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The image: Nice to see all that work being done on RMT... Was really worth it being shut all season wasn't it?

When the announcements are the best thing about a ride...

I really, REALLY don't understand the obsession with Flappy Bird... Then again, I've been playing Super Mario 3D World recently, which might be a reasoning for my rather uninterested nature towards crappy phone games...

Especially given that to not ride things at Blackpool costs you money... Peer pressure eh? Just buy a wristband, even for two hours it'd be worth the cost...

Spinball's future is a bit up in the air tbh, because of the reasoning given in the aforementioned website... I'd like to see it moved down to Cloud Cuckoo Land just to give people a reason to go there but I believe that would be tricky to do... Besides, would allow a lot of space for something to replace that isn't as noisy or burdenous there... Flume needs to go as well for a better water ride, certainly showing it's age... Couldn't really care less personally about Ripsaw and Blade, but those would be down to age and high maintenance costs should they be removed...

Could be worse, could be Flamingoland's Lost River Ride *dread*

Big old update from TPR... http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1407296#p1407296 It's worth the visit, believe me...

Can't actually believe I didn't see the Chimelong cred unclipping thing, lol, I remember doing that stuff on Vampire back in the day... Anyway, video!

Possibly the year after... Energizer moved into Ug Land to become Boneshaker at some point in it's life... So between 1999 and 2001 it was moved...

Or they could get rid of both and get something with an actual throughput... Even Griffins Galleon has a higher throughput than Truckers...

It's rumoured to be going? They'll probably just update it to the Circus version currently at Heide Park knowing Chessie... Though a quick look on Facebook shows that Chessie are saying it isn't going, shame...

Considering a Mondial Supernova used to sit in the spot it's not impossible for a ride with a larger footprint to be placed there...

Well apparently Submission is (finally) being removed... http://www.towersstreet.com/news/2014/submission-retiring-for-2014-season/ Probably 2015 addition then?

Glass House is pretty good too, though I tend not to go there often... Roast n Relish though

Getting rid of the Crossed Ribs? Shame, I like that outlet brand (BBQ) tbh...

I always thought the lyrics to Baco were: "WheeeeeeeOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOI'MGOINGTODIE!"

Though it would seem Merlin's definition of 'replace' is to level everything and build and Merlinised version of it...

Was it always like that then? I unfortunately missed out on that Flume on my visit, I don't recall it being on the Q-Bot which could well be the reason why I didn't because the place was awfully busy and I had sunstroke... Not my best park visit ever...

Suvat is good, but it isn't a true reflection because the acceleration isn't constant in real-life... We did Oblivion as an example at university, the difference between Suvat and real-life results is incredibly drastic... For the record, RCDB reckons the max speed is 74mph...

Different manufacturers, different wheel assemblies... The fact is that it's not actually rust in the same vein as an oil stricken Colossus, but clearly some paint has been taken off at points of high contact between track and train... The orange colouration is down to the now bare metal reacting to the air... Oxidising rather nicely if I say so myself...

Friction causes objects to lose layers of paint, who knew?

Either that or they're fixing all the bolts in place...

So there will be a partially indoor queue... There's also a short video about one of the near-misses...

Spinning Spider at that TPM meet a few years back was mental... Still, Chessie's Carousel has the awesome spinning carriage of death...