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Wait, are they relocating the Flambards Hornet?! 😅

This quote is from the BBC article; Interesting that she has explicitly mentioned James Bond, Paddington and Harry Potter there. I hadn't heard the first two linked with the project before, but have seen them come up from a few people today, and both feature on the speculation map above!

Would Warner Bros give Universal the rights to Harry Potter for the UK park though? As it would take away business and £££ from the studio tour an hour down the road... I think Universal have also previously stated that they don't want to duplicate anything from the Florida resort.

BBC Breakfast have a reporter at the site this morning, looks like plenty of interviews happening there. I also picked up from the clip of the Universal exec showing the plan to Keir Starmer, he confirmed 4 lands in the park. Jurassic Park/World seems pretty much confirmed, along with Minions...

I had the pleasure of sitting in there for a drink on Saturday, right next to the kitchen, and seeing the state of the food they were sending out... The hanging skewers looked particularly awful and the staff were struggling to figure out how to carry them. A lot of food was getting sent back...

Yeah I also thought this was going to have an actual splashdown, similar to the Mack powersplash. But it's basically another Surfrider model with some fountains?!

Rampage at Alabama Adventure has been SBNO for over a year and is in need of a lot of work apparently. I wonder if they would be looking at some of the newer track and other parts from Megafobia…

The fact that they are spending the cash to actually remove these rides gives me some (small) hope for Oakwood. Drenched was a huge drain on their resources and I know they did spend a lot on the boat to try and get it back up and running last year. Let’s hope they get some real investment soon...

The pre-Wizarding World Duelling Dragons were elite! I was mesmerised by the duelling loops and dragon sculptures on my first IoA visits way back in 2000 and 2005.

I've not updated this in a while, but having just voted in CoasterBot's poll, here is my refreshed Top 20 (new in the last 2 years in bold): Steel Vengeance, Cedar Point Taron, Phantasialand Skyrush, Hersheypark Taiga, Linnanmaki Batman Gothan City Escape, Parque Warner Zadra, Energylandia...

After the ECC Winter Warner to Madrid last weekend and a 10-minute visit to Winter Wonderland for the new cred yesterday, I think my 2024 is complete now! Coaster count at start of 2024: 958 Coaster count at end of 2024: 1067 (+109) Parks visited: Efteling Mondo Verde Wiener Prater Family Park...

Yes! I was there last Friday 18th and had perfect weather luckily. The seatbelts are indeed rather short, was a bit of a squeeze! Did 4 rides on Wild Train and it was certainly a unique coaster! The front row was janky as hell but good fun and airtime at the back. The park itself was nice too...

Maybe most other parks grossly exaggerate the cost of their new investments? Who knows… I think this will be a great addition for Isla Magica. I visited in the summer and was really pleasantly surprised by the park. Despite the lack of any recent additions whatsoever, it was well maintained and...

I am going this Friday, have been keeping an eye on the weather and looks fairly safe at the moment! Just hoping they don’t knock out a Wild Train support with a digger or anything before then 😂

I did a week in the Netherlands about 5 years ago and made the same mistake going during school trips season in June. The school groups there were unbearable for us as well! Toverland was one park that I did love though, so a shame to hear it wasn't so enjoyable for you. Sounds like they need...

Here is the English translation from the end of the Swedish statement; I guess that was inevitable after the accident last year, it will be sorely missed from the park though! I wonder how this will impact their expansion plans and if they will prioritise a replacement attraction in Jetline's...

After getting home from California last September, I was on 946 creds and had a slightly farfetched plan to make Hyperia my 1000th by the time it opened... I’ve since ridden far too many Güven runaway trains and other kid creds, had a first trip to Wiener Prater in April to boost the numbers...

I held out until the evening on Friday and managed to get on Hyperia 3 times in just a couple of hours via the single rider line, which no one else seemed to be using by the end of the day! Very relieved to have done it on opening day now…

I'm currently sat at home, due to finish work in 15 minutes, and have been glued to Twitter and Instagram this morning with jealousy at people riding Hyperia... Dreading the thought of a 3-4 hour queue but the temptation to finally ride it is too strong so I will be heading down to Thorpe Park...

Visited yesterday for the first time in a few years: 1. Nemesis Reborn - the back row night ride was amazing and liking the new theme, not so keen on the new queue line though. 2. Wickerman - running much faster than I remembered 3. Smiler - this was probably my #1 at Towers last time, still...