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Surely it isn’t much different to the UAE in terms of dust, and those coasters have lasted fine for up to 14 years so far in some cases?

Hi guys. As you probably know, today is Halloween, a day where many have gone out trick or treating, had raging Halloween parties or otherwise done something spooky to celebrate. In recent times, Halloween has grown bigger and more widely commercialised and celebrated, and this seems to have...

Kings Dominion are liking their animal names at the moment! I believe that’s now Reptilian, Rapterra and Pantheria in one park…

Apologies for bumping this thread, but now Hyperia has nearly finished its full season, I’d be interested to know; what are people’s opinions on this topic now that the ride has opened and most of us have ridden it? Has riding Hyperia convinced you that we got the right coaster, or do you wish...

Surely they wouldn’t close it next week? I can only imagine that Kingda Ka is an iconic enough ride that if the park closed it next week without warning, there might be significant backlash. We all remember what happened with the Wild Mouse at Blackpool… I’d hope Six Flags might have learned...

Hi guys. I know it may be hard to believe, but we’re now getting towards the point in the season where parks are starting to wind down again ahead of the closed season; the end of the season is nearly upon us once again! With this in mind, I thought it might be nice to look back on 2024 and see...

Congratulations @JoshC.!

I imagine these prices will go down in time. I’d think that this is currently Universal trying to manage what will inevitably be high demand for their brand new park in its opening year.

Congratulations @TilenB!

I think Super Nintendo World is quite a tall order given that the budget for Super Nintendo World was probably 10 times what Merlin can realistically afford. Hopefully Mojang will hold Merlin to a high standard (with how popular Minecraft is, I think they can afford to be picky), but I think...

The strongest piece of evidence is a market research study that was unearthed earlier in the year, where Merlin were testing the waters for Minecraft lands at Alton Towers and Chessington. Perhaps this is the results of that market research study materialising? People have also pointed to...

Congratulations @Flash Shift! That sounds like good redemption for your last trip to Flamingo Land, if nothing else!

Ah, that's interesting! So it's more like the fake splash effect on, say, Shambhala? If that's the case, I imagine you might get a little bit of mist depending on seat, but not properly wet in the sense you would on a water ride.

Out of interest, is this like Intamin's take on a Mack PowerSplash? Or does it not actually get you wet?

Personally, I imagine it will probably be an undercover flat of some description rather than a dark ride. A Gameplay Theatre is possible, I guess, as I can’t imagine they take up a huge footprint, but I’m not sure how likely an Intamin Dynamic Motion Stage is, personally. I imagine Danse...

From my (admittedly limited) experience, I’ve noticed that using the single rider queue often sees you batched towards the back rather than the front, for what it’s worth. Both times I used the SRQ, I was batched on the very back row, and it seemed as though most people were being put towards...

Hi guys. In recent years, smart mobile devices have taken over our world, with phones and tablets becoming hugely more prolific in the last 10-15 years since the dawn of the iPhone, iPad and similar Android equivalents like the Samsung Galaxy family of devices. These devices are hugely common...

I must admit, it really is unbelievable to think that this is opening next year! It feels like we’ve known about it and seen it being built for ages!

I think not running in the rain is a surprisingly common issue on coasters with drive tyre lift hills. Even Thirteen at Alton Towers, an Intamin coaster, has had issues with this.

My favourite Intamin is definitely VelociCoaster at Islands of Adventure. It just has so many wonderful qualities; the airtime is wonderful, the speed is insane, and there are so many great elements that it’s hard to pick a favourite! The whole sequence from the drop into the second launch...