MattyMoo

At risk of going too off topic - I'm fine with Saw, Stealth, Swarm, Colossus, Nemesis etc... but it's the "fairground" style rides that I can't hack - agree with the Afterburner comment! I tend to avoid things like waltzers too as they just do me in... it's more a case of making me feel queasy for a while which puts a dampner on the day, I've done the rides before and they aren't my thing so tend to not bother now. So yeah - Vortex is a big no-no for me... maybe I can stomach Samurai now it's on a lame setting!! Detty doesn't make me feel ill, and weirdly, Slammer doesn't either! Cheers Ryan for confirming my X sickness isn't completely abnormal I think the fact the park was empty and we'd just been on Colossus 3 times in a row didn't help matters

Thanks for the submarine clarification it was the tail at the end that threw me

Thanks for that again Ricky - I won't mention Slammer any more in this thread I'm also looking forward to the new X, as the old one did make me vom once after eating Chocolate Buttons before hand. Rookie mistake I know...

Maybe Depth Charge's whale (?) on top will be refurbed for next year I'm a Depth Charge fan, wouldn't like to see it go to be honest - it's a classic, and pretty harmless

There's one here I found!

Thanks for that info - I had no idea Slammer's throughput was so poor

That zeroing issue will be good fun during peak season if it's not sorted! I'm not a Samurai fan per se... it's resulted in my Burger King making a reappearance a couple of times in the past

What Mer said - excellent organisation Peaj! Looking forward to Friday, hope the sunshine continues till then!

BBC Weather is saying between 7 and 9 degrees centigrade on Friday... so I guess it could be worse...!

I agree to an extent - but I can't see what Thorpe are going to do to make those shipping containers look anything less like shipping containers in the mean time I will gladly be proved wrong by Merlin though

Detty's Fright Nites audio (Humpty Dumpty) still gets my vote as the best across the park - with Rush's a close 2nd

What have I started? "Loggers Leap Tunnel: 1989 - 2012"

^ What he said Packs a nice punch for one so small! Went on Power Tower II at Winter Wonderland the year before last - was bricking it expecting a Detty style hit multiplied by 2 - instead it was a rather pleasant ride, entirely different... preffered Detty actually!

If it's open, face your fears (oops, wrong ride) and ride Slammer whilst you still can As I say - it's been quite some time since I've ridden, I'm hoping all is well for this Friday. If Stealth misbehaves herself, then I'll cry Though my luck with avoiding Stealth downtime seems to be pretty good!

Brilliant news, I'll be taking my loose change jar up Sainsbury's tonight to use the Coinstar machine in anticipation! "I asked for Cycle 6 on Samurai and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt" I'll be quiet now

Any word on those "I <3 Stealth's Rope" and "I Went To Thorpe & They Still Haven't Got A Topsin" t-shirts that were rumoured?

The big question is... are those BOSE Bass Cannons being used now?

I do love a quick go or two on Detty when en route to Nemesis Inferno on a quiet day I always forget quite how high it is...

Stealthy, don't you start misbehaving already! Fair play to TP to getting it open as Marc said - credit where credit is due, there!

Result, I might actually get to ride it on Friday for the first time in years!

A speed bump? Can I have a link please, I need some hot speed bump action in my life this Sunday! haha And people wonder why enthusiasts get a bad name

I really really like "Mirrors" - I think it's a brilliant pop tune, got nothing against JT at all, comes across as a likeable chap! Think his performance was the highlight of The Brits, other than Taylor Swift's outfit change and boots

Yep it's certainly a step in the right direction, I agree... hopefully next closed season they will continue this trend. Rumba is in such dire need of having something done to it, that'd be top of my list.

Oh Detty!

Was Slammer in operation yesterday? Or is that a stupid question?