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My computer died around the summer, I have not replaced it. I did however, for many reasons, the now delayed GTA VI being one of them, go and purchase a PS5 Pro not long ago. I have not yet purchased PC2 for it, but there is a 2 hour demo on PS Plus which have given that a whirl, it was nice to...

The tent and ride were separate. They were not structurally linked at all. This is why there are photos of the ride without the tent and then at the end, the tent without the ride. I *think* they may have had some sort of plans to re use the tent after Black Hole, so the ride was removed within...

Personally, a few years after the end of the Persons Tussauds era, just before the changes at the top caused noticeable changes on the ground. So 2002 / 2003 ish. The park had a large entertainment line up including shows in the big top, and Cred Street, the big selection of rides gave the park...

Going back and jogging my memory, I am sure they needed to provide evacuation platforms at points on the lift which did not revolve round the guests walking down the spiral stairs as they had done for many years. The original escape method was deemed too long of an escape to walk down the spiral...

Have a look at both drops side by side, excuse my crude photo shop. You could move it gently onto the vertical drop section yes, but what they did in the case of hyper is make the radius much, much bigger. See the photos below for a rough mock up of the radius curve on both rides, as you can...

To go back to this as I have only just seen it. The angle it changes and more specifically the radius of that angle is very tight on Oblivion, to specifically take you from horizontal to vertical in a tiny amount of space. Even today in 2025, you could not have a long train on track like...

How can you be so sure?

I would take a guess it would involve something with Water World, seeing as Looping Group are now the owners.

I would argue that we pioneered innovative ride hardware more than we pioneered the 'theme park', which was in essence just copying what the USA had done 3 decades earlier, but adapted for the UK market. The ride hardware that we helped pioneer in partnership with Europe, was not specific to the...

The location that for 35 plus years they have been launching multiple shows per year from, without any major incident, would say otherwise. They themselves are professionals, as are the companies they hire. They know very well what they are doing.

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We MIGHT and I strictly say MIGHT, get a new doormat within the entrance to Coffee Corner. Speculation is ripe online at the moment. Specifically over the colour and material. Exciting times for sure. I will be there at the turnstiles opening day at 6am, queuing, to be the first member of public...

But this speed doesn't seem to be normal speed and then slow. It seems to be 'normal' speed, as in the speed that the lift used to go at before, then faster, once the whole train is engaged on the lift. So the speeds seem to operate in the opposite way than before if that makes sense. I wonder...

Why does it take 3 working days to park and then tilt?!

I am surprised I never saw it mentioned (unless I missed it) the fact that the new Nemesis speeds up once fully engaged onto the lift, something the old one did not do. I wonder if that has an affect on people's perceived rides.

If they really wanted, this could be adjusted. However, I think they have balanced the speed between being able to enjoy the stunning views and it being a mode of transport.

This is an intereresting discussion actually. Totally agree with you there though mate, in this specific case though, I genuinely believe this was not communicated previously by the park. Partially because of what I think was a lack of understanding of the perceived risks that certain things...

One moment, enthusiast I am yes. I have previously worked in the industry as an engineer and general park staff before that, over nearly a decade. I have also worked on Intamin Rapids Rides as an engineer, ride host and operator. First point to address, I never once claimed that Alton Towers...

I can understand why they would remove the hose pipes after the Drayton incident. I never understood the 3 wavemakers though. They were specifically highlighted in the HSE report that these could encourage guests to stand, but that was specifically because the wavemaker lake on Drayton's rapids...

A log. The community was calling that wave the KFC mega wave way before TPWW existed. The wave machines as they are generally called, are specifically the ones that are know as 'wave makers' by Intamin. Congo has 3, in the 3 lake sections along rides course. These differ from the 'rapids' which...