Andrew H

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Mini rant time about the Town Centre. First off I really enjoy and like being where I live, what with London being so close and a short journey to Windsor (Which I adore.) But the town centre in Maidenhead is getting very sh1te! My sister for a long time worked in a Thorntons chocolate shop, it was a great saturday thing and she worked with really nice people. Then, one day, people come in and start measuring the dimensions of the shop. Turns out humble Thorntons was being turned into a Phones 4 U Now, this means theres a carphone wearhouse next door, another phone shop a 20 second walk away, and then down onto the high street you'll find several more phone shops! Theres a total of 9 phone shops all withen a 5 minute proximity! Maidenhead isn't all that big, how can there be such a demand? At one point there were 3 games shops literally a few metres away from eachother, only one of them is still open. Pound shops are springing up all over the place aswell as card shops.Want to buy a cd or DVD? Forget it, all closed, will have to go out of the centre to Blockbusters. It's a bit of a pity too seeming as we're right on a river, so much potential! But the only hint of there being a river in the Town centre is behind an old dirty abandoned cinema. Bleugh.Rant over.

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You make it seem as if we teamed up against you. You need to introduce yourself when you're at meets, tbh I had absolutely no idea who you were until later that day. To anyone who hasn't been to meet we're not a bunch of sharks. A lot of members on here are eager to get to know new people but, like most social gatherings, it's a joint effort.

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Have always wondered about this too. Though I think that one person wouldn't make a difference too a god knows how many tonne ride. Also, realistically the ride would never be balanced in operation, it can operate without all the seats filled and everyone weighs a different amount, so thinking it's a made up excuse... Have had Detonator, Rumba and Colossus all to myself before, fun fun.

Riiight.During summer I was away around Lake Garda and very luckily got a chance to visit Gardaland. For me Gardaland has always been the kind've park I hear about, but never really research into. So this would be a really nice new experience. Trip report time then, large pictures ahead!Gardaland did a great job at the entrance with its many topiaries and nicely themed water effects, it even had it's own cheesy theme music with lyrics! Got into the park very promptly considering how busy it was so a big plus there. First ride of the day was BLUE THUNDER. The parks Vekoma SLC. Advise anyone not to sit at the back unless you want a brain hemorrhage. Seriously. Apart from that it was a fun ride with a nice water effect half way through. Only thing that really kinda sucked was that theming was kept to a bare minimum and the queue line is just one long endless Cattle pen.Did Fuga da Atlantide shortly afterwards and loved it! Very well themed, atmoshperical and exciting drops. Big cattle pen queues again but lovely fans spraying mist, was a scorcher that day. Very very clean water which was also nice.Next up, Space Tower, which funnily appears huuge on the map but in reality it's a tiny little thing. Small, but forceful and reasonably themed. I'm sure you can imagine that I was very excited about seeing Time Voyagers in Italian, though to my disappointment it'd been replaced by Sponge bob 4D *sniff* Not to worry though, the show was far more entertaining than Time Voyagers ever was for me, which is good considering I had no idea what they were saying in Sponge bob.Magic Mountain! The parks Vekoma looping coaster, it had 2 consecutive loops so instantly loved it! Was much smoother the Blue Thunder and really like the fountain in the middle of the helix. No theming but a reasonably short queue and offered lots of nice photo opportunitys around the area.Sequoia Adventure! An S&S Screaming Squirrel. It was weird but hilarious, little theming unfortunately but very nicely situated in the magic mountain area, meaning for near miss or two. I kept this photo large because if you look closely at the guy with his hands up at the front you'll see his hats flying off, action shot ftw! Otherwise a truly strange coaster, but nevertheless a fun ride.Managed to do a lot more that day but really cba to upload that all so will maybe save it for facebook. Final Thoughts:Gardaland was a great mish mash of different rides and themes. Colorado Boat was a real gem, so much fun and wonderfully landscaped. The main criticism I suppose would be that there are some great themes but none of them are consistent. It felt a bit like a badly made rct park at times with random generic paths leading to strangely placed themed presets, that said though I had a fantastic time and recommend it for anyone who has the possibility of going. Thank you Gardaland!

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I see the point, although I love reading the amazing incoherent stories of Gemma every time I log on here.

Mission Space, Epcot. Pure awesomeness.

Boo, pet shops. Rescue dogs and Cats are the way to do it

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These Irish kids started threatening me, then they started a fight on me in the Stealth queue for seriously no reason. Bunch of idiots. Saw security with them later on though so it's all good.

Heard lots of stuff flying around about how the upstairs section will be used as part of the attraction during construction. With extra weight or not, sooner or later that bridge leading up to it will flood...

I've been told countless times that the addition of more rooms sink the boat.. x)

^ The car going down the first drop is far too close too the car at the bottom of the loop, theres a pov of it floating about somewhere on youtube.

My god, that thing has the same wtf factor as a Tower Coaster

Vampires parshly Vekoma aswell :)Nice research though!

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I'll be there tommorow if you'd like to meet! I dont bite.