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With it having just been Christmas, many of us will have eaten a roast dinner yesterday (and indeed, may have eaten leftovers today!). Across Britain and the world, roast turkey is a Christmas staple, with millions of people having one each year. Earlier today, I was having the discussion with...

In just 5 days’ time, Falcon’s Flight will be opening at Six Flags Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia. This is a huge moment for the industry; the ride will be the tallest, fastest and longest coaster on Earth, and many believed that it would never open! But with the ride breaking three records, some of...

As many of the theme parks have now closed, we’re getting nearer and nearer to the end of the year, and resultantly, the Christmas season is drawing ever closer. But with it being the middle of November, we aren’t quite in the throes of advent just yet… yet when me and my mum went to town to do...

In the theme park industry, two of the biggest names worldwide are Disney and Universal. Armed with big IPs and big budgets, their parks are quite unlike any others on Earth, and naturally, this has led a lot of smaller parks worldwide to try and emulate them over the years. These emulation...

20th September 2025: Thorpe Park Hi guys. Today, I took my first visit to Thorpe Park of the season. While there hasn’t been anything new at Thorpe since my last visit, I was still keen to get back and experience some of my favourites again! I was particularly excited to get back on Hyperia...

Hi guys. We all share a passion for theme parks on here, and all of us could, I feel, say that we’re more interested in parks than the average person. Some enthusiasts take their passion to the next level and end up working in the theme park industry or in close connection with theme parks, yet...

The Stanley Falls flume at Busch Gardens Tampa is closing on 7th September, after over 50 years of operation: With a variety of concepts having recently been mooted by SeaWorld, from a Mack Rocking Boat to a B&M giga coaster, I wonder what could replace it? I’d love to see a B&M giga at Busch...

Hi guys. I was having a read through Facebook this morning and stumbled across a link to a Reddit thread in r/ChatGPT, where a user asked ChatGPT to explain their job to a 5 year old: From: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1mjdyvl/i_asked_chatgpt_to_explain_my_job_to_a_5yearold/ The...

Hi guys. In recent years, smartphones and tablets have become ever more present parts of our lives. But naturally, these devices will have a shelf life. To some extent, that may even be personally decided; some might want the newest device every year, but others might want to cling onto their...

Hi guys. Here in the UK, we have four Merlin parks: Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures and Legoland Windsor. Operations are a contentious topic surrounding the Merlin parks, particularly as of late; people talk a lot about throughputs, ride availability and the like with...

Hi guys. In recent days, the much-hyped Online Safety Bill, a hang-over from the Tory government that is possibly one of the most far-reaching pieces of internet legislation ever, came into force in the UK on Friday: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0epennv98lo For those not aware of what...

Hi guys. In recent years, I think it’s fair to say that Alton Towers have had a bit of a nostalgia push, for lack of a better term. In 2023, the park revamped Duel into The Curse at Alton Manor, which harked back to the ride’s roots and brought back something more akin to the Haunted House from...

26th July 2025: Alton Towers Day 1 Hi guys. Today was an exciting day; it was the first day of my annual Alton Towers visit for 2025! After a rather light season so far, comprised mainly of my MSc course aside from two visits to Blackpool and Paultons Park, I was looking forward to returning to...

Hi guys. Of all the things that can happen at a park, a spite is probably the most gutting. I'm sure we've all had an occasion where a ride has been closed for the day, or it's broken down, that means we haven't been able to ride it. But sometimes, some might voluntarily choose not to ride...

Hi guys. For the last week or so, I’ve been on holiday, and one thing my family and I have been doing on our evenings is playing cards. Now I’ll admit I’m not exactly a card aficionado, but I have to say that I’ve been thoroughly enjoying our games! With this in mind, I’d be interested to know...

Hi guys. We may visit a lot of theme parks on here, but I’m sure many of us visit some interesting non-theme park places as well. With this in mind, I thought it might be fun to have a thread on interesting non-theme park travel reports, to show off some of those interesting places that don’t...

Hi guys. On paper, everyone’s dream theme park visit is one with no queues. Queues are the bane of everyone’s existence when it comes to theme parks, so to not have them sounds like a dream… right? After a recent visit to Paultons Park on 5th June that was particularly deserted, as well as some...

Hi guys. With the technology being increasingly prevalent, and an increasingly large part of most fields, I figure it’s about time we had a thread to discuss large language models (LLMs), or so-called “generative AI”. Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek or another model entirely is your...

5th June 2025: Paultons Park Hi guys. Today was an exciting day; in the words of our former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, “I went, as we all must, to Peppa Pig World”… yes, I returned to Paultons Park in Hampshire! I hadn’t been to the park since 2021, but I felt that the addition of Ghostly...

Hi guys. On Saturday, Paultons Park announced their heavily hyped-up Vikings area after months of speculation. The new land generated a lot of excitement... but the choice of a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter, Drakon, for the area's headline coaster has heavily divided opinion, to say the least. Some...