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**AWARDS ARE NOW CLOSED, RESULTS TO BE RELEASED SOON** Another year another season, and that means another TPM forum awards! After the success of previous years, we will keep much the same format although we’ve gone high tech by using SurveyMonkey! Due to our new(ish) awards badges we will make sure people can treasure their awards forever and have them on display for everyone to see! These are the award categories PARK AWARDS • Best UK Park • Best International Park • Best UK Coaster • Best International Coaster • Best UK Flat Ride • Best UK Water Ride • Best UK Dark Ride • Best New Attraction for 2014 • Best Themed UK Exper…

Thanks for all of your responses, the results are in! PARK AWARDS Best UK Park 1st – Alton Towers 2nd – Thorpe Park 3rd – Blackpool Pleasure Beach Best International Park 1st – Europa Park 2nd – Disneyland California 3rd – Universal Orlando Resort Best UK Coaster 1st – Nemesis 2nd – Stealth 3rd – Swarm Best International Coaster 1st – Helix 2nd – Shambhala 3rd – The Incredible Hulk, Revenge of the Mummy, and Wodan Best UK Flat Ride 1st – Slammer 2nd – Rush 3rd – Samurai Best UK Water Ride 1st – Valhalla 2nd – Tidal Wave 3rd – Loggers Leap Best UK Dark Ride 1st – Hex 2nd – Valhalla 3rd – Nemesi…

Another year, another season, and that means another TPM forum awards! After the success of last year, I will be using SurveyMonkey again These are the award categories, same as last year with the addition of cutest couple and 'member you'd like to see more of' PARK AWARDS • Best UK Park • Best International Park • Best UK Coaster • Best International Coaster • Best UK Flat Ride • Best UK Water Ride • Best UK Dark Ride • Best New Attraction for 2015 • Worst UK Ride • Most Uncomfortable Ride • Most Disappointing Merlin Moment in 2015 • Best looking New Attraction for 2016 • Best Manufacturer In the case of internati…

The results are, and the votes have been counted and verified. Due to some technical issues and Tommy's laptop dying, I'm posting the results on his behalf. And so... Park Awards Best UK Park: 1st - Alton Towers (21) 2nd - Thorpe Park (15) 3rd - Chessington (3) Best UK Coaster: 1st - Nemesis (12) 2nd - The Swarm, The Smiler (7) 3rd - TStealth (5) Best Flat: 1st - Slammer (16) 2nd - Rush (7) 3rd - Detonator, Samurai (3) Best Water Ride: 1st - Valhalla (12) 2nd - Loggers Leap (8) 3rd - Tidal Wave (4) Best Dark Ride: 1st - Hex (24) 2nd - Valhalla (3) 3rd - Bubbleworks, Tomb Blaster (2) Best UK Themed Experience: 1st - Hex (8) 2nd - I'm a Celebrity (4) 3rd - London …

It's come to that time of year again - it's the Thorpe Park Mania Awards! Once again, we are using SurveyMonkey to collect the results. If you've never used it before, don't worry - it's dead easy! By popular demand, we've kept the same awards as last year, which are... PARK AWARDS: -Best UK Park -Best UK Coaster -Best UK Flat Ride -Best UK Water Ride -Best UK Dark Ride -Best UK Themed Experience -Worst UK Ride -Best International Park -Best International Coaster -Best New-for-2016 Attraction (can be in the UK) -Best International Themed Experience -Most Uncomfortable Ride …

People of TPM, the time has come! The votes have been counted and verified, after some delay. And so the time has come to reveal the winners... PARK AWARDS Best UK Park 1) Alton Towers (22) 2) Thorpe Park (14) 3) Paulton's Park (5) Best UK Coaster 1) Nemesis (8) 2) The Smiler (7) 3) The Swarm (6) Best UK Flat 1) Slammer (16) 2) Rush (12) 3) Samurai (8) Best UK Water 1) Valhalla (20) 2) Tidal Wave (13) 3) Congo River Rapids (4) Best UK Dark 1) Derren Brown's Ghost Train (13) 2) Valhalla (8) 3) Duel (7) …

It's come to that time of year again - it's the Thorpe Park Mania Awards! Once again, we are using SurveyMonkey to collect the results. If you've never used it before, don't worry - it's dead easy! There's been two new awards added (and none spited!) - Best UK Scare Attraction, and Friendliest Member. The full list... PARK AWARDS: -Best UK Park -Best UK Coaster -Best UK Flat Ride -Best UK Water Ride -Best UK Dark Ride -Best UK Scare Attraction -Best UK Themed Experience -Worst UK Ride -Best International Park -Best International Coaster -Best New-for-2017 Attraction (can be…

After a trickle of votes over the past month, I can now officially announce the winners of the 2017 TPM awards... PARK AWARDS Best UK Park 1) Alton Towers (12) 2) Thorpe Park (9) 3) Blackpool Pleasure Beach (6) Best UK Coaster 1) Nemesis (14) 2) The Smiler (4) 3=) The Swarm (3) 3=) Stealth (3) Best UK Flat 1) Rush (6) 2=) Detonator (4) 2=) Samurai (4) 2=) Slammer (4) 3) Time Machine (3) Best UK Water 1) Valhalla (14) 2) Tidal Wave (6) 3) The Gruffalo River Ride Adventure (3) Best UK Dark 1) Hex (13) 2)…

After a trickle of votes over the past month, I can now officially announce the winners of the 2017 TPM awards... PARK AWARDS Best UK Park 1) Alton Towers (12) 2) Thorpe Park (9) 3) Blackpool Pleasure Beach (6) Best UK Coaster 1) Nemesis (14) 2) The Smiler (4) 3=) The Swarm (3) 3=) Stealth (3) Best UK Flat 1) Rush (6) 2=) Detonator (4) 2=) Samurai (4) 2=) Slammer (4) 3) Time Machine (3) Best UK Water 1) Valhalla (14) 2) Tidal Wave (6) 3) The Gruffalo River Ride Adventure (3) Best UK Dark 1) Hex (13) 2)…

It's the most wonderful time of the year - it's the Thorpe Park Mania Awards! Once again, we are using SurveyMonkey to collect the results. If you've never used it before, don't worry - it's dead easy! We've condensed things down a bit this year, to spice up the competition... PARK AWARDS: -Best UK Park -Best UK Coaster -Best UK Flat Ride -Best UK Water Ride -Best UK Dark Ride -Worst UK Ride -Best International Park -Best International Coaster -Best New-for-2018 Attraction (can be in the UK) -Most Disappointing Merlin Moment 2018 -Best Looking Attraction for 2019 -B…

It's official - 2018 was the tightest year yet! Some spectacularly close fought contests were had, and there's even a TPM first. But more on that later... For now, the winners... PARK AWARDS Best UK Park 1) Alton Towers (13) 2) Blackpool Pleasure Beach (6) 3) Thorpe Park (3) Best UK Coaster 1) Nemesis (7) 2) Icon (4) 3) Stealth (3) Best UK Flat 1) Rush (8) 2) Detonator (5) 3) Samurai (4) Best UK Water Ride 1) Valhalla (12) 2) Tidal Wave (6) 3) Tiger Rock (3) Best UK Dark Ride 1) Hex (13) 2) Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon (3)…

It's the most wonderful time of the year - it's the Thorpe Park Mania Awards! As ever, we are using SurveyMonkey to collect the results. If you've never used it before, don't worry - it's dead easy! We've condensed things down a bit this year, to spice up the competition... PARK AWARDS: -Best UK Park -Best UK Coaster -Best UK Flat Ride -Best UK Water Ride -Best UK Dark Ride -Worst UK Ride -Best International Park -Best International Coaster -Best New-for-2019 Attraction (can be in the UK) -Most Disappointing Merlin Moment 2019 -Best Looking Attraction for 2020 -Best…

The votes have been counted and verified. Thanks to everyone who voted. Now time for the results... PARK AWARDS Best UK Park 1. Alton Towers (9) 2. Paultons Park (4) 3. Blackpool Pleasure Beach (3) Best UK Coaster 1. Nemesis (6) 2. Wicker Man (4) 3. Nemesis Inferno (3) Best UK Flat 1. Rush (5) 2. Detonator (4) 3. Rameses Revenge (3) Best Water Ride 1. Valhalla (7) No other rides received more than 1 vote Best Dark Ride 1. Hex (6) 2. Haunted House Monster Party (2) 3. Duel (2) Worst UK Ride 1. Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Ri…

Right-o this is the 2010 TPM awards topic! Firstly the rules:-You can only vote one person per title-You can only vote once-No additional comments-Keep discussion about who you voted for to a minimum-No 'pick me, pick me'-The results are final, live with it-You can't vote for yourself-Please remember that it is fun, no harm is meant by these awardsI will give you a template to copy and paste in a PM to me, please PM me only do not post your nominations in this topic. The categories are:Member awardsBest newbie (Joined in 2010)Funniest memberBest quality posterBest FangirlBest FanboySexiest fangirlSexiest fanboyBest admin/moderatorBiggest Thorpe nerdMost sarcasticLeast ann…

Post pictures of your favourite bromances, romances, any other ances here Let the battle for cutest couple commence. Just a bit of closed season fun, might get a poll up in a weeks time to vote after all the nominees are in

Anyone here up for a TPM Fantasy Football league?

I have made posts which have been long for example my post about Europa Park plus a few others, I tend to trail on with posts But I was wondering have people made any longer posts? If you see any long posts copy it here. We could find future writers...

Following on from the success of Sidders TPM Quiz how about another, less themeparky, one? Broadly a pub style music quiz but also taking in film, TV, word play and of course theme parks, it's just for a bit of fun. Questions like: Name the band or artist from the clue (First man sliding down a mountain) Name the song from the intro Name the song playing backwards Name the ride from the soundtrack Name the film from the theme I'm hoping to do it live in chat only, so if you'd be interested please answer the poll and if we get some takers I'll do it in a couple of weeks time, and if it goes well maybe turn it into a once a month sort of thing. Pete

Hi everyone, Every so often in Chat, we will be playing the weakest link. Tonight is a trial run to see how it works and what needs tweaking. All thought on the spot in literally a split second. By entering the chat room you will need to state that you are playing to compete in that week's round. You can bank if you say bank within the first 5 seconds of the question being posted. Each round the time you have to answer the question will be reduced. All questions will be posted in the chat room and will be directed towards a member to answer The person you think is the weakest link you will private chat me who you think should be eliminated for that round you can gu…

Are You A Theme Park Nerd Or Just A Wannabe? The Rounds Theme Park Logo - Name what park each logo belongs to. Guess The Coaster - Name the roller coaster the picture is of. Roller Coaster Records - Name the ride or park that the record belongs to. Thorpe Park Mini Quiz - Questions based on Thorpe Park. Rules Sign up before 7pm on Wednesday 10th of September by posting below! Questions will be sent via PM every Wednesday starting on the 10th to contestants and once opened you will have one hour to complete and reply with answers. 1 point is allocated per correct answer. Deadline for weekly su…

It's time for... TPM'S FAVOURITE DICTATOR! Who is the worst of the worst? Is it... ADOLF HITLER Leader of Nazi Germany, thought to be one of the most evil men to of ever lived. JOSEPH STALIN Pretended to be Communist in order to impose an Authoritarian Dictatorship on the people of Russia. KIM JONG UN He's an enthusiast, just like you. ROBERT MUGABE Election rigging, torture loving BASTARD. Overseer of massive inflation and rapidly depleting health conditions in Zimbabwe. SADDAM HUSSEIN Oversaw a war with Iran and the invasion of Kuwait, possessed weapons of mass destruction and tried to commit genocide of the Kurds. …

Wave your hands in the air like you just don't care... ... it's time to be TPMs resident DJ! For a bit of fun, to share some music you love and maybe some things about yourself, take your turn behind the wheels of steel and spin the choons of your choice for one week only. During your week you post a track a day under the following categories: MONDAY - the first record you ever bought (or downloaded if you are a child of the 00's). However embarrassing it may be. TUESDAY - your hottest record in the world right now. It better be good! WEDNESDAY - a guilty pleasure. Because everyone loves a bit of cheese. THURSDAY - anything goes. Something spe…

Well this went quite well last year, closed season dullness is here so lets go again, shall we? Wave your hands in the air like you just don't care... ... it's time to be TPMs resident DJ! For a bit of fun, to share some music you love and maybe some things about yourself, take your turn behind the wheels of steel and spin the choooons of your choice for one week only. During your week you post a track a day under the following all new for 2015 categories: MELLOW MONDAY - Some thing you like to relax to. Ease the stress of the start of the week with something that helps you chill. CHEESY TUESDAY - Something you love, but maybe you shouldn't. We've all got a few. W…

Hi Guys, I&#39;m currently trying to get a DJ set at a local festival but I am up against voting with bigger competition, if you can could you please go to facebook.com/thurrockfestival and vote 'Ben Mower' would mean a lot if you do and if I can perform there, been trying to get a slot for months now and its come to this! Thank you guys <3 - Ben

*care who knowsFacepalm.Either way.