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Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, she made the right decisions and she has her head screwed on but I miss the whole.... .. ethos of the park. :(

It was my understanding that the board of directors was in place so that no totalitarianism could ensue. We've all seen the video of Mandy riding Cheetah Hunt and deeming it awful and from memory "never again" A few years on we get Icon - a more vigorous version. That's not Mandy, her input on...

To be fair Spin Doctor & Turtle Chase are getting a replacement this year ;) I can't see anything being built on those sites for a few years yet, not with Icon being new. My guess is Space Invader Esq cladding put around the place to satisfy Mandy's need to make things shiny. I.e polishing a...

Sorted :p

It's not true. There were permanent staff who knew about this months ago, this was not just a recent decision. It's utter nonsense that only the people at the top knew.

Alton are now claiming a world's first with SW8? Where did that come from, I thought they were marketing it as 'world class'? o_O

I'm just echoing what many have already said but I will say that I understand rides have to be retired and removed but like in life if you worked for a company for 60 years you wouldn't be kicked out with no send off. It's utterly unacceptable to destroy a historic and unique coaster without so...

You must have posted that fully committed to being the burning effigy on SW8. ;) Agree with Stealth though, I much prefer Rita.

Splitting hairs I rounded down but the quickest I saw them launch whilst I was there was 37seconds, basically as soon as the second train hit the 2nd launch. It's easily capable of shifting a train every 40 seconds. I've stood and watched it for half an hour waiting for people to get off it.

I would have to say Black Mamba, it's a great invert and it's in my top 10 but I heard so many claiming it was better than Nemesis and it just wasn't in my view. Nemesis never lets up really, Mamba really fizzles towards the end. It's great but it's not as good as others say and certainly...

They maybe short but they send them every 30 seconds when it's busy. Political Correctness - The Ride?

They kinda do that in the 2013 video I linked, they go through the history of Alton's coasters. Its awesome and had some real thought put into it, unlike the crap they through out this year.

You assume the best and settle for less. It's just another area for me where the ents budget is starved of potential and with the reduction to 2 days the show has actually gone down in quality. Take away a 3rd day to save money, charge those annual pass holders and deliver a sub par show in...

I'm going to be blunt... Disingenuous attempt to pull at the 'magic' heartstrings massive lack of pyro, half arsed awful soundtrack, no flow, no nothing no story, just blatant marketing out of 1000 people this is what 1 person said 'insert on-the-spot fake interview crap to break up the costly...

I'm glad we have another Taron fan amongst us, we are an uprising and eventually we will take over the American overlord coasters. It's a shame Wuzeball wasn't open, it's really hit-and-miss to whether it's open or not, it's very situational. Phantasialand are really very secret about their...

They've recently added a magnetic breaking system to a 60 year old wooden ride under the radar and they're having a few issues with integrating it...... *Community* ZOMG the ride has been closed for 2 days, could this mean the end for it? I WILL CHAIN MYSELF TO IT'S FOUNTAINS!!!* Calm the eff...

You get a partial hug, why you ask? Well, because Taron is my number 1 and Wodan my number 2. It's acceptable Tom that they both feature. You of all people know that unless you conform you will never be one of us, them, those, that, a factor of, connected to, malleable with, independent of...

We have conflicting information as mine are also from 2015 and ONS stats where by Blackpool does not even feature. https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/mostdeprivedareasintheuk I'm sorry but Blackpool maybe a lot of things but it is not deprived...

Where are you getting your statistics Dan? According to multiple sources including the ONS, Blackpool isn't even listed in the top 10 of socially deprived places in the UK o_O

How oddly specific lol When I visited, I classed myself as a person who didn't rate or need airtime to enjoy a coaster, in fact it was sometimes a detriment for me. After riding Silverstar - which I just could not get on board with and thought it was quite dull and boring - I had no hopes for...