe it's the thought that it's built by BR (and the inevitable, constant fear of the train sticking a person, not...

Wow! So glad I stimulated some conversation that was a little more than 'your top 10 runaway mine trains' (oh, what a good idea for a topic, might have to start it :P ). I think Furie has done a good job of rolling up that summary there, and I totally agree, parks like, for example, Lightwater...

Merlin Entertainments, for the few readers out there who don't know, are essentially the monopoly power in the UK amusement park market. Representing a total of 4 theme parks, among a host of 22 other attractions, the group is probably the largest competition to all others in the UK amusement...

Not keen. What I love about PA is the fact that it retains guests (or certainly did), through being, well, unique and amazing. The areas as they are work. The subtlety but incredible accuracy and attention to detail of each themed area are what make this park, so I hope to high heavens that the...

Well, I'll take a different approach to this and highlight another flaw in the plan here. What the hell is Thorpe going for? We're a thrill park, lets remove all our family rides and stick to THRILLS. Oh, except we'll market X as being family friendly so when Pauline and Pete bring little...

Re: [2013]Walibi Belgium: The Legend is Back! Well, doesn't this look fantastic! An old schwarzkopf re-opening. Hurrah! Oh wait, new trains, hmm, well, I suppose it's acceptable, it's still pretty much the same ride. Oh wait, LSM launch. Still, closest I'll get to a schwarzy now-a-days...

^ Apologies for my spelling! I suppose it's a matter of opinion, I've never been a massive Nemesis fan so my opinion will of course be biased, but hey hum. I prefer it to the other B&M loopers I've ridden (the Florida ones). Hype is always a bad thing. Well, my woodie experience is more...

Information regarding Sea Odyssey was from PAfans or similar, I had done some general browsing and found a thread where a few people mentioned that, admittedly, I only could be bothered translating a few pages (not speaking Spanish), but the few I did translate came out with a story of that or...

Apologies for digging this up, but I have mixed opinions here, based on the park in question. My view would be this all comes down to good management. As the topic is based around Alton Towers, and Ben just mentioned PA, I'll look at these two in comparison. So, based on summer openings: Alton...

I wouldn't knock Vekoma, they have never really done anything extraordinary and don't think they ever tried to. Much like a good theme park, they deliver rides that work, day in, day out, provide a ride, day in day out, that is consistent, usually mediocre, and fills space in the park, and time...

Stop hating on Baco, Stampida and Kahn please! Baco has been explained, Kahn knocks the socks off Nemesis and is, in my opinion the best B&M loopers out there. It's relentless, and just does what B&M do/did best; provides a smooth ride, which never seems to stop changing direction and offers a...

Well, it sounds like you've had a fantastic experience so far, but I want to hear day 2! I do hope you stayed for Fiestaventura (the midnight show on the lake), because honestly, it's one of, if not the best show's I've ever seen (I eagerly/hopefully await your review). With regards to Baco...

Re: SFDK | Superman Ultimate Flight|Premier Rides launch coa Sorry if I'm covering old ground here, but, is Premier rides the trading name of Maurer Sohne in the US, or have they basically just cloned a MS design here and branded it as their own? (Much less respect if it's the latter, really...

Re: Intamin WingRide vs B&M Wing coaster vs S&S 4th Dimensi ^ Toatally agree, I think, in fairness, the B&M popularity isn't saying much anyway, at present, there are 2 Merlin B&M's, most likely one order, dollywood and Six Flags. An Intamin one launches anyway, and I suspect a park would see...