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Date: 21/09/2024 Park: Drayton Manor Roller Coasters: 3 Front Row/Back Row/Solo/New-to-Me: 3 Water/Dark/Flat/Other Attractions: 7 Shows: 1 New-for-2024: 1 ORP/ORV/Character/Proof of Solo Ride: CF-Live: N Trip Report...

That airtime hill looks lush.

I expect that a website filled with theme park enthusiasts, who actively choose to go on holiday to theme parks - naturally a "do" activity - will be filled with people who associate themselves broadly into the "doer" category.

Being over a month since I got a new cred, it was time to creep closer to 400. This time it was a return visit to Drayton Manor, with my mum and near 10-year-old brother for their first visits. I visited Drayton for the first time in 2014. That was my first visit to a non-Merlin in 11 years. I...

Okay, because I'm confused after reading different things from different places and just want a direct answer... What is the general thought consensus? Is this the same coaster that was planned for Six Flags Mexico / appeared at SFM, or is this another tilt coaster?

Agreed. It's sort of like getting a boob job when you need a knee replacement. Will look nice, but you're still hobbling around.

Wild Asia retheme: Application set to go into council in October, so could be looking at a Spring 2026 opening. The question is, is the coaster the old Project Horizon is? In any case, the plan gives me a "Studio Tour at Movie Park Germany" vibe, so...

Yeah I'm happy with that. (Spoken as someone who has never been to CP)

The beach area at Thorpe gets a steady flow of people over summer. Lots of people ask about it too on social media. I don't expect the area to be used for a ride. The area is not that big. Opening up the entrance area further and using it as an entertainment/event space would be the ideal...

Date: 07/09/2024 Park: Thorpe Park Roller Coasters: 2 Front Row/Back Row/Solo/New-to-Me: 0 Water/Dark/Flat/Other Attractions: 2 Shows: 2 New-for-2024: 1 ORP/ORV/Character/Proof of Solo Ride: 0 CF-Live: N Trip Report: N Bonus Coasters: None Date: 15/09/2024 Park: Thorpe Park Roller Coasters: 1...

1200pph plus? I just don't see the need for something with that throughput at Paulton's? Even at the height of summer, do any of their bigger rides get a queue above an hour, for example? And most of those have theoretical throughputs around 600pph. A big, headline coaster needs a higher...

Pulsar has a theoretical capacity of 950pph. That would be the second highest on park for major rides. In that sense, it's more than suitable. Whether that's the route they'd go down I'm unsure, and it would also be a very expensive ride to run, but it would very easily be a ride that could...

After finally nailing down a date for my Drayton Manor trip, and it not clashing with this, I can confirm I'll be attending :)

Whichever park buys the first of these modern-day Spikes is going to need their heads checked in tbf

I find this a surprising thought; Hyperia has a measured near 15 seconds of airtime. Sure, not all of it is insane ejector, but the drop, Immelmann, outerbank and post trim outerbank all have had noticeable airtime on all of my rides. Obviously everyone experiences things differently, but yeah...

Not the first time a Blue Fire has stalled in that position is it? Can't remember if it was Europa's or a clone, but this has definitely happened before in that exact location. Presumably just an unfortunate mix of what wheels are used at the in the weather conditions, train weighting and...

Intamin have quite an extensive collection of indoor attractions, wouldn't count that out just yet.

Of the ones you've listed, I've chucked in some general thoughts. I think for you personally, there's a couple of things which might be hindering your enjoyment of dark rides. One is potentially high expectations: "I've wondered why I ride so many of these supposedly world-class dark rides"...

It's not damaged, they were just trying to beat Universal to a coaster which appears to "jump a hole in the track"

Hyperia. Next.