Paul

Trust me, it won't look like you're in a SAW film . All they do is put the footage of you on the ride on the DVD after some pre-recorded footage. It's not very technical, and in my opinion, not worth the £14. But hey, it's a nice souvenir to have I suppose.

I know you asked James, but that journey should take roughly 2 and a half hours. And it probably won't be too busy on Friday, seeing as the schools are back now. Saying that, June / July is the prime time for school trips.

Ridiculous in a good way . I.e.: ridiculously cheap.

In my opinion, it moves quite quickly. Fare enough it's not the quickest in the park, but I wouldn't say it's the slowest either.

It's actually ridiculous. It costs around £8 more to get public transport from my home to Alton Towers, than it does to get transport to Thorpe Park.

Well, I have no idea how to get there, but I know that from Kent it takes 4 1/2 hours on a good day (which is about 1 hour from London). So you will probably be looking around 3 - 4 hours travel time (if the traffic is light).

Don't feel left out. I'm pretty sure you had already reached 1000 by the time I joined.

Effectively no breaks mmm...

Congratulations .

No. It would only make a difference to the ride if there was no water in the trough at the bottom of the drop . And that would be nasty.

:)The drop does often have very little water, if any.

Yeah, the main queue is entitled such for a reason. It should be where everyone queues to get on a ride. The idea of single rider is to use occasionally if you are on your own, and there might be some seats to fill. Not to use all the time, just to cut queues, when like Tim said, other people are waiting very patiently for 45 mins+.

Yes, go up to the counter and ask for one.

You do realize that the picture of Tidal Wave on Google Earth could have been taken when it had broken down?

Oh right. Well yes, obviously the drop usually has water on, (but occasionally doesn't), but as far as I am aware, the U-Bend has mostly been operating without water since opening in 2000.

Are you talking about the U-Bend, or the small part after the chain release?

Yes, but when Elliot said a few posts back, that the park is very often reaching full capacity, this is obviously untrue. I am guessing he meant that the park is often very busy.

Exactly, it would be empty because it always is!

If you're talking about the U-bend at the top, then that part of the ride doesn't require water to operate.

http://www.thorpeparkguide.com/parktour/am.../tidalwave2.jpgI love finding early photos like this, when the ride was so clean and sparkly - and the effects were working. Is that sky real? It looks awfully blue!

Yeah, it's only happened twice this year.

Personally, I would love to see a HUSS Topple Tower installed in Ranger County / Calypso Quay.

There are many Top Scans in travelling fairs, but I have no idea if there are any other installations in any UK theme parks.

That would be awesome!

But why should they put him through? There are thousands of drummers in Britain, so why is he any different?