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How deliciously pointless is that? I know no-one bothers turning up in between Scarefest and Fireworks, but, really? Lol...

First week of Scarefest back to 9pm close... You can all fill in your Alton Towers decision U-Turn square on your Bingo boards... Pluk's trip however is still not Scarefesty...

Flailing and panic around wasps actually makes things worse... They're not interested in humans unless angry, and most of the time in the park they're just after sweeties, so if they come near you, ignore them...

They don't seem to realise that there is a time and place for guest interaction on rides... It's good to have it, but not on the platform to the detriment of throughputs... Remember seeing an empty car go through the entire station because the batcher was locked in discussion with guests over what rides they'd done that day...

It's weird how World's End just, vanished from cinemas... Prince Charles Cinema in London is doing a Cornetto Trilogy marathon in October for people's information... Elsewhere, the other Marvel team film, Guardians of the Galaxy had a leaked trailer the other day, which has since vanished, but has left us with this gif... SO MUCH HYPE!

I remember the days when people had to keep their shoes on (or with them)... I miss those days... Such good times to platform <3

You've only cried at Monsters Inc? You clearly, have no heart or haven't watched Lion King or Up...

Whether or not that gives you 100% will no doubt be based on the other games... Least it's not easy to win...

By being a boss (like me, I managed to get 100%, the final game has a distinct nack to it)...

New series of games on the Smiler mini-site (I forgot that even existed) to piss about on... If you get 100% you can enter a draw to win 1 Smiler Fastrack, woooooo! 50 a week for a few weeks it seems... http://www.altontowers.com/advocatetest/

It'll be in German though, so ATMOSPHERIC SHOUTING <3<3 Doubt it from that angle, lift hill is going the opposite direction to that drop, reckon it's gonna be an Immmmelmann there... Though I wouldn't rule that idea out because who needs originality?

Isn't it still shut? I do love Slammer's annual downtime <3

Just because this is an official fansite shouldn't mean we can't pick apart the failings of a park (this goes for ANY official fansite)...

Problem for having an outdoor section is literally WHERE would it go? You've got Vampire one side, the park boundary another and the zoo surrounding the lift/finale... Without serious modification to the surrounding area, an outdoor section on Bubbles (in the current location) isn't viable...

The problem is the majority of the building sits on top of Vampire's station/brakes/maintenance shed... The best thing? Gut it and start afresh, the ride system is fine, just the theming is horrid...

They couldn't even get a front row queue to work properly, a back row one was never going to work... Baggage drops are useful for the most part, but it just doesn't work with Swarm for SOME reason? Maybe it's because you get people coming from two different directions is my guess... It's quite easily the worst one in any park that has it which is weird... Should've just done a Raptor and had bag boxes by the station exit... Simple, cheap and effective...

Falls is the only ride on park to break 1000pph... Back in the day, 3 train Vampire could also do this... I can't say what 5 train Tomb is though, close, but I think not beyond 1000pph... The park needs more rides that reach this...

Hey, you know what hasn't been in the news recently? LEGOLAND!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2391102/Families-thrown-Legoland-brawl-erupts-parents-queuing-pirate-ship-ride-children-theme-park.html Classy parents... Bet you one of the kids was called Tyler...

Hopefully, once Thorpe make money through avenues such as food and merch (those things families LOVE to buy) they'll realise that the way they sell Fastrack is detrimental to guest experience and limit it a lot more...

The Relegation Faves have joined...

Maybe join up tomoz when I have a computer... Need to fine tune my team anyway, but will be carrying 3 Palace players at all times!

Well how else are they going to afford some shade?

Saw is plain old crap... It's the WORST Eurofighter in the world and is so over-rated with the apparently good theming throughout... It's literally, an RCT ride with the building, a big block that doesn't look great in a theme park environment and is swarmed with junk and dolls... Inside you can't exactly theme staircases and it's all rather "look at me I'm all dark and foreboding"... I rode Mystery Mine in 2009, and it is what Saw wishes it was... It even does the spooky haunted times better, has a better near miss to a crushing object, and FIRE! Abd of course if you want a heavily themed interactive queue, then go on Fluch... In short, Saw is a poor excuse for an IP themed attraction...

Probably makes people wonder why they wasted two hours of their life for it though...

That for the TPM Christmas Album cover?