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How I Became an Enthusiast

 Believe it or not, I am an Enthusiast! While being part of this community for just over a year, from a young age I have had a fondness towards parks and rides, mainly thanks to my mum trying to drag me on anything. While it's difficult to pinpoint the exact point, there are a few moments that I consider pivotal in my journey towards becoming an enthusiast. Hopefully others can resonate or even give these rides a go and get into the community. Childhood While most of this is just a blur to me, I do remember and have since been told about family adventures to different parks. The obvious one that we all would guess I would mention is Pleasure Beach and stayed in the Big Blue which is elite and this was key to my childhood in general, let alone becoming an enthusiast. We went near enough every year for 5 or so years in the October half term and it was always so fun. I grew up loving big Dipper with a passion and I do still love it but I also enjoyed Derby Racer, Gold Mine and Steeple

My Ideal Park: Part 4- Finale

 Here we are, the conclusion of this 4 part series where I attempt to paint a picture of what my ideal theme park will look like, from the entrance and basic overlook to a more detailed plan of each themed area within the park. While this would costa fortune to build and will never happen, it won't stop me from dreaming. In this final part we will recap and give an overview of the rides and areas of the park. Additionally, we will now look at the final area: The Film Studio Welcome to the final area, admittedly the least themed one in the park but I just wanted to get a bunch more rides in and have a solid place for all families as well as being indoors to cover all weather. That being said, it is still themed, just not in the same detail as it is meant to be a studio with multiple sets so that's my excuse for the lack of theme. Wild Mouse There is something so appealing to me of an indoor wild mouse, not being able to see where you're going while also spinning round is cha