It’s amazing what a transformation the park has had in the last few years. A decade ago I had no desire to visit the collection of average coasters but now it’s a genuinely great day out, with a hugely fun headliner, a really strong supporting line-up for all ages, good landscaping. The constant...
If it was a suspended Top Spin or similar, having a ride capable of absorbing an additional 1100pph would be a huge bonus and sorely needed given the hollowing out of the flat ride lineup over the years.
All that work just to move the ride 25m further north and lower the tallest section to have a smaller drop, and it won’t reopen until 2025, not to mention the lions end up somewhere else with a smaller enclosure?
If that’s true that would be a catastrophic waste of money - I can’t see how the...
Amazing to see land purchase by a company obviously 100 times more likely to do something than the London Resort ever was. I’m at work so can’t check - how does the size of this plot compare to other parks, Universal or otherwise? I presume at least ~50% of any site goes to backstage needs...
Not really sure where to put this but bit of a needless PR error from Thorpe here:
Thorpe Park apologises to locals after blaring Halloween sound effects all night
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/13/thorpe-park-apologises-halloween-sound-effects-all-night
I guess this implies that either the Universal purchase was just a rumour, it did exist but has collapsed completely, or it still exists but has stalled and this is a tactic to push them along.
https://x.com/veilstrup/status/1692134845676192109?s=46
Slides going in for the attached water park. Aesthetically it’s not great so far, with very chunky supports and it’s a minor thing but I’m surprised to see how misaligned all the slide ‘seams’ are… Looking at the renders above there will...
A really enjoyable set of reports to read! Looking forward to the Phantasia part - hopefully going in a few weeks after a 5-year absence so will be good to hear how it’s changed.
And I completely agree on Walibi Belgium expectation vs reality! I assumed it wouldn’t be that nice, a bit concretey...
Great to know also - thanks! Do you know if public transport matches the opening hours? Be a shame to cut out night rides if the bus doesn’t go til ~midnight or so.
Is the assumption that all track profiling is staying exactly the same as the original?
Maybe it’s just the angle but I don’t recall the zero-g looking like that before…
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