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    Potential New Universal UK Park

    Unfortunately Sellafield is dedicated to nuclear decommissioning until the year 2130... might a good spot for the london resort though.
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    Potential New Universal UK Park

    There's probably a good 3-4km² around Little Packington, between the HS2 station and M6 that might be suitable for a theme park
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    EV Charging at Alton Towers

    Switching cables and moving cars? What a load of faff. kW capacity is already a solved problem so long as they have enough charging points and employ dynamic load management. Illustration stolen from: https://evse.com.au/blog/load-management-electric-car-charging/
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    EV Charging at Alton Towers

    So long as they're not blowing the budget on a couple of DC rapid chargers (£35k each) and instead roll out ~50-200 22kW AC points (£1.5k each) to meet demand there will be no blocked charger issues.
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    London Entertainment Resort: All Discussion

    Land adjacent to the future HS2 interchange near Birmingham might have been a good spot for the resort.
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    Thorpe Park: General Discussion

    In case anyone wants to see it without traveling to the park, a post on the Theme Park Insanity blog includes a press kit like image from inside the updated 'floating carriage' room. I managed to visit the park today thanks to a friend. Ghost Train is ok. Nothing bad to say about the quality...
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    Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2023 Discussion

    On the subject of parking, see section 2.5 of the travel plan:
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    Thorpe Park: General Discussion

    Is the motion simulator at the end of Ghost Train still used? Friend rode yesterday and reported that it was not. Can't remember the last time it really worked well, but it would be a shame and a bit of a waste for them not to have incorporated it into the retheme, considering how much of an...
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    Chessington World of Adventures Resort

    Real queues allow any number of people to enter at 5:59pm, virtual queue allows ~6. You can't get off MM at 5:55pm and run to the entrance to get on again if the queue actually closed (reached virtual capacity) before 2pm
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    Chessington World of Adventures Resort

    Good to see they've improved since opening 😂
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    Chessington World of Adventures Resort

    And the queue is now 4h 45m long, with a 6pm close if you were not looking at your phone at the right time then sorry I guess come back another day if you want to ride.
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    Chessington World of Adventures Resort

    A quick glance at the reserve and ride background data suggests that there are 350 main queue and 84 RAP slots per hour
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    Eurovision Sweepstake 2023!!

    Count me in plz
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    Alton Towers CD Soundtrack! Desperately need one! 😊

    Might be a bit far but the German National Library have a copy
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    [2024] Thorpe Park: Hyperia - Mack Hypercoaster

    I know Merlin could offset the entire industry's emissions with their world class recycling effort but are we really expecting to see rehashed Croc Drop theming on this ride?
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    Thorpe Park: General Discussion

    Yes, they did some fright nights voice work a few years ago.
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    Efteling or PortAventura for Christmas break?

    Can't go wrong with winter at Efteling, I would reccomend staying long enough to experience their new years eve event. Though I can't really make a fair reccomendation as I don't know much about PortAventura outside of "Is buffet. Is closed."
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    2021: General Discussion

    Thirteen appears to be open again :)
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    Thorpe Park: General Discussion

    Here it is from Thorpe Park's twitter feed:
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    The Great Skyline Game (Final Results)

    Playland Park, New York?
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