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I think a lot of it comes down to expectations. I've had similar in the past. Most notibly when I went to Florida for my first visit about12 years ago. I'd spent my whole enthusiast life watching videos and hearing all the hype around Disney and Universal dark rides and when I finally got to...

Surprised Valhalla didn't win best water ride again. It's won it previously even when it was closed all year for the refurb 😂

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What a fab ride count. Glad you had a fab day and the crowds are in your favour. Do need to get back to Drayton soon. Must admit, when the park was sold to Looping Group I wasn't very optimistic, however the park has never looked better and they've made some good investments into the park over...

The Casting of Frank Stone: Big fan of Supermassive games such as Until Dawn and The Quarry and as posted before in this thread, Dead by Daylight is the game with the most hours I've ever put into a game. So to hear the two studios were collaborating on a single player story set in the world of...

Bedford Council mentioning a “further delay” to the Universal Studios Great Britain negotiations

It It's a relatively easy +3. I've been on rougher coasters that Antelope but it does over some fun pops of airtime. Compared to other parks and the amount of rides they offer it's fairly priced as well. Just can't handle large crowds. If you go on a quieter day I think it'll be fine and the...

There's been a gun scare at Magic Kingdom today with a stampede of people running away on main street. Police have confirmed there was no shooter. Theory seems to be people heard a popping sound which may have been a balloon and people started running and yelling "shooter" which caused a...

#208 - Antelope - Gulliver's World Warrington Will only do a quick review for this coaster as the other two in the park are just smaller cloned coasters (Big Apple etc). Opened in 1995, Antelope is a wooden coaster designed by Allott and Lomax and designed in house. It's a classic out and back...

It's a shame as it has the potential to be great with a few tweaks operationally and some tlc into the appearance. I can see how it can be nostalgic to people that grew up with the park as well. It just struggles with large crowds as even with a large selection of rides they are mostly low...

Had the 3 creds at Gulliver's taunting me for years on coaster-count as nearby creds I hadn't ridden. For those that don't know, the Gulliver's parks around the UK have a strict rule where you can't get into the park if you don't have children with you. Now that I have my own kids I've been...

Talks between Universal and Port Aventura have stalled as Universal are reportedly not interested in paying the price Port Aventura are asking for to purchase the resort. https://www.rac1.cat/societat/20240826/193762/universal-podria-obrir-parc-tematic-mario-bros-catalunya.html

I enjoyed being an enthusiast more when I stopped judging/ranking coasters. I still count creds and keep track of them as I find stats fun, but since I stopped setting expectations for coasters and nitpicking minor faults I found myself having a lot more fun. You look at it from a whole new...

Surprised the go karts have lasted as long as they have to be honest. That whole side of the park definitely feels like 'old Paulton's' since they've been investing and adding new areas around the rest of the park.

Been dropping quite a few hours recently into Dave the Diver. Very charming game that's really hard to put down. Starts off as a game of two halves with the day spent diving and capturing fish before returning to a restaurant in the evening to serve your dishes to the customers. But soon after...

Tbh I'm not bothered as I thought they had already got rid of it for some reason 😂 Not been to the park since 2011 but it didn't stand out amongst the other rides they have at the park. Can understand people being sad about it from a nostalgic point of view though.

No idea what my count is. But my most visited is definitely Warwick as it's the closest to halfway between where I am in the north and London. 😂

Only got the top 10 most ridden manufacturers on my main stats page. But got them all written in the breakdown. Here's my fancy numbers page. Still want to add some more graphs and change some of the icons but it's a nice way to quickly visualize certain stats and numbers.

Great to hear that Dollywood is as good as it looks. I was the same growing up watching videos of Mystery Mine and being wowed by the overall experience and theme (although it's nothing compared to rides nowadays). Glad that Lightning Rod warmed up nicely for you as well.

Further to the Disney news story about the person trying to take them to court over the death of his wife due to an allergic reaction. Disney have waived their right to arbitration and have allowed it to proceed in court. Does seem like this has only happened due to the backlash they got when...