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By the meaning I intended in my post, Shockwave pre-dates Merlin as a theme park operator, so in that sense it’s the first one constructed since Merlin have existed. But if you want to be ridiculously pedantic, then yeah fair enough. ??‍♂️

Just a thought on the £20million figure - I agree with everyone else that it cannot be correct - even new I’m pretty sure this couldn’t cost that much. What I’d speculate is that this is an ‘investment worth’ £20mil, not to say they actually paid that. For instance, if I were to buy a second...

Thought someone might make exactly that point haha! My comment there would be that the Mack launch coasters and Intamin Blitz both are, more or less, conventional coasters. Yes they have a fair bit in common, but vehicle design is reasonably conventional and there’s no replication of what you...

Hey CF, So after a long old vacation from the forums and the enthusiast side of theme parks, I've been busy catching up a bit. After thinking how I'll miss G Force, I remembered that I'd often wondered about Premier's Sky Rocket design, specifically about how much it looks like a rip-off of...

No. Just no. Alton Towers have had no collaboration with Lionsgate, ever, and such an event would never fit their target audience. I wouldn't be surprised at the possibility of a single movie based attraction, but they have a strong brand and strong event that stands on it's own feet. Hang fire...

^ Couldn't agree more. It seems they've made an overnight swap from teen to family, and not actually adjusted their product at all. It's also bizarre that their 9pm openings consist of just Neptune's beach, depth charge and vortex staying open beyond 7, apparently another family orientated...

I do in principle agree at the points made, that no one actually pays full price to enter, and, I feel, the much bigger scam at most Merlins attractions is the price of on park spending. If you look at the all inclusive meal offer alton are doing this year, they actually charge more for this...

I can almost guarantee it is the wheels. It's not a, 'someone told me' fact, it's just through thought experiment, but follow me through on this. Firstly, I'll just add in here I've ridden Baco in excess of 50 times (3x 1 week holidays, riding between 2 and 10 times a day). So, in terms of ride...

The debate that will blight coaster force until the end of time.... I agree in principle with what you're saying, the only point I will add here is this whole temperature and time of day thing is rubbish. Admittedly it rides better in certain temperatures, but as do all rides, the...

I doubt that statement. The rides would more than likely be sold to another park, or even stored and then sold. The chances of them being scraped are absolutely minimal. The value of a second hand B&M goes way into the $millions, the value in scrap (not my specialist area, but)would certainly be...

Absolutely, perfectly summarized by Antinos. B&M just do wing rider right, mostly owing to the lowered seating position. Additionally, I'll add, the S&S/Arrow design is just bizarre. The number of people who look at that ride and say 'it'd be good if it went forwards', etc, it's just not really...

So I'll try not to make this as long as my usual caliber of post... In essence, I totally understand what you are saying. I agree in the most part, I just hate making any comparison to Alton Towers, because you're just dragging PA down. ( :P ) I think the main difference between our...

I'll pick up on a couple of things there; Firstly, I think it's unfair to say all PA have are 2 great coasters. If we're applying the same rule to Alton, they only have 2 good coasters and 3 mediocre ones. So that's just not true. We have totally neglected to mention the 328ft drop tower, the 3...

Well, well, well, well. Do not slag Baco until you've tried it front row. It's an absolute beastie and, the experience just overwhealms the shake so much you can forgive the fact you have slipped a couple of disks. I adore that ride and it easily ranks as my favorite. People moan about it...

I think I share the feelings of no major love loss here. I'm highly surprised though that there was no mechanical solution to this? I mean, it's an air pressure system that locks the gondola into position, and a broadly counter-weighted ride but still slightly heavier on the riders end, could...

AND! I'll add at this point the real coaster I shed a tear for. The marvelous, beautiful, revolutionary and really really imaginative Maurer Sohne X car. It never hit the big time but it offered everything Intamin and B&M do, just with a lower height restriction, better seating (let the debate...

Nah, you slagged the whole range of products, couldn't be doing with that! (Ok, I exaggerate but we cannot miss the point that all the products prior were still revolutionary). :P

Intamin take number 1 spot for me. Intamin offer such a wide range of rides and what they do, in my experience, they do very well. From Furius Baco to Stealth, I LOVE accelerators. No other manufacture has delivered what Intamin have in terms of a ground breaking product and I don't think any...

Just to dig something up... As a solid Schwarzkopf fan, I will naturally bring myself to the fore here to defend the most influential company ever to have emerged into this industry (Bring on the debate :P ).... The Jumbo V, being the final evolution of the 'Jet Star' and 'Wild Cat' range...

Don't start getting hmphy about it. If Alton opened, you'd have pretty much no coasters. B&M's (anyone who visited Thorpe back in the February openings will know this), have a required minimum temperature to operate. Typically around 4-8 degrees, considering today was -1, you're going to...