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  1. Alastair

    Nemesis Reborn: General Discussion

    It will never be more valuable than the initial price, let's be honest. It's a bolt!
  2. Alastair

    2024: General Discussion

    I've just moved a lot of ride availability/operation-related posts to the dedicated thread. Please use this where relevant - thank you :)
  3. Alastair

    Alton Towers/Merlin Typos & Grammatical Errors

    Speaking of calories, the Chipotle Chilli sauce at the new FV Wing place (formerly Burger Kitchen) is apparently a meal unto itself...
  4. Alastair

    Ride Availability/Operations 2022-24

    Yes that's right - because your assumptions are usually so accurate... We (pointlessly in hindsight, but weren't to know at the time) waited approximately 4 hours and 25 minutes from Pizza Pasta, as @Poisson said. I would say the queue from the entrance was just over 2 hours as it was yesterday...
  5. Alastair

    Nemesis Reborn: General Discussion

    Me, as hundreds of people give up and file out of the Nemesis queue in the pouring rain as it's stopped on the lift hill: From: https://youtu.be/jvc1F4e71vo?si=Lg4rjxAnnobGT_v1 EDIT: Queue is now being evacuated 🥲
  6. Alastair

    [2024] Nemesis Reborn: Construction and Speculation

    Definitely the biggest underrated improvement of this entire project if that is the case. I don't think I've ridden back row since about 2014!
  7. Alastair

    [2024] Nemesis Reborn: Construction and Speculation

    The back row? Better get my RAP application in pronto to have a hope in hell of that.
  8. Alastair

    Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2024 Discussion

    A truly torturous queue on 1 train. With the usual excuse "only one set of wheels for this wind". Also the PB app claiming the queue was 30 mins for a lot of the day. It was 30 mins from just after the indoor portion, let alone the second switchback after the bottom of the ramp!
  9. Alastair

    Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2024 Discussion

    Visited the Beach for the first time in 6 years today. It's like a time warp. Absolutely nothing has changed, except for more rotting facades, closed rides and the joke that is using your phone to scan onto every ride in a PoP park. Ride capacity is absolutely laughable - every single ride on...
  10. Alastair

    Theme park soundtracks that get stuck in your head

    Knowing Energylandia it is probably some obscure production music that you'll only be able to find if someone knows it already unfortunately!
  11. Alastair

    Thorpe Park: General Discussion

    Gosh, even Oscar nominated documentaries don't get critiqued this savagely. It's a harmless TikTok trend video (granted audio wasn't great) - let's move the discussion on please!
  12. Alastair

    What do you want in your current home that you dont already have?

    Not cheap though, especially if done properly with treated wood. Hooking up the potentially 9kW heater isn't a formality either!
  13. Alastair

    Universal Epic Universe - New Florida Theme Park

    A stage show in the MoM area is an absolute must given the lack of anything proper in either of the other two HP areas. Would be very interested to see what they come up with.
  14. Alastair

    Universal Epic Universe - New Florida Theme Park

    Love that they've gone the route of adding an actual park, within the park. The existing two Universal parks severely lack decent natural landscaping, so this is an excellent idea. The concept of the portals also looks excellent (as @Rob mentions above). Really can't see much that they could...
  15. Alastair

    Merlin Annual Pass

    Makes total sense to me - the costs are absolutely relative to the quality offered. WDW is in another stratosphere to anything Merlin has ever built, as such is the price!
  16. Alastair

    London Entertainment Resort: All Discussion

    At last the mask is ripped off. Surely there can be no more speculation now? Even if my brain did melt attempting to read the first sentence of that!
  17. Alastair

    What is the ride (if any) that you have regretted going on after the ride finished?

    That probably added to it to be honest - there's also a knockoff Polyp they they run at full speed on about a 6 minute cycle that did me in on another trip there too. 😫
  18. Alastair

    What is the ride (if any) that you have regretted going on after the ride finished?

    This abomination: It looks so innocent as a spectator, yet that is the closest I've ever been to throwing up after a ride. Technical Park's greatest mistake. Never again!
  19. Alastair

    Quiz of the Day

    7/10 today. Had difficulty with the poem question, have never read GoT and my 50/50 on the Canton Tower went amiss. Happy with it though overall!
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