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From what I've heard Apocalypse is a must, and I think Maelstrom is supposed to be okay...?Anyway, have a good trip

One of the things for me that makes a wait bearable is if the staff on the ride are working quickly and the ride is being dispatched as close to capacity as possible.But yeah I won't be going Thorpe this summer

Gotta be El Toro, or Voyage, or Bizzaro (Hyper Version) or Behemoth, or Prowler, or Joris en de DraakThere are way to many to mention

^ I must say some older Vekoma coasters are rough but they really do make a lot of great rides, the most of which are not "too" rough -_-Plus I LOVE there mine trains

Agreed... It really rolls off the tongue :(Aha, I guess at least it's more apparent to the GP what it is

^ Aha true, *cough* Saw *Cough*

It "could" be a variation of Intamin's Wing Rider Coaster.Definitely think it's a B&M though, it all fits.And guys, why is nobody considering a Pinfari?World's biggest Wacky Worm is on it's way

Not in the Fountain Finale,But the Organist in the Vampire station was synced perfectly with the music and I've not seen it so "in time" before

Indeed -_-Here is the shop as it is now with the newly branded "Alton Towers Resort DVD"

Yesterday it definitely was a decent ride (almost "good" !!! ), and in fact the worst section of the ride was probably the Fountain Finale, which was unusual.

Bubbleworks today was the best it's been in a LONG time. All music more or less working and many effects I've not seen for a while. Great to see.Also, at the moment, the toes are wobbling and the left foot IS there

I can assure you he has a big toe at the moment :)Only a right foot, but a big toe nonetheless.

The left foot of one of the workers? If so I can explain...It happened the day I was there, sometime in September. A group, going round on the ride, decided it'd be fun to knock over one of the Bubble workers, which are obviously secured to the floor, this broke one of it's feet. In fact for a while afterwards all that was there was the broken foot as the model had been taken away.Don't you just hate people who do things like that?

Seeing as I wasn't there, no :)What was strange?Also, does anyone know how the special event Zoo thing went last night?

Good TR, sounds like a good day despite the queue's.I really hope Vampire is back on 3 trains soon, it's desperate for it!

Anyone up for a really old picture of Banana Boat and Thorpe ?Metallabu EnnienScroll right down to the bottom.The manufacturer of the ride is also obviously Metallbau Emmeln (MBE) which was interesting as I've always thought it to be Vekoma.Look at Thorpe's background or lack of.

I must say, I think that actually looks quite good :PWhich reminds me, I still haven't managed to get on to Dragon Falls yet this year! :P

Good to see you had a great trip, I saw Kobra was down on the site, doesn't look good :s

I don't know what it means by the rack rate, but basically on weekends at Holiday Inn Chessington, they have a set number of rooms they sell as "annual pass rooms" these are about £50 per night not including breakfast, but they sell out very quickly...

^ To be honest, I'd love to be able to add to this, but everything said, is 100% true and exactly how I feel as well.Thanks for explaining it so well Mark and Mikey especially :unsure:Does anyone think we/someone should e-mail Merlin with all these points and let them know that large communities, the ones who understand the parks the best, feel this way?

Ah, well a fantastic Trip Report nevertheless

Wow, it looks like a great park and I wish I could try it out some time

Really would have loved to get on this, I couldn't get to the original event so couldn't book it, but could have got to this one, a shame but I hope everyone going has a great time and takes lots of pictures

To be honest, the only bit of the drop that is worse than any other drop is the switch-over from vertically up to vertically down, which last milliseconds and from then on it doesn't feel too different or extreme at all and from experience the journey up is a lot worse than down. Anyway it's not that drop you need to be worrying about