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I didn't really think Thorpe would overtake overall, but really felt like Tussauds were investing heavily in thrill rides there, between Colossus, Nemesis Inferno and the five or so flat rides they added in the early 2000s. It was definitely an exciting time for thrill rides and I would say...

Also a lot of British TV streaming rights were part of Britbox and I that has been merged into the ITVX subscription.

Netflix are already in the themed attraction industry with an attraction in Philadelphia, one opening in Dallas next week and in Vegas in 2027. https://www.netflix.com/house

Best overall would be to knock these down and build something new as well as a new building where Horizon was planned. Replace the previous attractions like the show and add something else and a new indoor coaster (Horizon). Not all in one season of course

My memory is the same, the issue was the ride operators would need to walk up the spiral lift hill to release the restraint and then walk all the guests off the ride safely and out the building and it was seen that would take too long and the building (tent) will be full of smoke if there is a...

Can't see why not, there already are buildings including the one with the Hex vault.

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.