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Flamingo Land: General Discussion

Shaggy_Dog_ said:
When I was there on Thursday Navigator was open but Flip Flop was closed and was being tested throughout the day. I thought that it had perhaps already opened again because it wasn’t listed as Unavailable in the website like it normally is. There wasn’t any water in the pool around it.
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There's no water in the pool in that video either. Maybe the water effects will return once the weather gets warmer?
 
Dave said:
Still hilarious that half the seats are missing on flip flop, it should be a full circle of seats!
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Couple of points here:

1. Flip-flop as a name is possibly outdated. If we are to follow current naming conventions of 'cool' clothing, I prophesise that Flip-Flip will become 'Thong' in the next couple of years. Ya'll owe me a drink if this happens!

2. Not a full circle you say? This might have been intentional for social distancing reasons.


..I joke. I imagine maintenance/technical reasons have led to this rather awkward looking throughput decline! How very odd!
 
Shaggy_Dog_ said:
Yes it does.

By the way am I the only one here that finds that ride slightly terrifying?


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There's no way you'd get me on that, I haven't done one of those for a few years as they are genuinely terrifying and the wind in my face makes me feel really nauseous (Flip Flop also made me feel like that when I rode it a few years ago). I remember watching it on my last visit and was surprised that it kept going up and down the tower a few times.
 
This is the entrance to the ride plaza, and there's a space for a sign with that awful logo.

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A few interesting points:

- On the path next to the quadruple barrel roll is a photo opportunity.

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- The station cladding has been completed, featuring an interesting art design.

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-The turnaround between the 9th and 10th inversions will feature fountains as the train goes past, like on Swarm at Thorpe.

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- Main entrance, VIP entrance and exit with the logo (I hope access guests will be able to use the VIP entrance instead of clogging the exit).

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- Staff have experienced the ride.

- Opening day is two weeks today!
 
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