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Is that not irrelevant, though? **** value for money is **** value for money, no matter how much you earn. In fact, I would say his comments are more telling of the fact he is still down-to-earth and knows the true value of money. Something that can sometimes and usually be lost by people who...

So it is acceptable for multibillion-pound companies to rip off hardworking, struggling families because of our culture of putting up and shutting up? That does not wash with me. As an extreme example, but exactly the same principle, the society of the USA puts up with and allows guns across...

Rumored to be Metallica's speaker towers, which were in storage locally due to their current European tour, so they could be used last minute. Although the line and subarrays do not look like Metallica's Meyer sound equipment. In any case, those line arrays must be punching some serious...

Looks amazing; the scale looks a bit off, but even so, it looks stunning.

I agree, but that does not make it acceptable. But yeah, totally agree.

At this point. Alton Towers, more specifically Merlin, YOU DESERVE TO FAIL. Meals like that, for £26, are absolutely shocking, ripping off hard-working families when times are already hard. It is borderline fraudulent and outright disgusting. You do not deserve to be in business with the...

Rita was added hastily to bulk up the ride lineup ready for the sale of the park / company. Which was ultimately sold to DIC in 2005. This is why no care was put into it, they wanted something adding and fast.

It is amazing how many experts in the inner workings of Merlin and Alton Towers have piped up in this thread....... @Blackrock, specifically, I will call you out because your comments clearly show, you are an absolute expert in the subject. This is not Disney, we are not in Fantasy Land or...

I agree, we manage it on railways just fine. Unfortunately, insurance company's think differently. Although, understandable, seeing as common sense can go out the window when some people visit themeparks. I bet insurance premiums would be much higher or an outright refusal to insure if they...

Doors would be better because there wont be room to open the airgates train side due to the clearance with the trains I do not think. The other option would be to open them towards the guests, but with a bay full of guests it would cause more problems as people stand there seemingly not...

It would not be difficult to fit a compressor to each station as part of the airgate upgrade. That would not be what is stopping them. Besides many systems including some types of airgates can operate on different methods other than pneumatics.

It is not the operating system that is the main source of the issues with capacity. The issue is lack of air gates in the stations. The loading pens could previously be filled up before a train entered, meaning guests were ready to load as soon as the train entered the station. Now they do not...

I think I know who you mean, have no clue of his name but I vaguely remember someone matching that description.

Could we not power Rita from the tears of disappointed families who have paid half of their years savings, to turn upto a park filled with technical delays and aggressively overpriced hot dogs? The idea is solid, there will be a huge amount of potential hydro power from the above. Seems like...

You can't be serious. This has to be a wind up?

Incidentally, that was the first ride which I followed the development too. I remember one of the security guards who used to work there around that time, Richard Kingstone, he went on to become the mayor of Tamworth.

Yeah the animation was dogey, this was a UK budget park, trying to make animatronics in the UK, in the early 2000's. But the set pieces and all that were built really well and to a high standard I thought. I didnt think it fell apart quickly, (most of it is still standing today as an example)...

It was. Everything you say is also true. But just because the theming was high quality (which it was farmer studuos out did themselves with that), does not mean or equal the ride itself being good. The ride itself was ****, but the theming, especially in it's opening yewr was really good and...

I rest my case. Right there, you've agreed with the point I was trying to get across.

With all due respect, I don't care if you disagree. It was not my opinion. It is a subjective, provable fact. You can start by counting the bespoke pieces of theming in that queue line, then counting what is in the new areas. You will be surprised if that is your angle. I never said the rides...