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  1. Matt N

    Planet Coaster 2 Announcement

    Nerdchacho has confirmed that they were given an exclusive first look at Planet Coaster 2 by Frontier, and they can confirm a few additional features that Frontier did not explicitly reveal in the initial announcement. Here’s the video they’ve uploaded explaining these: If you don’t want to...
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    Favorite Rip Ride Rockit song

    I’m not sure if they still have it after they recently reduced the number of available songs, but I always used to go for You Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer!
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    Euro 2024 - Hyperia

    Great report @HeartlineCoaster! I'm sorry to hear that the trip didn't go as planned, and from having read your other thread, what happened sounds awful and I'm so sorry it happened to you. I hope you're all doing OK now. Nonetheless, it was interesting to hear your thoughts on Voltron. Given...
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    Wonderful Warwick Castle - Niles' Nostalgia Trips

    Nice report @Niles; I'm glad you and your friend had a good day! This brings back memories for me, as we used to go to Warwick Castle quite a bit as kids. With it being our nearest Merlin attraction, it was always where we collected Merlin passes and got our photos taken, and I've also been...
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    WTF Merlin?

    Yikes, that sounds rough. I had an eerily similar experience at Thorpe Park during school trip season back in 2018; Rush and Samurai were the only rides I managed all day, and I waited 2.5 hours for Saw only for it to break down when I was at the very end of the line about to get on... The...
  6. Matt N

    Milestones in Your Counts

    Congratulations @rctneil!
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    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    Ah…I’ve just realised that I was confusing Hollenblitz with Alpina Bahn! Ignore what I said above…
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    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    If these accusations are true; these Schwarzkopf coasters are having a rough few years for safety, aren't they? Jetline derailed, Quimera derailed, All American Triple Loop slid back down the lift hill, and now these accusations about Hollenblitz... that is quite a few incidents and/or safety...
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    Puy du Fou proposing UK theme park near Bicester

    Labour have vowed to drastically reform the planning system to make it easier to get things off the ground in Britain, which will surely make it easier to get projects like this and Universal to come to fruition, no?
  10. Matt N

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    Thorpe Park have now installed wheel heaters in Hyperia’s station: This is an excellent move, in my view, that should help the ride run more reliably in cold temperatures.
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    Your Least Common Opinion?

    My apologies for bumping the thread, but relatives of mine having recently returned from their first ever trip to Florida and having absolutely loved Disney got me thinking about an unpopular take of mine; I’m somewhat apathetic towards Disney parks. OK, maybe apathetic is a slightly strong...
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    Puy du Fou proposing UK theme park near Bicester

    The French theme park developer Puy du Fou has announced that it is planning to invest £300million into a UK version of its successful French product at a site in Bucknell, 3 miles north of Bicester in Oxfordshire and close to Junction 10 of the M40 motorway...
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    Milestones in Your Counts

    Congratulations @Hixee! I’m not sure I’ve ever posted my park milestones on here, but currently, they are as follows: 1) Drayton Manor (18th April 2008) 5) Oakwood Theme Park (24th August 2010) 10) Universal’s Islands of Adventure (29th August 2012) 20) South Pier Blackpool (23rd August 2019)...
  14. Matt N

    US Election; what are your thoughts?

    The mistakes keep on coming for Joe Biden, it would seem, as he said in a radio interview that he was “proud to be the first black woman to work with a black president”, and he also confused the media by saying “Ho, ho, ho” on his Independence Day address...
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    Milestones in Your Counts

    Congratulations both!
  16. Matt N

    UK General Election 4th July 2024

    The exit poll has come out… and it predicts a Labour landslide. The exit poll results are: Labour: 410 Conservatives: 131 Liberal Democrats: 61 Reform UK: 13 Scottish National Party: 10 Plaid Cymru: 4 Green Party: 2 Other: 19 So in summary, then, the Labour landslide is looking quite similar...
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    UK General Election 4th July 2024

    I voted Labour. I like what Labour stands for, I like some of what Starmer has said about his goals for government, and in my seat, they’re also by far the best bet at getting the Tories out, despite the Greens also claiming to be “the tactical vote”! I’m interested to see how the result goes...
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    US Election; what are your thoughts?

    I know this is a thread regarding the last US presidential election in 2020, but I thought I’d post here as a debate had already started about the 2024 election beforehand. Following Joe Biden’s debate performance last week against Donald Trump, which was widely considered to have gone very...
  19. Matt N

    Rank the Central Florida theme parks

    Hi guys. Of all the places in the world, Central Florida in the USA is arguably the theme park capital of the world. With Disney and Universal both operating their flagship multi-park resorts in the area, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens both having parks there, and other operators like Fun Spot and...
  20. Matt N

    Universal considering UK theme park in Bedford

    The consultation actually listed the maximum height of any “component” as 115m, or around 377ft. It would still not be tall enough for a “500ft giga coaster” as the poster above wants, but it would be a tall enough limit to comfortably beat Hyperia, if Universal so desired.
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