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I like the sound of all that, apart from changing it from backwards to forwards, take that away and tbh it's losses what little it has left, I know it's getting this retheme but I really feel the ride should be left as it is in that respect.

I am loving the olympics and to be fair it is clearly very beneficial for our country and is rather the icing on the cake for an iconic year for our country what with the jubille before. I watched the opening ceremony and loved it, got better as it progressed untill the boredom of so many countries coming out and the ending was fab. Visited London yesterday as I secured tickets to see 2 volleyball matches at Earls Court through sports makers, Stratford was PACKED and the level of excitement and thrill and the sheer scale of things was great, I was so thrilled to see the olympic park up close and then being able to hold an olympic torch and then watching 2 matches of mens volleyball. The number of the people and the atmosphere at the matches was electric, shame about the sheer number of polish supporters and there bad sportsmanship towards Italy, the second match between Brazil and Italy was much better, but very enjoyable, memorable and thrilling to watch, we were so thankful to be able to attend an event for free and travel around for free for the day.

Are you serious? Detonator is piss poor, yes it has some theming but the actual ride is nothing, I've been on better drop towers in travelling fairgrounds, they really could miles better and it would be nice to have a higher class/different drop tower that packed a real punch.

If there still looking for IP's to use for the park, a perfect dark ride IMO that I'm sure many teenagers would love would be a Call Of Duty dark ride with laser shoot out.

If there was to be a swarm add on, I understand the parks not best at themed areas but I wouldn't want a Swarm related ride in that spot, I do agree on the idea of a dark ride as I also feel the arena is a waste of space, if they were to put a Swarm attraction in there it would be thoroughly confusing.

Visited today, they asked the ages of teenagers who were going on the ride without and adult and if you are under 18 you without an adult you were turned away, thought it was very unfair to assume all teenagers under 18 are trouble makers, in my experience its actually the older ones that are worse.

I recieved a reply email after making a complaint about the family rule and they confirmed it was due to the poor behaviour of some teenagers and said that with health and safety concerns they decided to trial run it being family only, they state that they are now allowing adults over the age of 18 onto the ride and that if there are any permenant changes that guests will be informed.

I would really love theme to add something like a Huss Delirium, its a different style of ride and I think it would be something that would suit and fit in with the areas theme and be able to cater to the variety of audience such as young and older thrill seekers and it combines a mix of flat ride and water ride.Personally myself I am biased though because I like the design and would love to ride it.http://www.hussrides.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=98&Itemid=152

IMO if they do the theming to the standard set by the plans then this ride will be superior to Nemesis, it is a good ride but I don't see why it gets such favouritism.

Now if there was a ride that deserved the sonic theme.And agreed that looks just vile

They really should be ashamed of their levels of parkwide general halloween theming, my local zoo has much more theming such as skeletons and figurines dotted around around cleverly placed and in my view it puts Thorpe Park to shame in terms of general atmosphere.I just wanted to edit this because I really do feel ashamed of Thorpe compared to my local zoo, the staff are all dressed up and again the parkwide theming and music for the amosphere with so much going on, there was a fire breathing show which did some very nice stunts and eating and it was revealed afterwards it was infact done by zoo keepers and general staff who had been trained especially and it made me so angry to think, if a zoo can do something like this then why the hell can't a massive chain theme park follow their example?Considering the staff weren't trained they where good at adding to the atmosphere interacting with the public etc, it just shows that if you do put the effort in, it makes it so much better, which is what fright nights really could and should be.

Slightly of topic but I hope the park gets a new management and Chessington, with the three top UK parks all being run by the same company there is literallly NO competition anymore and it shows in the quality of our parks really. Thorpe could be a great park for everyone if the right new managment came along and competed with Alton towers for that overall family market, this would improve the spending on the parks (which chessington gets a lack of), I haven't been but looking at the photo's of the park and hearing of no real new developments for god knows how many years seems sad and why?All because they are owned by one company, they don't want thorpe to compete with alton because they don't want their parks in competition, the same goes with all three of the parks, each would really benefit from seperate management who could put in the time, money and effort to compete with one another and make the UK Theme Park industry as great and competitive as in Europe and around the world.If they did Thorpe wouldn't have to remove great family attractions such as CCR for the benefit of it's owners, it's been the same with Tussaunds running all three, I really hope that we get some seperate owners some day to own each of the parks and repair whats left of the UK Theme Park industry.

Great find on the interludes :DJust thought I'd let you all know that it might not be much but Lady Gaga's official facebook status said that she was having a meeting about her tour today

Can't wait for the Mary the Night video and I was quite shocked that You and I didn't do so well in the UK charts, just shows our poor taste in music these days I swear people buy their music when they are drunk or something, you know when you think any song is great and just want to dance to it.Anyways to get back on topic, I was interested that there was a rumoured set list I heard mentioned a while ago, had anyone heard any more about this? whether it was infact true or not, or just heard anything in general about the tour, I am eagerly anticipating purchasing tickets as the last time I was in the upper balcony and the view wasn't great I want to get in quickly and try to get good seats and sticking with the same note I am hihgly excited about the release of her Live Tour DVD, does anyone know the date for its release yet?

Fright NightI've gone a bit different seeing as its Halloween and with the 10th anniversary everyones talking about fright nights and though I'm going I'm getting into the spirit and wanting something different to try I have attempted to come up with ideas for scare zones and mazes, enjoy :)2012:Fright night:Mazes-The Curse: The lighting is returned to being much darker, several new elements are added, a new corridor features sprinklers which are set of by an actor and a smell of rotting fish is wafted into the room with an actor uses there arms and legs to move the head and fin of a shark figurine mounted to the wall, in another corridor fish netting drapes from the ceiling and an eerie fisherman in a black mack and claw hand interacts with the group as they make their way through with only a rotating light system imitating a lighthouse lighting their way at times.Se7en The AsylumExperiment 10Scare Zone-Rash: White plastic sheet tube tunnels are set up on the island, the first section passes an area with buzzing noises which features flashing lights displaying dots that appear like a swarm on the sheets and splashes of blood are on the sheets, an actor sits cuddled up and rocking in the corner before revealing a half eaten face and interacting with the group sniffing them and prodding and stroking them as though they seem foreign, you then step outside through a torn sheet as the section infront is cordoned of with fencing and shows remains and blood, you are then around the pond with the helicopter and the roller coaster overhead as you exit large breaking sounds are heard and a van’s headlights come on, screams are played in and there are 2 red flashing sirens, there are body bags dotted around the ground some are half open and some are torn revealing corpses and one contains an actor who grabs at the groups legs, you then re-enter the tunnel system which features heaters and sprays of water for a tingling sensation as the water dries with buzzing sounds played in, a ticking sound with a heartbeat is heard and as they exit a large fake bomb is infront of them and a fire jet is sprayed when the timer reaches zero.2013:Fright night:Mazes-The Curse returns as it was last yearThe AsylumExperiment 10Hellgate returns with the tag line “Hellgate re-opens old wounds with a terrifying vengeance.”Replacement for Se7en in the location of Hellgate, The idea of the maze around the idea of feeling trapped within your phobias as the maze features small corridors and no rooms. You enter dimly lit flickering corridor where an actor as a demon reveals themselves from behind a curtain. As you turn the corner you are face to face with a dangling skeleton, down the second corridor smoke canons are sprayed loudly to make you jump an actor as a flying beast swings above you clawing at you. For the third corridor you turn the corner and a zombie actor launches themselves from a coffin at you and chases you and features fake hands stuck out along the walls as you turn the corner the next corridor you have to walk through 3 dangling nooses each with a dead body in and the second being an actor. The 5th corridor has screaming and bloody hand prints and has actor banging against the wall shouting brains who then grabs at you from a curtain as you turn the corner for the next corridor an open body is up against the wall and a deformed demons head bursts through the stomach laughing manically at you and you turn the corner to face a demons head before turning past it again and heading down the final corridor large demon roars are heard before a demon actor stomps behind you and runs at you roaring wielding a scythe and screaming “tear the flesh, feast the bones”.Scare Zones:Rash 2014:Fright Night:Mazes:The CurseCliché: The idea is focused around TV host Mickey Mayes who hosted a spooky quiz show about the horror of cliché’s, Mickey went insane after a frightened contestant accidentally knocked a fire jet onto him leaving him severely burned and this is shown on a TV in the queue line along with a news report about Mickey stating that he killed the contestant after he was replaced on the show and is currently being hunted down by the police.(Unbeknown to the group) an actress joins them as they are pre-warned by clown staff that the show is about to begin and told to enter.The first room features a voice over from Mickey who welcomes the group to the show and he then coldly states what’s the first cliché of a horror film, the lights go out and screams are heard as the lights come on the actress is lying on the floor in a pool of blood twitching with a killer in a black cloak raising the knife and walking towards the rest of the group as Mickey tells them to “run for their lives”.In the second room the group enter to find a large door where thudding sounds are coming from, Mickey’s voice over then states “and the second big cliché is?” the group then investigate the noise opening the door to reveal nothing however a large fan blows at them and the room dims with blue lights showing large footprints as thudding noises continue to be made, a stage hand then opens a secret door and beckons the group in.The stage hand then sprays silly string at the group as they enter the third room with a cellophane sheet infront of them posing as a window, Mickey “the next big cliché is…” a large demonic hand slams down on the window infront of them, Mickey “oh add another on you say? Go on then.” The group are then split in half and sent down the two different corridors.One: Features fake trees and a trip vine with a masked killer and chainsaw behind you chasing you.Two: There is what appears to be a barricade however actors posing as zombies reach through at them either side. The group remain split for there own small rooms:One: a fake body in chain against the wall appears to spurt blood at the victims and the lights go out and the table is turned around to appear as though the body is gone and an actor then interacts with the group.Two: The next room features a series of mirrors which are set up in a manor so that an actor’s creepy clown reflection goes across the mirrors then disappears and as they walk past the last mirror the clown shouts boo at them or blows a party blower.The final room rejoins the group and features a pit with a bridge and Mickey stands on the bridge wielding a gun and prepares to shoot at the group making realistic sounds when a saw blade swings across and hits Mickey who is knocked over the bridge and lies in blood appearing to be dead, as the group crosses the bridge Mickey startling starts grabbing at their legs etc and chases after them.Experiment 10 HellgateScare Zones:Rash 2015:Fright Night:Mazes:Cliché Experiment 10HellgateLair: Neptune’s Beach, guests are warned by a soldier to follow the red path, they enter a foggy room with eggs scattered around and certain planks cause reactions to happen such as one plank is attached to an alien figurine with causes an alien to pop out like hatching, another causes a claw to reach out at the guests legs at the end of the room a mother alien figurine is revealed to be reaching out at them and a voice over reveals they have entered an alien hatching ground and they will be hunted, an alien dressed actor is attached to the ceiling and reaches down with a claw at the unsuspecting guests with webs against the walls with a fake body attached, in the next corridor an actor as a soldier threatens the guests with his gun and the “shooting” is pumped air at them, in the next room a soldier actor is attacked by an alien which then disappears and as they pass the body a jet of air is blasted up from a fan at them, there are then two corridors one for able bodied and one for non abled and abled.Abled: The able bodied must climb through ropes posing as spider webs whilst an alien actor interacts with themNon- abled: an alien interacts with the group water is flowing from hoses at the tops of the walls and a dangling web to go through, they then rejoin in a final room where an alien tackles a shooting soldier and “blood” spurts at the guests from the soldiers bleeding neck who frantically pleads for help before the alien “chops” the head of and holds it in his claw and interacts with the group whilst the actor puts claws on and reaches through the curtains at the riders as they attempt to exit. Scare Zones:Hush: Opened in the area with the rush exit Rush, Quantum and Zodiac the area is “cordoned” of with actors posing as staff warning the public “not to go through” “avoid the horrific sight” and to “keep moving”.The area features taped of fake splattered remains and clothes and metallic pieces as though the ride had collapsed, and fake limbs and skulls, snakes and spiders placed in the netting, an inspectors bloodied coat has been discarded in the bushes, a limping zombified injured actor wanders the area frightening guests and a ghostly actor hides in the bushes waiting to startle unsuspecting guests, loud screams and creaking noises along with crashing metal are played into the area for atmosphere.

showsd the effrot the park is going to having the video taking your friends pictures and putting them all up on the board etc ZOMG that was so worth it, great detail and I can't beleive how fast the construction is picking up, this is all very exciting indeed.

Thank you I felt really silly afterwards for not getting the number but my day was rushed

Well all I can say is I hope they improve their style of maps because at the moment is appualing and gives a bad representation of the park, not suprising that I saw lots of park maps discarded around the park really there not easy to follow

Well it seems a bit strange to me to advertise the new island in the map and clearly show a bridge linking the island with sunkern gardens, that is why I found it strange to because the map also does not show a bridge between flying fish and thge island which is very misleading to the general public who don't know the plans like us so I'm taking this to mean they have changed?Not the best image but look at stealth and the sunkern gardens the bridge clearly links the island there with no bridge between the fish and the island? strange if anything I'd have though the fish bridge could be larger and having two would ease passage to the island.

Thats what I was thinking this could be used depending on the success of the petition to show the park how strongly we feel about some issues such as storm surge's theming.

http://ste193.deviantart.com/#/d49xkfd ]I can only attach the poster for now because my scanner is not currently working, the poster was located imbetween Ranger County and Calypso Quay underneath Nemesis Inferno's climb.Sorry I have been trying to attach the photo but it keeps saying I can't use the image extension

sorry they may have but to be honest I have never noticed it before in the time I have visited sorry just wanted to check others new and see if they knew the number? there are some suggestions I would have made if I had the time.

When I was on a visit to thorpe park today I found it very nice and refreshing to see that the park where definately taking an interest in what the general public thought of the park, they had provide a touch screen display survey about your day with the chance to voice any other opinions ( I didn't see it though untill the end of the day so I didn't have time to write my essay of pro's and con's).There where poster in various places around the park which provided a number ( which I failed to remember or use during the time and would appreciate it if anyone else could provide the number) and explained that this number provided them with a free text to the park with the offer of voicing their opinions to them.This could be a chance for the fan boys/girls to voice their opinions on matters, such as storm surges theming etcI just wondered what others thought of this as I myself found it be great that the park where advertising this as it shows that they do care what we think and feel.

ah but on the map it does infact advertise the new island and new ride for next year and it does infact show the bridge linking to the island I could scan on a picture if people want and I could also put a photo of a poster I saw around the park on my visit today, not sure if its already been mentioned but I'd assume it's safe to say the ride will feature water effects as the poster clearly shows a wave of water hiting the rider.