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The Anubis ransomware group has listed Disneyland Paris as its latest victim. The group posted details of the alleged breach on its dark web leak site, stating that the stolen data archive totals 64GB. They described it as “the largest data leak in the history of Disneyland Park” and stated that 39,000 files related to construction and renovation activities at the park were obtained. According to them, the data was acquired during a breach involving one of Disneyland’s partner companies. Source
 
Grand National at Blackpool Pleasure Beach has also reopened after shutting down last year for maintenance, which included replacing track sections, installing a new drive sprocket, replacing parts of the lift hill chain, and painting. Source
 
Disneyland will close seven attractions for seasonal refurbishments as the park prepares for its 70th anniversary celebration, which will take place on July 17 and last throughout the summer. Star Tours, Incredicoaster, Pixar Pal-A-Round, Storybook Land Canal Boats, Casey Jr. Circus Train, Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, and Main Street Cinema will temporarily close in July as part of the standard refurbishment schedule. Source
 
STMOE said:
Legoland Billund have submitted planning applications for a new coaster (project name LLB2), which will replace the Vikings river splash. They hope to open the new coaster in 2026. The Area is set to be 4000 square meters. Water draining will begin in a few weeks.
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Merlin has now confirmed they’re building clones of Minifigure Speedway on the site. The two tracks will be named ”Banana Juice” and ”Popcorn” after their team captains, Corn Cob Guy and Banana Guy.

Footers are in place and the coasters are expected to go vertical soon.

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LEGOLAND® Billund Is Pushing The Accelerator All The Way To The Floor In 2026

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For it's 50th anniversary, Walibi Belgium brought back all the mascots the park has ever had.

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Other activities for it's 50th birthday is a retro foto exhibition and a special nostalgic line of merchandise.

On the actual birthday of the park on July 26th, Manneke Pis in Brussels will get a Walibi constume, there is a flea market where fans can buy articles such as a boat from Gold River Adventure, a restraint from Radja River, old theming and signaling, laserguns from Challenge of Tutankhamon,...
A droneshow on the lake will be the climax of this birthday month.

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Nicky Borrill said:
Edit: Also, love the evacuation procedure... casual as you like, just undo the restraint and let the guest walk back to the station alone, no harness or anything... 🙈 🤣
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I mean, that's pretty typical behavior? Both roller coasters I have been evacuated from mid ride involved either maintenance or just the normal ride staff opening the lap bar and having me climb out and just walk, unrestrained. Both times it was on a lift hill too.
 
Nicky Borrill said:
Apparently cyclops derailed... Dunno why I used the term apparently, it's pretty conclusive, but you know... Allegedly and all that.


Edit: Also, love the evacuation procedure... casual as you like, just undo the restraint and let the guest walk back to the station alone, no harness or anything... 🙈 🤣
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Seems derailment is part of the SOPs at Mount Olympus 🤣🤣
 
CanobieFan said:
I mean, that's pretty typical behavior? Both roller coasters I have been evacuated from mid ride involved either maintenance or just the normal ride staff opening the lap bar and having me climb out and just walk, unrestrained. Both times it was on a lift hill too.
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I don't think that's typical here in the UK. I think you'd be harnessed where height is a factor. (Which to be fair, could be argued it isn't in the Mt Olympus video) But as a minimum you'd be accompanied, even where height isn't a factor. This I'm sure of from experience, but also, see 'Exhibit A' this Smiler brake run evac. (Notice how they've also added temporary yellow barriers to the track / train side of the of the evac platform to reduce the fall risk, even though height is minimal. As well as a red barrier on the far side of the train to prevent a guest exiting the wrong way, haha.)


There's no way they'd let you walk alone trackside, given they don't trust you to exit a train and not fall without temporary barriers. 🤣

(I've only ever been evac'ed at low level, so I can't conclusively confirm the harness at height, just something I was told by a staff member. )
 
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