Sidders

March 13th - Plans for the SW6 have finally been accepted. Apparently, the rides layout has been slightly altered, and Alton had to fork out £50,000 to the Staffordshire Council to 'help traffic flow'. Also, they've promsied that if they find anything of archaeological value and/or interest, they will treat it suitably. This info came from Coasterforce and TowersTimes.

I don't mind repeating myself when I say Thorpe should build a Flying Coaster OVER Manor Lake, next to Vortex, with a wide bridge that leads away from the Lost City to a small peninsula/island with the station and a few benches etc., and as soon as you board the coaster, you come out of the station to being over the water for a pre-lift section. Then the lift hill and the main ride are also completely over the water, with the supports built on the lake-bed. And possibly with some parts like Manta where you 'fly' very close to the water level.I realise this would probably make it Thorpe's most expensive coaster to date, but it would be a 'world's first' coaster, and with a good theme it could easily be marketed very well.And this way, the water-borne coaster with slender B&M track and supports keeps the lake intact and offers a major thrill without cramping the rides to close together on the mainland. Building the Fyler over water also cuts out the water relocation and land infill costs.

Nice to know... :)I am so glad I chose to wait a few weeks before going: I knew my wait would be worth while.I'm also chuffed with myself that for once, I haven't looked at any spoilers!

Yeah, its was really fun! Lycra is my new best friend... :S Assembly was embarrassing, our class was the last in so everyone got a nice view of me in my skirt.

LOL at that Cringle!Anyhoo, Comic Relief was really fun today. I went into school dressed as a hippie girl. Bright purple tights with fishnets, rainbow converses, starry lulu skirt, pink strappy top, fluorescent leg-warmers and a frilly bra.... Got some funny looks though. :S Girls and Teachers loved it, boys were creeped out... SO? :DAhhh, 'twas a good day

Didn't I say it's only be a day before an illegal video appears on the net?

Yeah, but I'll be waiting till April before I go. Hope everyone had fun today!

meme503 was right; you have to light the match before anything else.

Air Gates? Block Brakes? Maybe it's just that the press don't know the proper term for them. Which wouldn't exactly shock the life from me I must say...

No, it isn't the candle, Ryan. Keep guessing!

If you are in a dark room with only a match for light. There is also a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You need to light the stove to make your dinner, and the gas lamp so you can read in your bed, and the candle because you've run out of electricity. So, what do you light first?

Actually I'm in the same boat as Frankie on this one, I find it so annoying when trying to search for someone; I get about 5 pages worth of stupid usernames, no pictures, no avatars, no posts etc. Oh, well - what can ya do?

Thorpe will more than likely upload a high quality POV video onto their website as they do with Nemesis Inferno and Colossus on the day of opening, so the official POV will be viewable before chavs and fanboy's and their 1.0MP phone cameras have a chance to whore up YouTube with their rubbish quality, shakey videos with captions like - 'ZOMG!!!!!!!!1111!!!1 NEW COASTER AT THORPE PARK PROPER MASSIVE!!! LOL' Oh, how annyoying.....

Nah, doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

Yarrr.A vessel with no hinges, padlock, or lid. Within which is a source of life. What be I?

Our computer user profiles get blocked if we download anything like Firefox, Safari, Google Earth, Sibelius (music scripting programme for those who don't know) etc. It's a load of b******s if you ask me becuase it restricts what we can do on each computer. So we have to go to the Music Room for Sibelius, because those are the only computers with it already downloaded, we have to go to the library for Google Earth (for the same reason as the Music Room computers), and as for predicaments with Safari and Firefox; all the computers are stuck with I.E.!

That's just scary...

A man pushes his car to a hotel, pays the owner, and immediately pushes the car away from the hotel. Why?

I'm not going to bother watching the POV Video - it will ruin the surprise, so thanks to all of you who posted a link rather than a YouTube window. But was there really any need to make this topic three pages bigger talking about a 2 minute report on BBC? Even so, think about how may people watch BBC News at 6 o'clock, Thorpe's Marketing Department have just scored a massive hole-in-one. Most people in England probably know about SAW now.

Clap clap *unenthusiastically* Well done, meme5053. NEXT!

It might work but assume that there is a lid on the barrel. Good guess though.

Entrance.Electric or Manual Whisk?

That must be a kick in the teeth... I'm waiting until the ride's been open a few weeks before I go.

Oh great: another small piece of info that leaked onto the net and will now start a 10 page debate on whether it was fair or not...Thorpe really have naffed up the Ride It First AND the early riding opertunities on the 12th.

Ben and Jerry's! mmmm.......Kingsmill or Warburton's?