JoshC.

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This is one thing which sticks out to me. The current situation, as you describe it, is that the roof is rotting and collapsing; quite possibly beyond a state of repair. In other words, the roof / tunnel needs to go. So, they have two choices: remove it and replace it or just remove it. On a log flume such as Loggers (ie one where there is little theming and it is just styled), the ride will be defined and remembered for by the drop / drops. Arguably, with Dragon Falls and Flume, they have a bit more than the drops to characterise them (Falls not so much, but that's a little beside the point in what I'm trying to say...). So, Loggers has two defining moments - the indoor drop, and the big, double drop. The drop will come as a surprise to many, as when the boats enter the tunnel, unless you pay loads of attention, you don't really realise it starts going up, and you don't know it goes down. Having no tunnel means that the surprise is gone. So, by not replacing the tunnel, guest experience will suffer. Guests who have been on the ride before will likely notice it, or at least think 'Well, this is different..' and may have negative effects from it, and first time guests will lose that 'shock factor'. So really, when Thorpe come to the decision to remove the roof, their immediate reaction - in my eyes - should be "Hey, we should replace the roof, let's do it to keep all our guests happy". Not only that, but it's the prime opportunity to make the tunnel better, easier to access and so forth. To be honest, the removal of the tunnel wouldn't be as bad an issue for me if it wasn't a large part of the overall experience, however, it is. I just hope that if they do not replace it in any way, they at least do something to create a new experience on ride to compensate for one experience being lost.

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Banned for banning someone immediately after they banned you, and hence creating a banception.

Colossus (4) Depth Charge (4) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Logger's Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (6) Nemesis Inferno (6) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (8) Slammer (3) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (4) X:/No Way Out (5) Vortex + Slammer -

Colossus (4) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Logger's Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (6) Nemesis Inferno (6) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (7) Slammer (3) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (4) X:/No Way Out (5) Colossus + Slammer -

Colossus (4) Depth Charge (4) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Logger's Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (6) Nemesis Inferno (6) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (6) Slammer (4) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) X:/No Way Out (5) Mr Monkey's + Slammer -

"Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible." - Albert Einstein

I believe Thorpe opens two days before hand actually.. Seriously, I wouldn't worry about it. Sure, it's probably a bit behind schedule, but there you go. Rides will have work done right up until the last moment, regardless of the schedule they're on. If Alton have put a time on for the ride to open, and they care about their guests' satisfaction, they'd move the Earth to get this thing fully complete on March 16th. As I say, it's something to not worry about.

Chief Rangers Carousel (4) Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (6) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (5) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (6) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Slammer (5) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (4) X://No Way Out (5) CRC - Storm in a Teacup +

Air (5) Battle Galleons (5) Berry Bish Bash (5) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (4) Congo River Rapids (5) Driving School (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (5) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (5) Galloper's Carousel (4) Haunted Hollow (5) Heave Ho! (5) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (6) Ice Age The 4D Experience (5) Marauders Mayhem (5) Nemesis (6) Nemesis: Sub-Terra (6) Oblivion (9) Old Macdnalds Singing Barn (4) Ripsaw (8) Rita (5) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Twirling Toadstool (1) The Blade (3) The Flume (5) The Gardens (5) The Towers (5) Th13teen (5) Sonic Spinball (4) Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5) Skyride (4) Squirrel Nutty Ride (6) Sub Terra + Twirling Toadstools -

Chief Rangers Carousel (3) Colossus (6) Depth Charge (4) Detonator (6) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (6) Nemesis Inferno (7) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (4) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (8) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (2) Slammer (4) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (4) Tidal Wave (6) Vortex (5) X://No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) Saw + CRC -

Chief Rangers Carousel (4) Colossus (6) Depth Charge (4) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Logger's Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Boat Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (6) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (4) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (4) Slammer (5) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (6) Vortex (5) X:/No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) Rumba Rapids + (May not be brilliant, but I love it) CRC - (Nice and all, but I don't use it these days)

Oh. I just copied the reset scores from Cookie Dough's post, but he had taken a turn, adding one to Colossus, and taking one away from Fish, but I don't think he's allowed the do that? :S So, it should be that all the rides are set back to 5, and then you can plus / minus from any ride you want...I think. Oh dear, I think I've made this a lot more confusing than it should be...

Woah; 2-1 is not zero!? Not that it matters too much anyway, as I'll just say: Swarm + Neptune's Beach - to deliver the final blow and take us back to the starting point. Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Logger's Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Boat Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (5) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (5) Slammer (5) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) X:/No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5)

Air (5) Battle Galleons (5) Berry Bish Bash (5) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (6) Congo River Rapids (5) Driving School (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (5) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (5) Galloper's Carousel (5) Haunted Hollow (5) Heave Ho! (5) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (5) Ice Age The 4D Experience (5) Marauders Mayhem (5) Nemesis (6) Nemesis: Sub-Terra (5) Oblivion (6) Old Macdnalds Singing Barn (4) Ripsaw (5) Rita (5) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Twirling Toadstool (4) The Blade (4) The Flume (5) The Gardens (5) The Towers (5) Th13teen (5) Sonic Spinball (5) Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5) Skyride (5) Squirrel Nutty Ride (5) Twirling Toadstool + Old McDonald's Singing Barn -

So, I spent over an hour cooking for myself this evening. It was rice nuggets in a herby-tomato sauce; something from my cookbook I'd been wanting to try for absolutely ages. Everything had been going well, and the last 5 minutes were just getting the nuggets and the sauce together in a frying pan. I was stirring, and then boom - frying pan somehow flies off the hob and the food goes over me and all over the food. An hour's worth of effort, a reasonable amount of matter, especially when on a student budget, and a lot of food down the bin. Tried starting again, completely mucked it up, so resorted to pizza... A bit annoyed now to be honest... ¬¬ (And considering a couple of days ago I set fire to spaghetti, I seem to be on a bit of a bad luck streak with cooking at the moment), though this does feel like a bit of a pathetic rant compared to the above.. :/

Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (6) Depth charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Boat Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (5) Neptune's Beach (5) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (6) Samurai (4) Saw: The Ride (5) Slammer (5) Stealth (6) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Showcase (1) The Swarm (6) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) X://No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) Swarm + Showcase - EDIT: Includes Peaj's and ThorpePark=: )'s scores

Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (6) Depth charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Boat Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (5) Neptune's Beach (5) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (5) Slammer (5) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Showcase (4) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) X://No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) Quantum +1 The Showcase -1

Air (6) Battle Galleons (5) Berry Bish Bash (5) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (4) Congo River Rapids (5) Driving School (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (6) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (4) Galloper's Carousel (5) Haunted Hollow (5) Heave Ho! (5) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (6) Ice Age The 4D Experience (5) Marauders Mayhem (5) Nemesis (6) Nemesis Sub-Terra (5) Oblivion (6) Old Macdonalds Singing Barn (5) Ripsaw (5) Rita (5) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Twirling Toadstool (5) The Blade (5) The Flume (5) The Gardens (5) The Towers (5) Th13teen (5) Sonic Spinball (5) Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5) Skyride (5) Squirrel Nutty Ride (5) Wobble World (2) Th13teen +1 Wobble World -1

I'm really disappointed if this is the case. The tunnel adds to the whole experience. It's a bit of the unknown, adds variety into the ride and makes it more enjoyable. The fact that it's been in a not-so-good state the past few years really speaks volumes about the situation...

Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (6) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (6) Neptune's Beach (3) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (5) Slammer (5) Stealth (6) Storm In A Teacup (5) Storm Surge (3) The Showcase (5) The Swarm (6) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) X://No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) Storm Surge +1 Neptune's Beach -1

Air (5) Battle Galleons (5) Berry Bish Bash (5) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (5) Congo River Rapids (5) Driving School (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (5) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (6) Galloper's Carousel (5) Haunted Hollow (5) Heave Ho! (5) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (6) Ice Age The 4D Experience (5) Marauders Mayhem (5) Nemesis (6) Nemesis Sub-Terra (6) Oblivion (6) Old Macdonalds Singing Barn (5) Ripsaw (6) Rita (4) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Twirling Toadstool (5) There's Something In The Dungheap (2) The Blade (4) The Flume (5) The Gardens (5) The Towers (5) Th13teen (5) Sonic Spinball (5) Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5) Skyride (4) Squirrel Nutty Ride (5) Wobble World (5) Nemesis +1 Dungheap -1

Let's see if we actually finish this one this year.. Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (6) Neptune's Beach (5) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (7) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (6) Slammer (5) Stealth (6) Storm In A Teacup (5) Storm Surge (4) The Showcase (4) The Swarm (6) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) Wet Wet Wet (1) X://No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) Swarm + Wet Wet Wet -