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mrmonkey

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  1. I'm a maybe - will I be able to get entrance with someones merlin pass? just to know whether to look for online deals/vouchers
  2. It was a dream trip SOO many good memories! the weather was so kind (mostly)! Also the new project is so appropriate for them! And a simulator experience will complement the parks line-up nicely, and perfect for there family market!
  3. Really want to get to this park - anyone going this year?
  4. Yes - I'm u for this... I might cry after seeing what they've done to bubble works - but oh well!
  5. Pop me down! - I need me some Shambala in my life!
  6. Did Toverland in Oct - lovely little park! Troy was great - lovely their rapids, dwirvelwind is a fantastic family trill coaster, Their booster bike was the first I'd been on and was fun, and the biggest surprise was Blitzbahn, so well themed and such a fun ride! Also the fun house and 'witches' house - with the plastic wands! Thorpe and Chessington could both learn a lot from this little park! R.e. Chessington... A family-aimed park needs thrill rides too! In a way Toverland reminded me of Thorpe in the late 90's - with its clean and lush landscaping - and family orientation and limited ride line-up - with a bit of Chessingtons classic theming thrown in!
  7. Awww I love Silver star, But must admit Its my only B&M hyper coaster I've been on thus far!
  8. Mine would be:- 1, Baron 1898 (Efteling) 2, Mystery Castle (Phantasialand) 3, Black Mamba (Phantasialand) 4, Flying Dutchman (Efteling) 5, Arthur (Europa) 6, Taron (Phantasialand) 7, Winjas force and fear (Phantasialand) 9, th13teen (Alton) 10 Silver star (Europa) 11, Blue fire (Europa) 12, Troy (Toverland)
  9. So visiting at least once - I want to go at least once a year!
  10. I'm getting Europa withdrawals bad! So want to get back this year.
  11. Just posted elsewhere before seeing this thread - but Is anyone planning a trip to Paultons in 2017? missed last years
  12. Is anyone planning a trip to Palton's this year (2017)? missed the live last year
  13. I'm up for this meet - so me please too!
  14. Wicked Witches haunt of course!! B=BOOHOO!
  15. Bad times - I'm hoping to visit Heide later this season - and was the only ride I was looking forward too here! I'm going in OCT so maybe just maybe it'll be open for then!
  16. You are so right - I'm 34 (but still don't find forums too daft lol )...and guess what I'm a theatre designer/maker, and this ride WAS a great influence to me! I grew up with phantom fantasia, 5th Dimension, prof burps bubble works, the original London Dungeons, the original haunted house (Alton) - all of which fired my imagination! all original ideas - no IP, no need to explicitly spell out the story line, no real need to make sense and definitely no need to be a 'shooting gallery-on-a-train'! I hope new-build traditional dark rides do make a come back!
  17. Yeah it had a good legacy - I often get comments from people who are in no way theme park fans who visited as kids and teens in the 80's and often ask 'is phantom fantasia still there'.... People seem to remember it - even by name! as in no one ever says 'oh that haunted house thing they used to have' - they actually remember it's name.... and that I would say is a good legacy! I think more with people over 30 these days - and with fanboys/girls tending to be a younger crowd - thats why it isn't well remembered. Also was the previous lack of photos and videos of it... 17 years since the fire - and things such as the above video are only just surfacing! I actually think it had more of a legacy with the casual patron than the 'fanboy'. It was at the park for 17 years - that's a long old time to ingrain memories into thousands if not millions of people! It NEVER had a que as far as I remember, due to it having MASSIVE capacity - but there always seemed to be people on it! so yeah It was quite popular, It had on-ride photography too - so it was popular enough to warrant installing that! And yes it was big news at the time! The thing is Merlin had only just taken reins of Thorpe and they just literally swept it under the carpet and carried on turning the park into a white-knuckle based park! To this day that don't claim to have much information on the ride which is odd as they claimed that since day one (after the fire) - and must have had archives of the track-layout, press photos etc - but there you go! Its only in recent years parks have taken a bit more interest in their past.
  18. Yeah the scenes blended yet didn't really fit together - Medieval to Victorian to Tudor to Georgian etc - I liked that aspect - It didn't need an explicit story, there was lots of stories going on! I rode it as phantom Fantasia and WWH - I used to think I preferred the PF version - but I think WWH had more depth and detail due to the talents of rex studio and their use of Tromp L'Oeil set painting, and the UV made the scenes 'pop'! SO I'm inclined to say I preferred WWH.
  19. Scare attractions these days (if they aren't interactive) are either kiddieish and cartoony to appeal to kids OR Gorefests to appeal to adults - The WWH was neither - simply spooky/eerie/interesting
  20. Someone got in before me! Brilliant to see a ride through video at last!
  21. mrmonkey

    Logger's Leap

    Your not wrong - shame.
  22. mrmonkey

    Logger's Leap

    If merlin has some good forsight - Loggers would look great with some rock work build round the drop (make it a mountain facade, rebuild the tunnel - and extend the route to include a 3rd drop (backwards)!
  23. Hoping to get too Plopsa this year, Looks a great little park! I love the look of their waterpark too!
  24. I don't think its a case of chucking back kiddie rides to appeal to families .......you need to do just that - add FAMILY rides that everyone can ride.... the type of rides that thrill seekers would enjoy as fun fillers to pad out their day, for families to all do together and for younger visitors to access and feel like they've done something 'scary. a family coaster is a must, maybe with dark ride elements that would satisfy the need to bring more theming to the park, a family flat or two would also be good - like a new generation polyp or Condor. Another idea I had is - build a giant show building over Rhumba Rapids and turn it into a rapids/dark ride hybrid, projection effects, fake fire, etc - the investment only needed to go into the building and effects.
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