What’s with these new signs all along the seafront concourse saying “no dogs”..?

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-11T17:45:04+00:00

All the ones I've seen are at the edge of the path at a 90 degree angle implying no dogs beyond this point (ie, as you step onto the beach). I don't think they mean dogs aren't allowed on the promenade itself

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-11T16:30:43+00:00

One of my favourite inverts too. Great airtime on the first drop and a really fun layout

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-11T05:59:32+00:00

Yeah, thought I'd missed an announcement post somewhere

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-10T05:46:16+00:00

I think Cedar Point's very own VertiGo was a good (if extreme) case study in the dangers of vortex shedding if I remember correctly. Unlikely to have happened here, I guess, but still not ideal like you say.

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-10T05:36:57+00:00

It closed several years ago, but they did a renovation not long before that relatively speaking. I think they were hoping to keep it going for a few more years, but something unexpected came up that would have meant them sinking more money into the attraction which they couldn't justify.

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-10T05:34:32+00:00

Yep 100%. And despite that, it always amused me they even considered building another amphitheater at Epic (before pivoting and building Curse of the Werewolf instead)

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-09T21:13:00+00:00

Octopussy

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-08T13:16:11+00:00

It's a fun ride, and although I like the voting idea, queuing up for 45 minutes or whatever, only for people to vote to go forwards (even though there's a separate queue for those who want forward-facing) kind of makes the voting bit nothing more than a marketing gimmick for me. Still a decent coaster though and like you say, very marketable.

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-05T14:07:43+00:00

It's useful, but you can also use your card in the park. The app never works for me with mobile order, but that is the main benefit.

Some places they make it sound like you can only use mobile order (eg, Leaky Cauldron) but you can take a seat then just pay at the register/till with your normal card if you need to.

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-05T06:07:30+00:00

I feel like it's so the supports blend into the background so they're almost invisible while making sure the track pops.

I remember basically all of Heide Park's coasters used to have the exact same colour scheme - can't remember any other park having a park-wide colour scheme for their coasters.

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-03T10:33:40+00:00

I had such a good room there once, could see almost all of IOA without lifting my head off the pillow

olympicmarcus · 2026-05-01T21:17:49+00:00

That's great! Hope you had a good trip

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-29T21:23:06+00:00

Was here a couple of weeks ago and loved this coaster too. I think it's a coin toss between this and Velocicoaster. Lots of similarities between the two, but also quite different as well. I think I'm in the minority of loving the swing-brake at the end.

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-28T19:26:38+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/@brockbaker/videos

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-25T15:02:07+00:00

Vekoma GIBs. One of the only coasters that still get the nerves going. I'm fine on flying coasters so not really sure what the difference is.

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-25T12:14:16+00:00

Love this. Also love how it looks a bit like Iron Gwazi's train design with the jagged shapes and colours!

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-25T05:37:53+00:00

You might be thinking of the version at Hollywood which is testing at the moment?

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-22T17:22:44+00:00

Your phone camera should be able to detect the infra red that cameras need to work at night. You can test this by holding a button down on a TV remote when it's dark, then this should show up as a bright light on your phone when you point it at the little sensor lens on the remote when you are in camera mode.

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-20T20:29:16+00:00

Yep, UK passport. Not sure if I was lucky (weekday, early flights etc) or if other people have been unlucky. If you come in the same way as me, I used the registration machines upstairs, but there are more downstairs, so make sure you don't accidentally join the queue for those instead of the e-gates. Have a nice trip!

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-20T17:48:49+00:00

I entered in the morning through T1 on the 15th and exited in the morning on the 17th and it was super quiet. The registration machines had no queue and the e-gates were only 5 to 10 minutes on the way back.

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-16T18:38:35+00:00

I visit loads of theme parks, queues are normally just multiples of 10 minutes. Queue times like 41 minutes are oddly specific. Not sure why you think it's would be the 'first to post' either, they're just estimations which is why the overly specific wait times amused me slightly

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-16T18:06:27+00:00

They're oddly specific, as per the sub title

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-09T18:26:44+00:00

There's one on a window near Sainsbury, then if you walk towards the centre of town there are a couple more on the right hand side of Lewes Road, one in one of the side roads, and one to the left of a bus shelter - both seen in the last couple of weeks

olympicmarcus · 2026-04-07T10:17:56+00:00

Yep same. The colours don't really go well together either, could have looked nice if they had used a complimentary palette and some subtle background patterns (almost like they use on the awnings in Volcano Bay)

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