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  5. Drayton Manor

    in UK Attractions

    Posted

    Astro-Dan your prayers may of been answered! ;)

    A nice behind the scenes of the park's rollercoasters & 2014 coaster information at the end!

    I'm very happy with what is happening. I was worried with Drayton for a moment. It's sad to see they're getting rid of the Pirate Adventure ride, a lot of people have said wonderful things about it.

    On TTF, someone mentioned there are still plans for a thrill ride in the place of the Black Revolver.

    Exciting times for theme parks except Chessington....*cries*

  10. London Dungeons

    in UK Attractions

    Posted

    This is true, not sure about now much space but this offers a chance to fix up some of the rooms and maybe add new stuff.

    I agree, I didn't like the old Dungeons because it seemed too cramped and there was waiting on the pavement outside and the attractions exterior IMO, didn't look as presentable as it could be. With the County Hall, it looks bigger and wider and as Rattlesnake1 says, it would hopefully allow them to expand and improve the themeing and presentation.

    I mean, having a few, new attractions and more freedom and space to breathe would be beneficial and in addition, the close proximity to the other two attractions would allow for easier travelling than compared to having to travel to two separate locations.

  11. London Dungeons

    in UK Attractions

    Posted

    I think it would be a fantastic idea if the proposed move goes ahead and it would be brilliant if this Dungeons was the flagship and therefore had the most attractions and best experiences and biggest of them all.

    In Amsterdam, there's this Grim Reaper rollercoaster at the Dungeons and I'd love to see an indoor-dark rollercoaster at the Dungeons and obviously it would be a sizable installment and well-themed.

  12. Topspin, or not topspin?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Will

    The thing with Chessington's Topspin is that the market audience of Thorpe Park and Chessington are different. Chessington are a family park and a ride like the Topspin would be better suited for a place like Thorpe Park, where more people would go on it and the demand for it would be higher than of Chessington's Topspin.

    Thorpe Park could put the Topspin enclosed in a building and add special effects; water, fire and wind and create a pre-show and make it a nice, immersive and atmospheric experience. The Topspin at CWoAR is just a plain, old Topspin that is landscaped and themed well but it is situated outdoors, making it a great for spectators to watch.

    I don't know about you, but if I had to choose between Rameses Revenge and an indoor's Talocun, I'd choose the 2nd option

  13. Topspin, or not topspin?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Sidders
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    I think that Thorpe park should get a topspin, possibly an indoor dark one on The Swarm island that continues the theme of The Swarm. Sound effects, flashing lights, you get the idea.

    As long as it is NOT the one from Chessington, it is a good idea in my opinnion.

    I like this idea, it would be like the indoor Tomb Raider one with the special effects; fire, wind and water

    Why not get a breakdance, a huss pirate ship and a vekoma corkscrew whilst we are at it if we plan to purge the 80's and 90's for all their worth.

    Why does it always feel that no one can share their opinion without scrutiny and getting shot down?

  14. The Smiler

    in Alton Towers

    Posted

    To be honest, even if the ride isn't 'timed' to duel, as it were, just looking at the POVs in NoLimits that have already surfaced tells us this ride is going to have plenty of interaction with itself just by running eight cars on the track at any one time.

    Will the coaster be realistically able to run 8 cars at once??

  19. Topspin, or not topspin?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Will

    Chessie need to move forward with it's own rides, not get given unwanted and awful cast-offs from another park...

    Chessie are dead and will never move forward because they don't go forward with the plans they have. They have probably loads of ideas for new themed areas, new rides and rollercoasters but they can't make a decision and stick with it.

  24. 2013 Changes

    in The Past

    Posted

    I know what people think about Jump2s, but there's only one in the world....in Canada. Jump2s are unique because they spin you around as well as swing you up into the air and are said to be very scary because it looks like arms jumping about and when you're up in the air and get spun around, thats what people find to be freaky.http://coasterbuzz.c...read/32998.aspxI mean you've got people complaining about Topspins but if Thorpe installed a Topspin (Calypso Quay) that was as well-themed as Talocun and had a decent thoroughput, would you really complain?Or how about a Huss Delirium?http://www.hussrides.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=155A Gyroswing or Topple Tower would be brilliant, you could send Vortex to Chessington and keep Delirium on Swarm island, themed as some natural disaster.Slammer though a hassle, I thought was brilliant. It was scary and I actually was scared to go on it and thought it was great but a novelty ride. Rush has been brilliant for Thorpe and was something decent and new and one or two more flats would hardly be bad.They could always install a duelling Zacspin which would be fantastic and could act as a flat ride.

  25. Your Thorpe Park

    in The Future

    Posted

    I thought I'd make one, since it's been ages:

    2012:

    • Swarm opens to a glowing reception
    • Tidal Wave effects turned on
    • An alternate path has been opened via Sunkern Gardens to Swarm Island

    2013:

    • 3rd train added to Swarm
    • 2 flat rides installed on Swarm island to act as filler
    • A HUSS Gyroswing with outer seats themed to a Tornado-disaster with special effects
    • An enclosed, Giant HUSS Topspin themed as a subway train caught in an earthquake with effects

    2014:

    • Nemesis Inferno is renamed Inferno
    • Rumba Rapids - Major overhaul and layout extended
    • Inferno effects brought back (smoke, drums, water) and station looks like proper volcano
    • Detonator (Tower) replaced with two launch towers (120-125ft) (Fits the name DETONATOR)
    • Dynamite themeing and sound added to Detonator ride

    2015:

    • Treasure Island (site)
    • New themed area with a Stargate portal that guests walk through and it 'transports' them to Prehistoric times
    • An intense, Flyer with five inversions called Terrordactyl
    • Including an unique, double-inversion called the Infinity Loop
    • Themeing includes Prehistoric Monster in the water that the riders interact with
    • Elements include near-misses, sections over water, bogswamps that squirt water, smoke and insect noises
    • Coaster is themed and landscaped well

    2016:

    • Stealth: Reloaded (Campaign)
    • Stealth's layout extended according to original plans
    • Operates on three trains and has original grandstand themeing
    • Logger's Leap refurbished with new layout and themeing improved
    • Miss Hippo's Fingal Safari removed in preparation for Wooden Coaster in 2018

    Future Installments:A Wooden Coaster on Canada Creek:

    • Fly-through station
    • 5 steep curves
    • Mine cart through mountain theme
    • Lots of air-time with head and leg-choppers
    • Quite a long coaster that goes around Logger's Leap and behind MHFS and Nemesis Inferno

    Saw: The Ride: (Renamed PSYCHO)Theme: Psychotic caretacker exacting bloody, revenge because he was fired

    Story:10 years ago, accidents occured at the Canada Creek Logger Mill and a caretaker was made to be the scapegoat and was fired as a result. Due to the recession and the events taken place, he couldn't find employment and his Wife divorced him and took the children. He was left lonely and heartbroken and became bitter and wanting revenge.

    TV Advertisments:

    • News headlines remembering the events of the Logger Mill accidents
    • News headlines of teenagers going missing
    • CCTV footage of the Logger Mill become operational and teenagers investigating
    • CCTV footage of teenagers screaming and one female teenager running away and falling on the ground, calling out to the CCTV camera for help. She starts screaming as a mysterious hooded man, approaches and drags her away. Her hand and arm can be seen shaking violently and suddenly it stops moving
    • Video Autopsy shows forensic scientist examining a sawn-off, bloodied arm with the message: "Curiosity Killed The Cat"; the girl is identified as Catherine due to a bracelet that was found around her arm

    Other:

    • Layout extended inside and outside
    • Station extended and queueline relocated
    • Mechanical Kuka-arm with plastic circular saw that will act as a headchopper themeing
    • Fake Logger Mill control booth controlled by the psycho caretacker
    • Themeing includes dummy of a teenager attached to circular saw contraption and smoke illusion to look like he's getting sawn in-half and water gets squirted to look like blood

    X-Car Coaster: (Similar to Abismo) (Depth Charge, Beach & Slides and Neptune's Kingdom demolished)

    • Location: The section of land marked on MTDP as a 2nd location for 2015 coaster (area behind the Dome)
    • Theme - Wild Jungle theme
    • Cars: Standard Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit Trains
    • Capacity - 6 trains, 2 cars per train, 3 rows per car, 2 passengers per row (6T x 2C x 3R x 2 Pass = 72 total)
    • A bigger version of Abismo with multiple inversions
    • Plenty of block sections to space out the ride and give breathing time
    • On-board sound system
    • Layout - Around Depth charge, the Dome and the Lost City flat rides area (rides moved or relocated)

    Samurai and Quantum are relocated near the coaster to act as filler attractions and Vortex is relocated to CWoAR. A HUSS Jump2 is installed and themed as a venus fly-trapper and is named 'Frenzy Plant'.

    XNWO: (Slammer and Arena demolished)

    • Replaced with an indoor-outdoors rollercoaster
    • Outdoor sections take place in demolished Arena
    • Family-thrilling coaster with no Inversions
    • Best themeing for a Thorpe Park attraction
    • Themed to an Egyptian curse and a runaway minecart chase from some evil
    • Capacity - 6-8 cars on track at one time, 2 rows per car, 4 passengers per row (6-8 cars x 2 rows x 4 pass = 48-64)
    • Plenty of block sections to space out the ride and to give some breathing time
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