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Sam W

@sammarkwill.bsky.social

Consultant, Oxford engineering grad, theme park nerd. "It makes no statement, but does so quite loudly".

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I'd say that's about right! (Full sized pic gives a bit more visual context haha)

12.03.2025 06:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's the one! This was taken on Day 1.5 when they did manage to get it running all day lol

12.03.2025 06:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rise and grind gamers let's get this bread

27.01.2025 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have definitely been gentrified to an extent since I started uni ngl

26.01.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I may have sucked at skiing, but hey, at least I got some pretty photos

26.01.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And we're off to the races ๐Ÿ›ซ

12.01.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Omg he's still there!!!

09.01.2025 23:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Convince me that pineapple belongs on pizza! I'll fall for you if you trip me! I go crazy for a mullet-"

You bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. It is 217 BC. You are the general Hannibal, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn.

09.01.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New work ID caught me looking like the Temu version of that mf from Squid Game

06.01.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sam with the cat

Sam with the cat

Merry Christmas from me and the boy ๐ŸŽ„

25.12.2024 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Particularly the US is the one on my mind, since the CF/Six Flags merger looks like it's going to accelerate a fair few ride closures...

24.12.2024 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kingda Ka closing this year has got me thinking about which of my bucket list rides are approaching extinction.

For me: Gold Striker is a priority since CGA's time is running out. Equally, I love an invert, and classics like Montu are getting on a bit...

How about you?

23.12.2024 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can't park there mate

17.12.2024 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Screw UK Winter all my homies hate UK Winter

15.12.2024 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My favourite thing about Hadestown is that Hell itself is implied to have a more progressive transport policy than most of the USA (they actually built a working railway)

03.12.2024 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Construction now looks like its progressing quite well, but the overall process for Wiener Looping has been pretty slow...

02.12.2024 22:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OK chat, how likely do we think it is that both the Mack Big Dipper at Wiener Prater AND the Mack Stryker at Fantasiana will be open by April 2025? Running out of inspiration for a potential Easter trip ๐Ÿ˜…

02.12.2024 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Certified Boomer humour in the work H&S briefing

02.12.2024 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Prosecuting passengers for pocket change? Rail ticketing in Britain has become an absolute farce | Jonn Elledge The transport secretary, Louise Haigh, is right: innocent people should never feel like criminals for merely buying a ticket, says author Jonn Elledge

Mad - albeit fantastic - to still see my Railcard story popping up on the news over a month on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

27.11.2024 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Morning Reading โ˜€๏ธ

26.11.2024 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Any enthusiasts on here trying to cover any theme parks in South Korea anytime soon? ๐Ÿ‘€

24.11.2024 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Another day another train journey with absolutely godawful WiFi (I just want to get something useful done plz)

23.11.2024 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My Son has once again chosen a questionable place to nap for no good reason. Bro the chair is just there

22.11.2024 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This thing looks genuinely fantastic - new Vekoma have been making some real hits, and this might well be their opus. Might have to add Mexico to the bucket list...

22.11.2024 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Til next time, Dublin ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

21.11.2024 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Got through my first day on client site without incident, then a scranned a great pizza. Life is good

19.11.2024 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Broke: "I take public transport because it is more sustainable, cost-effective, or sometimes faster"
Woke: "I take public transport because small talk with taxi drivers is more complex than quantum physics to me"

18.11.2024 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I spend most of my time at home losing the perpetual war for ownership of the chair in the study

17.11.2024 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Masculine urge to buy the jumper from this

17.11.2024 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Favourite: Jurassic World Adventure @ Beijing
Overrated: HP Forbidden Journey
Underrated: I Corsari (RIP)
Wish I could ride for the first time again: Hex
Wish I'd never ridden: Minion Mayhem @ Osaka (had an ungodly long queue)

17.11.2024 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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