Recent content by Nicky Borrill

1) Charles Lindbergh - Honestly, it's not that good. The rooms are tiny, basic, and not at all impressive. So why the top spot? Because the communal areas are incredibly well themed, because it has one of the best theme park bars, and because it's built around a roller-coaster... You'll never...

Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but looks like James Sinclair, entrepreneur and social media business influencer, has purchased The Big Sheep in Devon. coaster and all. Has some decent ideas to grow the business too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yej4Nv-Q8NY

No worries at all. :) You're 100% right to question somebody you see as blindly defending a giant corporation, especially one that rarely seems to have it's customer's best interests at heart. Just as it's right to call out anybody who goes the other way and is obsessively over-critical of...

Nope, you understand, and you're spot on. I never, at any point suggested that Merlin had nothing to answer to, I simply said they may not have been aware. (And, at the risk of repeating myself, my information there may even be out of date.) However, in this context, I do think that the...

£1.5m profits, not turnover, pre tax profits... That is incredible for a park their size, in the current economic climate, any 'profit' at all is good news right now tbh. They've managed to invest in new hardware / areas, and make a profit... So quite the opposite, it leaves a lot of room for...

That really is fantastic news. They've put so much effort into improving the park lately, they deserve it. 👍

Where exactly did I say they have no responsibility? I said they may not have been aware... At the very least, it's their supplier, so once they're aware of an issue, of course they have a responsibility to act, but they can't act UNTIL they're aware... Common sense surely, you can't act on...

Hixee: Not alright in the slightest, but also not really their fault if it is true. MannekenPis: (IF) it is true, the way it has been explained to me by a coke rep themselves, Merlin won't even be aware the product is out of date, as they're not allowed to touch the machines themselves. To...

I don't think they're maintained by Merlin at all, it's my understanding that they're fully maintained and stocked by CCEPP themselves, and that Merlin staff are not supposed to touch them. At least that's what my own CCEPP rep claimed, who also covers Towers.

Maybe... Just maybe, they've made covers for them to protect them in colder months, when they're not in use... ...Or maybe not.

Article says it's a similar size to the main Valhalla building...

Oh I know, ride hosts 'usually' report / control queue times using the tablet on the wall. Or at least that was the case up until a few years ago at Towers. Wouldn't put it past current management to override them though. Although, as a side note, you and I both know those times have been...

Merlin: We're giving our highest paying passholders a queue jump as a reward... Also Merlin: You can't use that queue jump if there's an actual queue, it will slow down operations, silly... Who wants to take bets that, for the rest of this season, queues will be overestimated to more than 90...

I just think it's always been 'great fun.' It isn't making any lists, nobody's favourite, but you always want to ride it every visit, because it's always going to be a laugh... ... Except if you don't get the rave lift hill (Just read Josh's post after posting :/ )

Of the ones I've done, Zadra hands down. Ben is right, it's the only one which actually feels like those scenes in the Matrix where time just seems to stop, bullet time I think it was called. No hang time whatsoever, pure zero gravity, as the element is supposed to deliver. Worth noting I...