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Re: Mean Streak Removal - What's Next? I absolutely love the shade of that track! Can totally see it fitting the Iron Streak name. It must have been more viable to Iron Horse it then. Is there really much of a difference? Perhaps they're planning on adding a woodie to Shoot The Rapids' spot in...

Re: Mean Streak Removal - What's Next? Are you sure that's not a photoshop? ;) So as we suspected all along, the dream is finally happening! Can't believe they managed to get the first ledgers in so quickly! It almost tempts me into thinking this is a 2017 project, but that really would be an...

I guess it was always dependent on a load of things falling into place for this to happen. Maybe they struggled to get it cleared through customs? Well, at least those pesky Germans aren't coming over and stealing our jobs anymore - let's give the plot to a far superior British go gator! On a...

Thanks! The Helix/Balder combination is probably better overall, but I feel Shammy and Dragon Khan offer more contrasting experiences so complement each other better? I guess I'll just have to get my arse down to Liseberg and find out. That's good to hear! Queues were definitely better than I...

Since my last foreign cred was all the way back in 2014 (what a drought), my family and I decided to splash out a bit and visit a park which had been on my bucket list for a very long time - PortAventura! We also managed to slot in a cheeky New York Trip as well (spoilers). Safe to say, it was...

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Yeah, this is such an aggressive investment strategy, it's ridiculous. I love it. Just to put this in perspective, this is what it looked like last time google maps checked (2013): http://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Ener ... 89!9m1!1b1 Has the attendance even been that high recently? Or is...

Vekoma for me! (Never thought I'd be saying that either) They both look fantastic to me and whilst the Intamin look sexier, with better trains, Vekoma's version seems better paced, with more classical hyper elements, as opposed to Intamin's fancy trick tracks. I love the look of that speed Hill...

Great to see Liseberg going from strength to strength here! I'm not a particularly big fan of the larger (8 per row) dive machines, having ridden Sheikra and Blivvie, as they're a bit lumbering after the first drop and are paced poorly. However, the layouts of the newer dive machines seem a bit...

When I first saw the POV, not gonna lie, I felt a little disappointed too, but after re watching and analysing it, it's really grown on me! It was probably the stats that I felt most disappointed about, but we all know, POVs are quite misleading when it comes to height and when we compare them...

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Nice move! Those blue trains look rather good and it's great to see another one of these happening. Hopefully the conversion will involve actually giving it a proper station with a roof and everything!

Haven't ridden one yet, but I can totally sympathise with the whole 'ISIS of theme parks', as to me, they defeat the point of a conventional roller coaster. To me, part of the thrill of a coaster come from the experience being very much 'real' - and as soon as you put a headset on, an element of...

^That's a good point actually. Having taken a look at the park a few weeks ago, the tower itself actually, dare I say it, looks quite good in the flesh (even with the new track style and ferrari logos), but it's the rest of the coaster that sticks out. Having done Ispeed which clocks 62.1 mph in...

Interesting topic - I actually think out of all of the UK parks, Paulton's has one of the brightest futures if they continue in the same vein of quality provided by the Lost Kingdom. But they do need something more thrilling. If a larger coaster comes, anything over 100ft is probably a no no...

Re: M&D's Tsunami derailed Truly awful! A complete derailment like this must be the absolute worst case scenario for a coaster accident - I'm struggling to think of a more nightmarish type of incident. Just thankful this didn't occur any further up. Whilst poor maintenance must be considered...

^Love that quote! Yeah, I still haven't heard a valid reason to leave. I think the fact that the more educated you are, the more likely you are to vote to remain speaks volumes in the debate. Yes the EU is far from perfect, but it's important to differentiate between 'the EU is bad and 'OUT OUT...

And there's my problem with Merlin's investment strategy. If this is as good as they're hyping it up to be then it could be fantastic - but the next time they make a major investment of this scale may well be in another 5 years. They just don't do medium investments. What have we had done since...

Why not coasty mccoasterface? ;) On a more serious note, it's nice to see them giving it some desperately needed TLC - I really enjoyed Magic Mountain at Gardaland with its new trains, so if this can have a similar effect then it'll be a really solid investment. Judging from reviews of Ninja...

Re: Alton Towers' Galactica VR coaster/Rollercoaster Restaur It's a pity really because I love what they've done with the area (Ok, maybe excluding that crappy photobooth), as it really seems to have an energy about it which Air could never come close to. That music really is fabulous <3 But...