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  1. Nic

    Best Eurovision Song?

    Let's ignore all the massively obvious ones that everyone's heard of and go for a trip back through some of the ever-so slightly more obscure... Lets start with some "serious" entries Possibly my all time favourite Eurovision song ever is this piece of fabulousness...
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    New rides @ small parks

    CBA today, but I'll pop down in the week and have a look.
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    True of False: Best bit about yogurt is the smegma

    Yes, but then the rest of the yogurt is really disappointing in comparison. To counter that, I tend to stir it in.
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    Half a Coaster

    OMG! Why have I never seen those before?! I have 69 UK ones left apparently, but it includes RidgeRiders, so is clearly nonsense.
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    Half a Coaster

    Oh, ok, I see. I don't know. I would suggest asking someone over at coaster-count direct.
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    Half a Coaster

    Yes, but coaster-count (or coastercounter, or any others you care to mention) is just one interpretation of what counts. Many people have their own interpretations meaning that two people who have been on exactly the same coasters could end up with a slightly different coaster count.
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    Half a Coaster

    I can't say as this is something I've ever noticed. I'd imagine it entirely comes down to that person's own definition of what makes a cred. I don't think I'd ever go so far as to put 1/2 on my actual count. However, I do class each side of a Möbius coaster as two halves of the same cred...
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    "Now Showing"

    Continuing my adventures in Ghibli with Pom Poko (English dub). It's about a bunch of raccoon dogs who are pissed off that the forest where they live is being bulldozed to build houses. They have the ability to transform themselves into anything they like, which they use in various ways to...
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    Your favorite country/city to travel to

    I think Barcelona is still my favourite <3 Honourable mentions to Edinburgh, Los Angeles, Bruges, Rome and Queenstown. As bad as some of its faults are (particularly at the moment with the bin strike!), I do adore Brighton. But, yeah, doesn't count.
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    Other changes at C:WoA 2013

    Much like that, but with the platform and airgates re-assembled, I'd imagine.
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    Old "Thunderlooper" gets new paint job & theme

    Initial reaction when first seeing that pic? "Coooooooooooool!!!" I love it! Would like to see how they've made the rest of the ride, and the re-themed Justice League area.
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    Rameses Revenge stuck at CWoA; Angry FB posts to follow

    Make the most of this. Most likely the last time you'll ever see it...
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    Rameses Revenge stuck at CWoA; Angry FB posts to follow

    OK, so the systems failed in the sense that they didn't release when required. However, if their main purpose is to prevent injury, then they certainly did their job. Lets remember that as the press goes wild tomorrow...
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    Rameses Revenge stuck at CWoA; Angry FB posts to follow

    From what I've read so far Peter, not this time. I believe the manual release failed, meaning that the fire brigade were left no option but to literally cut people out
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    Rameses Revenge stuck at CWoA; Angry FB posts to follow

    Fire Brigade confirms that trapped riders are having to be cut free from restraints http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestInc ... b4B9-c3uSo Anyone else think this will undoubtedly spell the end for an already troubled attraction?
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    Coaster/park industry news articles

    Figures for Japan’s theme and amusement park sales, activity and employment have been released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-1 ... able-.html I got carried away and made graphs, because everyone loves a good graph!
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    Crap "celebrity" theme park "stories"

    So, I thought we had a generic thread for these celebrity-non-entity "news" stories, but I might've imagined that because I can't find it. So anyway, here's a new one. In a dubious, thinly-veiled advert for the park, Birmingham Mail excitedly report that Alicia Keys was recently "spotted"...
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    Photos from abandoned theme parks

    The Land of Oz in North Carolina has been abandoned since 1980 Flickr set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk0667/se ... 514737837/ Daily fascist article ahowing what it was like in its heyday: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ntain.html
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    Amusement park crushed into a cube in the name of art

    The latest work by Australian artist James Dive sees an "entire amusement park" crushed into a 4-metre cube. The piece, entitled 'Once', is a comment on the preciousness of childhood memories. An industrial crusher was used to create the work, which includes dodgems, carousel horses, food...
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    Coaster/park industry news articles

    Efteling to go to court after scrapping Sunday bonuses for its staff http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2 ... reaten.php
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