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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Themed Attractions: Talking Pirates Today
Why are pirates so fascinating? They just arrrrr! An old joke of
course but appropriate as today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day* in
the US. My little boy did all the Orlando parks and attractions last Autumn, saw Spider-man, Shamu, Mickey and a host of other magical characters......View more
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Amusement Parks: Not Just a Monorail
Alton Towers' monorail always did what it said on the tin, took you
from the hotels to the park entrance. The views are pretty, the ride
smooth but it was a pretty functional experience. Not now. For this
year the trains have had a makeover…...View more
Monday, August 25, 2008
Fancy a Nut Cutlet Sir? Merlin Entertainments Group’s Nick Varney on Food, Satisfaction and Dungeons
Revealing interview with Merlin Entertainments Group’s CEO Nick Varney
in this morning’s Times, in which he talks healthy food, pricing and
customer satisfaction. He also explains why Merlin’s “naughty child”
fell foul of the church...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Abandoned Waterparks , the World’s Best Roller Coasters and One Mighty Big Fish tank
This
weekend’s Sunday Telegraph carried a neat piece about the roller coaster
industry, journalist Rose George travelling to Alton Towers to experience
the theme park's famed Nemesis coaster and over to Switzerland (the offices are in “…Monthey, a small, less than beautiful city
on a plain between dramatic Alps and more dramatic Alps”) to meet Walter Bolliger of Bolliger
& Mabillard ... ...View more
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Amusement Parks: Genesis of Nemesis
A quintessentially British couple of days, one spent at a Dorset garden
party the second sitting in the rain at a kid’s sports day. Met one of
the men behind Nemesis (my favourite coaster) and an old friend from
India…...View more
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Amusement parks: A Winter's Tale - Alton Towers and Singing Chickens
A weekend, mid-Winter in the UK's premier theme park....View more
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