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This is awesome, especially as this is the part of the park that looks the worst (oldest, 'old Paultons', poor theming etc), and it will be great to see it replaced with something that matches the standards 'new Paultons' has been setting. If it is the UK's second trackless dark ride too, that...

That's Bedford Borough, not Bedford. My gym is in Bedford Borough, yet in St Neots 15 miles from Bedford.

Also, you've doubled Bedford's population there, it (and surrounding villages) are approx 100k. What's weird is the lack of local anti-universal sentiment. There are plenty of people kicking off about East-West-Rail and new houses (the usual placards by a roundabout sort of thing), nothing...

Sigh. I have to say it. Oddysee is hugely under rated. Now many will disagree with me, including my own spine, but if you ignore the crippling roughness for a moment, the thing is massive. It's easy to forget it's the joint second tallest inverted coaster ever built, and honestly has one of...

I'm with you, perhaps as we get older we see the very real effort every little thing takes and understand that increased costs impact what the park can achieve (they would have approved this capex before prices shot up for everything). I find myself getting increasingly frustrated with the...

How is the park doing for opening at the moment? Alton is opening a good hour before the advertised time with Thorpe being pretty much dead on advertised time. Is Legoland opening earlier?

I'll have to give it a go this weekend. Back in Skeg again for reasons. If anyone is wanting to go to Fantasy Island on Sunday let me know as I'll probably end up soloing it all day.

I think it will look really good with all the greenery, Icon has the fake turf which cheapens the look, Hyperia is getting real foliage. Regarding overatedness, that outer bank is world class, sorry it just is.

GOOD TO KNOW, THANKS

Perhaps you rode it in poor conditions? My first ride on my last visit was first thing in the morning when it was -3 degrees and it was noticeably slower. Later on however, it was back to its normal self again.

I find it the other way, I like a good atmosphere but the screaming is annoying. I often find there's usually someone (or some group) who do the whole 'let's make everything about me' scream rather than the classic fear scream. The screams which are obviously not genuine.

They worked during the winter season too if I recall correctly, at which incidentally I always had to wait a couple of cycles in the queue before riding.

Apparently we should know in June some time, at least that is when Universal suggest they will be making their decision, but that's not a solid deadline. The government (cross-party) and Bedford local councils are supportive of it, because no credible politician is going to turn down what is...

People will complain about anything. I'm really happy and can't wait, plus it will be an upgrade over what Ripsaw offered.

Also, it's still reasonably popular. It's a good mid-thrill coaster. Just needs a bit of love.

Following on from last year's great visit to Thorpe, today's was fantastic too. It really does feel like the place is back on the up again (literally in Hyperia's case) and they've remembered how to run a Theme Park. Breakdowns weren't too bad today with engineering getting rides back online...

Over 4 seconds sustained on that outer bank. In the UK...

With everything going on at the Cedar Fair parks right now (mostly TT2...), it's probably a good time to applaud Merlin for their continued commitment to free item bins at every ride where you cant bring aboard. It's such a small but impactful part of the guest experience that Merlin get...

I think we've probably moved beyond the era where Merlin didn't maintain things like that. They seem truly committed to getting effects working and reliable again so let's see. I hope to not stand corrected. I really hope the foliage does grow in nicely, I'm not against 'accidental jungle' as...

I wonder if Paulton's could afford one of those compact layouts?