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Maybe I'm crazy, but wouldn't relocating and getting new trains for GL cost almost as much as a new coaster? Maybe not a new, full-sized B&M, but a coaster from elsewhere, or a compact B&M dive/invert. And these floorless conversions haven't yielded much for the parks that get them, nor are they...

Does this mean that some of the faces of the park's communication (Tony Clark for CP, Grace Peacock for CW) will no longer serve in those roles? Or, that they'll now represent multiple parks?

Maybe €2.7m is the cost of the coaster materials alone, not counting assembly? They're also only getting a single train, which would cut the budget down more than you might think.

It was $30m, I believe.

I don't believe that would be the "$50M" attraction mentioned in the above video, but they did also mention "refurbishing a legacy attraction" which I assumed meant Blazing Fury.

Via ParkFans's User Unagi (who seems to be trusted over there), this might be in response to upper management having little-to-no confidence that Top Thrill will be open in nine months, in time for CP's 2025 opening. I'd love to see if they can get this open in nine months, given how Six Flags...

Which side is supposed to be the family friendly one, again?

Coasters are great and all, but they aren't worth risking your health or wellbeing over. If you didn't feel right, you probably wouldn't have enjoyed X2 or Full Throttle anyway, no matter how well regarded they are by people who aren't already nauseous.

Comfort collars aren't really a safety mechanism. They're cosmetic. They make riders feel safer. Ironically, they also make the rides physically uncomfortable for many.

My take? That's absolute nonsense, this was never going to duel. Some people came up with the theory because of the marketing colors; ice vs fire etc. And when rumors circulated that this project was going to be Premier, I think some people jumped to the "West Coast Racers" conclusion, but...

No, probably not, especially seeing how Wonderland recently dropped that rule for theirs.

From the POV I thought that first element out of the mountain was 2 inversions, but from the offride, it looks like it's only one. Is... is a park actually playing the "9 but actually 8 inversions" game again?

1.) Steel Curtain advertises itself as having 9, but the banana roll yada yada, it only has eight. 2.) This point was overshadowed by the Beast 2.0 nonsense, but recent KI surveys suggested a 10-inversion infinity coaster is on the table for that park, so CF might be holding on to the...

The land is highly valuable, and could be used for any number of purposes; housing, amusement, commercial, etc. It doesn't need to stay an amusement park, much as many of us would like it to (animals notwithstanding). I believe the old owner's wife is still alive, and she (and her Will) has...

If the old owners were adamant, I believe they could have stipulated in the sale that none of the land could be used for non-amusement park purposes. I brought up selling the land in the context of "in case they needed money to develop the park". Doesn't matter if they have hundreds and...

Adding any kind of game sounds like an expensive, hard-to-sync gimmick that most guests wouldn't bother with at all. (And, more importantly, wouldn't actually draw people to the park). Racing elements are fun because you get to see another train of passengers mid-ride.

Marineland has so much extra land that will never realistically be utilized for the park. Selling/leasing/whatever some amount of that land could go a long way to providing the necessary capital.

Looking at this thread, I see people saying, "I could see Merlin being interested", "I wouldn't be surprised if it was Merlin", "please not a Legoland". Not really a rumor, so much as people chattin' about it.

Really feel the absence of ParkFans's rolling-eyes react when I'm using other forums. I've heard various rumors of the possible buyer. "A German park operator", Hershey, Herschend (who, I hear, have visited Marineland multiple times). I still strongly believe it has to be a privately owned...

Also worth noting, Curse of the Werewolf at Epic Universe appears to be the same model (Xtreme Spinner), even if it doesn't have any inversions or thrill elements, and that coaster has 5 car trains. With this, pre-boarding lockers, and separate load/unload stations, I think a park could really...