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Hi guys. Most enthusiasts probably have a favourite park, and in many cases, it might be a park from the likes of Disney or Universal. These parks arguably have some of the world’s best theming and some of the world’s most envelope-pushing immersive attractions right now, and whether you...

Hi guys. In the last year or so, we’ve had a rather interesting prospect begin to develop in the form of Universal’s potential entry into the UK theme park market. This rather sudden revelation from Universal took the UK enthusiast community by storm, and by extension, I’d imagine that the...

Hi guys. Here in the UK, the railway network is often a source of a good moan from Brits. Whether it’s delays, cancellations or general rail-related grievances, people are often not very happy with our railway network, to say the least. However, I’ve noticed that some operators tend to draw more...

Hi guys. If you’ve been keeping the news lately, you may have seen that Cardiff University in Wales is cutting 400 jobs and axing courses as a sustainability measure for the future (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k5n0k101lo). Courses being cut include all courses in modern foreign...

Hi guys. Queues are a fact of life at a theme park, but some parks do better at shifting them than others. At some parks, efficiency is the name of the game, whereas at others, things can just be a bit sluggish. With this in mind, I'd be interested to know; what are some of the strongest and...

Hi guys. Innovation has driven the theme park industry for decades, and back in the day, some of these firsts and records were absolutely pivotal moments in the history of the modern industry. The world’s first tubular steel roller coaster at Disneyland in 1959. The world’s first modern...

Hi guys. Last year was an interesting year for ride closures in the theme park industry, with quite a few notable names departing for that big theme park in the sky in 2024. Kingda Ka was probably the crown jewel of these notable closures, but there were some other notable ones in the USA, such...

Hi guys. Very often, this hobby involves travelling abroad. There are only so many parks in your home country or state, so if you want to expand your repertoire of ridden coasters and visited parks, an easy way to do that when you've mostly exhausted what's on offer at home is to travel to a...

Hi guys. As most probably know, Christmas Day was 3 days ago, and while Christmas may have originally been intended to celebrate the birth of Christ, one thing it has increasingly become associated with is lots and lots of food. In most households, the main food event tends to be the Christmas...

Hi guys. You’d think that as time goes on and technology advances, new coasters would get smoother and more comfortable. And for the most part, this is true; we’ve come a very long way in terms of coaster smoothness since the rougher rides of the 1980s, for example! But in the last year to the...

Hi guys. Social media is ever-present in our lives today; even if you haven't got an account, its impact has been wide-ranging and hard to escape. It's been very controversial, and I'd be interested to know; what are your thoughts on social media and its impact on society? Where do you stand on...

Hi guys. Sometimes when you’re out and about, you see something really odd or funny happen, or overhear something odd or funny. Something really random that just takes you by surprise. We have a thread for funny things you’ve overheard in queue lines, so after something that happened today I...

Hi guys. With computers and technology becoming ever more important parts of our lives, a skill that I’d argue is becoming more important and desirable is computer programming. All of the technology around us will have had coders developing it, so coding is a valuable skill to know in the modern...

Hi guys. As you probably know, today is Halloween, a day where many have gone out trick or treating, had raging Halloween parties or otherwise done something spooky to celebrate. In recent times, Halloween has grown bigger and more widely commercialised and celebrated, and this seems to have...

Hi guys. I know it may be hard to believe, but we’re now getting towards the point in the season where parks are starting to wind down again ahead of the closed season; the end of the season is nearly upon us once again! With this in mind, I thought it might be nice to look back on 2024 and see...

Hi guys. In recent years, smart mobile devices have taken over our world, with phones and tablets becoming hugely more prolific in the last 10-15 years since the dawn of the iPhone, iPad and similar Android equivalents like the Samsung Galaxy family of devices. These devices are hugely common...

Hi guys. As many of you know, I recently went to Spain to visit PortAventura for the first time with my mum and dad. We had a brilliant time, but one interesting aspect of the holiday is that my mum and dad told me they were using aspects of it as a litmus test to determine if they could ever do...

9th September 2024: Travel Hi guys. Today was an exciting day; the start of my big foreign theme park trip for the year. This year, that trip is my first ever trip to PortAventura World in Spain! This will be my first time ever experiencing the likes of Shambhala and Red Force, amongst other...

Hi guys. This year, Hyperia, the UK’s tallest, fastest and “most weightless” roller coaster, opened its doors at Thorpe Park. Manufactured by Mack Rides, the ride has taken the UK industry by storm and garnered rave reviews. But in all of the hype, it’s easy to forget that Hyperia is not the...

Chessington has today announced that it is holding a public consultation on 19th September regarding “updates on current projects” (I’m assuming this means the waterpark) as well as “new developments”: Seeing as they’ve already had a consultation for the waterpark, as well as the fact that the...