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Thanks very much Mark :PIt's such a shame, it truly was amazing :PAbout the over-speed warning thing, surely modifications could have been made to make it go the correct speed and not cut-out.And sorry for all the questions but, have settings 3 and 4 that you speak of been removed or are the ops simply forbidden to use it?Thanks

Right HandedContact lenses or Glasses?

I'm gonna go with St. Pancras as to be honest I don't have a clue what/who/where Gare Du Nord is :POn a train , facing backwards or forwards.

I agree with 100% of everything you just said .Also has some pretty fantastic theming. Although, after the crash it definatley isn't running away as fast as it used to

Keep these entries coming guys :)Remeber they can be from any park, not just Thorpe

Rock :)What should Thorpe get next, Flyer or Woodie?

1.Your day footage is no longer in operation.2.Photos are £73.Rides with photos are: Nemesis, Air, Oblivion, Duel, Congo River Rapids, The Flume, Battle Galleons, Spinball Whizzer and Rita: Queen of Speed. Oh and the Runaway Mine Train4.Afraid not, unless you've pre-booked with Alton Towers, Staying at the hotel or have an Annual Pass, you are not entitled to ERT.5. If there is a large ride unavailable it is usual advertised on the ticker tape at the top of the Alton Towers website, like after the Skyride fire, Rita was down, and the website stated that.Someone also asked earlier about the rides on ERT in the morning.I think they are: Oblivion, Rita and Sharkbait Reef are definite.However I think I read somewhere that Runaway Mine Train, Duel and Spinball are also operating this year due to the addition of people pre-booking eligible for ERT.In the past though Nemesis or Air has also opened for ERT, Don't expect either of them to be open for ERT though. Hopefully this information has helped

Dragon Falls :)Bubbleworks or Rumba Rapids

Again... :)And about this rollbacks issue. Obviously Thorpe don't want them to happen, but I've always thought they are more of a rarity on Stealth than other accelorator coasters? I think I've only ever seen one.Maybe it's just me

Loggers Leap, Rumba Rapids is shocking In my opinion.Tidal wave or Loggers Leap

IntaminAirtime or loops

oooh tough one... hmm probably Veokoma BUT thats only because the only Macks I've been on are the water rides/powered coasters, and I do love the Big Thunder Mountains and Expedition Everest . Blue Fire does look amazing though.Which ride type do you prefer? A log flume or a Rapids

Thanks and Hopefully it will be :)I'm looking forward to going to them soon after each other as usually, the last one I've been to becomes my favourite ( unless it's Thorpe ) , so it will be nice to compare them all at the same time of year. :Dyou can all look forward to 3 trip reports in a week. I am SO jealous!Have a great time.

Ha , well over the past couple of months people have been phoning up organising trips ( I'm so popular ) , I just looked at my phone organiser thing just now , and I thought I was dreaming Shame It'll be about a 3 month break before I go to any of them again after though...

Had a quick look and couldn't see anything like this, basically just tell us where your planning on going :)Next week I have a great week planned as I'm going to Chessington, Thorpe and Alton Towers :PAren't Merlin lucky :DYour turn...

Spani****alian or Spanish

Great find, your right that is a fantastic POV. Must have been taken before 2003 though as I couldn't quite make out Nemesis Inferno

Ah thanks Mark and Paul , but what about the ride has changed and whys it been run on a less intense setting?

ColossusFood outlets available at Alton or Food outlets available at Thorpe?

Samurai, Submission is the most sorry excuse for a ride ever. I really don't understand what made Alton Towers think to get one.Also Samurai is one of my favourite flats :)Stealth or Rita: Queen Of Speed

Nemesis, best ride in the UK :)Oblivion or Rita

Oblivion :)Nemesis or Nemesis Inferno

Only been on Tidal Wave but going by pics and videos I'm going to say Stormforce 10. Not a lover of rides where all they do is go up and come down. ( Bar Stealth and Detonator )Apocalypse or Detonator

Like Mark9, It used to be one of my favourite rides in the park, and I remember the whole cycle you were barely in your seat. :)It's still great fun, but not a patch on what it used to be.Is there any paticular reason as to why it's become more tame, or is it just run on a lower setting?

I rode Slammer a couple of years and whilst boarding I realised I hadn't given my phone to my friends who weren't riding and were having a coffee, I tried my best to secure it in my pockets which were Velcro. I started off holding the phone in the pocket but couldn't bear not holding on, and hey presto, 105ft up in the air, this phone plunged to the ground. Went to guest services and filled out a lost item form and somehow someone had found it and handed it in, more amazing still , it still worked, good ol' Nokia.My point is from that day onwards I will only ever wear clothes which have a secure zip on, or if not, will not take my phone to the park. The fact that it fell around an area close enough to people for someone to find it, made me scared that it could have hit someone and if it had, I don't even know how bad I would have felt with guilt.