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    Coaster/park industry news articles

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/fast_track/9637666.stm When it comes to fun, Asia means business. In 2010, six out of the 10 fastest growing theme parks were from that region. And South Korea is next in line to help Asia steal the mantle of theme park supremacy from the United States...
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    Thorpe Park |"The Swarm"| B&M Wing Coaster

    Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 Well obviously the person who asked the question, and those who subsequently tried to answer it. Why make such a childish comment.
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    Thorpe Park |"The Swarm"| B&M Wing Coaster

    Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 Sorry guys, you are all wrong. The difference between those two trims is that one (the longer one) is permanent and is always in place. The shorter one is on hydraulics and so can push the magnets inwards so that they also act as breaks. My...
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    Thorpe Park |"The Swarm"| B&M Wing Coaster

    Re: The Swarm - B&M 'Wing-Rider', Thorpe Park 2012 When they test rides for the first time, do they run it with the trims turned off and then trim speeds down, or do they run with trims on and run trim speeds up?
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    Coaster Facts that the GP have got wrong

    Went to Thorpe the other day and overheard a girl telling her friends how Rita and Stealth were suppose to be joined together, only for alton to not get planning permission meaning they created the two coasters. Fail.
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