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I doubt the marquee will become redundant because of the hotel, Towers still has one, Chessie still has one...

Sub Terra is anything but a walk through... More like a 100m dash...

Nah, Saw Alive is a completely different kettle of fish to Sub Terra...Although, I wonder if such a ride would be as successful at Thorpe...

If I had a quid for everytime someone has mentioned NWO being removed or rethemed I wouldn't need the government's help to get me through uni...

A ride isn't a ride till it's killed a pigeon...

SWARM TERRA!Blates why Merlin are using Sub Terra as a test of the waters and seeing how such a ride is to be received... Although a Thorpe version is liable to be more scary (cos it's not a family park)...

11th year of operating/10 years old... etc etc

Oh hey Disney Dreams night show...

Oh... So we're NOT getting another 5 Storm Surge clones? I'm disappointed

Looks a bit slow after the Atlantica turnaround...Of course, as we should all realise by now, POVs NEVER give the true feeling of the ride

Better be available for Towers this year... Can't do BOGOFs for a group of 4 people when I have an AP to use...

Saw and Colossus have queueline shops?

Over the min or max height?If you're above 1.4m then you will get on it...

Sure you can... I've always got AP discount on the few times I've used them...Of course, if you have an AP, you should bum the AP flask, cos it's fab for £16...It's only the new Nemesis 'shop' that you can't get discount in, so it's now officially useless...

Blates reusing the climbing wall removed for Terra...

Well I can't have been talking about NWO cos it NEVER had any theming in the first place now did it?

When Cedar Fair took over Paramount they couldn't use the Tomb Raider name... The one at Kings Island had the theming within the ride building completely gutted... It was a bitterly disappointing ride as it didn't really do much either... Even with Midnight Syndicate music playing in the queue...

I think the effects caused more screaming than the actual ride portion did...

Shame it doesn't exist like that anymore... It's literally now a ride in a shed with NO theming inside past the queue... Hell, if the control box light is on you see right into the console...It's quite bad...

Been a while since they've had just the one train during off peak days...Then again, not like they need two trains on dead days...

Yes, you do exit through the shop...

Depends if it is a Winged Coaster or not... Besides, I think that the only park in Germany likely to get one is Phantasialand anyways so might not be that much of a worry...

^Unfortunately for me, it seemed a fair few school trips had decided to turn up yesterday... Most of the big rides had 15 minute+ queues all day really...

First Towers visit of the year yesterday...Was great weather once again (probably meaning summer will be dire), and arriving later than planned it was straight to Nemesis for a quick go. Like Inferno, she's running very well and it's a reminder of how good the ride is even at 18 years...Then it was Sub Terra time, which I have reviewed already, it was enjoyable and what-not. Though I think I would prefer to ride it with unsuspecting guests rather than enthusiasts, kinda like Hex in a way...Air was running well also, though I don't see the point in the on ride DVDs, not like Raptor or the others were it films the entire ride of you...Duel looks great (Aside from the finale and lack of pillar monster)... Lots of light changes and fewer targets throughout have made a world of difference to the amount of visible fire exits and hydraulic pistons and bars, which can only be a good thing. Still got nearly 65k mind :PElsewhere, not much else to really report. Ice Age has been put in with some guile actually and isn't dreadful, Sea-Life has the rays back, and the park just looks nice in sunny days...Hex broke down meaning I didn't ride it and Oblivion's 30 minute () queue that was reaching the point where fastrack begins to run alongside meant I didn't bother...Good day overall though...Ride CountNemesis - 1Sub Terra - 3Air - 1Duel - 2Rapids - 1Mine Train - 1Sharkbait Reef - 1Charlie - 1Ice Age - 1Thirteen - 1

Excellent addition to the park, just like Raptor was an excellent addition to Gardaland...Just is a solid fun re-rideable ride and I loved my first ride (not the 9th though, but that was due to the constant exposure to hangtime)...