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It sure had a kick to it, even caught me by surprise. Maybe it used a similar compressed air launch like Dodonpa and Hypersonic XLC. Lol I'm actually having PTSD about Old Town from that trip. Went to buy cheap tickets there for Universal and got hooked into a time share seminar to get discounted tickets. Now that was an interesting experience.
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White Lightning at Orlando Fun Spot I thought was a fun little coaster. When Kissimmee Fun Spot was just Old Town they had this ride called G-Force which was just a race car on a track that launched on a straight track and it really packed a punch. I think it might have been an S & S death machine. Shame it disappeared.
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Islands of Aventure / VelociCoaster / Hagrids - November 2023
downunder replied to Gazza's topic in Theme Park Discussion
I got to experience that too, it was awesome - and the long queue walk, people were lost in there when I went. What a loss, it's a shame they couldn't keep Dragons and still get Hagrid's. -
Islands of Aventure / VelociCoaster / Hagrids - November 2023
downunder replied to Gazza's topic in Theme Park Discussion
I went in 2022, and was so impressed with the 2 newest coasters. Miraculously I was on Hagrid's at 8.10am the day I went, I expected a couple of hour wait to get on. Hagrid's would be amazing at night I imagine, as would Velocicoaster. I got a pretty rough ride on Hulk, which was surprising, I was front middle, but my two friends on the end seats were fine. The park is great, it will be really interesting to see what they do with Lost Continent. Hopefully they retain Mythos at least, that was a fun place to eat. And with Epic Universe coming, which is bigger than both parks combined, the future is looking bright. -
Please no lol.
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Luna Park's New $15 Million immersive attraction- The Dream Circus
downunder replied to Jobe's topic in Theme Park Discussion
Sigh, it meant no Halloscream mazes in the big top this year lol. I got an email about this and skimmed through thinking it was a temporary thing for summer. Not for me, but I hope it goes well for them. -
I was just at staying at Knott's last month and Six Flags seemed a world away. I thought about going, but I wasn't that enthused about going all that way and nor was my local mate who would have been driving.
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Lol talk about merging chocolate with dog poop. In all seriousness, like others have observed, if the Six Flags parks started being run the Cedar Fair way in general that should be an improvement. I believe they only have competing parks in LA and San Fran (and California's Great America was closing anyway before the merger), and Magic Mountain and Knott's have co-existed for decades - it would be an interesting hypothetical if one of those 2 closed how much would the other benefit in terms of attendance. And Six Flags is a brand that has recognition, but is not necessarily an attractive brand - I'd never go to a park because it's Six Flags (probably the opposite) and the general consumer market I doubt cares either.
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Checked the mouse out going up the Hair raiser yesterday. No real change to previous photos people have put up. On a side note, Halloscream has regressed significantly from last year (which was excellent) - I guess cutbacks were necessary to improve profitability, and freeing up the big top for events (rather than mazes) makes sense. The performers were killing it though. Got a new season pass yesterday, and they told me you can tap your pass at rides now rather than getting a wristband - didn't try it out because they gave me a wristband when I purchased an AP anyway.
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I took videos of every maze at Universal Hollywood and Knott's. I'll get them up on youtube when I get chance.
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Lol don't I know it, only way I could work it into my schedule. Knott's and Uni Hollywood absolutely knocked it out of the park this year. I took video of the new mazes at Knotts, and they took over 8 minutes to get through without any stopping.
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Going this Saturday, hopefully the crowds won't be absolutely crazy (do have express). After doing Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood and Scary Farm last week nothing would shock me lol.
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Lol I wish I'd known that before I bought the maze only Fast Track, WWE being included would have been the tipping point.
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Village will keep pushing the envelope until they hit a tipping point as people have observed previously in the thread. Speaking purely as a customer, I'm really not seeing value this year, and would have given Fright Nights a miss it if I hadn't made plans with other people prior to knowing the offerings for this year. I'm going to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood and Knott's Scary Farm the week before, ignoring the exchange rate, they are much better value and have unlimited express. What's interesting about Universal in Orlando, is that two parks combined have less capacity than any one of the Disney parks yet they are doing comparable attendance numbers to 3 of their parks if you believe TEA. It's quite striking - Islands of Adventure has 29K capacity and Studios 27K. Disney on the other hand Animal Kingdom and their Studios are 60K a piece, and Epcot is 110K and Magic Kingdom 100K. I guess time will tell with Village. I also see anecdotally on every village post on facebook an avalanche of complaints. And I think a lot of parents just want to keep their kids amused so why not head up the road to a better value option.
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Thanks for that. I could have sworn previously when I was weighing up Underground Package versus fast track, the extra rooms were exclusive to Underground. Maybe I missed this or it changed, but cool, even more incentive to get fast track now.
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I considered the Underground Package, but I didn't think it was good value; and I'm not really into clubbing. I am surprised the package sold out. I imagine as it's the only way to get to the special rooms in three houses it would have been attractive that way too. I don't know anyone personally who went for it.
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Yep, since I posted I've heard that fast track hit capacity so they had to stop selling the package. As regular fast track is still available, logically capacity may be tied to accessing the special rooms.
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Interesting, the underground package has dropped off the ticket offerings and been replaced by a $75 cover charge to get into the Underground Club. I don't know if the package sold out or they withdrew it due to lack of sales (if so, not many people will get access to the special rooms).
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They did a lengthy refurb in 2022 (if memory serves me right) and then it opened for a few months, and was closed by Halloscream last year, so there must have been some complications. As mentioned in this thread previously, they do have heritage regulations to meet. I'd be very curious about the specifics, do they have to retain every part of the structure that isn't compromised for instance.
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^Thanks for that. I was trying to get a clear shot from the train, but it was hard.
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Went by on the train just then, almost the entire coaster is not there at the moment, except the lift hill supports.
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Project Horozon at Alton Towers has been dropping RMC hints for their new coaster in an existing show building. Maybe Wild Moose, maybe something else. Busch Tampa just got rid of their mouse, which is in a boxed in location. We'll see....
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Maybe we'll see some Wild Moose models popping up soon. A good-sized plot has been cleared at Camp Snoopy at Knott's Berry Farm - that's a possibility, and it's sufficiently different from Coast Rider on the other side of the park, time will tell. I also wonder if Sydney Zoo would look at installing some permanent rides, maybe have a Camp Snoopy style kid's area. Soon we'll see if LP meant late summer as in Jan/Feb 2024 or December 2024 for the refurb.
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Lol that's a good one. Are the operations consistently on-track yet? I'll have to pay Luna Park a visit some time and see how they're going.
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My wanting one here was purely a wish. Adventure World is the only place that comes to mind. Could they shoe-horn one into Luna Park Melbourne, like they did with Metropolis (not sure what would have to move, or if the space is now taken up by anything more permanent), and Gumbuya probably won't need a new coaster for a long time.
