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The first half (well, first minute of that video) of the ride seems a tad unexciting to me; second half seems to be when the ride picks up. Hard to tell from a POV of course, but I the first half just looks a bit blasé. Looks like a good, fun family ride all in all though.

Looks nice. Seems like the right hand side will be giving a better experience though. Other wing riders seem to give a more even number of 'flipping over the track' and 'flipping under the track', if you will. FotD seems to heavily give the flip overs to the right side. Doubt it'll make that much a difference mind.

Oh Alton... http://www.towersstreet.com/news/2014/skyride-sub-terra-hex-and-ripsaw-to-open-from-11am/

Slap me wrist I'm double posting, but there's another resin statue... Okay Thorpe, you have the 5 major coasters and Tidal Wave in resin statues now. Please stop making such good quality merch...please?

Swarm was a bit of a mare today... Opened late (about 12ish, so not that late, but the latest I've ever seen it open...), no water effects, no fire effects, no audio effects, no audio in the area or station area at all. Nothing. Literally just the ride there, which is a real shame; like the ride was there in body, but not in spirit if you will. Hope it's sorted out ASAP! On a more positive note, operations were fab on the ride, with staff bashing through the trains and sending them out as soon as physically possible it seemed!

Super cool image of the Shark Hotel: Have to say, I'm surprised as how the new colour scheme and wavy top made it look a lot nicer!

Totally agree about the need to move the old bag collection signs! To be fair, though, all of the staff who platformed today mentioned about throwing your hands up and having a rave when I went on today, so that wasn't just this guy. As for prioritising 'faff and interaction' over checking bars and sending trains, I disagree. His interaction was either whilst checking bars or between trains arriving in the station, and he was still quick at sending out trains (or, at least, no slower than any other platformers today). Each to their own though I guess.

Stealth shop is looking mighty fine... Amity Fish and Chips / Stealth Diner looks nice too (I think the picture makes it look worse to be honest), but hopefully they'll make it look nicer still:

Not gonna lie, I saw this from the other side of the park, so I can't really say. I definitely saw it running though

Thoughts on the new X... Like it just as much as last year's X...I think. The new music is fine with me, the new lights are pretty cool. I noticed there was a couple of points along the track where it looked like 'track was missing' (I think due to how the lighting was rigged up) which was pretty amazing I though. However, it's hard for to tell because there was a floodlight on in the ride area (above the airtime-esque hill after the second set of block brakes). It lit up half the pyramid, meaning that any lights in that area were not effective at all, and everything there was far too easy to see. However, the side of the area not lit up by the pyramid was quite dark and really quite cool to be in. Hopefully that'll be sorted soon. Also, shout out to one of the awesome guys platforming. Full of energy, life and kept everyone entertained; just the sorta staff needed for X!

Samurai was testing this afternoon at about 2ish. Don't know if it ended up opening today, but I'd be willing to bet it'll be open by the weekend!

S&S free spin maybe? Alvey got to try out a test track of it and seemed to scream with excitement over it (when doesn't he though I guess?) and he's making a big deal outta of all this it seems.

In my post, you'll find that I said 'in some cases'. It's by no means a general thing, but from my own experience, I've found that when some people have more money, they spend less, and when they have less money, they spend more. Just a mere observation; sorry for stating it.

I do find that, in some cases, the more money people have, the scroogeier they can be, and the less they have, the more they give money away / spend. When it comes to charity, it will no doubt come down to personality. However, I would say that one's personality is somewhat shaped by their financial situation, especially when they were younger.

I'd completely forgotten about Treasure Island to be honest! Given the rough dates of the other two, it's more than likely to relate to it in some way.

They were found in a cupboard in my house a few days ago and hence I've now claimed them as mine! Here's a couple of close up shots of the pencil: I'm assuming this has no relevance to P4D and that these didn't come as a set. Still, a nice little random thing to have I guess. XD

It's pointless contacting a lecturer of a module. They're there to lecture you, set the assessment method and ensure you are taught everything you need to do the best you can. It you're stressed or struggling or whatever, and you're not in exceptional circumstances (ie - if you're not seriously ill / having personal issues / etc), then there's no obligation for them to be any more sympathetic than a brick wall to be honest. If they're not, it does mean they're a bit of a fail at being a human being, but still. it's not their problem. Would be better off contacting your personal tutor / mentor / whatever personal support system your uni sets up. It's their duty to actually care about you, listen to your concerns, offer you advice and so forth. If they're not doing that, request a change (I did this at the beginning of my most recent term, and it was the best decision ever). It's too serious a thing to just leave. Though, the lecturer in general sounds like a right idiot if he hasn't fully detailed how you're going to be assessed until the very end, and then makes it unnecessarily stressful and difficult for students.

Unusual question, but was there anything near / under the main entrance bridge over the weekend, possibly relating to the hotel? Because there certainly was today; almost looked like a line of shark fins (though that was likely my imagination get carried away)

I know people say Samurai is a cracking ride, but I didn't think they meant literally!

Old Thorpe merch alert... Rubber is from 1994 (as old as me!), pencil case is from 1995; no idea about the pencil.

Some photos of new merch taken from Memories of Thorpe Park's FB page... New resin statues. New clothing. Here we go again...

I'd be more worried of them copying Wodan to be honest!

I've heard April somewhere along the grapevine...

Thorpe do state it in their marketing that it is 115ft though. Even in their Student Pack for example - http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/fd0fb72e#/fd0fb72e/16 It might not be 115ft from ground level or whatever, but they use 115ft in marketing.

Theme music has apparently changed too!