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I'm interested in Lightwater and would be happy to stay at The Unicorn. Not fussed about Flamingoland though.

Yep, tomorrow should be velour-tracksuit free.

One of these parks is already a firm favourite of mine, and I've been interested in two of the others for ages. Stick me on the list too please.

It would take more than what would generally be termed maintenance to get that heap to an acceptable standard for operating. With the state it was in last time I rode I'd honestly rather have it closed. What's most disappointing about it, and I say this as someone who isn't much of a fan of...

Meh. Newspapers of the Daily Express' calibre make me queasy. Given the way the park's purse strings are being controlled and the resulting cuts to ride availability, how on earth was the idea of adding VR to Air, then enormously increasing its staffing to make the throughput just really...

Same. I was looking forward to that after seeing POVs.

Withnail, that version of the story (which I think is from Towersnerd?) seems to be based on the version of the story narrated by Tom Baker for the ride theme recordings that were available as merchandise, but from the outset the backstory explained the track as being bony tentacles. Have a...

Stick me down as a maybe too.

7 tonnes by railway coach standards is not much. Real examples of the style shown in the concept art weigh in at 20-30 tonnes. From that time they're also usually shorter than the length stated in information about the ride, so I'm really looking forward to seeing whether it looks convincing...

It's not the same as Air Meeting or Skyforce, so I'll give it a try, but this doesn't look like it will compare favourably to the park's great existing flats like Jukebox, Mechanica, Uppswinget and Spinrock.

Family parks need to appeal to everybody in a family. That includes guests that want, expect and enjoy thrill coasters. You don't need many; a lot of European parks of a similar size to Drayton only have one or two (Towers and Thorpe's lineups have spoilt UK guests rotten). The key is that they...

Absolutely. It'll be ironic if this model goes on to take a big chunk out of Gerstlauer's hold on the small park thrill coaster market, as I'm pretty sure the Eurofighter is why Vekoma probably haven't built a thrill coaster for Europe in at least a decade! I'm slightly relieved that this isn't...

No offence Benzin, but I always feel like you've left me hanging with your end-of-post ellipsis. :) In all seriousness I'd be interested to hear why you prefer Atmosfear's ride experience to the aspects of High Fall that don't involve decelerative force applied to your groin! Standup towers...

Atmosfear is not as terrifying as you might imagine. Not by a long way. It's often said of drop towers that once you pass a certain height the distance to the ground feels irrelevant; you're just a long way up. That definitely applies to Atmosfear. Add to that the fact that the gondola is...

It is a totally understandable move when they have Atmosfear and Lisebergshjulet doing basically the same jobs. The S&S drop tower however was arguably more thrilling than the reassuringly massively engineered Atmosfear, though obviously not as visually imposing.

Yep, the small wheel and S&S towers have gone for good.

For once I wasn't being pedantic! :) Every time at least one muppet would try getting off to the left, often resulting in a "clearly you people are deaf" tone of voice from the operator over the tannoy.

Never mind your credits. Count yourself lucky that you're unlikely to spent time queueing for the biggest waste of track in the country, and go and enjoy something good like Mouse, Avalanche or Rev instead. :)

"Please alight to your right. To your right. YOUR RIGHT."

There are two possible backstories I've read for Ripsaw and Blade. The first is that they were simply scrap Nemesis threw out of the way when it was unearthed and formed its pit by thrashing about. The second is that Blade was for cutting up chunks of Nemesis for research and Ripsaw was for...