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Looks like they're fully cycling it now

I reckon they'll end up building a woodie on the site as I'm not sure there's a need to replace it with another water ride (although I do agree they are a staple of theme parks)

They've redone the path on the South side of FV

I've heard as well that one might have been ordered from Gerst, hopefully they might have made some design alterations so it doesn't rattle as much!

The sign for Kong looks really impressive too Also on Orlando United the path the ride is going to take has been posted, the red dashed line is where the ride vehicle will go if there is lightning so the ride can remain open.

Or they are adding audio/lights to the train so they need to bulk up the footers a bit. I remember seeing a post on OU which mentioned that they had been managing the track for a while as there were tiny stress cracks in it.

An article on Growth Spotter shows the breakdown of the 474 acres. Its a bit of a mix mash so they'll have to negotiate to buy the land in between. If they can I can see a Citywalk 2, multiple hotels and a new park.

Just been reading through Orlando United and the budget for King Kong is $140 mill which equates to £90 mill, it is really going to be spectacular!

I suspect that will be going pretty soon, and it wouldn't surprise me if the station got pretty much demolished as well. It's also worth noting that Storm Force Accelerator has now been shut as well too due to the Hulk construction. One thing that has been noticed is that the new hulk sign on...

Whilst you were there Rob, did you hear it testing?

The guys at Orlando United who are usually pretty accurate reckon the following will happen. 1) Update the theming by rebuilding the station and queue 2) The launch will become LIM or LSM 3) There will be new trains with on board audio and possible lighting 4) The track over the water will be...

Not totally Smiler related but Kay has been up to her old tricks again. She asked a Labour MP the same question multiple times even though it had been answered the previous times. It ended with the MP asking "What's wrong with you" Good on her for speaking out against her...

Same!! Guess we'll have to make do with RRR, that's just as good ;)

It's here on OU. Usually they are pretty accurate with their insider knowledge which is a shame as I'm there in September too!

That's what OU seem to think :(

I thought the airtime hill was only trims and not brakes so how could it stop the car?

Someone on TT worked it out using NL2 and it came back with roughly 40mph taking into account conditions maybe 35-40mph?

Must be awful as well as she had only passed her driving test a couple of weeks before the accident.

From the HSE HSE will today remove the carriages involved in the incident on ‘The Smiler’ rollercoaster on 2 June and transport them to the Health and Safety Laboratory in Buxton for further analysis. The investigation into the incident continues and HSE inspectors remain on site. They have...

Evidently there is going to be a press conference today, no source unfortunately just heard it on the grapevine ;) EDIT Statement has been released by Varney which is now on the TST FB page, but the main news is that The Smiler and Saw will be closed for the foreseeable future. Wonder if...