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I don't see how, I didn't mention boycotting the park.

I read his post differently if I'm honest, it seems odd to make a sweeping statement about a "type of enthusiast" in direct reply to my post if it's aimed at someone else. Also he talks about boycotting the park and then goes on to say "how about you support the park" in the next sentence...

Firstly, you're putting words in my mouth that I haven't said, find me anywhere I suggested boycotting the park?? I'm not for one moment suggesting I'll never visit again, so I'm not sure how you've made that deduction. But actively supporting a park when they showed such disdain for the...

Absolutely agree, Icon is alright but there's nothing special about it, there's plenty of better modern steel coasters around and it's only good in the afternoon; even then it still lumbers around parts of the layout. Wild Mouse was a one-of-a-kind coaster with first class airtime, pacing and...

Megagobia varies massively depending on how it's running, in my experience. I've had rides on it where it literally tries to eject me (almost balder-style) over every hill, but on other days there's little-to-no airtime at all.

A clone of D'wervelwind, maybe? Seems about right for Paultons. I'd really like to see a family wooden coaster personally.

Revolution is good tbf.

When is this expected to open?

One year ago today...

Valhalla at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. I first rode in 2004 and it was like nothing else on the planet back then, the huge number of special effects, fire, ice, live electricity and water combined with the stunning soundtrack/sound effects made it feel like a fully themed experience with no...

Baron at Efteling. After really enjoying Valkyria I was perhaps expecting too much, but the drop is too small to have the freefall effect, the helix felt awkward and the airtime hill didn't have any airtime. It doesn't flow very well either, the elements just feel shoehorned in for the sake of...

Icon, it absolutely crawls round first thing in the morning to the point where it feels like it's going to stall.

In fairness, none of Icon's branding really reflects PB's brand - though that doesn't give any more credibility to this (obviously fake) image.

Valhalla's music is excellent, and still my favourite; there's more musical ideas packed into that than most of IMAScore's 60 minute soundtracks IMO (even though the melody comes from somewhere else!) Icon's score is also a favourite, I love the unique blend of electronic sounds, the epic choir...

The last section of Icon lets it down IMO, the oddly-banked airtime hill and high five look great on paper but aren't taken fast enough to have a good enough effect, meaning that (IMO) you always hit the brakes without that "wow" feeling that you get on rides like Taron. I do appreciate the...

A post from Pleasure Beach in relation to the RMC Grand National image. Strange.

Not necessarily, since they (arguably) turn away a lot of potential custom through driving online bookings and closing when they want to, not when the public want them to. Blackpool is a busy seaside town yet BPB don't cater for on-the-day visitors at all, and their opening hours do not fit in...

It's a little frustrating as I missed Bob by a week, may have to go back next year if it's running reliably. At least Efteling have gone about it the right way, giving people the chance to ride it a last time rather than demolishing it on the quiet... not that I'm looking at any UK parks in...

I'm surprised that Valhalla keeps winning, it's nowhere near the world beating ride it used to be.

I think there's a number of factors that can be attributed to Icon not being as successful as hoped, ranging from poor marketing, fairly hefty price increases park-wide (despite not actually offering any more attractions than last year) and the... discourteous removal of one of the best coasters...