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    The Prevalence of Vertigo/fear or heights in the Coaster community.

    All lot of what is being said hear sounds like my feelings on heights. I can ride Silver Star at EP or Stealth at Thorpe ok, but I get nervous and have sweaty palms going up ladders as I feel insecure and unsafe.
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    Accident at Gröna Lund - Jetline permanently closed update page 6

    I guess restraints are for a certain purpose and probably aren't designed for sustained dangling?
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    Rebuild of Alpenexpress and Tiroler Wildwasserbahn Europa Park after major fire.

    The fire must have spread very very quickly. Looking at the data on the photos I took, the alarm went off at 16:39. There was no visible smoke at 16:43 and it was absolutely billowing smoke by 16:55.
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    Rebuild of Alpenexpress and Tiroler Wildwasserbahn Europa Park after major fire.

    You would be shocked how many buildings from the past which are wildly flammable. Expanding foam is highly flammable and a lot of theme parks are riddled with the stuff. Generally building regulations for fire tend to not be retroactive unless major work is done. If that ride was largely left...
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    WTF Merlin?

    That is disgusting.
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    Rebuild of Alpenexpress and Tiroler Wildwasserbahn Europa Park after major fire.

    These photos were taken at 16:37 and 16:38 respectively. Ominously this is the photo I took at 16:39. The fire alarm went off whilst I was taking it... ...I think she did it. At around 16:43 I took this, and at this point there was no external fire (building is on the right).
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    Non-UK coaster most ridden by UK public?

    My guesses would be sane as yours, specifically Big Thunder Mountain in Paris or Florida I reckon
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    Rebuild of Alpenexpress and Tiroler Wildwasserbahn Europa Park after major fire.

    Yeah it's bad...view from Fjord Rafting before I got evacuated.
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    Rebuild of Alpenexpress and Tiroler Wildwasserbahn Europa Park after major fire.

    I was in the World of Diamonds building (walk-through shared by the Alpenexpressen and Log Flume) taking photos and the alarm went off whilst I was in it. I walked to the Rapids nearby and saw the smoke it is either than building or just nearby.
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    Rebuild of Alpenexpress and Tiroler Wildwasserbahn Europa Park after major fire.

    It's happening again. I've been at the park today. Just as i was leaving the Kingdom of Diamonds (the walk-through for the Tiroler Log Flume and Alpen Express) the fire alarm went off. I thought it was just a false alarm, but about 10 mins later I saw this...
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    Theme Park App ideas?

    I wonder if you might get more responses if you yourself work out what your USP is for this app? What would it do? I feel like "an app about theme parks" is very vague. I think you need to ask yourself a few questions: - Why would I want to use your app over existing websites that log rides...
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    What is your attitude to revisiting parks you've been to before?

    I love revisiting familiar parks. At the end of the day I'm quite a risk averse person, and if I know I can visit a surefire hit of a park then I will do so. Saying this, I do like to mix in new parks here and there.
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    Rank the Refurbs (UK dark ride edition)

    Unless the actors forgot to put out a lot of scenery and effects in the Crypt and throughout the ride that morning, and completely changed the storyline and pacing of the ride I sincerely doubt a different run would change my mind. I think we experienced the same thing, except you liked it and...
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    Rank the Refurbs (UK dark ride edition)

    I'm not sure why you think my "level of criticism is unwarranted"? But I don't dislike actor led attractions in general. I disliked THIS one. I thought THIS one was bad. I love the Dungeons attractions, Heck I've done 5 of them. They have many different rooms, each with ornate details, unique...
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    Thorpe Park to retheme Derren Brown's Ghost Train

    Reading these reviews makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I absolutely hated it. I felt like there was a lot of actors rambling, limited story progression and nothing really happened.
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    Rank the Refurbs (UK dark ride edition)

    I've only done one of these and that's The Ghost Train. It was utter garbage. My short review is that very little happens in it at all, and what little does happen is mostly just some actors hamming it up. The effects were minimal and critically there were very few Ghosts. It is inexplicably...
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    CWOA | Mandrill Mayhem (World of Jumanji) | B&M Wing Coaster | 2023

    Nah, sorry, hard disagree from me. John Burton and the MMM team are skilled, but they are restricted by the brief and budget. I think your suggestion that they are just good at concept art is wholly unfair.
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    Walt Disney World

    Well that's rather embarrassing. I always wondering how many people would pay €4k+ for a hotel room, some puzzles and awkward interactions...and it turns out the answer is "not that many".
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    do we NEED to count credits?

    I count creds because I enjoy it. I don't however ride kiddie coasters, so I just count the main coasters.
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    Squid Game: The Ride

    ...and the excitement of seeing 3 posts on my old thread were swiftly dashed upon looking at what they were saying 😆
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