Why haven't the UK got one?

[pluk]

I want to add an Arrow/S&S 4D. I'm well aware of the troubled history, but now? It works, and has lasted a lot longer than many many other coasters.

If someone were to stick in something like X2 in here they'd instantly have one of the best, most unique, amd most marketable rides in the UK and Europe.

 

[Hid]

RMC Raptors would go over well for a lot of UK parks, especially lower capacity parks like flamingo land, or even Blackpool pleasure beach, with it winding around other attractions - they're relatively cheap too right?

Intamin Single Rail would be better than a Raptors purely from the seating position is better on the intamin version.

Re: dark rides, we used to have some good ones, but I suppose they all wore out in one way or another. Bubbleworks, 5th Dimension, Toyland Tours, Voyage to Aladdin's Cave (I never rode Pirate Adventure). I think the secret to a great dark ride is charm, which we sometimes miss. Efteling's Dream Flight, Tivoli Gardens' The Flying Trunk and Mer de Sable's Le Bayou des Chikapas all show what's possible when you focus on charm.

It's funny to think we do actually have two trackless dark rides in the UK, but admittedly, they're not Symbolica.



Yep. Megafobia was the best for that, I suppose.

Another thing that came to mind is the Mega-Lite, such as Piraten and Alpina Blitz. Maybe they're not big enough to have a long run of straight airtime hills, but I always thought they'd be perfect for medium-size parks. 100ft/30m tall - literally a half-sized hyper coaster. A good replacement for Smiler when it wears out, perhaps, or for Shockwave at Drayton Manor. I'm sure they would be the most popular ride at most parks if they got one.

We have lots of Dark Rides just many of them are hidden and when people say UK doesn't have many Dark Rides their either lying or just not realised how many we have.

Alton has 4
Botton's Pleasure Beach 2
Drayton Manor has 2
Fantasy Island has 4
Legoland Windsor has 6
Pleasure Beach Resort has 4
Chessington has 2
Cadbury's World 1
Paultons Park 1
West Midlands Safari 1
Pleasurewood Hills 1
Legoland Discovery Centres, Madame Tussards and Dungeons have a Dark Ride.

That's quite a lot even without mentioning some of the smaller parks

 

[Martin]

Thought Flamingoland were getting an RMC Raptor for 2027?

To be fair it's been rumoured every year so it's probably hearsay.

I'm still waiting for their GCI...