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So the Fastrack queue has now become the backwards queue, and one of the extension queues has presumably been modified a bit to become the Fastrack queue? Interesting. Not what I was expecting to be honest, and is actually a good idea. My biggest concern is that it'll make it easier for people to think 'let's do it backwards', and create very long queues, as well as how well the station and bag point will be organised. Only time can tell us on that one...

Is it unreasonable to expect that they should have rebuilt it this closed season? If they're planning on rebuiliding it in the future, we're still left with this mish-mash of tunnel and no tunnel which looks horrid; not particularly good impression is it..? Or maybe they could have maintained it better in the first place so they wouldn't have had to resort to this?

I believe that it is on of these things: (Sorry about the quality) You used to see it on the CCR route I think (this photo is from the route in 2011, not 2010 like the stamp says ). I think there was another one to your right as you left the tunnel?

http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/page/live Looking at Shoutbox is a good thing to do...

According to the Live Feed, Stealth's airtime hill has had "a bit of a repaint". This would be the second time Stealth has had a 'bit of a repaint' I think... Question is, why? I can think of a couple of Intamin rides at Thorpe which need a repaint, and Stealth isn't one of them.

Almost seems like they tried to create the best of both worlds, and ended up with the worst... I'll reserve any further judgement until I've actually seen it in real life, but yeah...

There's the rumours of the B&M prototype that was meant to be SW7, but got pushed back to SW8 as well... I also think Alton have now said the SW tag isn't exclusive to coasters now, and rumours of a major dark ride in 2016 are floating about if I remember correctly.

As far as I've seen, the buses never take passengers before 3:30pm. Someone who used the service before may know. If it is the case, you can get the 446 or the 51, but you'd have to go outside the car park, and you'd have to get off at Staines bus station (not sure about the 51 actually, but think you do..). The 446 runs every half hour, the 51 hourly, not too sure on the exact times though.

Let's not get tied up in these sorts of jokes, ey? But seriously, as I've said before, Loggers tunnel goes - changes experience, makes the ride totally different, could adversely affect the experience of the first drop totally. I hope that they just don't simply remove the tunnel and leave it like that..

This rope discussion has hung around for too long. Can we all just move on from it now please?

Brilliant opportunity - massive thanks to everyone from here and Thorpe for organising this! Ridiculously gutted that I won't be able to make this rare type of meet. Hope everyone who goes has a great time!

Whilst we're at in, why not get the X Factor to sponsor the whole of X Sector? We can then give The Lord of Darkness and Dr Kelman detailed backstories as to how their whole lives have been difficult and they have now finally found a release to make them happy.

Nope, absolutely nothing there.

From what I remember, the Menu was quite limited and changed a couple of times during the season. There was a choice of a couple of baguettes. At the beginning of the season, it was a choice between Pork and Gammon, and I think Beef cropped up later, replacing Gammon at one point. I only ever saw a maximum choice of two different flavours though. You could have optional extras of crackling or stuffing, as well as some sauces / dressings. It could change this season though. Would recommend you try it though - good value and very tasty!

Bit of a random question and a long shot, but here goes... Does anyone have a link to listen / download Wendell Ferguson's 'One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor'? Was a song on the old Canada Creek playlist - been trying for ages to find, but can't seem to find it anywhere on the internet at all?

Never really a fan of these sorts of polls, but that's a different story. Certainly some interesting results. Must admit I'm somehwat surprised by Swarm's high rating, but even more surprised that X Flight has come in as the top wing rider!? Certainly out of all the ones there are, it looked one of the weakest ones. How on earth Stealth is rated as the 3rd best coaster in the UK is beyond me? Good to see some rides, such as Dragon's Fury, do well also - definitely think many underrate it at times. As for two Mirabliandia coasters in the Top 10 - someone take me to Italy please?

Okay, just had an actual nose around on it. There's a little game on which is recalling sequences of animals. Gets a bit difficult near the end, but I've completed that now. Will definitely keep younger kids entertained for ages though, as it's a nice game to play again and again! Then there's an Explore section, giving lots of info on the different species that feature in Zufari. Finally, there's a 'Win' section - a little competition for during the year where you send in a photo of 'someone enjoying Zufari' and have a chance to win 1 of 5 Chessington Family Passes. All in all, a nice neat little app. Certainly designed with families in mind, but it mixes educational features and a bit of fun all in one. Great piece of marketing and in general, just great!

http://www.chessington.com/zufari/app/ Zufari also has its own app! Just installed it now - seems good and suits! Brilliant stuff by Chessington yet again with this project!

http://www.thorpepark.com/plan-your-visit/park-map.aspx The new map for this season has been released. Things I've noticed: -X:\No Way Out is now simply called X, and is now Thrilling and Fun. Seemingly not marketed as new though. -Saw Alive no longer features on the map. -Bigger emphasis on the arena. -More emphasis on partying in the dome. -Crash Pad looking Crash Paddy.. -ORPs no longer on Detonator. Not that they were popular anyway. Shame to see they've stuck with the same style yet again.

Maybe it's just the angle the photos are taken, but it looks like there's a possibility for a second 'near miss' (or at the very least, look quite close) opportunity with the billboard after the corkscrew? Either way, great addition! Certainly fits in and adds to the overall feel of the area.

Definitely not a wind up. Thorpe have updated their website's main page explicitly saying 'There's a sting in the tail', 'The Swarm has mutated'. They've said two rows will go backwards. They have been pushing it heavily on Facebook and Twitter. People would be annoyed / disappointed / shocked / whatever bad feeling if they said 'LOL JK, we're turning X around!' The adverts for Thorpe are never on TV this earlier. Last year, the adverts for the park did go on TV until the 18th March - 4 days after the park opened. They would also receieve a lot of complaints for misrepresentation / lying to the public if this were to be a 'wind up'...

Whilst I hate to play this card, they've had the whole of closed season to get two trains ready. This was rumoured before closed season began, and no doubt Thorpe got in touch with B&M ages ago. In my eyes, the fact that only one train is 'ready' at the beginning of March is very surprising...and confusing. I know there can be issues with these things, but still...

So, potentially, we could see Thorpe open with 1 train operation on their big new attraction, which has a new twist, and without a ride which they'll be heavily changing (X)? Seriously, you have GOT to be kidding me... I've expressed concerns about this in the past. Thorpe have said that the modification isn't a quick 'take the rows off, turn them round, stick them back on again' job. No doubt it'll take time. I'd have thought that there'd then be testing to take place to ensure it's safe and 'green carded' (I think that's the correct term at least?). If it's the case that there's only 1 train has the rows turned backwards on Sunday, that leaves them with 3 days to sort it out before opening. As I said in the past, I'm no expert on these sort of things, but is 3 days really enough? As much as I hate to be pessimistic about this, I'm glad that I'm missing Opening Weekend for the first time in goodness knows how long. It's sounding like there's potential for a train wreck... :/

That track looks quite nice actually. Better than I saw expecting at least. Will be interesting to see how the 'top hat' section looks in real life, regardless of the idiocy of the idea...