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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!

^Didn't follow the rules of the game...

I thought that one was quite clever actually and a bit tongue-in-cheek too. I think with Swarm, though, they've got real opportunity to have really strong, powerful marketing, perhaps something a bit more 'grown-up', as opposed to some cheap stunts.

As glad as I am they're doing this, it's going to be harder for me to avoid all the work now! :PAs the development has continued, I've more and more realised just how little I want to know about it before opening - keep the suspense, surprise, etc. Then geek out at the construction after riding it - hopefully I can avoid these brilliant looking updates for the next few months...

I love how people are more interested with how GM get some photos than just how close the structure is to the track...

I believe that the plans submitted to the council said that it was just amendments to the previous application, which had already been approved, hence why a lot of the 'old' plans are present.I'd assume that, subject to planning permission, the hotel could open in 2013 (as previously planned?) or 2014.About the above plan, it looks more like an LTDP than a MTDP in honesty, showing the MTDP up to 2010, and then the newer islands which would come afterwards.. :S

Decided to create one of these as well, what with getting a fair few new rides done with my AT visit this year. 1) Nemesis, Alton Towers. Amazing ride, theme, theming, audio and atmosphere. Strong top spot. 2) Nemesis Inferno, Thorpe Park. B&M Inverts seem to be something I like. Great ride experience and audio; hard to beat really. 3) Hex, Alton Towers. A new entry for this year. One of the strangest experiences on a theme park attraction; brilliant atmosphere, story, concept and theming. Mind = blown. 4) Th13teen, Alton Towers. Another new entry this year. Great fun, with a nice ambience created around the area. If it hadn't been for that trim on the first drop, it could have even have made third.. 5) Rush, Thorpe Park. Simple concept, no real theming, yet the ride experience, audio and generally just the ride itself makes it the best flat ride I've been on to date. 6) The Antelope, Gulliver's World Warrington. Getting harder to put rides in positions now. I dunno what it was about this one, but I remember riding it and just absolutely loving it - shame it's the only woodie I've been on! 7) Rattlesnake, Chessington WOA. Love the ride, love the theme, theming and audio and it's just great fun. Should probably be sixth, but I guess the amount of times I've ridden this and Antelope are affecting the decision. 8) Detonator, Thorpe Park. Granted, it's the only drop tower I've been on, but it sets the standard high. Going on what others have said, I imagine that it's hard to beat as far as drop towers go. 9) Loggers Leap, Thorpe Park. Great log flume, can't really be faulted apart from the fact that it's a little bit on the short side. 10) Saw - The Ride, Thorpe Park. Seem to have differing views to most members of this forum, but I just find it 'intense', not 'rough'. Layout is great, theming is okay, audio is the biggest problem I have. I always do one of these as well...*Honorary mention: CCR, Thorpe Park (as always ). Loved the attraction, still gutted to see it go.*

I've heard that during firework events, Thorpe limit the attendance figures to 8k max for H&S reasons. Could be completely false, but it did seem that way this year.Thought I'd just throw that out there..

This. I get the whole idea of it making it sound better, but I don't see why they've felt the need to go down this route. They've got that it's the first winged coaster in the UK, and they've got a great theme and story going so far; no real need for them to chuck on some 'Biggest and fastest' line.As said, I'm not bothered by it really, but just I just found it interesting that they've decided to go down that route considering the options they've got open to them..

By the looks of it, the fire engine blown up was of the same style as the fire engine shown in the plans, and probably of the same size. Also, where it's only been burnt, and not 'blown' up, and the fire engine in the plans is behind a fence, I see no reason why it couldn't be used in honesty, unless there's something about planning which would prevent it.Would make for great continuity too, considering it was blown up to a Swarm audio piece for marketing of the ride. Speculation on my part on the earlier page, but as soon as I heard that they were blowing up a vechile, I did hope it would be related to Swarm's theming.

Don't get me wrong; I'm glad Thorpe did it, and it's something that should be praised; as Mark said, other parks in similar situations would not bother. So a well done to Thorpe of course! :)But when push comes to shove, it should be expected really, which I think is something we'd all agree on.

Cheers for clearing that up.The thing is, from a guest (not a fan) perspective, I really shouldn't care if it's last day of season or anything like that - if a ride is broken, I'd expect the park to do their upmost to fix it for guest's enjoyment. That's what they did on Sunday, and, in my opinion, I can see that as the only option the park should consider; if they want to be the best, guests should be their priority right?

So, if you went to Blow It Up, you probably heard the DJ bigging up The Swarm, saying how it's the tallest and fastest winging coaster in Europe. http://www.thorpepark.com/default.aspxThe main website states it to be the 'tallest, longest and fastest winged roller coaster' in Europe. Interesting how Furius Baco at PortAventura, which is faster and longer, is overlooked and not being classed as a winged coaster. Personally, I'm not really that fussed by it all, but is there any reason for it be marketed in this way?