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    League of Goons 2024: Q&A

    Yeah, eat your heart out. :)
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    Gerstlauer for Pleasureland Southport?

    Topic title updated, I guess...?
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    League of Goons 2024: Q&A

    You get one "new for 2024" point per new ride in the park - up to a maximum of five rides in the park (this is to prevent one visit to a 'new parks/lands' dominating really heavily). Any number of laps on a new ride only gives you one "new for 2024" point. I have generally allowed people to...
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    WTF Merlin?

    I wonder if they'll issue dynamic refunds based on downtime during the day too...
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    Alton Towers | Nemesis Reborn | B&M Retrack | 2024

    That is almost certainly a pressurised water main - that is, not a gravity based drainage system. Those are PN16 or PN25 fittings, very typical for +DN80 flanged pipework - highly unlikely to be a gravity system based on how (relatively) small this system is. Isolating valves like that are also...
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    The Torch NYC | Hotel & Intamin Drop Tower | 2027

    I'm generally a bit of a sucker for bold architectural designs (heck - I'd love to get my teeth into a project like this), but that's hideous. :D Drop tower is a neat addition though. Wonder how that ended up in the plans - having sat through many a design meeting for these sorts of projects...
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    Do-Dodonpa closed

    *Waits for BPB to enter the chat*
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    Alton Towers | Nemesis Reborn | B&M Retrack | 2024

    Oh yeah, from that video that is 100% a pressurised water pipe. The thing in yellow is an isolating valve - either before/after a branch or after a significant pipe length (for maintenance purposes). The blue is typical (usually buried) plastic pipework - HDPE most commonly. Seals at the joints...
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    Alton Towers | Nemesis Reborn | B&M Retrack | 2024

    If you can take some pictures I can try to identify it. Love a good pipe pic. ;)
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    Alton Towers | Nemesis Reborn | B&M Retrack | 2024

    I guess I have the privilege of unsticking this thread. :)
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    Skyrush - what tier is it in? Now vs. new restraints?

    Skyrush is elite tier - even with the old restraints. Unless they've somehow made the restraints worse (which I find hard to believe), it'll still be elite tier.
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    Fantastic old coaster footage/pics

    Any story on this white piece of track? Is this from B&M's factory, or from Alton?
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    Do-Dodonpa closed

    Topic title updated.
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    UAE: Unlucky Among Extremes - Day 2, Part 1: Ferrari World, A Mission for an Ace

    Catching up with this report, bit behind - This is why they texted you. ;) In broad-brush terms, their infrastructure is not great in heavy rain. When they have got the building quality and storm drainage up to spec, if it's not been maintained it ends up full of sand, which quickly turns to a...
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    Rides that required a second ride or series of rerides for you to fully appreciate them

    There's a couple in here that fit under different categories - Rides like Ride to Happiness need to be ridden multiple times (and I would say more than just two) in order for it to actually be... good? Like, a dud ride on that is barely Top 10% material, but a good ride? Heading into Top 10...
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