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  1. Haha, looks like they are going all Oblivion-like with the construction themeing.
  2. Whilst places like that undoubtedly exist in very rural areas, I've never been somewhere that bad. I've stayed with a friend up north, who doesn't drive, and we have to walk 40 mins to the train station. There is a bus, but it never runs as early as we needed to leave. I guess that's similar, but the point is you can still walk to the train station... and along the route you'll find plenty of shops and such. Public transport, even at it's worst, can still get you around here fairly easily... I only know a handful of people in my age group who drive, because it's simply not worth it.
  3. Swim in their parents pool and relax in their hot tub in the morning, at least that's what I do because we live in literally the boondocks. Out here, if you want to do something you practically have to own it. But in all the nearby towns and stuff there are pools and stuff that people go to. They (not me) hunt or camping during the summer, and at my school for two-thirds of the entire student body, summer practically ends in 4 days. Between then and the beginning of regular classes, there are sports tryouts, and training/practicing, academic practices (quizbowl), and marching/field show practices for color guard, instrumentalists, and drum line. I dread that damned alarm clock! I think you'll be thankful when your older that you did so much. There is no pressure on kids in the UK to really do anything. You can leave school at 16, so many people do. It's actually pretty incredible how culturally different things are between the UK and the USA. As for your comment about having to own something to do it, that was my general observation. I get the impression that out here in the US, people spend their money on having nice things... In the UK, people spend their money on going places to do nice things. Practically all our disposable income when I was growing up went towards holidays abroad in Spain and Greece.
  4. The MCBR? Yeah, it is a bit violent into there... Apparently it didn't used to be this way.
  5. Interesting thought about immelmans... Would you get zero-g forces at the top of such a vast inversion, though? Some B&M zero-gs seem to happen too fast to produce zero gs and end up producing negatives. Nemesis, Nemesis Inferno, Batman are definitely like this. So maybe it would be perfect? Regardless, will be interesting to see how a train like that navigates a zero-g. Pretty sure B&M will have to modify their zero-g roll for it...
  6. Lol. You're twisting everything I say. Since the topic is discussing enthusiasts, it would make sense for me to talk about enthusiasts. As for young American's not having freedom, this could be applied to anything... Visiting shopping malls, parks, sports centres, etc. I don't drive, I've been in the US for 8 and a bit weeks, I can clearly see how it must suck to not drive here. You have to rely on someone else to take you absolutely anywhere. There is no where within distance to walk to and even if there was, there are no sidewalks to get there. What do American kids do when they aren't in school? There's plenty of reasons why individuals under 21 would want to go and stay in a hotel. To visit the beach, concerts, etc. I was using the example of theme parks, since that's what this forum, and specifically this topic, is about. You started by telling me that most hotels are 18+. I told you that I know from experience that this isn't true. We stayed in hotels in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia and all required you to be 21 and have some form of ID to prove it. This is alien in the UK. I can see how it's a good thing, I'm not arguing about that, all I'm saying is that if you're under 21 it's a bit of a bummer. You then changed your argument point completely to most people between the age of 16-21 don't want to book a hotel anyway, which isn't true, and even if it was it wouldn't matter since we're discussing enthusiasts... Not most 16-21 year olds.
  7. I think you're a bit off the mark here. I'm pretty sure most hotels are 18+, and since kids in the US start driving at 16, road trips to parks are not as difficult as you make them out to be. Well it's just a personal observation. I'm over 21... but the people I went on a road trip with in the US this year were not. I had to book all the hotels because every one required you to be over 21. It's not like we were staying at fancy places either. They were Super 8's and things like that. I don't even think there's an age requirement at home... Certainly NEVER been asked and I've been to hotels on my own at 16. As for 16 year olds doing road trips... I get the impression that most American teens are treated by their parents like 5 year olds. Whether that's a bad thing is debatable, but teens do have more freedom at home generally speaking. How many American parents would let their 16 year olds, who've just started driving, on a road trip out of State? Plenty of UK teens can get about to practically all the major parks by train. For those younger than 16, being an American must really suck. You literally cannot do anything unless you drive in most parts of the US. If you live in London, though, you have easy access to Thorpe and Chessington when mum or dad won't drive you.
  8. I'm just sayin for me, it doesn't scream make a special effort to come out and ride it this season. There are many coasters I won't ride over and over, and yet there are certain fliers that I will ride over and over. I know it's not a thrill ride, it's a water ride with a tall drop and big splash at the bottom, and staying wet all day just doesn't interest me, that's all I'm sayin on it. I do feel bad for CF that the interest level isn't too high ( by high, I mean lines wrapped around two or three times) judging only by reports of queue time length. I don't understand why they even got it. It's just a log flume, right? What were they thinking? Seriously? If they wanted a water ride, why didn't they get a water coaster and add to their count? Or get an interesting water ride? Why did they get a ... log flume?
  9. I think those 2 elements will be inlines/zero-g rolls like Furious Baco's... You have to go into negatives to produce airtime. Some zero-g rolls do, but unintentionally. Baco has a pop of air at the end of it's launch because it dips down, ya see. And It's really cool. It will be interesting to see what the lift on this will be like, and it will ride completely different to Baco because it will be comparatively a lot, lot slower with no launch.
  10. Had this ride been open, I'd have gone here as we passed nearby. So I've voted.
  11. Depends on your age! If you're under 21, England is clearly a superior place to live. More specifically, in and around London. It's easy to get around on public transport, so if you're too young to drive can still get to parks. And even if you're old enough to drive, you'll have to wait till you're 21 to book a hotel in America, not in the UK! It's also cheap to get flights in and around Europe compared to the USA. Also, denser population here means you're more likely to find fellow enthusiasts nearby. But, if you're above 21, the USA is a hell of a lot better for obvious reasons. I think Pennsylvania is a pretty epic location, because you're damn close to a hell of a variety of parks. I personally think it's better to live near a meh park which has a variety of meh rides that you won't ruin by overriding than eing right next to awesome coasters. So Cedar Point sounds like a good place to be local to, until you remember how busy that park is perpetually and how their rides close for rain.
  12. I think they will better this concept in some ways. This ride type does seem more suited to B&M than Intamin. I can't quite work out what was so special about Baco, but I loved it. (I thought it was better than the acclaimed Khan!) The launch is very good and that little pop of air is ace. These are things the B&M version is unlikely to have. What excites me about this is that it may flow better than Baco does and feel more "right". Wardley's desire with Air was that it would feel like you were going where you wanted to go and not being dragged. He was obsessed with the idea of a flying coaster since Nemesis days. Maybe this, considering it's another Wardley world's first B&M, is a continuation of that obsession to find a coaster which simulated free flying? I'm interested to know if one of these goes to Thorpe Park for 2012. With the olympics in London and it being a park in the same chain, and Wardley saying he's working with Thorpe on his website, it makes some kind of sense.
  13. Reading about some of the stuff trip participants seem to expect is rather weird... carrying... their bags to their room? Really? I think it's weird that people pack your shopping in US grocery stores. I'm all like... I am capable of putting my various edibles into bags.
  14. ^What vibrations in the outer seats? I've know some trains can get the B&M shudder, but that is certainly not an ongoing problem with all of them, and if it does shudder I've found it usually shudders a whole row, not just the outside seats. I think they were referring to the problems with Furious Baco's outer seats. I liked Baco, but boy was it rough. Rough enough that the vibrations made me partially black out.
  15. It was brought to my attention from enthusiasts local to BGW, that one of the name/theme ideas for Griffon was Iron Eagle and that merchandise exists for it in the German section of the park, with a black and red eagle design on it. I wonder if they will utalise this existing merchandise/theme idea? It would fit in with the B&M flyer rumour and the fact that this ride is in the Germany themed section. Just a thought. The wording makes it sound like there may be more than one attraction, or relocating of... Though it wouldn't make much sense to open two fairly major (at a park like BGW, I'd consider a drop tower to be major) attractions in the same year. Though saying that, they don't have to worry about what KD will be doing for a while now and BG is one of those parks that will attract guests from afar regardless of new attractions or not.
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