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How about making a meet properly (I.e. have it ALL day, not meet up for an hour and then that's it... That does not a meet make)... It's rather simple to do all day meets really... Loads of other forums do it with much larger numbers than what TPM have...
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Good old fashioned British comedy right there... Absolutely brilliant...
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I love this... Like... Seriously... That's amazing
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Technically, Alton have entertainment... And more than 2 square metres of space in their rooms...
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Judging by what people say about Volares, I don't think ANYTHING could make up for it... It's low capacity, gimmicky, and deemed crap... PERFECT for the park...
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I know there are some weirdos people who like Saw... But my thing was more saying that they were a copy... Indoor drop aside (which is also on Mystery Mine, so they both copied that one), there is very little to no similarity between the two... Least you can actually hear the ghost/animatronics on Fluch eh?
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That level of pedantry is awful... Practically cheating some would say...
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It is a copy, aside from the launch, indoor lift hill, theme, layout, etc... Fluch is nowhere near the awfulness of Saw... Funny how they opened the same year too...
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Sometimes it's better to think about things logically... Let's look at what turning Swarm backwards would mean... Make it more intense, but isn't the point of NWO going forward to LIMIT the vomit? Surely a backwards Swarm would be WORSE? Extra stress and strain added onto the trains - Clearly not designed to go backwards is it? Even the most minimal change in shape, size or weight distrubition can have a knock-on effect... Change of track shape probably required - Taking Disney Paris as a guide here, when they retrofitted Indiana Jones, they had to change the banking of the track to compensate for many factors, wonder how much that would cost on a B&M... Guest Experience - Surely this is a given here, whilst backwards rides have been done (NWO, Indiana Jones, El Diablo, Superman/Tower of Terror) there is a distinct trend there in that these rides are either family level coasters, or go in a straight line... Indiana Jones was also quite low on the customer satisfaction scale after a while, hence it's now forwards (same for El Diablo)... B&M - This is the most important one, would B&M condone this? I highly doubt it for a company who don't even do launches... They have a very set way of ride construction, and I doubt they would agree to Thorpe doing this... Quite frankly, I think it's the stupidest rumour I've heard in a long, long time... Especially when putting my enthusiast and engineer hat on... It makes little sense beyond the "We need a gimmick to get people in" point of thinking... Logistically it's poor (and I haven't even mentioned how the queue could be done)... It just won't happen... Simple as...
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Gonna plump for the ALLLL the Tower of Terrors... You would certainly make much more song and dance of having been to DisneySea...
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Inverted - Nemesis Suspended - Big Bad Wolf (R.I.P in peace) Water Ride - River Quest Stand Up - There are no good ones Flying - Air Floorless - Medusa Eurofighter - Fluch von Novgorod Giga/Mega - Phantom's Revenge Launched - Top Thrill Dragster Wing Rider - Raptor Drop Tower - Mystery Castle Boomerang - Deja Vu Wooden - The Beast That'll do methinks...
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Sub Terra doesn't have any 'extra' staff loitering around the ride (unless it's broken, which resulted in not many people asking questions about it), just a whole load of staff members... And it's not terrible, never has been tbh, but that's a different matter... I would hope they do something for opening, I wish our parks on a whole would make more of an effort with ride's opening, Swarm seemed to be a step in the right direction this year, can only hope the parks continue that... As for having actors, I'd rather not, a big expense and they need to be integrated well into an attraction, not just tacked on a la Sub Terra (although that made everyone like it, so what do I know)... It's a tricky balance, but I'd rather the parks focus spending on using permanent features to create an experience and atmosphere, not rely on "boo scares" to do things...
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I would post a list, but god knows how many bits of merch I actually have hidden away in my house, especially from Europe and America... Cuddly toys, photos, shirts, snow globes, shot glasses, maps, guide books, lanyards... And that's off the top of my head... I think the fact that at Europa this year and Rainbow Magicland last year I spent €100 in BOTH shops separately says a lot about my merch habit... I have near enough the entire Merlin mohawk bear collection though, including Raptor and Krake (Also the original Oblivion one)... Never did buy that Krake hoodie though... Shame... Yeah... There's a lot... When I move out, I'm gonna take it all with me too... Should be fun...
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I'll think you find there are MANY more reasons why people will want to go to Towers instead of Thorpe already, let alone the promise of a new coaster...
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The Hobbit WALKING IS BACK! As is New Zealand, wahey, a different look and take on this, with some extra bits not in the original (and extremely short in comparison to the juggernaught trilogy of LOTR) book thrown in to extend/pad out/make 3 films for money printing purposes... But you know what, the pace of this is really damn good, and the references to the original text (including direct quotes, actual songs and things) make this a really good film... The Hype Train was certainly worth the ride, next stop, Benedict Cumberbatch overload as TWO () characters... I suggest people see it, especially for the Riddles in the Dark scene, great cinema and acting... Serkis
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'Superior' Guest Rooms Best part is being able to input AP discount ON THE SITE! Towers and Chessie, do this now please...
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Sexy... Let's just hope the cheap finale option was avoided... I am fearful of that being the case and the experience losing out because of it (due to the severely random nature of safaris, for every good one there'll be a few bad ones)...
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Edited for accuracy The Washing Machine concept has always sounded cack though... Hated it from day 1, as well as the whole "this is what it'll be" stuff... Would laugh if it's not true, as would defo put TTF even lower on the chain of enthusiast sites...
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Slammer blatently won for opening alone...
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Having once stayed in the Nemesis suite, I was upset they removed it. Was so, so good... Good move from Towers here. Hope it looks decent...
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I do hope I'm not the only one who realises the sheer irony that a coaster enthusiast site is offering free Fastrack as a competition prize...
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Cedar Point needed a decent B&M... They might well get one now...