Benin

Ermmmm, yeah, of course I can book a day off work and take my child out of school to go to a theme park... A right shame as the AP are ALWAYS popular and busy at Chessie... Not a great start to the season really... A lot of the park needs resurfacing and a LOT of it needs redeveloping in general, need a HUGE investment in infrastructure, but it just seems like the parks have all suddenly gone really behind on what they're doing with work on new things...

Effects were working well? Not the water splashes that's for sure, seems the only effect is the fire which half the time fails to ignite (a shame because it is awesome)...

Det is SUCH a good drop tower... So, so good...

I'd buy that shirt quicker than some enthusiasts running to an open Stealth...

That music was originally from Tomb's first indoor queue (Bazaar)... Used in Sea-Life tunnel as well, but that's the origins of it...

Yes, it was that long... 1 train op </3 Special mention MUST go to the pair of ANGRY GOONS at the start of the day who had a go at the staff for not letting them on the backwards section... It was utterly embarrassing to see and it gives enthusiasts a REALLY bad name... You are not wanted at these parks if you're going to treat staff like crap just because you can't be the first people to go backwards... So glad I spent the day with a group of enthusiasts who just love the social side and don't care about being the first riders or whatever...

It looked crap since day 1... An embarrassing investment for ANY park...

Yay Inferno... Basically Stealing Chessie's music though </3 (Tomb Blaster queue)

Mraws is really not that massive a thing in the end, indeed, first drop aside, the ride experience differs very little... 1 hour 15 minutes queue from behind the control box is however, an embarrassing situation to have, one train or not... Mark9 is actually right, a lot of effort for really, a minimal difference... I liked it mind, but it doesn't change much, I'll prefer to queue for normal depending on the situation they decide (3 staff members said 3 different things about the method of backwards queuing)... The near-misses of course are now pointless backwards (the billboard is surprisingly good though, especially with the bonus chopper for the left side), and it's no more intense or forceful in either direction... I fear the queues will be awful though... If the station is 1 hour 15 minutes ish on one train on what was an empty day, I would DREAD the weekend...

For comparison purposes, here's the interior of Tower's major Burger Kitchen...

Referring to Bubbles' pink with blue/yellow/red trim... And if you think THAT'S bad you haven't seen the shop interior yet...

Looks fine, it's part of the village, rather than the cauldron which was a castle (meaning the place had two castles in the area, LOL LOGIC!)... Think we're over-reacting slightly... Although the interior lack of theming is a valid disappointment... Such is the way of brand recognition (yes, look how similar this is to other Burger Kitchens in the Merlin chain)... The old buildings looked tired, and this looks TONNES better than what's behind the photographer...

I love how the Depth Charge exit goes straight into a Fastrack booth now Kinda just sums up Thorpe don't it?

But why would Thorpe, a park aimed at extreme thrills decide to change one of their coasters to be more inclusive of a family market? Is it because they've realised the family market is more profitable now?!

So the near-misses are ineffective backwards... SHOCK!

To be fair, they know it's the same (well, similar) to Saw... Unfortunately it's only the manufacturer that's the same...

Lol Thorpe... It's that they haven't even got rid of the entire thing that makes this so hilarious, why even bother removing one section? Amazing scenes...

Complaining that a Facebook competition entry didn't get used... It's FACEBOOK, all that thing was some cheap PR stunt stuff... A billboard advertises things, not spread random slogans that mean nothing at all... I'll find out tomorrow... I'm not that excited for it though to be quite honest, just glad I'm not gonna have to queue excessively to get it done...

Erm, one could actually say that all of Towers' coasters are custom, indeed, with 3 World's First coasters, hard NOT to say that... Battlestar Galactica spent most of it's early life shut... No thanks, many better options available... Really, an Intamin Blitz, Mack Mega Coaster, B&M Hyper or GCI Wooden coaster are all valid options Towers could look at... As well as perhaps a new water coaster to replace the Flume...

Very few people come off Bubbleworks with any form of excitement... I worked on it for two years, seen enough evidence to prove that the sterile boredom of New Bubbles does not fulfill any form of entertainment...

Yeah I remember their pottery factory being complained about shortly after they'd started another campaign against Towers... Since then it's all been quiet...

I swear they've not been involved in any spates recently... Part of me thinks this is because they moved away, not that Towers could change anything back on Oblivion because of being under a court order... I think...

Hmmm, whilst it is one word against the other, I'm sure Fred would actually know about the inner workings of Legoland and Towers (especially Towers) quite well... Just a thought since you're throwing the old "I DO know better than you" card around...

*if I wanted to see woodland I'd go to a garden centre.quote*