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The only two coasters announced in Europe for 2026 that would fit the bill i'm aware of are the Family Thrill Launch at Parc Spirou in France (though that doesn't have inversions so unlikely to be the one), the GCI at Isla Magica in Spain (again though no inversions but perhaps a contender...

There's a few minor tweaks they could make such as allowing online booking amendments but i think it's about as good as it's going to get without addressing the eligibility criteria and that's not going to happen. I don't know why Alton and Thorpe don't have the digital system. I've seen people...

Yes that's correct, it was introduced last year. It has somewhat helped but at the same time created new problems as it's virtually impossible to get slots for peak days unless you plan weeks, if not months in advance, which for some of us is not viable. There's also no disincentive to...

It's a tough one. On the one hand the circumstances as per above will be very common where an adult can't possibly leave a child unattended. On the other hand you have a situation like at the Merlin parks where people take advantage of the system and the quantity then makes it unviable for those...

Yes i had seen those but there are also reports they are outsourcing. My gut says they will be back as having the central hub empty all year would be rather odd.

The Pirate show never happens in the winter, i'm sure it'll be back in the Spring as usual.

Any day now...

Yep. Hyperia didn't begin construction till June 2023 and was open 11 months later.

Looks like they are deliberating only showing a limited view to hide any theming, plus it won't be open for several months remember.

Look forward to the attempted pronunciations!

Why not out of interest? Do you mean even if all the animals were gone they still can't?

CBeebies is predominantly aimed at children under 6 so realistically we aren't looking at anything that's going to directly interest people here. It'll be at the scale of the existing attractions.

Announced today somewhat randomly and publicly that they are seeking planning permission for a new coaster in CBeebies Land:

Probably a bit optimistic considering they've just been building Donkey Kong Country and ongoing refurbishment of Jurassic Park to Jurassic World! Also you'd think something as big as Pokemon would get an entire themed area which would have been spotted. The location in the park is also...

I wonder if the Orlando version is an exact clone...

Interesting. But again they must have known that wasn't true at the time with Batwing so were they just relying on the public not being savvy enough at that point?

John Wardley calls it the first in the world here but hadn't Batwing from Vekoma been open for a year at this point? According to Wiki anyway. I always thought they'd struck a deal with Six Flags to open it before Superman to get the World's First claim so a bit confused on the chronology now.

Astonishingly Mine Cart Madness only has a queue of 100 minutes currently whilst 6 other rides have longer waits! Don’t know what it was like this morning. Can only assume there’s a strict capacity limit on the area (within an area already limited) as opposed to it being a throughput monster.

Good tips, thanks! Yeah i had one day at Universal so bought the 7 ride FastPass which definitely paid off as there was a thunderstorm and the entire park closed for several hours. Much less stressful though as knew in advance i could get on all the main things i wanted to and just wander round...

I still don't fully understand how this system works tbh. You mentioned earlier how slots were released every 30 or 60 minutes. So based on that how would they run out between 10-11? Conversely you said you can pick your time which contradicts with slots being released gradually? Looking it...