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An update from the BBC website on Jessica Blake. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18613998

Should hopefully be able to make this, as this is the day me and Ben planned to go Chessie then head over to Thorpe for some cheeky Swarmage! It's all timed in rather well then! So at the moment it's a maybe, but should be a yes! Will be great to see you all again! Oh and Luke, I'm sure someone will happily give you a lift

So our resident trolley dolley linked this rather awesome, drool-worthy video in chat and it had to be shared! Look at how red the blood is on Nemesis! And how colourful Corky looks! Enjoy

Likes to watch videos of ugly, squashed-faced cats eating fruit while dressed up as fruit on YouTube Example:

Recommended some good music to me the other day when I said I wanted to discover more/better music! Had The Sound of Arrows - Lost City in my head all day!

LOL this just came up on my Facebook!

I'm wondering that too! I've never been to a Zoo Day so I don't know what outlets are open etc, but I know that Zoo Hosts (the ones that do the talks etc) are only seasonal. So the only zoo-related staff would be Zoo Keepers, which they would keep anyway because as pluk pointed out, they need feeding etc Having said that, they would presumably have *some* food outlets open, so I guess they save money there, plus admissions staff, cleaning staff etc. Maybe they weren't popular enough to make enough money, no idea, but all I know is even though I love animals, I wouldn't go to a zoo in winter, it's too cold to stand and look at animals! Hmm... Either way, it's a shame to see yet another cut being made

Yes, you're right about the silent thing! When Oblivion isn't plunging into the tunnel, it's generally quite a silent area of the park, which I really love because it adds to it. We can only wait and see (or hear!) how much SW7 will affect this, but it does worry me. There's something so awesome about standing by Oblivion's hole with nothing but the noise of the mist spraying in the tunnel It's en eerie sort of silence which works. Imagining the sound of a Gerstlauer rattling around makes me cringe if I'm honest and just reminds me of Saw. Ew.

Nom. EDIT: Got bored of Swarm ( ) and decided to change it to this and go for a blue theme: Gotta love London

Has a beard and a tash

Double post but meh, was ages ago I always thought there weren't enough music videos with men in and too many with sexy women... Lush

My last tagged photo is this edit I did

So after 4 years, my Dell laptop was, quite literally, falling apart! And I started having loads of issues with Windows Update (probably something to do with crappy Vista!) and I couldn't update iTunes, which led me to removing all Apple software, which I then couldn't download again so my iPhone couldn't be updated o synced or anything either! But it has now been replaced with this: For some reason in that photo my walls look pink, but they're not! So yeah, a vast improvement on my laptop - Windows 7 for a start! It's a Dell Inspiron 660s, Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM, 1TB hard disk space, NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 1GB graphics card and a 21.5" Full HD LED widescreen monitor Stating the rather obvious here but my god, everything looks so much better and crisp and clear! Stunning desktop background: Also in reply to Luke - iOS6 does look great!

I guess...but the ride can actually run with just the lap bars, it's only those that need to be pulled down tightly The shoulder restraints are there to re-ensure guests and for comfort (as long as they're not pulled down too far of course ).

Yes, it's a huge pain for staff too having to faff about with the key releasing the bars because they've crushed themselves And people complain about the slow loading procedure As for the announcement, the pre-recorded one simply tells guests to pull the restraints down, but if there's a decent op they will announce over the PA to pull the restraints down lightly. Of course, as anyone else here who has worked at theme parks knows, guests apparently lose their hearing and/or common sense when they visit

It would be a shame if Slammer actually left the park seeing as it is so unique, but as some others have said, it wouldn't bother me *too* much. It's fun but I never go on it on every visit like other flats such as Rush and Detty, it just seems to get forgotten about, or if mentioned usually gets a "I'm not in the mood for it/it gives me a headache" response Plus it rarely if ever gets a big queue and all this downtime costs the park money. How much I don't know, but it seems to break so much and pulls so little crowds that removing it may be the best option IMO. They should have removed it last year and spent the money on keeping CCR

Well done on getting through to the Assessment Centre, they have a lot of applicants so to get through to that stage means there's something about you/your application they really loved! I went to an assessment centre/interview there in January but unfortunately didn't get through to the interview part. What they do is have the assessment part first, then they go and have a chat (scary!) and decide who they want to put throuh to interviews, then come back and break it to you At my one, only 3 went through to interviews, despite a fair few others being very good,I'm hoping the reason was because they only needed a few staff! I don't want to worry you/put you off Even though I didn't get through, having had Merlin interviews before I imagine the questions would be something along the lines of the following: What attracted you to work for Sealife. why this specific location? How do you feel you did at the assessment centre, where could you have improved? Give examples of when you have delivered great customer service. Describe how you would deal with different guests such as angry guests, children, disabled guests etc. How would you deal with problems that may arise, would you be able to think on your feet etc? They may have your application form printed out in front of them and refer to it and ask about things you have put on it. It's also good to do research on the attraction and Merlin company incase they ask what you know about it Hope I've helped, good luck!

I was just about to post about this, I found out about it because of the comments on the Facebook page! How awful I think the article's statement about her being taken to hospital conscious may be incorrect; family members that have been posting on the FB page say she is in hospital unconscious, fighting for her life, with fractured ribs and skull, and blood on her brain and in her livey and kidneys Of course if she is conscious then this is better news but I don't think the family would make an incorrect statement. Either way, I hope she makes a full recovery, what an awful thing to happen to her and her family, and for other guests to witness. This comment on the FB page is so saddening: "Waiting to hear news on the little girl who fell through the gap up on the bridge while queueing for Tomb Raider, was about 30ft up. We were there when this happened and didn't see any movement. My little boy and husband saw it happen & were so upset as was I seeing her lay there. They couldn't forget the sound of her hitting the ground so we just had to leave early. Also the thought that we prob wouldn't have noticed the gap either & what if..... How awful that no one working there noticed this, how could this happen?! PLEASE, let us know how she is." Very worrying how this happened tbh!

Credit to Maktheh.

7-8 minutes stuck upside down? Blimeh!

OMG Watching that lead to searching for Corrie Youtube Poop out of boredom, where I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ckhnq3Ab9o Better than the original The best bit is at 2:30 with the crash, the rest of it before is just the nomal scene. I cracked up when the music came in at the end

But didn't Vampire's theme play in that whole area? Either way glad it's still used on the ride

Wait the Vampire music has gone?! Did I read Fred's post correctly? Wtf?!