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Using Twitter to find out about operations and pricing is about as reliable as a blunt pencil. Merlins official Twitter pages are at best confusing and contradicting one another.

This should be good for the park. Roaming actors usually provide some good entertainment when walking around and it's something that will enhance guests days out.

I'll try and make the Thorpe meet at least.

By taking maintenence like that which they should be doing anyway and market it as a special one off TLC project.

Two drop towers sounds like a bit much for a gift. Probably just a complimentary force coaster with every refurb.

The bottom half of the Colossus supports were repainted last winter.

It's literally orange, not like the spray paint on Nemesis, but actual rust in the structural supports. Its also been the least reliable B&M I've seen this year, and that's saying a lot for a B&M. (Aside from the chain breaking on The Swarm)

The hotel sale or as I like to call it "The no rooms available for these dates" sale.

Someone should tell them to stop! Do they not realise that they are activating the curse?

The plans were already made for a hotel on the other side of the lake with a boat shuttle to the park. I imagine it would be similar to that. (Located in the last posted video).

The last survey I did at Thorpe Park was asking questions about a new hotel so they are definitely thinking about this. It's the only Merlin Park without permanent accommodation. Merlin have been busy building new hotels at other parks too so this is probably the most likely speculation to be true.

Had a look at the menu for Sticky Sisters but it was quite expensive. Without the MAP discount on top of that, I'd rather go elsewhere. I think the Fish and Chips outlets have the best chips because they have different fryers.

Chairlifts are also coming to the new DLC! https://forums.planetcoaster.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2774&d=1545132500

Every time I hear about the old theatre, I think of this :p

I have a theory that Alton Towers is adopting the same tactics as popular video games. Sell the full entry ticket, then add on the season pass. Already got the stores and fastracks to skip the grinding. HB Leisure's your gambling. Now add in the premium attraction content behind the ticket gates...

I do hope we get more HB leisure classics in it's place if it does go like Forbidden Sweep.

On the subject of turnstiles, is it Skidata they use like the really reliable ones you get at various Ski resorts and car parks? Has to be down to badly printed barcodes. Of course NFC solutions like Magic Bands are way more reliable. There is a digital ticket solution they use for events but...

Any speculation as to what vending machine it will be? Maybe a Pringles hoover? What snacks are lacking in that area? Would be nice to have more of a variety of savoury snacks at Merlin parks.

1. Nemesis 2. Wickerman 3. Air 4. Smiler 5. Oblivion 6. Spinball 7. Th13teen 8. Rita 9. Runaway Mine Train 10. Galactica

I'd say Huawei's Kirin 20nm SOC is ahead of Apple's actually from the benchmarks I've seen. It's so efficient, I can get through a day at work and still be on 80% battery when I get home. In terms of phone hardware, Huawei are leading by a mile. In terms of software, iOS may still have an edge...