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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.

Blue :)Guinea Pig or Rabbit

I think you are correct :)Not even going to bother with voting, people who've entered in this weeks challenge are obviously able to re-enter the same picture as this challenge has been ended early.The winner of course is AeRo with his stunning picture.Nice little tactical move getting me to tweak the challenge in your favour Anyway well done * Round of Applause*This weeks challenge will run from now till next Sunday Another General one purely because I'm short of ideas at the moment and until it becomes a bit more popular, I don't want to risk doing challenges which the majority won't be able to/can't be bothered to enter " To get the best picture you can of any Roller Coaster at ANY park"Thanks to all who have entered this week, sorry for ending early, but I think it was a unanimous decision it was a one-horse race.Good luck to all once again.Lets just hope AeRo doesn't have some other stunning picture from Phantasialand

Plane ( "Love the Launch" )Alton Towers Or ChessingtonEdit : beaten to it :PGuitar HeroAlton Towers Or Chessington

In my opinion sadly that is the way Thorpe will always be in the summer months. I'm not sure opening later would do the trick as just look at Fright Nights, that's consistently busy all day. Thorpe is just a busy place, with it's size, it's clientele and there not being anywhere or not even a ride to escape to.By there not being a ride to escape to, off the top of my head I can't think of a ride where you can go on just to enjoy, or just to sit down for a bit. E.g Safari Skyway, Skyride, Duel even, Bubbleworks, etc. Part of why I think Thorpe is in dire need of a fantastic, world class dark ride.

The Maurer Sohne spinner cars are quite cramped/small and its a tight fit even for me at just over 1.7.I have seen them allow people over 1.95cm ( the height limit) on before but under certain circumstances I'm not sure of.

Thats unbelieveable :PI wish Thorpe/Chessington/ Alton would incorporate effects like that to some of there rides.

Oh my dear god :)Do those effects work every cycle ?And I'm going to enter this week for fun