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and the original Thorpe Park had a similar beginning to American Adventure, they were both former quarries. Thorpe of course then got a significant amount of new hardware when Tussauds took over in the 2000s.

and the utility works are probably the most important part, you don't want a park full of guests flushing the toilets for the first time that season and it flooding underneath your new ride.

Maybe it is new. There used to be the Aztec section as the first one but I think that was removed/changed at one point.

I've not eaten there in around 12 years so can't comment on quality, but in terms of the price/value don't forget although £29 (before discount) feels expensive it is a three course meal really. Crooked Spoon want £9.75 for the starter and £17 for a main. So even if you just have some nachos...

I haven't been to Cadbury World for probably twelve years but I can remember the Bull Street walkthrough about the beginnings of Cadbury Bros, I assume that is the history section you refer to? Then at the time was a movie with shaking seats about how chocolate is made before going on to the...

Took me three trips to Blackpool (all aged over 18) before I rode the Big One. Yet I did everything at Alton Towers, it was just the height that put me off. Once done it was such a let down really!

RCDB https://rcdb.com/1458.htm says Galactica contains an inline twist, which in terms of rollercoaster elements, is an inversion. I would say it does have an inversion, but agree it is weird because due to the nature of flying coasters you don't really go upside down, but you do invert from the...

Scenic Railway at Margate is SBNO and Tubtwist is a powered coaster so RCDB filtered it out when looking at Roller Coasters https://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&ol=26161&st=93&cs=277&ty=2&de=6 But still the two main coaster types Alton Towers are "missing" are a simple sit down non-inverting big dipper...

A Big Dipper that goes up and down and up again is the classic wooden coaster format, Blackpool has plenty of them. If any park is adding a wooden coaster that is what I would want, its a type of coaster the UK doesn't have enough of outside of Blackpool, Thorpe is full of twisty inverting...

Alton Towers generally though it is longer queues because there are more people visiting, they are still running rides at moderately high throughput (main issues of rides running much lower than they should are Get Set Go and the monorail). Whereas Drayton Manor could run more Haunting cycles...

Disneyworld has a whole hall of president animatronics, I don’t see the issue with them having one of their founder at his original park.

Goose is working on it.

Again, what is BPB transitioning from and to? Paultons is not in a similar situation, they are building on good development with more good development. Chessington is removing older attractions and yes moving to something newer (and potentially transitioning away from being a zoo if the...

I don't think the old ticket booths and queues were that much better really, other than being permanent, they were also falling apart I think.

Or another company offered a different job with more pay.

All that was really known is a large building would be built that may or may not have a rollercoaster inside.

WDW monorail is much higher capacity. AT needs more frequent trains to manage the capacity required so don’t think manual gates would work.

Are you sure Merlin pay better? Pretty sure Aramark don’t which is a good chunk of the staff at the parks.

$17 USD is about £12.50 GBP which isn't far off UK minimum wage anyway. Also wages in the USA aren't always comparable due to the way their taxes, benefits and healthcare work. Additionally there is a lot of competition for workers in the Orlando parks, Disney, Universal, Seaworld, Legoland...

The old ticket sheets at BPB were comparable in price to most other theme parks, you would get so many of each ride tier for about £25 I think, plus a free admission to one of the three shows. It didn't feel much any more expensive that Alton Towers did back in 2001.