I had the pleasure of using one of Arriva's brand new fleet of 15 "Cymru Coastliner" buses which have been brought into use on the X5 and 5 Caernarfon-Llandudno route as from today. They have more comfortable seating, more room, free Wi-Fi, pre-recorded messages that announce the next stop in English and Cymraeg, and also a TV Video screen which also shows the next stop (also in English and Cymraeg) at the front of the passenger area.
When we stopped in Bangor there was an announcement thanking us for our custom and the whole experience was very enjoyable and very similar to a train journey, although the driver I spoke to said the continuous announcements before every stop, (whether requested or not) were going to get on his nerves eventually!
They only (inevitable ) downside were the two lads at the back of the bus who were lounging across the rear seats and of course had their feet up on the brand new seats.