Paul

Yes, it was quite funny. It was only a joke Jack, everyone can be sarcastic now and again. And I'm sorry, but if you ask a question like that, you can expect sarcasm .Anyway, back on topic now.

Orange .

I'm just going to have a quick rant. It really annoys when I hear straight people referring to being straight as "normal". I hear it all the time in conversations at school for example. I am straight, but I am completely open-minded, and it annoys me when people say that being gay is "un-natural". Everyone is different, and everyone's sexual orientation is different. I just want people to accept that. We are such a diverse world, and there is no such thing as "normal" in my opinion. That's my rant over .

The shoulder restraints aren't the problem for me on Slammer. I just find the seats very uncomfortable, even when the overhead restraints aren't touching my shoulders.

I love the way the floor folds away when the train is dispatched!

I think it's a bit cruddy how they just put the pre-recorded video at the start, and then literally just tag on the footage of your ride. You would think that if you are paying £14 for a DVD, they would make an interesting mix of pre-recorded footage and on-ride footage, rather than just adding the video on to the end.

It obviously is their fault because they designed them . To be honest, I don't find any wrong with Rush's seats, but I am so uncomfortable when riding Slammer. The hard seats really hurt my back, and this means I usually can't enjoy the ride.

I'm sure I heard "Bobby's Girl - Susan Maughan" yesturday outside Tidal Wave. Maybe it was something similar.

I wouldn't say the queues on Monday were massive. Especially seeing as it was a Bank Holiday.

Generally, Chessington is not as badly affected as Thorpe Park is by the weather. (This is understandable as Thorpe Park has many more thrill and larger rides). I think rides such as Dragon's Fury and Vampire are affected the same as Colossus and Nemesis are for example. Usually, if it is just spitting, most if not all of the attractions will remain open. If it is torrential rain however, it is more than likely that more attractions will close for the duration of the severe weather. But then again, Chessington has Tomb Blaster, Bubbleworks etc which are indoors, therefore won't be affected by the rain. And many of the rides that are not very tall won't get affected by weather very easily. I know that in the past on my visits Ramases Revenge has experienced some difficulty operating in the rain, as did Samurai before it was moved.Hope this helps .

No, it definitely couldn't fall back down the hill. The anti-rollback catches would always prevent this from happening. If there have been any injuries on the lift hill or the drop, it would only be due to the fault of the riders themselves, I.e.: standing up or doing other things they have been told not to such as trailing their hands in the water.

I've got it as by Chubby Checker.

I was queuing behind the gates, and the train before we were due to ride experienced a rollback.

I know how you feel. It's just over 4 hours from where I live. I haven't been for 6 years, but I think we're going in the Summer .

That, I'm afraid is an impossible question to answer.

It's irritating watching the people who were standing next to you in the original queue riding the ride almost instantly while you are still waiting in the Front Row queue.

If you're considering changing your thursday trip because of queue-times, I wouldn't worry because Thorpe Park and Chessington queue times haven't got a huge difference between them this week.

The queue for the front is usually incredibly long, but it's completely worth the wait when you ride.

I've just finished uploading the playlist onto Spotify . Thanks for uploading the playlist, tpkabz.

The cattle pen has been full up on all of the visits I can remember!

I would love to visit this half-term, but I have had my fun at Thorpe today, and I really need to get on with some revision now. I'm thinking of visiting Chessington once if not twice during the Summer though. If anyone wants to meet up during the summer and go to Chessington, please feel free to contact me .

The Logger's Leap operation and technical teams were working efficiently today. Logger's Leap opened around 11am, and suffering another technical problem later in the afternoon about 3ish, the technical team were quickly at hand to rectify the problem, and have the ride running like clockwork again by 4.30pm.

Why wait? If I were you I would visit this week; The queues will probably be a reasonable length, and Thorpe Park really seem to be on their game at the moment.

To be honest, before my visit today, I was starting to go off of Thorpe Park. I had been let down so many times in the past with ride reliability, and so many other things, that I was getting a bit tired of going there. But I'm glad to say that today's visit completely turned that around. I was so impressed with the overall service provided, and I had such a fantastic day out. It just shows you, that even if the park is busy, when Thorpe Park get it right, you can have such a fantastic day.

For the first time when I have ridden, the pendulum blades were in operation today . In fact, all of the effects were.