Theme Park bloke

I'm surprised they haven't been replaced up until now. Most of them don't work, where as Chessington's Falls' is perfect.

Anyone read this? From official website:22/05/2009Shoe should be so lucky!Alton Towers Resort introduces shoe ban to outsmart child cheatsAhead of half-term next week, the UK’s favourite destination for families has announced it is banning children from wearing high heels and is planning to introduce airport-style scanners for some of its more extreme rides following a spate of child cheats who don’t make the height requirements.The Alton Towers Resort, whose ground-breaking rollercoasters have either a 1.2m or 1.4m height restriction has been faced with a number of youngster’s attempting to trick their way on to the rides, not just by the old favourite of standing on tip-toes, but by wearing high heels, multiple socks and even attempting to fill their shoes with items. Since the Theme Park re-opened in March, one vertically-challenged youngster was even found to have attached a pair of flip-flops to his trainers with masking tape in a bid to make the grade, whilst a young girl appeared to have swapped shoes with her mother in order to make the 1.4 metre height restriction.From Saturday 23rd of May, high-heels of more than an inch will be banned and the Resort is currently looking to purchase shoe x-ray scanners similar to those now used in airports across the UK to speed up the checks on some of its bigger rides such as Oblivion and Nemesis. Morwenna Angove, Sales and Marketing Director at the Alton Towers Resort said ‘Children arrive at the Resort and are understandably full of excitement at the prospect of riding our groundbreaking rollercoasters, so we of course understand the disappointment they feel when they are measured and are too short to ride. However, our height restrictions are in place to ensure the health and safety of all our guests, so whilst this ban may appear extreme, we are confident it will reduce the number of desperate attempts to gain a cm or two!’.

Yeah, she's nice. And so is Miley Cyrus.My biggest ones have gotta be Cheryl Cole and Kelly Brook.

If I'm at home feeling down or bored, I hook the PDA up to my stereo speakers or my portable speakers and blast away, at an earth-moving highly annoying volume!

I absolutely love the music they had playing at the entrance and into Towers Street last year! I also find it kind of "traditional" to fit in with the ageing Towers, for a park like that, you don't need funky, out-of-this-world music at the entrance (which wouldn't suit the park anyway). I think it was new last year. The track is so "welcoming" to the park. Is it there this year?For those of you who don't know what track I'm talking about, the track can be downloaded from Really Rollercoaster.co.uk, but at the moment the site's closed.Can anyone tell who's been this year if that track is playing at the entrance this year?

Yes, entrance theme. The best theme!

That I will agree on.

As I say, I can build basic walls and paths, and I can dig holes and make coasters go in them and back out, and I can successfully "tarmac over" the hole and coaster for people to walk over. My only achievement in this is Oblivion.And I can build coasters too (who can't?). I know you can download custom, scenery and objects but first I need to master roofs and walls more.

Don't diss yourself for being heroic, I'm all for have-a-go heroes. Well done. Fair play!My advice to people is don't play them at their own game, or stoop down to their level, be better and stand up for yourself, and give back what they deserve.

Please don't take it personally Ross, everyone does it here. Even me.

It hasn't been gone that long!Gordon Brown or Barack Obama?

I know it's a joke but people don't take it seriously that all rides are running. It was funny at first but it's worn off a long time ago now.

If you listen to the TPM version, you'll hear it's different from the official. The official one repeats a section of it at both the beginning, and towards the end. It also plays the Quantum theme towards the end I think.

Here we go again, people doubting Thorpe and literally jinxing and asking for the rides to be unvailable. It's one thing I'm sick of here - why can't people be happy and serious that all rides are available instead of it being scarcastic jokes and comments?

Anyone here who rides Nemesis, does the ride makes your eyes water? Mine do.

Brilliant! Tell me, how do you get the surrounding cage on the lift hill, or is that applied as you build the coaster? I can build basic walls and paths, but when it comes to roofs that's when I struggle. I also cannot build wall fences too well, do you have to build the path and then fence along it? I know how to find these fences in that long list of items. I also need to master digging holes better (I can just do the basics), and filling them in with water.

ChipsTapioca or Macaroni pudding?

I know you're supposed to admire the views on Peeking Heights but I can't help but notice that the inner parts of the wheel are still Eclipse's colours. Look centrally and behind the wooden wheels when on the ride.

I agree, the Chessie section does get neglected.

Apologies if this has already been cleared but do we know when construction for the hotel will begin, and when it will open? And is it going near the newly-built maintenance sheds, across the lake from Stealth?

What's your favourite? Mine's the main entrance theme.

I usually give it 30 minutes too before giving up. And I hate the ones who leave the queue as the announcement is being made.Impatient - that's one thing people in the country are today.

Actually, no - it's not.

I know usually the generic announcement is "has ceased operation. We are unsure of how long the delay will be" because that's good they don't give estimated times which they can't gauruntee. But hearing that is just irritating.

And why is it down, what's wrong?