RobF

The thing is, that now it has happened all rides had to be checked and will need to be regularly re checked, to prevent this happening again. Ultimately the american accident was allowed to happen as the showman stopped getting the ride services and checked by KMG, so the arm may not have been inspected to servicing specifications. KMG have an overall have one of the best saftey record in the industry, as a one off incident that has now been identified and measures put in place, it wont put me off riding one again.

Sorry Benin did you want to include DBGTROTD with the accidental bulldozing

We had no issues at all with disabled access at Portaventura, and we at at the noodle bar next to dragon khan on both days and the food was good. Cant comment on the rest of the park. But I do agree ride ops are shocking and fast track sales are worse than merlin! The park doesnt flow well in terms of theme and certainly feels like something is missing.

In terms of maze quality the big top was so much better than the annual pass night although the projector is broken for the fortune teller. (It was abit weird with just the speach). It may also lead into why it was completely missed later in the night. I agree with swarm op's yesterday. There seem to be staff who would rather talk until the train is back rather than actively running the attraction.

Totally agree with the above

Is a newbie .... welcome to TPM

Have to say I was utterly disappointed with all the mazes this evening. Did several runs on most mazes, however there was a massive shortage of actors, the big top 4-5 actors throughout 1-2 in strobes one after the mirror maze and chainsaw man, the second half of the maze was just a joke! Sanctum and Platform 15 I imagine could be quite good in the dark but in daylight it just didnt cut it. Saw again was abit tame vs what I have experienced in 15/16 events. Living nightmare the opening section was actually the best bit, but the rest felt rushed and too short with no real scares. Overall a good night to get on the rides with short queues, I expect that the event will mature and build through the event.

For those who were interested in vixi, it's essentially still just hellements, with a 10 second walk through added to the end

There have been several fires at thorpe over the years, the mr rabbits tropical travels and wicked witches haunt was the big one, burger king in canda creek is another one that was quite well known.

I rode Khan in June and was amazing not at all rough really .... so unless wheel setup or climate affects the running of the ride it seems to have changed allot in a short time

I have to say I didint find IT scare nor were there many jumpy bits, which I think adds to the film rather than doing a paranormal....

I know previously wind speeds were monitored at the dome which isnt that high up, however since the smiler rides have more often or not on coasters had there own systems installed, zodiac could potentially tip over in high wind hence its on the weather closed list

700-800ph lol thats 2 train op ......

There was a face book post a couple of days back saying prices were going up the next day for annual passes

Soz !

Put me as a maybe please, I need to find out if I'm starting my new job before the meet

If we all look at the bigger picture, If merlin can and have saved on costs even if planned to be short term. if financially it improved profitability, its hard to justify getting the budget back up as there would need to be a physical return on the investment which maybe difficult to sell and have the additional £££'s built back into P&L figures/budgets.

I think thorpe have changed the loading/ restraint checks this year following incidents of people being on plaform when attempting dispatches, needless to say the new system is much slower

Vampire, on 3 new trains was still able to get quick dispatches, its just operations and need have slowed down.

Ticket prices of main stream cinema is an issue, but its one that isnt helped by the film companies demanding ever more £££ from exhibitors. Although the unlimited card is great value if you visit 1.5 times a month.

I would love an outside scare zone through the gardens but it would never happen :-( There are possible locations available that are not in the towers themselves it wouldnt be the first maze that towers have used in a marquee for.

I'm on the bridge with this one.... if the original big top was more like what we had last year then great. I think visually the attraction and theme externally was far superior in its first year. Accepted there were issues between tents but that could have easily been resolved with small tunnels ect between them like in platform. I hate to say it but I didnt have the vest expierences on last years big top

Also Colossus is a clone with a couple of extra inline twists!

Sorry for double post but tullys have released there 2017 line-up SO helliments is no more 2017 lineup's new addition is VIXI

There were no nuns last year :-( I miss the nuns they were hilarious!