Alex

Excuses excuses. Bad operating I say.

The original Lion King is my favourite animated film too, closely followed by Wall.E. Just such a shame Disney feel the need to add everything with sequals nowadays.

I always drive right past and head to Alton Towers.

Generally you can organise it to be as flexible as you require, however you've probably missed the boat to be in rides for this season now. Keep an eye out for extra recruitment prior to summer and halloween.

Lol, you won't be able to tell that they're spinning from a photo.

People aren't talking about it because she's Jade Goody, people are talking about it because like it or not she's famous. The situation would be the same if it was any other celebrity.

Jade Goody is in the public domain, she's famous. Sadly modern society has a big thing with celebrity culture and loads of people are really into knowing everything about these peoples lives.Whether you believe it to be right or not, famous people get a lot of media attention. You really can't blame Jade for being in the press, I can't see a single drawback to it. All the stories are raising awareness, and she's making some money to leave for her children if the worst comes to the worst.It's celeb culture, love it or loathe it.

Hydrologic, is that similar to technologic?

The 'red thing' is an isolator switch. Given its proximity to that box and the box's connection to the blades, it's a good guess that the blades will indeed spin. For a little while at least.

Rides only close if there is a legitimate reason.Also, please people stop saying 'fail' and 'win' at every available oppertunity.Apart from that, glad to see fun was had!

Apologies to everyone after OP whose posts I have just skipped, but I feel the unrelenting need to inform you Will that your opinions are just fundamentally flawed in every way possible.You've got to try and understand how these Businesses work, and make no mistake that’s what they are. Sure the park owners, particularly at small family run parks like Oakwood (which is one of the best theme parks in the country, by the way) put a bit more heart and soul into the business, but essentially they are there to make money. Nothing more nothing less.Therefore, they aren't about to rip out a perfectly functioning ride which people enjoy, just because it could be replaced with something which you deem, in your opinion, to be better. A replacement ride is neither simple nor cheap. Millions of pounds to any firm no matter size or nature of business is just not cheap. It isn't just the ride either, it has to be marketed, it has to be built, and it comes with different operating costs. If you're removing an old attraction then that has to be taken down, the ground has to be levelled, the old ride has to be disposed of. It's just nowhere near as simple or 'cheap' as you seem to think it is.Thirdly, stop suggesting the Merlin just buy every theme park in the UK that goes into receivership, which is just ridiculous. Why purchase another park which will just compete with the attractions you already run? Surely it would be more beneficial to have a competitor removed from the market and the people that would have previously visited that park to visit one of your current attractions? Then you don't have to purchase a failing enterprise, don't have to invest in it and don't have to compete with yourself.Also, you can't just 'get investors’; it just doesn't work like that! Especially if you're a failing business with mountains of competition, people aren't going to want to invest large amounts of money because it's extremely high risk.Phew, I’m done for now.

Trust me, don't hype it up too much for yourself!

Chessington, Alton and Thorpe all have swinging ships.In conclusion; who cares?

People would not have ridden it if the ride hadn't received its ADIPS certificate.It was done for publicity.

To summarise my opinions on the above posts: Fasttrack is retarded. You can't shout on a forum, they're just words so get over it. It is the responsibility of the council to provide new infrastructure, in my view at least. This is however expensive so their apprehension is understandable, but really it's the right thing to do. Those villages are poo to drive through, an accident waiting to happen and it must drive the local yokels up the wall. Traffic outside on the A243 is bad in the mornings regardless of whether or not the theme park is open. Alton should be granted permission to build this ride and probably will be. With the state of the economy at the moment they'd be silly to reject it.

About bloody time!

Well I know it's spelt Codec for a start, which could well explain why you've been having trouble finding information elsewhere!First stop is always [here].What type of DVDs are they? Are they movies, DVD+/-Rs or +/-RWs? If they are films what region are they? What are you trying to use to play them? What file types are on aforementioned DVDs? Do the DVDs have any restrictions on them? Are you getting any error messages and if so what are they?Many variables to consider.

Have they let you back in Peter?

Gotta say, Windows 7 is rather nice...

Chessington's still better.

Well frankly that's an offer you just can't refuse!

EH-ER!The music played on Runaway Train is The Big Country theme music, composed by Jerome Moross from the film of the same name.Trust me, when you spend enough time there, you know.

Then aforementioned woman would complain about you and you'd get a lovely disciplinary letter, that's not the way to deal with or talk to guests, you're in no position to turn around and have a go at them.