Sidders
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Oh, Geordie Shore as well. Their attitudes to life, themselves and others makes me want to mace them.
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My Super Sweet Sixteen US... that really has to be up there, doesn't it? Those obnoxious little $h!ts don't know how spoiled they are.
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They could sort that by doing a PR opening and go for a "What will be, will be" approach, so long as they don't invite Jonathan Ross.
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Which plans state that the gap is eight metres?
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American music will never have the sheer passion, wittiness, and freshness UK artists are adorned with. That said, there are a lot of over-hyped British artists at the moment.Case in point: Lady GaGa's new song, 'You & I' is okay. Only 'okay. Put a lovely British spin on it from Mark Taylor (of Quite A Lot Of Things fame) and it's amazing. Besides, now you can line-dance to it. THIS IS V IMPORTANT TO POP LOVERS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6lkPvnienYLady GaGa loved it so much it is part of the 'You & I' iTunes bundle and a B-side for the physical release.
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Yeah, if we're going by my calculations The Swarm will reach 60-61mph at the base of the drop. Best guess for the Zero-G roll is about 49-50mph, picking up speed on the exit, but as you say, it's the inclined loop that'll kill a lot of the speed (another reason why there should ABSOLUTELY no trims ). I'd imagine your guestimate is pretty accurate at 30mph, with speed increasing to about 35mph during the helix and being sustained for the majority of the rest of the ride. That's nothing to complain about - Colossus' top speed is only 45mph and because it's very consistent with it's speed, during it's inline twist Colossus' train is moving at about 30mph and they're wonderfully drawn out, so the same will be for The Swarm's latter section.
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Ha! Brilliant observation/fanboy-ism there, Josh. And people were saying a mere inline twist was a poor end to the ride! And overall that's ten interactions? 1) the plane, 2) the helicopter, 3) the entry to the corkscrew is above the "Rickety Jetty", which is partially accessible to guests, 4) the corkscrew through the inclined loop, 5) the fire engine (right wing only), 6) the tower, 7) the overturned car, 8) the queueline staircase, 9) the station building and 10) the "box support" acting as a head and foot-chopper.And all that before we consider pyrotechnics/water effects! Thought there'll undoubtedly be one in the "controlled pond area" about the helix.I'm liking each new attention to detail we spot in these plans. Initially my only gripes with the coaster was that it was quite short and that the themeing seemed quite sporadic; where there was themeing it was good, but it appeared too thinly spread over the area and didn't like like an immersive experience, being on the island. This is changing now.
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Urgh... enthusiasts...
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I don't see why people's main issue with Storm Surge is an uncomely bit of framework at the top. There are far better things to criticise Storm Surge with. Namely it's location, the ride experience, the ride appearance and poor throughput figures resulting in large queues for what is essentially, a waste of time when the best thing for anyone with a penchant for water rides would be better advised to ride either Logger's Leap, Tidal Wave or Rumba Rapids.For me though, the worst thing about it is it's location. So no amount of canopy or extra themeing at the top is ever going to remedy the fact it's a complete waste of space; the park don't need four water rides when the first three were sufficient.
If you believe everything you read, stop reading.No doubt they initially tried, but something tells me that because no such themeing ever appeared on the plans, Thorpe had already given up and saw it as a valid opportunity to skimp more money.
Unlikely Kevin. Looking at the rest of the plans, yes, it may be bits of rusty metal but they include a plane, a helicopter, a fire truck, an over-turned lorry and numerous other interactive features. Besides, if the building was planned with stairs I'm pretty sure they'd keep something like stairs - they're needed to cross to the other side of the station.And yes Adam, that illustrates it perfectly - certainly looks to be a good bit of interaction between guests and riders, but that's not all. We also spoke about the inline twist and how it will extend over the queueline (which will, in part, be open-top as the roof has been burnt away/collapsed) so the tower interaction all the way to the end of the ride will look absolutely brilliant for one and for seconds will provide a great interactive experience with head-foot choppers and guests. The best part being none of these features need maintaining - they just need to be put there in the first place.
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Oh it's open to guests, yes, and as far as I'm aware it's never been known by any other name; "Sunken Gardens" always appeared on the Thorpe Park maps and such.But this is off-topic. Please keep on topic and post any irrelevant concerns in the appropriate threads. :closedeyes:In other news, I bear more late-night findings... A member of TTF and numerous sources from CF have mentioned that amongst other crack-pot warnings from Les Coogan, he came out with a rather lovely nugget of information recently; has said the following with regard to the coaster's name": As always, food for thought but it's very Oblivion-esque, isn't it? And at least now we have some grasp of what The Swarm actually is. Something tells me bees are out the window though. Damn bees. They get it so hard.
It was never so much an attraction, nor has any attraction been based solely in the Sunken Gardens but it's just a sort of... 'peninsula' from Stealth; a grove hidden from view to most guests too enamoured by Stealth's height to bother looking much further.
Very good choice, Jack! The Lumix series is a very good investment - I hear they're very reliable too.In other news, I live near a corn field and so:RANDOM CORN IMAGE ALERT.Edit: I have since been told that is maize. Oh wells.And Adam, I love the third one! It's my desktop background; makes my screen look all big and spacious.
It's the same story for Neptune's Kingdom at Thorpe; will no doubt be the same for X:\No Way Out as well. You could understand it when it was Corkscrew - the park's first inverting rollercoaster and a piece of what made Alton Alton back in it's glory days. Lord, I can't ever imagine the day Colossus is removed (thankfully it won't be for a good long time yet).
Fear doesn't have to be rational. I'm pretty sure Mr.man meant to say that he would've been unable to move due to fear, not that Detonator could completely destroy his nervous system.
Unheard?http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2011-08-27/Indeed. It seems like anyone thinks they can spin that practically age-old argument about "Good Stuff Going Unheard" when really, the Album Charts have never been as tainted as the Single Charts in terms of flash-in-the-pan pop pap. How else did Foo Fighters, Arcade Fire, Iron Maiden, Phil Collins, and Arctic Monkeys reach the Album Charts summit in the past twelve months?
That's quite some edit there, Jamal, and I apologise if you felt I was stereotyping carelessly, as it was merely for the sake of the argument. Besides, generalisations like this are made when constructing an arguments as you must understand it would be virtually impossible to include every kind of variety of GaGa fan/music fan/chart fan/people who show vague interest in pop music into a concise point.But I must agree, 'Heavy Metal Lover' does have quite an ear-worm hook. I don't see it being the next single (will most probably be 'Marry The Night'), but I wouldn't say it was completely improbable as maybe the final single from the era, as a sort of fan gift because from what I see and hear, it's the fans' favourite.
Excuse me while I dig up the past and kill some speculation, which I do feel was never really settled:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5hTc-yd9UYTank: real.Turret: fake.Let us never speak of it again. In other news, The Swarm's track has temporarily disappeared, probably covered up to stop is rusting at the pedestrian rate this project is trundling along. And some funky lookin' metal girders/cages are on-site. Source: some guy with photos from Theme UK. I send love and thanks. You can see some of the footer's cylindrical concrete casings in picture one.Station skeleton?More here. Majority of the rest are a right bore though. It seems little's been done since the start of the month what with the rather unpredictable weather and such.BUT YAY PROGRESS. GLORIOUS MUDDY PROGRESS.
