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  1. Dar

    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    As long as it stays open for 6 more weeks so I can get at least one go on it!
  2. Dar

    The Staff v. User counting game!

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  3. Dar

    Silk Road Paradise | Xi'an China | Theme Park

    And the flyer is testing:
  4. Dar

    WTF Merlin?

    This sourdough bread with butter & sea salt costs £5.95 at the Secret Garden restaurant at the Alton Towers Hotel. It's a little bit insulting, isn't it? You've just spent however much inside the park, you've paid far too much for a room at the resort, and now, as an extra thank you, they charge...
  5. Dar

    Lightwater Valley - Future?

    They're really making sure it's erased from existence! Taken from Sneakycoasters on FB https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid028NFzeMddVL9oFj7Z9jj1bixT2rJLMHmK4FvSxyPouahrfjjes4k3LLVR75Tq5qBKl&id=100085685153586
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    Lightwater Valley - Future?

    Do they own the land under the track? They could be selling it to whoever owns the land inside/around the ride. Maybe they were waiting for an offer or waiting for land prices to come back up after covid? If they don't own the land under the coaster, the lease could have been due for renewal...
  7. Dar

    Idea for a restraint safety system

    It depends if you just want to know if there is something in the way of the sensor at all, or if you want to know if there is something within Xmm of the restraint. Because proximity sensors that just say "yep, there's something where I'm pointing" are fairly cheap, not discounting that you'd...
  8. Dar

    If you drive, do you prefer to pull forward into a bay or reverse into a bay?

    I usually reverse in, drive out. Just seems easier, and it makes it simple to get out after another horrible shopping trip! The exception to the rule is if two spaces back-to-back are free, then I'll drive in the back one and park in the front one!
  9. Dar

    Valhalla at Blackpool Pleasure Beach to be refurbished for 2023

    It's BPB's figure skating show. It's Mands' baby, she's been in charge since it started in the '90s(?) and thinks it's the biggest, bestest, iciest ice show to ever be a show on ice. Found a review on FB that isn't from a thoosie trying to get on media lists. The 1st turntable is still there...
  10. Dar

    Will another launch method be discovered in a future?

    Revolution at BPB would like a word! Instead of new launch methods, I can see R&D looking more at how to make the current systems better and easier to use. Smaller stators so you can put them on tighter radii turns, higher efficiency so you need fewer stators and less power/cooling, maybe even...
  11. Dar

    Valhalla at Blackpool Pleasure Beach to be refurbished for 2023

    How have they removed the turntables and drop? Do you not go through the waterfall corridor and just turn left instead? How well do they hide the height difference the drop provided? I'm assuming they've turned down the fire at end even more as well? Like Sandman, Valhalla was one of my...
  12. Dar

    Rides that don't feel safe

    Colorado adventure. Speaking as the fat friend, if you're sat next to someone fatter than you, you are not 'as' secured by the lapbar😂 There are a number of spots on the ride where it seems the reach envelope is more of a suggestion than a rule. And that's not mentioning some of the more...
  13. Dar

    Music that reminds you of Theme Parks

    The guitar part @ 1:23 in this Hives song always reminds me of duel
  14. Dar

    Coasters that made you feel nothing

    I know it's not meant for me, but the first thing that popped into my head is Raik. It's just kinda there in the area and gets close to Taron and that's it?
  15. Dar

    Your most disproportionately long wait for a ride?

    The Smiler on opening day. Got to the park at around 8am, stood at the turnstiles for an hour and a half until they opened the gates at 0930, then stood outside the queue, watching testing and then a few cars with actual, real people in them went round. Managers and other people with lanyards &...
  16. Dar

    Parque Warner Madrid | Gotham City Escape | Intamin Launch Coaster | 2023

    I wonder if moving away from sudden transitions is an attempt to improve reliability and reduce maintenance on the trains, rather than just dialling down the intensity?
  17. Dar

    Heide-Park to make its ”next major investment” in 2024

    So is this going to have onboard audio or is "Suddenly Seymour" just going to be the dispatch sting? I'd be more interested if Toxic Garden was the new name for the whole area and the ride itself was called something better, like Venus Fly Trap 1
  18. Dar

    Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Future Predictions

    Ah, so that's why PBE changed their name! ;)
  19. Dar

    CWOA | Mandrill Mayhem (World of Jumanji) | B&M Wing Coaster | 2023

    Well then lol that'll learn me to actually watch the rock's oeuvre before commenting on it 🤣
  20. Dar

    CWOA | Mandrill Mayhem (World of Jumanji) | B&M Wing Coaster | 2023

    There are a few videogame references in these PR dumps; "press start at 9.30am", the loading graphic and "players wanted" on the first ride opportunity. They say "Escaped from the cinema and way beyond a board game", could this be themed to a videogame version of Jumanji? Maybe a mobile app that...
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