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There are two bass cannons above the ramp, where the rolling ball comes down at the start of the ride. They create the rumble noise. They used to be at the Dodgems until a couple of years ago.

This conversation is going round in circles now. Everyone has had their say on the matter by now I think, so I'm going to put this in the Archives. People will always want someone to blame, time to let go now.We've got a few trips planned over then next few months so ya'll are more than welcome to attend those.

Unfortunately, with lots of money! :PYeah Hulk is far from my faveourite ride in Orlando too. Dark rides over there are incredible, I think I could just keep going round them.Kumba, Montu and Manta are all fabulous coasters though.

That was an epic meetup. I keep watching those Big Brother Diary Room videos lately. Haha!

I'm struggling to see what you mean if I'm being honest. I've literally sat here reading your post over and over again for the last 10 minutes. I can't see how it's themed incorrectly.

It's all about rectrosempra!

There will be no Abra Kadabraing here Mr! Expelliarmus!

Mm Benin thanks for that, makes me want to see the rest of the station now.

It wasn't open last week. Oblivion's Picsolve videos weren't working either.

I believe it's either used for storage, or it's a green room used for Ride Hosts. Don't quote me on that though, as I'm not certain!

Can we please all have a group hug, and make up? (Cue on of Aero's amazing emoticons!)Literally as we speak, the team are discussing how we can further improve our Mania Hub trips and help to include all of our members into the community. We're organising a series of mini meets and official meets starting after exams finish.Yesterday was unfortunate but at the end of the day, not one person or condition was at fault, but more of a series of things that all added up.

I was watching mesmerised last night at all these videos. I really want to go, I think I'm going next year so hopefully all the little kinks in Forbidden Journey will be ironed out and the ride will be running to its full potential.With a lot of their rides in the states, like Europe, I noticed very minimal physical checking of restraints. Especially on rides like Hippogriff, which makes for speedy dispatch times. That, or they chuck so many staff everywhere that everything is done so quickly!

What? And nobody took video? Shame on you all!

Haha I would hope so for $250M :)The only thing I can really comment on is the ride plot.... which seems to end so abruptly from the videos I've seen. The ride seems to be something you would dream about; it doesn't feel real. People have described the experience as Spiderman x 10.People are complaining that you can still see the show building for Forbidden Journey, and that a lot of the rooms in the queue seem to run straight into one another, rather than having corridors connecting them.Surely it's a small price to pay for such an awesome addition though!

It's good to see people are so passionate about it all, it surely means do care about the meets and have a lot to say. Lots of valid points made across the board from everyone and I'm sure it'll be taken into account when organising the next meet.I propose a mini meet before the next meet, perhaps London/ Chessie?

The camera the video was taken with was quite low quality and therefore isn't picking up all the light that will be seen with the naked eye. It's quite dark in there, but not so dark that you can't see all the epicness of it.

Looking forward to seeing the lighting change on my next visit. Not sure about it from the description, but will wait until I see it in person before I make a decision!

Haha, can you believe the Americans on some of these forums are STILL complaining. I feel like slapping them... have they seen what they've got? Are they actually seeing the same things as us? Who knows, the mind boggles! If they're disappointed, I'll swap with them, as long I get to take Nemesis with me

Oh guys. Clearly I should have been there to bring everyone together! :PIt's a shame this meet didn't go to plan as much as other ones have. Perhaps for the next one we could plan and decide on which rides we should do as a group after the initial meet and group photo. The idea of the meets is to meet other people who share similar interests to yourself, obviously if people are being excluded or left out then the point in the meet ups is diminished really.With big groups, people will always split up because not everyone wants to do the same thing, and everyone is different, it's just how it works. By the sounds of things though there needs to be more positive direction in terms of where we're going and more involvement from members who people respect.There will always be meets that aren't as good as others, I say we don't dwell on it, but we move on and try and make the next meet as awesome as it should be

Yeah I agree with you 100% on that James. It's just a completely magical attraction, I really hope I can get up there for Halloween this year!

Yeah it's definately worth a ride James! Hopefully it'll stay this way for Duel: Live in October.

I was pleasantly surprised by Duel earlier this week. It's obviously had quite a bit of attention as of late; I would say that every effect that's supposed to be there, is working.I noticed burst pipes smoking, audio working throughout the ride, smells pumping out where they should be and most of all the Skeleton Corridor working as it should be. As much as I'm bitter about Duel replacing the Haunted House, it's still a good ride.

Did they not get rid of most of the audio equipment though? The DJ was one of my all time fave features of any area, it really is a crime that it isn't still there, even if it was restricted to peak days.

Couldn't make this today due to a serious lack of funding. There is £1.25 in my account, and I don't get paid until the start of next month.I hope everyone is having an awesome day today though, I expect lots of trip reports and photos!

I had to giggle at your User name. Haha, brilliant! :PWelcome to the forums, here, have a strawberry.