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I think Aramark run most of the unbranded food still like VIBES bar, the kebab stand, pizza buffet, Mexican, fish and chips etc. Pineapple Catering run kiosks like the chocolate fountain stand and other similar smaller things. The big difference at Thorpe is they still have KFC & Burger King so...

I think yes the addition of Air was great, unfortunately my memories of 2002 are tainted by a long wait in the rain to see if Air could actually work and then on our subsequent visits it not always being able to rise up to the prone position until guests were moved around to redistribute weight...

Maybe 2008 I think. Mutiny Bay had just opened, Ritas Chicken & Ribs was still decent, there was a decent selection of shows and rides across the park and Extraordinary Golf was only a year old. Just felt like a nice time with positive changes but it was the last season for Pizza Hut Express...

I do think that although that layout isn't great, a non-inverting coaster is something Thorpe need and you can have a fantastic coaster without inversions. The B&M layout seems to use side to side sway change of direction too much, I'd prefer just airtime.

Yes true, Celestial Park is a major area of non-IP content.

Its not just Merlin who "love them so much", when was the last time Disney or Universal made an attraction without using a film IP?

I've booked to see the final run of Stage/Fright at Hammersmith Apollo in January so glad to hear its a good show! I missed out on tickets for the original West End run so happy they are doing a final sort-of London run.

Honest question, but given there are two stations but only one main ride track, how else did you think they utilised both station sides without a switch track?

Legoland Windsor previously had a Lego Star Wars indoor miniland but it was removed 2019/20, possibly because Disney didn't want other theme parks having their content (although Madame Tussauds has a Star Wars exhibit). I don't see Disney or Universal allowing Merlin to use their IP, so if...

I remember the old Apocalypse attraction at the studios park that had a person speaking live in French with subtitles in something like six languages (English in large text plus multiple other languages) who interacted with a pre-recorded character which was in English with predominant French...

No other paths just get randomly washed in case a toddler touches it. Not sure why it should be expected that theme park paths are cleaner than normal roadside ones.

I'm sure they have used Kragle, so will take effort to destroy larger models

Although I think there is a bit of chicken and egg to this, if it wasn't for the Tussauds group ownership, would Chessington and Thorpe have grown as much as they did? Drayton Manor maintaining their growth from the 90s into the 2000s and they could have been a competitor to Chessington, but the...

Yes the new per mile tax will be administrated as part of the VED payment, but that doesn't mean it was introduced by the tories in 2022 as you suggested.

The tax on electric cars discussed in this budget and due to launch in 2028 is nothing to do with VED, it is a per mile charge intended to replace fuel duty for vehicles not currently paying fuel duty. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jw9l7gx92o

I also think a major reason Paris never got Jungle Cruise is the language issue. Jungle Cruise in the US relies on the corny jokes. If you did this in Paris would it be in French or English, what humour would you target and in what languages?

I don't think the land sale had anything to do with the other parks overseas. It was to fund the purchase of Tussauds.

There is plenty of space they could add slides in, they came up with plans for a bowl type slide at one point but didn’t go ahead.

Vehicle Excise Duty is not ring-fenced for roads, it goes into general taxation. The state of the roads is a council tax issue, again due to the elderly population and the fact councils don’t have enough funding for adult care services meaning there isn’t enough for them to spend on roads and...

I think the addition of cold items onto a hot patty has been a McDonalds issue ever since they started building the sandwich to order. They need to keep cheese, salad, pineapple at closer to room temperature. Or with the old system of course the warmer chute headed it back up a bit.