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Sub Terra? Reliable? Never has been really... The assumption that something wasn't wrong with the original restraints given that the park has changed them to a fair degree is probably wrong as well... Parks change things for quite often (in some opinions) daft reasons on the face of things, one example being that there are no scarves allowed on Merlin ABC drop towers, purely because of one incident... I reckon something has happened which has caused this change, what? Only the park know...

The Midway attractions at County Hall get paid the London minimum wage... Earning more than Team Leaders at Chessie when I was at London Eye was quite funny yet telling... As for grumpy times, given the stupidity of the majority of guests at theme parks, the long hours (on an average day you'll be doing 9-6) and the pretty active side of the role, there will be times when the staff are in a mood... The best way to deal with it as guests is to help them cheer up, not moan about them on the internet... A simple thankyou when leaving a ride goes a very long way...

Trains aren't ready is why... They could've delayed the opening, but damned if they do, damned if they don't...

Sounds like yet another situation where one incident (an ABC Tower, rather than related to Smiler) has caused a worldwide adaption of all their attractions... A thigh restraint sounds insanely burdenous when I prefer to avoid the leg slappers...

So you would say that Chessie DID kick-start the UK industry via taking things to another level? Meaning you do actually agree with my original point, but you just wanted to get BPB mentioned and discussed in a topic that has nothing to actually do with it...

I refer the right honourable gentleman to his original view: 'Some' rides can now be equal to 3 (or at least, the classic rides that haven't been destroyed by Amanda in recent years)... Plus who knows what Chessie Zoo might have had back in the day, it's likely that the place had some attractions... BPB may have kick-started the seaside resort (although Dreamland might have as well, it was opened prior to Blackpool after all) side of things, but beyond that, did it really make a major difference to the UK park scene? Back in the 30s? They were leaders of an industry that was pretty much dead prior to Chessie and Towers coming into play, probably at the time the only place that invested to a reasonable degree at the time, and even then there's massive gaps between their investments (some things never change)... There is a difference between an amusement park and a theme park... Plenty of difference indeed, and Chessie did create that UK theme park scene and gave the industry another kick... Without Chessie and Towers, it's probably doubtful that we would have some of the modern attractions in the UK at all... Perhaps I should reword my post to mean the modern UK market, because Chessie certainly did kick that era off... The likes of Falls, Fifth Dimension, Vampire, even Runaway Train were additions that changed the industry completely... Without those sort of attractions, Valhalla wouldn't exist I'm pretty sure...

I know you adore BPB and everything, but think about the industry we've seen in the UK... Prior to Chessie opening we had no true theme parks to speak of, so that (along with Tussauds/Wardley) certainly made a difference since it opened... Blackpool may have shaped the seaside park industry, but in the modern day, it's not led the charge in anything... It wasn't the first seaside park in the UK, nor the first to open a wooden coaster... Plus, how many of those rides from those days still stand? Fun fact, only Big Dipper is older than Chessington Zoo...

Another problem with Falls is that it sits over Tomb Blaster... Which is just as royally buggered... It's not exactly the brightest of futures for the rides that kick-started the UK industry...

Given how good the animatronic is in Villa Volta, the one for Baron should be insane... Urgh, I'm really tempted to go soon, even if it's just for the opening day... Shame I'm all booked up really...

Thirteen was still having fresh tarmac/fencing laid on the day of opening... It's not really that out there, especially given all the delays in this project...

Is it just me who's annoyed that the two wheels don't spin in the same direction? Surely they should?

Poor King Soloman's, it always felt less death-defying than Wild Mouse... Shame that it's too dead to bring back, unless they pull a Knobels and just build it from stratch...

Nintendoland anyone?

At least Star Fox looked alright...........

Ohhh, I can add Revolution to my death cred collection now...

From Elite Dangerous? You mean from Frontier right? Can't tell anything off the promo video, seems like everyone is trying to make a theme park game atm though...

Unsurprisingly, no-one is happy about the change to the grass car park, because it's a dreadful car park... Some people think they're losing free parking as well, which shows how awfully this has been put forward... Also, their PRs are dreadful...

Absolutely amazing decisions once again, no wonder they're giving the other gate a shop...

Maybe people don't want the extra hassle to their trip? It's something that's dominated WDW, but that's a two week one off holiday, not a day trip to Thorpe... Perhaps people also have been annoyed with the previous trials and don't see the point? Lots of reasons why people aren't using it, short of Thorpe essentially forcing everyone to use it...

If people think the German manufacturers are bad, I dread to think what they'd think of the Swiss ones and their safety records...

Your stab was true, especially when you factor in 20 year old technology... Why they just can't get Roland and Co. in is beyond me, they refurbed the equivalent version at Europa and added a second station a while ago...

Bus you pay for upon boarding... No one knows when Saw will reopen...

Splatoon is a 3rd Person shooter... Also, Metroid Prime Corruption did the motion controls before, that too was fab <3 WHERE'S MY METROID DREAD DAMMIT!

Motion Control Supremacy o/