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Something seemingly to keep the attention on this ticking along. Be interesting to see if this of any relevance in the grand scheme of things.

It'll be general work on Colossus most likely. Happens every so often (I think it last happened in 2010 / 2011?).

The park have confirmed that Klughiem will feature two new coasters. The second will be called 'Raik', and is a Vekoma family Boomerang. Given the positioning of footers, it seems possible that the lift and end of circuit will go underneath River Quest's first drop.

Yeah, no... Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator: Bombs Away (5) Flying Fish (5) I'm A Celebrity (2) King Pig's Wild Hog Dodgems (5) Loggers Leap (6) Mr. Monkey's Banana Ride (4) Nemesis Inferno (6) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (4) SAW - The Ride (5) Slammer (7) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (6) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) X (5) IAC + Slammer -

Nice name; I like it. Doesn't exactly scream spinning coaster to me, but who knows!

For me personally, the standard expectation for any ride should be that it will be enjoyable and "good". So having low expectations is essentially the same as assuming something will be bad. I do get what you're saying though, what with the 'future of theme parks' and all that. But whether that claim is worthwhile or not should have no leanings towards the quality of the attraction itself.

You see, I just hate that argument personally. If you're "pleasantly surprised" that an attraction is enjoyable, when they're meant to be enjoyable, then quite frankly, there's something up. With any ride / attraction / experience, you should go into it expecting that you will enjoy it and have fun. Or, failing that,at least appreciate it for what it is. You shouldn't have to hype it up as a best ride ever, or expect it to be bad. Then, if a ride fails to meet that expectation, it's a bad ride. If it meets it, you have a good ride.

I get where a fair amount of the negativity comes from. In particular, I can see why people I very sceptical about whether a Merlin theme park can sustain a large-scale dark ride long term. But for people to go into it with low expectations is just silly really. If you're going into an attraction expecting it to be bad, then why are you going into it at all? It seems pointless. I can get it in some circumstances - for example, if you're riding a coaster which is known to be rough, but you still want to try it out, etc. But if you're following the construction of something completely new and expect it to be bad, why even bother?

Yeah, as Ryan says, this happens quite often, at all different times, on all the forums: http://forum.maniahub.com/topic/3156-samurai/?p=141946 http://www.coasterforce.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33243 http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=115&t=36548&p=635207 it's just the stock image that the 'Ride Traders' site uses.

Some new concept art for the wooden coaster, from Plopsa's FB: Confirms the name too. Looking forward to this!

Answer spoilered, in case you're only wanting Creeky's answer...

There's a report about it on the Guardian's news site: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/07/syrian-civilians-killed-us-airstrike

Oooh, interesting. It's a bit more than an inverted top hat, but not quite a banana roll. Whatever sort of coaster this turns out to be, it's sure going to be full of surprises!

I wouldn't want to see Thorpe 'bring back' mazes in the way people are suggesting; I don't get the appeal of it. The only maze I'd like to see return is Experiment 10, but even then, I'd like to see it with an improved layout / more isolation chambers so that it could deal with its own popularity. But since we're listing our 5 favourite Fright Nights attractions... -Studio 13: The Motel -Experiment 10 -Blair Witch Project (well, in 2014/2015) -Cabin in the Woods -Se7en

Creek hit the nail on the head - the excavation of, and construction in, Oblivion's tunnel will have been very expensive. Also, even back then, the investment costs of rides at Towers will include everything, from construction to advertising. Oblivion had a lot of advertising go into it during 1997, and it will all add up.

Yeah okay.

I don't disagree with any of that. However, Charlie's point was he was disgusted how many people are Conservative. My point is that only 24% of people identify themselves as Conservative to the level where they can be bothered to vote. And that's not a majority of people.

Anything + Matt Creek's YouTube videos -

Well Chessington HAS lost its sparkle in recent years..

11.3 million people voted Conservative in this year's General Election. A quick Google search said that the population of the UK was about 64.1 million. Hence the 17-18% figure. That number includes all those who can't vote though. So it turns out about 46.5 million people were registered to vote, and only 11.3 million voted Conservative - about 24%. Again, still hardly a majority. You can count non voters since they will not vote for a variety of reasons and, more importantly, they did note vote Conservative.

Only about 17-18% of the country voted Conservative at this year's General Election. Hardly a majority. As for the bombing of Syria, I know very little about the whole scenario, so can't really give any views.

This gif was recently posted on Coasterforce... Looks pretty darn cool!

Apologises for creating a thread about a ridiculously obscure park that next-to-no-one on here will likely visit any time soon, but I think it's worthy of its own thread.. So, Ankapark is a new park being built in Turkey, due to open in August 2016. And amazingly, they're planning on opening not 1, not 2, not 3, ... , but FIFTEEN roller coasters. Insane really. A full list of the coasters confirmed so far is on RCDB: http://rcdb.com/12017.htm Most interesting ones are naturally the Intamin 10-inverting (new style layout and presumably trains, like Altair) and an unknown Intamin family launch coaster (possibly like Juvulen). Unfortunately the rest of the coasters are pretty much cheap, off-the-shelf coasters, and even a couple of random Chinese manufacturers. So, for the most part, the park have gone for quantity over quality, but I guess it's an exciting development for Turkey. But then again, with 2 coasters completely unknown, there might still be a surprise in store.. Anyways, a few of the coasters have already been built. Here's a photo of the 10-looper:

Update on the 2 other coasters (images from VHCoasters' Facebook): Some of the track for the SFX coaster has gone up, showing one of the inversions. Here's another photo, from earlier on in construction. I think it really shows the scale of the track: And a photo of the Intamin shuttle coaster. Apparently, it's meant to go through the glass and the track is meant to spike vertically upwards..

This video and style is a lot better that the random Swarm dancing people in London that Thorpe did. So that's good. I hope that we see a Smiler-style promotion with loads of posters marketing the attraction - it would work especially well at many train stations. With Derren sharing these sort of stories, and him having a massive following, it should do some good in gearing up some interest.