Theme Park bloke

All this fighting in Congo recently, it made me realise, is this where Congo River Rapids got its name? And is it the same Congo, because from what I can gather there are more than one in the world?

Is the reason Vampire has been down so much lately still due to the lift hill problems? Or has that been resolved and there's now a new problem? If it's a new prob, can anyone tell me what it is please?

There's only one way we're gonna know if Samurai has gone back to Mondial for a retheme during the closed season.With or without it's pods, Samurai's resting position, as we know, is with the turquoise arm sticking up in the air. Sometimes you can see the back end of the arm poking out through the trees, from the car park! It's that noticeable! Sometimes during the closed season, you can drive into Thorpe's car park during the day (I have managed to). If you go near the shingle car park and near the lake (directly opposite Vortex) you may get a good view.

At night? Yes, you can see for miles.

What is the proper name for those cycle-things that staff go around on during HHP? They have a handlebar and accelerate from the bar. They stand in between the wheels. The 118 men also use them in one of their adverts! I have tried to find a picture of one, but have failed because I don't know the name!I would love to find out, and get one!

Will the quick edit ever work again - please?

Does Chessie have the park-wide audio system like Thorpe, the one that can play right across the park?

Oblivion really need to get that missing widescreen TV sorted out in the station. There was 2, but one's been gone for ages now for some reason (over a year!). Come on, sort it out! The price of TV's are dropping!

Yes, it rides like a bat out of hell.Also, anyone remember the colourful W E L C O M E sign that used to be at the entrance? Well it's not there anymore, which is a shame, because it looked good. But if you look to your left as you go up the lift hill of Dragon Falls main drop, you will see it in hiding with some other old removed signs you may recognise from the past.Honestly, sometimes, Chessington do a crap job of hiding their signs. You'd think they'd either keep them stored all in one place, display them, send them back to the signmakers or bin 'em!

Professor Burp at the Mexican Diner? What, I have missed this! Is is inside or outside on the building roof?

What's been the lastest problem?

I did add anything to the Vortex topic. End of then.

Nope, I'm not nit-picking, I'm correcting someone's spelling mistake.

I'll tell you what bugs me anywhere now. If I'm watching the TV or reading the paper, it's supermarkets who are better than each other, with their swingometers etc.Grr.

Mash! And creamy mash is even better!Sniffing glue or sniffing solvent**only answer if you've tried it.

Yep - all available at Towers Times.co.ukDirect link - click me!Hex theme is great and so is Nemmie.

Bloody Vamp has been unreliable lately. When I was gonna go on it on Saturday it was closed (around 5:00pm) and I noticed one train stuck on lift hill 2.

I'm not nit-picking here but you spell cyclonic with a C, not S.

Fair enough. I'll never forget the time I was on it and it crept over the top, I've seen tortoises move faster! You actually have to look to the side to assume the best slow speed you're going. I usually look to the right, down on Rumba.

Were you waiting in the queueline or actually sitting on one of the cars? As well as that, it's also probably something to do with the fact that as the train stops just after the station, people might click open their restraint and easily run down the launch track paths on either side. Jeez, this is going to far. I know it's been in force for a while now and it's all to do with H&S etc etc etc, but what makes me laugh is that the park have only this year latched onto this fact of on-ride videos. It obviously shows the operator is watching every train going up like a hawk on the cameras.

But Dylan does have a connection with the films. I can't remember if it's a character or actor. Something to do with a son, I can remember that.

Earlier in this topic I was asking what would happen to Corkscrew, would it be sent to it's manufacturer? Well now I can answer that question for myself, as I have just found this on Alton Towers Almanac:However, fans of the ride will be happy to hear that the famous corkscrews themselves are likely to be saved and used somewhere in the park.Brilliant!

Does anyone know where I can download the current entrance music please?

Yeah, I agree. Bah, what do they know? If they believe that, then it might as well be laid at Thorpe's feet with other project codenames. Yes, it was a coincidence Stealth ended up the same as it's codename, and that how Nemmie was Calypso - in Calypso Quay! Southparks will forever live in a dreamworld, they really make laugh. Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd, Unit 5-6 Silverglade Business Park, Leatherhead Road, Chessington, KT9 2QL.If you look on a lot of merchandise, especially cups, it has "2008 Merlin Entertainments, KT9 2QL" which is that address. Or sometimes it has Merlin's head office postcode which is BH15 1NQ.

Hmm - I reckon the Colossus anti-rollback must be a favourite for us all.