Marc

Found some new Swarm pens today which make the actual Swarm noise when you push down the button - love it!

Slammer was testing again today - I'm guessing it must be getting close now!

It's probably worth visiting before making such judgments - judging the whole area on a few pictures taken on a miserable day seems more like you don't want to like it more than anything. The area is bright, fun and family friendly, all of 3 are a major thing the park lacked till now. The dodgems like any other dodgems are good fun and the staff interaction on them so far has been very positive. The 4d show is very good - the quality of the movie is very high and the use of special effects has been done well.

New for 2014 the Angry Birds 4d experience! The show is actually very good - the seats and the use of multiple special effects has been done very well, seems to be getting a good reaction on park which is good to!

Both of them pictures were actually taken at least a week before opening...

Both of them seem to suffer from the same problems - to be fair they both are pretty reliable now too though *touch wood*

Not heard the queue work the couple times I've been on but the exit Tvs have worked when I've been there - are the Tvs at the bottom of the lift working now?

I think some launch coasters spray water on the launch its self to help cool it down? Could be wrong though!

You mean the bit on the inside ? Good to hear! Is the outside queue working?

Thorpe Park have announced on facebook that Angry Birds 4D, The Dodgems, Stealth, Nemesis Inferno and Teacups will all be open between 18:00 for 20:00 this Saturday for annual pass holders. Pretty decent of them!

See you say its outdated but as Peaj said theres a planned movie/TV Series in the pipeline, its hard to tell what potential this IP has - I'm sure the same arguments were said about Saw when that was built and its done well for them so I dont see why Angry Birds cant too.

^ I'm not sure actually - I'm thought you could renew like 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after your expiary date? Would contact the MAP team to confirm though.

Not heard of this before due to hot weather - I remember hearing something like this at fright nights a few years back there was something a bit wrong causing it to take longer to "re-charge" between launches but seeing as that was at Fright Nights I doubt that was related to weather.

^thats true - Mack have built some awesome looking rides recently and would think they would be a consideration for the next coaster.

Have said it before but would love to see a Mavericks type ride at thorpe, fast, fun and filled with airtime but not overly intense looking too.

To be fair what one person loves another hates, thorpe will never be able to please everyone unfortunately. Am looking forward to Saturday I think this is the sort of area the parks crying out for and will IMO fill a big gap in their market.

Just need to make sure your friend knows Stealth makes 1000's of launches - the chances of hitting a bird are so so slim, if anything theres less chance as your going faster! Have a great time

Yes you must have - Colossus is running 2 trains!

This is how it looked at the start of the season.

And it makes sense if you see the Piggie in the corner with a paint brush!!

I think a big difference with angry birds land is that usually we wouldn't see updates so regularly and in so much detail and there are times when the unfinished product hasn't looked great. The park do care about how the park looks, that's clear from the recent effort we've seen from them trying to fix effects which have been broken since the Tussauds era (Inferno mist / Colossus pit) and I've no doubt when Angry Birds Land opens it will look good and whilst maybe not the area enthusiasts want, I think it will look good and most importantly the general public will like it, and I think saws a good example, disliked by a majority of enthusiasts but enjoyed by the vast majority of the general public which ultimately as a business is the most important thing.

The area isn't finished, you defended towers when people complained about their new area stating it wasn't finished and neither is Angry Birds land.

Do you not get bored of moaning about everything? The new area opens Saturday so yes it will be...

Yep it has been quite often used as a stage for Fright Nights back when they had the Circus of Horrors. Also Pre-Pirates 4D the building used to be the Palladium Theatre which had live stage shows. Phill may remember this!

Thought would mention the Colossus station music has been fixed - the loud ambience plays with the automatic dispatch announcement with the whispering playing - it sounds great in there!