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The outer bank turn isn't going to be much faster when it opens. The human body can only take so much 🤪

Oh without doubt. If it gets the green light, various hotel chains etc will be looking to build as near to Universal as possible. Possibly Bedford Interchange will look to expand as well.

I was thinking about this a few days ago. You can bet a decent proportion of Merlin staff will either leave for Universal, or recieve a decent pay rise to stay at Merlin if this thing goes ahead.

I was there at 11am and when I left I couldn't believe the queue to get in. All very positive from what I could hear, heard one person concerned about construction traffic through Ampthill, but the Universal employee gave assurance that no construction traffic would go through there. From the...

The Italians came here en masse to work at the brickworks, and many stayed. If there's going to be any negativity by locals about this, then we'll hear it this Saturday, as the first session is in Stewartby. I think most of the negativity will be by people from Stewartby, Wootton and Wixams...

Took the dog for a walk over the site this afternoon and there's a lot of blue, yellow and red flags dotted around all over the theme park plot. It's not much but it's very exciting and as as been said, I have a feeling this is further in the planning than we think.

I do think 35% of guests by car is optimistic, I think atleast 50%. But in regards to the midland mainline and west coast mainline links recently discussed, we also have the east coast mainline only about 20mins drive from the proposed resort. If there's an issue on Thamslink and I want to get...

Likewise in regards to being in walking distance, I am too. It was good to hear about potential new bike lanes in the PDF and the survey. I think the other UK parks would benefit a significant amount, even if we are talking about enthusiasts only. I would expect the lure of Universal on the...

Devastating news. I'm going back in June and wasn't expecting the waterpark to be open, but was slightly encouraged by the pace of the project. The whole building looks to be a write off and I'm gutted for Liseberg, I really am. Hopefully no injuries including emergency personnel on site. What...

You don't need parts of a park indoors. In my opinion anyway. Plenty of indoor attractions with indoor queueing, would be enough for year round opening.

I'm local and didn't notice. Great find! Definitely linked to Universal, they wouldn't invest in a bridge on that road for no other reason.

Going back to the previous page and the lack of footfall at South Beach. The solution to that would be to scrap the current pricing model at BPB and have free entry again. That would give more of a reason for people to venture down there, like people used to do years ago.

I passed the site about 10mins ago and in the far south east, on the land itself owned by Comcast there was a bit of activity involving a couple of diggers. Not sure what they were doing, potentially digging down in specific areas to check what they're working with.

I live about 2 miles away from the site and the only areas that are "hellish" is the A6 roundabout, pretty much next to the land and the Black Cat roundabout, which is now getting considerable investment and work has started. The Marston Vale rail line is small fry compared to the mainline...

Remember the Thamslink goes direct from Gatwick Airport to Bedford. It takes 2 hours, but atleast it's a one and done. So on the same line you have Luton Airport and St Pancras International for mostly European arrival and departures, and Gatwick with a more international contribution. Heathrow...

Crazy to hear these rumours considering I live in a village about 2.5 miles away. The mainline is very well connected. To the north from Bedford is well connected direct to Yorkshire and the East mids, and to the south without getting off the train it's connected to Luton Airport, Gatwick...

Towers is a park full of average coasters, with one great one in Nemesis. I'd rather go to a park like Energylandia or Plopsaland with a world class coaster, or a couple of really great ones. Compared to a park like Towers, even when Nemesis is back open. I've been shot down before but Towers...

Alpinabahn is a good, solid ride. The theme definitely does fit for HPWW and it's less intense than OL, which isn't a bad thing for some. No issues with dodgy restraints on it either. Problem is I only ride it in the evening at Oktoberfest, after a few steins of Munich's finest. So can't really...

I'll be going in January again and staying at Charles Lindburgh. It's such a great event and so quick and easy to get to. Looking forward to it.

We left the park around 5pm, but could have stayed longer due to the train time but wanted to play it safe. We also went to the supermarket near Plopsa to stock up on chocolate 👌 The journey back was about 35mins and ended up at LeShuttle with loads of time spare. Next time we go we'll either...