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I read it as it having had an unrelated minor electrical fault on the Saturday, but working fine on the Sunday up until the point where the integrity of the wheelset to train connections obviously became no longer fine.

This has been discussed a few times, and while TowersStreet apparel isn't without its appeal, one of my favourite things about this community is that it isn't a club. There's no AGM (thank goodness), no subs, and not much in terms of rules and etiquette to obey; primarily just not behaving in a...

As I understand it, rather than monitoring the speed of the train through tracking the rate of wheel revolutions and passing that information to the VR system like Alpenexpress can, the system used for Galactica only adjusts the timing of the footage based on how long the last few trains have...

Just at the entrance, presumably. AstroDan has advised that he expects the services-breakfasting contingent to arrive around 9:45 AM.

Having been on Race for Atlantis (only once fortunately), I can't see why anyone not employed by Phantasialand would take an article showing a photo of it being torn down as reflecting badly on the park. :) Demolition at Phantasialand means two things: 1. Something rubbish at best is getting...

I haven't bought a mug from any park for a few years now, mostly because I've got way more than I need and have run out of storage. I still look though, and what frustrates me about a lot of the designs Towers have sold lately is that although they look nice, they're totally impractical. They're...

Disgusting little block in the miniature railway station by the car park aside, I can't remember what any of the toilets at Oakwood were like to start with. I presume my brain has done its best to block out some bad memories.

It's supposedly going to be the fastest motorcycle coaster IN THE WORLD, you'll be able to control the speed of your ca...um, bike, and this year it's only going to run one vehicle (it'll be on four next year). Mad, quite frankly.

My preference of the park's hotels would be the original, as unless that's been attacked with nasty printed vinyls too it looks stylish as opposed to cheap. Aztecs has been 'themed' in an extremely half-posteriored manner. The difficulty for Chessington is surely that, although focusing on the...

I'm pleased that a park has finally bought a coaster of this type after Vekoma have been showing it off for a few years. This looks like the ride system they should have had ten years ago. The layout seems a bit basic, but it's understandable if they're treading carefully with the prototype and...

OK, that may be a promotional video designed to show the park at its best, but I find it deeply saddening that even by the time of my first visit in 2007 the park was a world away from that. If those standards and those of Tussauds in the '90s had been kept going through to now the place could...

Why shouldn't people moan now? Advertising an opening date in the first place was unwise with a project like this. Also, call me cynical, but with the way life usually goes aboard the good ship Merlin I'm expecting to moan anyway when it is open and I've been on it. If Thorpe can prove me wrong...

I'd argue that there's a difference between riding defensively, which is what's necessary on something like Tedious Baco and definitely isn't fun, and going on a coaster that isn't uncomfortable per se but which you don't just sit and ride passively. Yes, I have been going to Thorpe for long...

Colossus isn't that rough. You do however have to ride with it, keeping your head forward and bracing properly when necessary. It's half a good ride if you get it right. Selecting the first of a car's two rows is usually a good idea too. The issue for me with Saw is that it's unbelievably...

Personally I thought Dwervelwind was an absolute delight and even that off the shelf layout would fit in nicely at Towers as a replacement for Spinball, though perhaps a different layout designed for a throughput higher than 900 per hour might be better there. It's not really comparable to Mir...

I've not been on it much this year and I can't be bothered with the headsets now either. I wasn't a fan of Air before anyway, but given the choice between a dull conventional coaster and a dull gimmick with a hobbled throughput, I'll take the former.

That sounds just like how I found it. I'd usually define a rough ride as one that knocks you about, whereas Troy just rattled my head instead of tracking erratically.

Remember that each arm has 5 seats. Unless groups of 2 and 3 can be seated together seats go empty or groups have to be split up. It's slightly surprising that Mondial haven't made a Top Scan XL park model with 6 per arm, and that Zierer went for 5 per arm on the Star Shape too.

I'm glad you enjoyed Toverland. I went for the first time last year on a quiet but swelteringly hot day and had a lovely time. Troy was...I'd hesitate to say rough, but certainly prone to serious vibration in places when I was there, especially on the first sweeping left hand bend, so repeat...

I must admit I wasn't clued up on which names RMC used for which style of track, their exact construction, and which type Outlaw Run has. Having checked their website, they say that the metal section on Topper Track replaces what would normally be the top two layers of the wooden stack, so a...