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Gotta be honest here, the back end of it looks crap (particularly the wheel arches) and the plain flat bottom is just meh... It's good, but could be better...

You REALLY should've paid more attention to my trip report last year then... Coaches EVERYWHERE! (including from London to Paris)

There's one at Hansa Park (with Rainbow Lift) and Parc Asterix (with Glorious Moustache) at least, plenty of this ride type exist over the world... Unfortunately, Storm Surge is the only one that had absolutely no thought or effort put into it's design and construction... Indeed, it would have fitted into Legoland Florida so much more... Why they bothered, I have no idea...

^Yes, because fixing that alone would stop Storm Surge from becoming an eye sore...

Just need to add stuff to the OLDER rides to make them look as new as they did when they originally opened now... I never really had a problem with the Swarm area anyways... Dunno what this could be really but hopefully this will be a precursor to Merlin seeing that they need to upkeep the rides after opening, rather than let them rot and rust...

It's like a bigger version of Thorpe, but with better Intamins and worse B&Ms... That basically describes it... TTD, Wicked Twister and Maverick are the 3 best coasters, the rest are just there really... Magnum probs the only other one worth blabbing on about...

^This Europa is about the experience, soaking in the atmosphere and just enjoying it... Thrill rides do not make a good park, otherwise people would say Six Flags and Cedar Fair are better than Disney...

OzIris was completed around this time last year, then got some of the best theming in Europe... It happens...

7 actually... But if the ride is constantly buggered, and the company who original made it are no longer producing parts for it, the park MUST consider the benefits against the high costs of maintenance and the unreliability the ride has had over the 7 years it has been open... No ride has a specific lifetime, but if Slammer keeps playing up like it has been, then it's time might be coming to an end... Imagine the potential if Thorpe removed Slammer, NWO, the Arena and Storm Surge eh?

I think that's just how Thorpe run their Fastrack, always been way too unbalanced on busier days...

So erm, yeah, Zero G on a Wooden Hybrid anyone?

Why would the park get rid of a drop tower for another one? Especially when Det is a lot better than many other types...

Lex Luthor - Drop of Doom opens today, and here's a bit of B-Roll footage... Looks fab...

That sounds more like personal opinion rather actual fact...

Dunno why people are spending €51 on a queue jump pass when they could just pretend to be Spanish and queue jump for free?

THE ride of 2012 has opened today... VERY jealous of the people I know riding it later this year... It looks so awesome...

This times a million...

What is this? Reading trying to be like Croydon?

And in news closer to home, Phantasialand's new ride for 2013 has a model... It's SOME undetermined water ride and seems that it will involve some ride retheme (I.e. Colorado Adventure) to remove the remainder of the Wild West and create a massive Mexican area...

Time for an Asia Disney update... Starting with Tokyo Disneysea's version of Toy Story Mania, based in the America Waterfront area, and based off the old Luna Park style parks... Looks very nice, similar to California's style really... But yet again this will prove to be an excessively popular addition to an already excellent park... Elsewhere, in Hong Kong, the current major expansion of areas is continuing with the new Big Grizzly Mountain coaster suddenly appearing finished out of nowhere and POV from staff previews has been sighted... Needless to say, this also looks awesome, seemingly combing elements from Big Thunder Mountains and Expedition Everest and resulting in this awesome piece of kit... Personal highlights are the 'sudden' reverse drop due to the breaking cable and the launch that comes due to the bear activating the dynamite... If Mystic Manor (the trackless version of Haunted Mansion) is anywhere near the quality of this, Hong Kong Disney might well become an excellent park in the future...

This is too ridiculous to be ignored... An adventure rope course with an interesting element... Located at Zoo & Safari-Park Stukenbrock...

Well, it won't take much to retheme it would it? Be a shame to see it go, but it's unreliable and the park must be considering whether it's cost effective to keep it... A shame, but often some things need to be chopped to stop wasting resources...

Stupid trees, how dare they not remain in their garden centres...

So many fences that you could ACTUALLY lean over... Stupid H&S ¬¬