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Christmas decor is going in and testing has begun for a new drone show to be held at night:

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Movie Park Germany's Christmas event began in earnest yesterday and with it came a few changes around the park, including the Vekoma junior coaster Backyardigans: Mission to Mars now sporting a red and white color scheme (it was previously blue and white):

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There seems to be a bit of an indecision as to what shade of red should be applied, though, since one part of the track sports a bright red while the rest is dark red.

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2023: Neuheiten und Veränderungen (u.a. neue Kulisse für Stunt Show & erste Winteröffnung) @ Movie Park Germany

So wenig Indoorattraktionen hat der Park doch auch gar nicht im gegenzahl zu den meisten Parks in Deutschland??🤔 Die meisten Attraktionen sind indoor und selbst die Attraktionen die nicht indoor sind, sind zumeist die Warteschlangen überdacht. Selbst Area 51 ist ja fast komplett indoor und...
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Both management and employees at Djurs Sommerland have begun a protest action against the local government due to the threat of a biogas plant being built just 1.2 kilometers (less than a mile) away from the park. The fear is that the added traffic congestion and odor from the plant will drive visitors away from the park, as well as make it unbearable for the people working there. Currently, the park is doing all in its power to persuade the government into moving the plant somewhere else, citing an increased risk to the park’s future were their fears to be realised. Wether the issue will be taken to court remains to be seen.

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Soooo, Flying Dinosaur at USJ experiences an e-stop on the lift hill, and the BBC reports it as "Riders stranded upside down on roller coaster":

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People left dangling as rollercoaster stops mid-ride

The rollercoaster, which reaches heights of 150ft (46m), came to an emergency stop at a Japan theme park.
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See, sh*t like this is one of the reasons I stopped paying the licence fee.
 
Howie said:
Soooo, Flying Dinosaur at USJ experiences an e-stop on the lift hill, and the BBC reports it as "Riders stranded upside down on roller coaster":

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People left dangling as rollercoaster stops mid-ride

The rollercoaster, which reaches heights of 150ft (46m), came to an emergency stop at a Japan theme park.
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See, sh*t like this is one of the reasons I stopped paying the licence fee.
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I was in a dull on-line meeting.... so I sent the BBC a strongly worded email.... and now the riders were just left "dangling" (rather than "dangling upside-down").

(this may be coincidence rather than cause and effect, but my inner "disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" is satisfied 🤣 )
 
It made the local NYC TV news broadcasts as well as the national news shows. Some, like CNN, updated the story with the park explaining that no guests were stranded upside down, but most kept repeating the upside down bit throughout the day and evening. :rolleyes:
 
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Looks less like an extension of the existing track and more like a separate line altogether.

Optimistically I'd hope they'd be able to extend it all the way down to Ringsheim, but that might be way too costly.
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They want to and it's in their long term plans. But they said there's about a billion hurdles to get over first. However it's in their list.

So fingers crossed eventually it will happen.

Anyone know if the direct Paris to Ringsheim services still run?
 
So, there's been a new lease of life granted for Dreamland Margate:

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Festival and concert giant Live Nation new owner of Dreamland

Exclusive Dreamland company Sands Heritage has been taken over by LN Gaiety Holdings, a subsidiary of concert and festival giant Live Nation. Documents on Companies House show LN-Gaiety listed as t…
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Live Nation have bought the majority shares in the park. Which is amazing news. They soon realised that just being a seaside park wasn't attracting business, so they changed their model to become a really cool and quirky seaside events space (if you've been, you'll know how amazing the site is for live events). This coincides with having their operating hours increased to 4am closures, and having their 2-day consecutive event basis increased to 4 days within 28 days of one another. Which is also a significant boost.

Really happy to see this place absolutely thriving!
 
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They want to and it's in their long term plans. But they said there's about a billion hurdles to get over first. However it's in their list.

So fingers crossed eventually it will happen.

Anyone know if the direct Paris to Ringsheim services still run?
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Currently it’s once a day on weekdays, and twice on weekends. Don’t know if that changes during the off-season, though.
 
cookie said:
Looks less like an extension of the existing track and more like a separate line altogether.

Optimistically I'd hope they'd be able to extend it all the way down to Ringsheim, but that might be way too costly.
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Yes, you're correct. They have said this is a separate shuttle monorail between the Hotel Resort and Rulantica.

Aside from the colossal costs involved (this project alone has been delayed considerably) Ringsheim would also require negotiations another council - while this project all falls within Rust's jurisdiction (also why there is a free bus service around Rust itself but for the bus between Rust and Ringsheim you have to pay).
Plus going by houses in Ringsheim undoubtedly will cause complaints while this line sticks to the road side surrounded by fields, the hotels and supermarkets just.
Would be fantastic but I just don't see it happening anytime soon.
 
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