MattyMoo

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?

I'm rather looking forward to this - and meeting you lot for the first time Be gentle with me please?! haha

Next Friday confirmed as booked off from work To add to the lift related opportunities - I'm driving from Farnborough, so will probably go through Chobham to get to Chertsey as the M3 is no fun in the morning during rush hour.

Just go to book the day off work, but I'm sure it'll be fine! Yay!

Thanks for the clarification! I did suspect it was pointless, should've trusted my instincts!

Ooh is that the airgates in the station? I'm sure it's already been pointed out somewhere, but yay if they are yellow! It'll look just like the game!

I second the above - Smiler logo in place of Fanta logo, good call!

I wonder what Thorpe will do with that expanse of space where SAW Alive was (still is?) for the 2013 season - my guess is absolutely naff all. "What's that queue line fencing over there for?" "Oh, nothing whatsoever" I'm sure Thorpe have removed all traces of Canada Creek railway for 2013 too! Also - does anyone think the professor/scientist character outside X with the alien/robot chasing him has any relevance to the retheme...?

I am officially a possibility for this - kudos to Peaj for his organising skills and behind the scenes numbers-drumming-up, btw! In short - my gf doesn't do theme parks really, and I tend to only see her at weekends as she's in Pompey, I'm in Farnborough - so it's a case of getting the OK for it, ha!

I think the billboard is a fab addition to the ride - but I do wonder what the cost of that billboard could've achieved if spent elsewhere on the park! I love the Swarm (sorry, SWARM) and SWARM Island, but I do question Thorpe's priorities sometimes. If there's no new X and only 1 train on Swarm to start the season, this would be a monumentous fail on Thorpe's part

As said before, I am a Slammer fan but TP can't/won't keep fixing it or sticking a plaster on it if the cost isn't justified. Let's just hope that if Slammer does go, then the money they've "saved" can be spent elsewhere... that elusive Colossus repaint could edge ever closer!

Is the change to X WTF this year going to be that there is no change...? Only 10 days to go!

I love Slammer - in my view, Thorpe Park will be looking at it cost-wise on a year-by-year basis. After all the work done on the ride in 2012, they will be looking to run it for 2013 as much as possible... if there's still more downtime despite this work, then 2014 will become questionable.

I think that's all part of the "thrill" of Storm Surge. Ahem. Nothing better than wet shoes and socks for the rest of the day!