[Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13]

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The Gardens (5)
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[Next Big Thing - 2016 Development ?]

Ah sorry Josh - I was meant to include in my post that you'd shown me that! Yeah I remember now because I couldn't find it for the life of me and I thought you were taking the piss.

And I've seen a few other sources that still say the next large coaster will arrive in 2015 but these didn't seem quite as official as these documents, which came from Thorpe/Runnymede Borough Council themselves, I believe?

[Next Big Thing - 2016 Development ?]

I thought it was common knowledge now that the 2015 coaster won't be built until 2016, owing to Thorpe's attention shifting to their "accommodation strategy", starting next season with Snoozebox next season and finishing with the completed hotel in 2015. I think it was Josh that pointed this out to me; it was buried deep in the proposed plans files for the Snoozebox application under a section called "Background". I took a screenshot for y'all:

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee432/OddOne93/THORPE2015.png

(Can't appear to be able to use .png on this community).

So it seem these hotel plans have also delayed out next coaster by a year! I'm hoping for a Mega-Lite á la Piraten at Djurs Sommerland, a Blitz like Maverick at Cedar Point, or a decent Woodie like El Toro or Outlaw Run.

[Thorpe flooding?]

That only says that Staines is liable to "possible flooding", and has nothing do to with Thorpe Park though?

[Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13]

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The Gardens (5)
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[Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13]

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Congo River Rapids (5)
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Hex: The Legend Of The Towers (5)
Marauder's Mayhem (5)
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Runaway Mine Train (5)
Skyride (5)
The Flume (5)
The Gardens (5)
Th13teen (5)

Oblivion +1

Rita -1

[Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13]

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Congo River Rapids (5)
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Hex: The Legend Of The Towers (5)
Marauder's Mayhem (5)
Nemesis (7)
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Oblivion (5)
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Rita (3)
Runaway Mine Train (5)
Skyride (5)
The Flume (5)
The Gardens (5)
Th13teen (5)

Nemesis +1

Rita -1

[The News]

'Murican lojik.

Don't get me wrong, I'd be first in line to take a pop at Piers Morgan but the man does speak sense sometimes. Abusive comments later in the interview aside, I can't understand why Pratt or any of the 31,000-odd petitioners aiming to deport Morgan from the US think they have a leg to stand on. For this interview, Piers is now being threatened with deportation back the UK for reasons that his opinion here "offends the 2nd Amendment Right".

Ironically, his opinion would naturally be protected under the 1st Amendment Right. Only in America would they aim to uphold the 2nd Amendment Right by ignoring the 1st...

[Lie to Me - Forum Game]

Blates 2.

[Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13]

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Congo River Rapids (5)
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Marauder's Mayhem (3)
Nemesis (6)
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Oblivion (7)
Ripsaw (4)
Rita (5)
Runaway Mine Train (5)
Skyride (4)
The Flume (5)
The Gardens (10)
Th13teen (5)

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And again:

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[What Do You Want/Expect From A TPM Trip?]

I'm sure Peaj has plans to divvy up the meet locations throughout the next season guys. Obviously the majority of trips will be at Thorpe, being that we are the Official Fansite and all, but there will be plenty of opportunities to meet up at other theme parks/attractions alongside these Thorpe-based trips.

[Parks, Rides And Coaster News]

Excellent backstage tour from CoasterForce from the Outlaw Run site at Silver Dollar City. Some of the close-ups and stats in this video just make this thing look even more amazing.

[Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13]

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Congo River Rapids (5)
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Ripsaw (4)
Rita (5)
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Skyride (4)
The Flume (5)

The Gardens (8)
Th13teen (5)

Oblivion +1

Ice Age -1

[What Do You Want/Expect From A TPM Trip?]

Lots of support for the idea of having several contact points. That way, if someone is running late, the majority who are on time can go into the park and can be contacted by others later in the day, who can then arrange a rendezvous point either on their own or with the whole group to meet those who could not arrive when everyone else did.

A loose itinerary also seems like an excellent idea. Map out the essential rides/attractions that we all wish to do as a group and then leave a couple of items up for discussion whilst in the park (e.g. eating arrangements).

Also, I think it's very important we listen to what pluk has said re: exclusive meets and ERT events. If the numbers are limited then by all means, implement a minimum post requirement or some other objective measure of forum dedication. This isn't to spite members who we do not feel 'deserve' to come to a meet because they can't be bothered to post, but if there was some way of ensuring that the members who attend these meets are going to stick around after them, or have proven themselves a constructive part of our community then absolutely they should come. It's not fair when there's high demand for places on exclusive meets that are given to members who turn up and don't socialise and then never turn up either on the forum or other meets ever again.

I'm in the same boat as pluk with regards to not being able to make it to Thorpe very often. I didn't get to go at all last season and so the need for balance between ride time and social time is pretty important to people like us, who live so far from Thorpe that we don't get to go very often and want to spend a lot of time riding.

[Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13]

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The Gardens (7)
Th13teen (5)

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Ice Age -1

[The Smiler]

Anty Eyre dislikes it, so it must be fake.

[Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13]

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The Flume (5)

The Gardens (7)
Th13teen (5)

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Lerl.

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The Flume (5)

The Gardens (5)
Th13teen (5)

Ice Age -1

Air +1

[Lie to Me - Forum Game]

Haha, two is correct Tommy! I'm size 12 innit

Your go!

[Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13]

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Skyride (5)
The Flume (5)

The Gardens (6)
Th13teen (5)

The Gardens +1

****ball -1

[Rebuses]

Haha, sorry pluk! Didn't pay enough attention to the font size!

A clue about mine - "R gone"

[Lie to Me - Forum Game]

What a guess! Mind you it was only 50/50 haha

Righto:

- My favourite band are The Killers.

- I have size 10 shoes.

- I self-taught myself to play the piano.

[Lie to Me - Forum Game]

Tommy, are you lying about #3...?

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The Gardens (5)
Th13teen (5)

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Spinball -1

[The Crash Pad]

Playing Devil's advocate here, but Thorpe's price does include park entry and breakfast...

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Congo River Rapids (5)
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Ice Age The 4D Experience (5)
Marauders Mayhem (5)
Nemesis (6)
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Ripsaw (6)
Rita (5)
Runaway Mine Train (5)
Sonic Spinball (3)
Skyride (4)
The Flume (5)
The Gardens (5)
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