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Oh! That was supposed to have been shown in April but disappeared from the schedules

Well, I mainly know about comedy shows but from management quotes it looks like the rides won't be fully re-open until next Spring (apart from the 3 currently running: train, carousel, and sway rider).

I believe it’s going to be a temporary structure in the grounds of the park rather than the amusement area itself. The whole site now has the same management.

Lots of outdoor events this time next year. The comedy line-up includes former employee James Acaster https://wicksteedopenair.com/

Privately funded by Kuwait, according to this article. Although seeing as first year annual attendance has gone from 8m there to 6.5m on the previous page to 4m in the BBC report, everything should be taken with a very large pile of salt.

Probably because the Lego Movies are being rebooted at a new studio so the elements they were putting in would be even less relevant when the area opens. The plans look to me to be more like Lego Hidden Side, but I guess we'll see.

Should be popular with teenage girls, if rumours on Twitter are to be believed ;)

It is the Trigger's Broom of roller-coasters.

BBC News online have a short piece about socially distant roller-coaster riding at Blackpool Pleasure Beach: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-53031799/coronavirus-blackpool-pleasure-beach-prepares-to-reopen

It's the classic "30 rides and attractions" - with birds, sand, and meerkats counting.

Went to see Back To The Future The Musical at Manchester Opera House this week. As a musical it's fairly middling, but as a show it's great fun with a lot to like. It's funny, well-staged, and they recreate the film very well. The Delorean sequences are very well done, and it's very immersive...

I've heard they're hoping to expand the Battlefield Live attraction, so the old Knightmare space will either be part of the expansion - or a car park for it! (They also still hope to build all those houses there)

I think it looks nice, but feels cheap.

Can't believe they're building an Elmer ride and only paying for one Elmer with everything else being an off-the-shelf elephant. Well, I can believe it actually....

You say that, but we don't need climate change to have mysterious fires in Chorley

I wish they’d add screens to the Wallace & Gromit ride while they’re at it. Fill in those black spots.

The concept art keeps the public interested and on-side, and brings in investors. Planning permission goes in and the good will of the public and the nice promises means it gets past. Then the theme park is determined to be unviable so they build a load of houses to flog off instead. Ker-ching!

Ah, OK. Just with him saying on TV last week that they're making a roller coaster of one of his books, I took that to mean they're making a roller coaster of one of his books.

Just checking, as I haven't been paying attention, but next years David Walliams roller coaster won't be SW9 will it?

I don't think it's so much the wetness that's an issue, just that the water is so damn cold. It's one thing to go on a ride that gets you wet, it's quite another thing to keep doing the ice bucket challenge every go.