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Hi guys. In recent days, the much-hyped Online Safety Bill, a hang-over from the Tory government that is possibly one of the most far-reaching pieces of internet legislation ever, came into force in the UK on Friday: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0epennv98lo For those not aware of what...

Hi guys. In recent years, I think it’s fair to say that Alton Towers have had a bit of a nostalgia push, for lack of a better term. In 2023, the park revamped Duel into The Curse at Alton Manor, which harked back to the ride’s roots and brought back something more akin to the Haunted House from...

26th July 2025: Alton Towers Day 1 Hi guys. Today was an exciting day; it was the first day of my annual Alton Towers visit for 2025! After a rather light season so far, comprised mainly of my MSc course aside from two visits to Blackpool and Paultons Park, I was looking forward to returning to...

Hi guys. Of all the things that can happen at a park, a spite is probably the most gutting. I'm sure we've all had an occasion where a ride has been closed for the day, or it's broken down, that means we haven't been able to ride it. But sometimes, some might voluntarily choose not to ride...

Hi guys. For the last week or so, I’ve been on holiday, and one thing my family and I have been doing on our evenings is playing cards. Now I’ll admit I’m not exactly a card aficionado, but I have to say that I’ve been thoroughly enjoying our games! With this in mind, I’d be interested to know...

Hi guys. We may visit a lot of theme parks on here, but I’m sure many of us visit some interesting non-theme park places as well. With this in mind, I thought it might be fun to have a thread on interesting non-theme park travel reports, to show off some of those interesting places that don’t...

Hi guys. On paper, everyone’s dream theme park visit is one with no queues. Queues are the bane of everyone’s existence when it comes to theme parks, so to not have them sounds like a dream… right? After a recent visit to Paultons Park on 5th June that was particularly deserted, as well as some...

Hi guys. With the technology being increasingly prevalent, and an increasingly large part of most fields, I figure it’s about time we had a thread to discuss large language models (LLMs), or so-called “generative AI”. Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek or another model entirely is your...

5th June 2025: Paultons Park Hi guys. Today was an exciting day; in the words of our former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, “I went, as we all must, to Peppa Pig World”… yes, I returned to Paultons Park in Hampshire! I hadn’t been to the park since 2021, but I felt that the addition of Ghostly...

Hi guys. On Saturday, Paultons Park announced their heavily hyped-up Vikings area after months of speculation. The new land generated a lot of excitement... but the choice of a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter, Drakon, for the area's headline coaster has heavily divided opinion, to say the least. Some...

Hi guys. I wasn't entirely sure where to put this, as it's not explicitly park-related, but I did something recently for one of my university modules that I thought people might be interested in seeing! Basically, I did a module this semester on Data Visualisation, and one of the assignments...

Disclaimer: This is a long, geeky post. If you don't like statistics or maths talk, turn back now! If you'd like a more concise summary, a short summarising paragraph can be found at the bottom. Hi guys. In theme park enthusiast circles, one of the most common comments you will hear in relation...

Hi guys. When new rides open and come into the mainstream news, you may notice that the designers of said attractions are often portrayed as sadists who love seeing people scream and seeing what people will take. Sometimes, the designers themselves even lean into this; around its opening, John...

30th April 2025: Blackpool Pleasure Beach Hi guys. Today was an exciting day; my first park visit of 2025 was finally here! And the park in question that started off my year this year was Blackpool Pleasure Beach, “the world’s most ride intensive amusement park” up in Lancashire! By virtue of...

Hi guys. Recently, we hit the 5 year anniversary of the first COVID-19 lockdown being declared in the UK, and 5 years ago today, we would have been in the middle of lockdown 1 in the UK, and countries across the world were grappling with the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. With this in...

Hi guys. Here in the UK, we have quite a number of seaside parks. If asked their favourite, many would probably say Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Most agree that the park is on an entirely different calibre to any other seaside park in the UK, with a highly varied lineup of headline attractions that...

Hi guys. Frequently, people’s favourite coasters on here are quite long rides. My own favourite coaster is Shambhala, a coaster with over 5,000ft of track, and other common favourites like Steel Vengeance and VelociCoaster are also long rides. But with these being long rides, the length arguably...

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...