MattyMoo

That's good to know anyway - going all that way for 10-4 opening with some rides opening at 11am or midday seems a bit of a joke.

Apparently XNWOTWD was down all day yesterday? The website ticker says Opens Saturday, but that could be an old message...

We're going on Friday 20th April - I find it somewhat ridiculous that Towers still haven't put online the opening hours for that day as yet, but I'm guessing it's going to be a 10-4, sigh. EDIT: They've just gone online, 10-4 it is then....

"You'd never even recognize that it used to be X" I'd beg to differ m8. EDIT: Sir Sanbrooke Esq. speaks the truth lads. He rates it a 5/10 (not a 15/10) and says "You could still tell it was X basically"

This 100%. If the PR machine goes into super HYPE mode, and the reality is something very different and the public are disappointed, then that's no-one's fault other than Merlin's.

@BaronC. Did you charge your phone after the ride? Seemed like a lot of "VIPs" in the queue last night - I understand DBGTROTD broke down last night too, for a change

Hurrah Hope that motorbike is screwed down properly - that looks far too easily accessible for people to mess about with!

Incredible...

@Mer Ah that's good Although the staff member didn't even spot my headset wasn't on and had already given the thumbs up (as I was still trying to find a space where there was a spare working headset)

Agree with Mer's post above. My headset on parts 1 and 2 was working fine - however - the problem I always have is having to hold the flippin' thing on your head otherwise it slips down! Maybe you can adjust the straps but time always seems to be of the essence and I'm just happy to have a headset that actually works. Does kill the vibe a bit with attendants saying "Headsets in bags don't work" I did get touched during the VR... would say that the second bit of VR is vastly improved with extra bits now, and both sets of VR do work well (even with having to hold the headset on your head). Think I preferred the original "middle section" to be honest (currently) as the "maze" was just a bit odd - maybe they'll tweak the new middle section but it just felt a bit naff, and the projection was particularly poor. The fake shop ending works well - but agree, was quite funny seeing the Demon just left stuck there at the end Was trying to work out what was in the closed off part of the queue - it was the part where your head is photo'd and you lean on a rest, assume this was for the 3D jars that never really worked - or actually never worked at all?! So in the queue, that bit is shut off (1st photo point still operational) and the luggage hold is now shut off too. The less said of the state of the posters in the queue line, the better - there's literally nothing of them left now So yes - DBGTROTD2 is good - it's definitely better than 2016 and 2017, so the ride should be finished sometime in 2020.

It may be a legit concept and exist but it won't even feature on the ride when it opens. I think Thorpe Park just think up a headline then make up the story behind it afterwards. Laughable really. Shame because I thought it looked pretty decent from the entrance facade and watchtower when on park on Saturday - like Josh said, if they actually just sold the ride on it's real life strengths and qualities, instead of these dodgy "fake news" stories, I'd have more respect from them and be more bothered. 15/10 on the nonsense scale.

IT DOES NOT EXIST AND WILL NOT EXIST IT IS ALL MADE UP.

Utter utter rubbish and hyperbole. It defies logic that people read and believe this rubbish. Spoiler alert - you will never see these devices in the carriages.

Saw wasn't running well on Saturday - the queue moved very slowly, and there was no-one batching at the Fasttrack/Main Queue merge point at bag drop so it was a bit of a free for all. Saw a number of trains going out with empty seats which shouldn't really happen - let alone when there's a 60 minute queue. The spinning blades are back though!

After a brief period of downtime on Saturday, Stealth was back up and running two trains like a dream - fair play to the ride team as they were always dispatching in the 40 second window, and the queue was moving quickly. There's a 2 second gap between "go go go!" and the green lights currently but I can forgive that for now. For all you fans out there, the two trains running are No. 2 and No. 3 #truefacts

A lot of the food outlets are now Card Only - which is fine as long as the card machines are up to the job. Felt for the poor chap on Peckish, not only were most of the menu items not on his till, his Chip & Pin machine had sticky/faulty buttons, so when trying to enter £17.00, the zero was getting stuck and entering £17,000.00 for example - so he had to keep manually resetting it.

The timbers/cladding in the Swarm station roof have been removed, so you can currently see the shiny steel RSJs underneath... as I understand it, some of the wood was rotten and needed replacing. Hopefully it's a quick job, but currently - it looks a bit rubbish Had a smooth awesome ride on Swarm on Saturday but unfortunately all the effects and Swarm Island audio were off

From photos it looks as if the queue wait time board is still missing from the sign, unbelievable scenes. CORRECTION: There is one - it just looks like wood, clever times! ALSO: .•:*¨¨*:•.IT'S.•:*¨¨*:•.OPEN.•:*¨¨*:•.NOW.•:*¨¨*:•.LADS.•:*¨¨*:•.

New clip needs more Jordan thingy. Totally not going to get bored of seeing her "acting" in press photos.

Woop woop that's what I hoped you were going to say. Haven't had a TGIs in aaaaaages.

Oh my goodness, how bright is it in there?!

I'm actually going to Alton Towers on Friday the 20th with two mates but should we have bounceback and they can be persuaded we could perhaps pop in on the Saturday for a few rides

The entrance to the projector room looks so sad and knackered Thing is, that's what happens when budgets are cut and you make the exterior of an entrance from plywood.

You're a lifesaver PS. Where we going for the meal?

The Thorpe Park sign at the entrance had been removed, I saw in a vlog - is a new one in place yet? ?