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Has anyone checked if scrap metal prices have gone up recently?.. 🤣 I’m actually really sad to see it properly going. I’ve always had a soft spot for Slammer.

I’m a bit for a sucker for French design and have been running round in a Megane 4 for a couple of years now. Still really enjoy it, and it’s never given me any grief. It’s pretty solidly built too, especially the interior finishing (puts my parents VW to shame). First time I’d gone for an...

I personally wouldn’t shed a single tear if Shit Ride Shutit was condemned to the scrap heap. Aside from being the only coaster where you can/could have Barry White, Gloria Gaynor or Kermit the Frog blasting in your ears on the way round it has zero redeeming features in my eyes. It may not be...

Generally speaking it comes down to an assessment of how much work is needed and how frequently. There will come a point where a park may decide it’s simply easier to replace track en mass than trying to keep up with odd jobs here and there. Steel coasters have frequent inspections to check for...

I believe it’s down to the fit. The shorts that are permitted are generally more fitted and will tend to have more of a “cuff” around the thighs. Bathing shorts are more baggy and akin to the shorts you’d wear out and about. Think of them like boxer briefs vs boxer shorts.

Actually, thinking about it, I’d say it’s very likely that they do move up at the crest of the hill. If you think about it when you look at the track in profile, the stairs continue at a straight line and then immediately go level, whereas the track and spine are more of a curve. Therefore, the...

I don’t know though. If you look at where the catwalk supports join the spine of the track the ones on the incline look to be positioned roughly central. The one where the wheel assembly is and the one ahead of it both look to be set a bit higher? Like you say, it could be the angle of the...

Meh. I’ve seen worse. 🤣 But yes, hopefully if it’s just the one bracket causing an issue it’ll be a fairly easy fix.

With a bit of forward thought and planning they could have salvaged a number of parts from Enterprise to build a gun that would be more robust and authentic looking. Part of the trailer as the base, the hydraulic lift ram as the barrel, maybe the hub as part of a turret and you’d be most of the...

I think the key distinction is the difference between the theme and the brand. Air (still to this day my favourite ride at Towers on so many levels) had a very loose theme, mostly down to the poor execution at the time. The concepts showed great promise, but what was actually delivered never...

This is a great move! Both hotels have been crying out for something like this for years. Be nice to have the option of a lighter bite in an afternoon or evening without needing to go to one of the restaurants.

They have that synthetic, AI generated feel. I think as others have said it’s the faces being too human like, especially on the concept of Edda. The shape of the eyes and general proportion and layout of the faces makes them look too much like people as opposed to animals. Did we learn nothing...

Ultimately, in my opinion, Sparkle is a series of remedial works that realistically should have not been needed had the park not been allowed to fall into such a poor state to begin with. However, it has become necessary as much like Towers we are seeing a decade or more’s worth of neglect and...

My primary concern is if the old girl will be able to handle the added weight of a new layer of paint! #PrayForBlade 🙏

The RER will almost certainly run later, and can get you from CdG to Marne La Vallée Chessy (the station at Disneyland Paris) for about €20 per person. But there is no direct RER line that goes between the airport and DLP. You’ll basically have to take Line B into central Paris and then change...

Probably wouldn’t have hurt to make sure it’s actually on-brand with the current logo too. Did anyone check the expiry date?.. 🤣

I still stand by the theory that this is why Chessington has the nicest toilets of any UK Merlin park; evidently it’s where guests are likely to spend the majority of their day! I’d like to hope this really is all down to shoddy bookkeeping, but the images of the hotel restaurant inspection...

But dug down into what? The tunnel below? This is my whole point. Whichever way you position the ride it needs a big trough the width of the gondola which is at least two metres deep for the floor to lower into. And whichever way you put one, it’s going to interfere with the tunnel. If you...

I just don’t see how if it is a Top Spin it can work in the original Ripsaw orientation on top of this structure. The whole weight of the ride would be exerted on the tunnel roof, arguably the weakest point of the whole concrete structure. Turning it 90° would mean the weight is transferred down...

“So how are you holding up? Because I’m a potato.” Quite possibly the best line in video gaming history.