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Canada Creek Railway (5)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (4)Logger's Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (8)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (8)Samurai (4)Saw Alive (4)Slammer (4)Stealth (2)Storm In A Teacup (5)Storm Surge (2)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (4)X:\No Way Out (8)Storm Surge (-)Stealth (+)

^The video, including sound, is copyright to Lobsterpictures.tv GM have just uploaded it.

Double post, but it's worth it...http://go-merlin.co.uk/theswarm/ That time lapse video!!

Well that settles it - outside it is!

Canada Creek Railway (5)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (4)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (8)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (7)Samurai (4)Saw Alive (2)Slammer (4)Stealth (4)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (3)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (4)X:\ No Way Out (9)Stealth (+)Saw Alive (-)

For the first go, I don't really care. I'm indifferent; I'll go with the flow and see where that takes me. Though, if it ends up being a choice when in the queue, I'll probably go for the one with the longer wait, to have more chance to take in the atmosphere of the station.. :PI'm more debating at the moment as to whether I want to go inside or outside for my first ride. Outside is likely to give better interaction, but inside is more likely to be smoother. Decisions decision...

I think that specific ride audio is something Thorpe has done successfully with most of their rides (my only real grumble being the Saw duo), so I can't see Thorpe making a mistake with Swarm.I love the idea of some sort of eerie choir singing some sort of chant in the station, even if it's just for dispatch. I'm more interested as to how the general island will sound; so many routes Thorpe could go down, and I'm interested which one they'll take..

Canada Creek Railway (5)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (3)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (7)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (6)Samurai (5)Saw Alive (4)Slammer (4)Stealth (5)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (5)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (4)X:\ No Way Out (7)Flying Fish (+)Slammer (-)

Canada Creek Railway (6)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (4)Nemesis Inferno (5)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (5)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (7)Saw Alive (4)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (5)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Saw (+)Mr Monkey's (-)

Canada Creek Railway (6)Chief Ranger's Carousel (3)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (6)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (7)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (2)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a Teacup (4)Storm Surge (7)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (4)X:\ No Way Out (5)CRC (-)Saw The Ride (+)

Canada Creek Railway (6)Chief Ranger's Carousel (3)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (6)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (6)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (2)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (7)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (4)X:\ No Way Out (5)Saw - The Ride (+)CRC (-)

The fencing plan seems to show partial accessibility to the Rickety Jet; about two-thirds of the way.

Canada Creek Railway (6)Chief Ranger's Carousel (2)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (6)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (6)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (3)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (7)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (4)X:\ No Way Out (5)Mr Monkey's (+)CRC (-)

Canada Creek Railway (6)Chief Ranger's Carousel (2)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (4)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (6)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (4)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (7)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)X:\NWO (+)CRC (-)

Canada Creek Railway (6)Chief Ranger's Carousel (4)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (4)Nemesis Inferno (5)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (6)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (4)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (6)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Inferno (+)CRC (-)

Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Ranger's Carousel (4)Colossus (6)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (4)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (5)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (5)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (6)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (6)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Zodiac (4)Inferno (+)CRC (-)CCR to be included as it was open for 2011.

^ TrollinCanada Creek Railway (5)Chief Ranger's Carousel (5)Colossus (6)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (4)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (3)Nemesis Inferno (7)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (4)Rush (5)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (5)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (8)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (7)Tidal Wave (5)Time Voyagers (2)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Zodiac (4)Zodiac (+)Time Voyagers (-)

Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Ranger's Carousel (5)Colossus (7)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (4)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (3)Nemesis Inferno (7)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (4)Rush (5)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (5)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (8)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (5)Tidal Wave (5)Time Voyagers (3)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Zodiac (4)Mr Monkey (+)Time Voyagers (-)

Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Ranger's Carousel (5)Colossus (6)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (4)Nemesis Inferno (7)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (4)Rush (5)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (5)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (8)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (4)Tidal Wave (5)Time Voyagers (3)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Zodiac (4)Rumba Rapids (+)Time Voyagers (-)

Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Ranger's Carousel (5)Colossus (6)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (4)Nemesis Inferno (7)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (5)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (5)Saw Alive (4)Slammer (5)Stealth (7)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (4)Tidal Wave (5)Time Voyagers (4)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Zodiac (4)Nemesis Inferno (+)Time Voyagers (-)

Well, this is something I sort of promised myself I would do..Really, it's just a collection of photos I've taken over the past year on CCR, just so that they're in one place and so that they're always there for the memories! Enjoy them as much I enjoyed riding CCR: The somewhat themed shed which leads to Loggers Leap's enclosed area. One on many views of Saw. These sorts of views just aren't possible without CCR. Saw exitting its second inversion. Saw going through the Immeleann turn. Air time hill. The end of Saw, and management I think? Logo. Wish I timed this photo better to get a Saw car in that reflection. The lock of the gates. thorpeparkjack should remember the reasoning behind taking this photo... The story board. 'Theming'. View of the Loggers queue on a warm summer's day. I remember back in the day when all of that queue would be full... Loved this bear! :') Fishy bear. It did used to have a more realistic looking plastic fish in its mouth, but rumour goes someone leant out of the train, grabbed it and threw it in the river... The 'tree hugger' bear. I can't remember when it didn't say 8 bears to be honest. The contraption which gives you a cold trickle of water on Loggers Leap. There was always something interesting underneath Loggers' lift/drop... ...included leaks. One of the rare times the breeze and the right timing left you with a refreshing mist of water. The nice little grassy area near the station. Hopefully this could be extended to a picnic area or something? I know it's just photos really, but hopefully it leaves some memories for everyone to enjoy. To round it all off... CCR will always get the thumbs up from me!!

It made a return last year, and was as fun (and controversial!) as I remembered it, so why not do it again this year? For those who don't know the rules, they're quite simple:Each Thorpe Park ride starts of with 5 points, and each poster will take a point from one ride and add it to another. When a ride hits 0 points that ride is eliminated and points all get reset to 5 again. The game carries on until one ride is left standing. Only other rule is you must wait 3 turns before you can vote again.I'll start!Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Ranger's Carousel (5)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (5)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (5)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (4)Stealth (5)Storm in a Teacup (5)Storm Surge (5)Tidal Wave (5)Time Voyagers (5)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Zodiac (5)Nemesis Inferno + Slammer -(Also, mods, is it possible to have this moved to the general section if it's popular enough, so it's easier to get to and that? )

Ropers = automatic 0 I'm afraid. ;)EDIT: Grrr, beaten to it. So for Luke:Some cool looking fairground attraction I guess - 8/10.

At this moment in time, has a reputation of...30!