Sam W

Mostly tweeting about roller coasters and/or public transport.
"The Fool rambles on as a fool does, restless and slipping further into an existential funk."

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

✨ Live Today ✨
❤️ Love Tomorrow ❤️
⚙️ Operate Intermittently ⚙️

[CaL @CalVickers33]

Didn't expect Towers fireworks to end with them blowing up Walliams World but I can't say it's not welcomed

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

@altontowers Wicker Man main queue has basically completely stopped moving, only Fastrack and RAP are getting on. Can someone please have a word with whoever is batching?

[The okayest poster there is @ok_post_guy]

California's decades-long strategy of refusing to build housing finally worked

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

Feel like I am getting the chopper directly towards Saigon

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

Back at work for less than a day and already have a massive hypertension headache. Cracking stuff

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

I am SICK of buses man. No trains from Stansted to London today, and I arrived at the Flibco stand literally 3 people too late to fit on

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

That said apparently there were some pretty sizable protests in Bologna today and yesterday which I was out of town for... yay?

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

Between no trains on the Rimini-Ravenna line and a massive Ryanair conference selling out all the ideal hotels last night, turns out I picked possibly one of the worst weeks of Spooky Season to visit Mirabilandia

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

They put the second on and it's now walk-on, we're so back

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

They're only running one train on Katun. It's so over

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

Throwback to my consulting days when I was consistently throwing back a Coke Zero shortly after arriving on client site (8am). Definitely got some judgment from my team for that one

[⚢ Eddie✬ @St4rvingDyk3]

What’s the difference between drinking a coke zero for breakfast and getting a coffee????!!!????!!?????? Why am I being judged for enjoy a crisp coke zero in the morning????

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

Theme park mutuals: how unbearable is Mirabilandia without Fastpass? Going on a Saturday in mid-October, planning on getting the base level of Fastpass for a smooth cred-run but debating if it's necessary to splurge for unlimited

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

I think what frustrates me most is that I did everything that aspirational kids in my generation were told to: I worked hard to get into Oxford, I did a credible STEM subject, and worked my ass off for a First. But now I'm working and barely pay off the interest on that loan

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

Last fiscal year I paid in over £1750 to my student loan via automatic repayments. My net balance still increased by over £500 due to the insane interest charged in Plan 2.

If inflation hots up again due to the Iran war, I'll probably still be paying this loan off in my 50s.

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

"Happy Fright Nights!" except there are no direct trains from London to Staines on any weekend in October

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

Happy Q4 all 🥳🎉 To quote an unnamed member of my C-suite - "god, it's ceaseless, isn't it?"

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

RIP to last coaster to truly scare me, all the way back in 2015.

Luckily Eejanaika and especially Dinoconda remain, and are much better rides.

[Taylor Bybee @coasterstudios]

Six Flags Magic Mountain has announced the closure of X2. Considering everything that’s happened, this is not much of a surprise. While I will of course miss the attraction, ultimately I think this was the right move.

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

Me at work watching one of the sales team spending approximately my entire monthly take home salary on a bike for his (adult) son

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

To any mutuals attending IAAPA who have ended up on a night out in Canary Wharf due it being near the Excel: my condolences, you will all be very bored and very broke by the time you leave

[Sam W @SamMarkWill]

Did you even land at Heathrow if they didn't have you waiting around in the tarmac and/or taxiing for about 30 mins