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Oh botheration and various axes of the bad kind...I wanted to hear the old music

Shame it was only actually good for one of those years...

Ahem...

You mean the tram tracks I'm guessing?It's theming...

Lol, loving the Underground direction of the Valley post...Although, OMG SCARY PIG!

Cos how many cables have Intamin ruined?B&M go for the tried and tested method, if it ain't broke, they won't try and fix it...

To be fair though, B&M floater is fab <3

Then we'll have everyone running up and down the stairs to get to the other side like loons...

Yeah, Chessie needs another Thorpe hand-me-down like it needs a bloody hole in the head...Besides, it already has Buccaneer...

Hah! Classic... I remember that ad so clearly...

^Final Destination 3 [/pedantic]Yeah, I'm not going to be a hypocrite here, so I'm going to leave this thread before it's too late...

Meanwhile, in other Wing-Rider news...

Cos I probably would have properly scarred me for life...Scary/Creepy dark rides are NOT my favourite rides...

Urgh Alien Encounter... I avoided that for good reason 10 years ago...But yeah should be good... Like that they didn't really go "OMG LOOK AT WHAT THIS RIDE DOES!" ala Thirteen... Yet........

MOAR!

B&M's are expensive...And you pay for quality... Looking at Swarm, I'd say it's worth it (plus Merlin add in other figures like theming and marketing to the total cost)...

You would have thought someone would have done a Risk Assessment by now?

Filling in the lake is not simple though... And quite expensive...If more land was filled, less money would go into the park's actual physical additions...

Surprised no-one's posted pics of the revamped area yet...Looks bloody awful... BENCHES! BENCHES EVERYWHERE!

Sure you don't mean the Golden Ticket Awards rather than Mitch Hawker? I don't care much for the Golden Tickets due to the overally American bias it gains, but the Hawker ones are even worse for it...Meh, whatever... The one opinion that matters to me is my own, and since I found Raptor to be fab, I reckon Swarm will be too... Not every ride is designed to be intense grey out inducing machines that require a 10 minute rest period... I ADORE re-rideable rides more than intense ones at times, because often enough, fun trumps intensity quite a lot...As an aside, one of your negative points is something OUTSIDE the ride's area and that does reek of being picky against it let's be honest... If we gave rides negative marks for being able to see things from other parts of the park then that would count for near enough every single ride in the world...

The poll ain't worth anything... So it's pointless to expect it to do much in there...

Here, hang on, what's that there arch they're building on the path leading up to Scream and the Bobsleigh?New theming there as well? Defo wasn't about last year...

Mark forgot the Teacups, Banana Boat, Carousel and Rocky Express! :oMaking the list makes it seem worse... As there's only one decent flat ride (which is also unreliable)... I think people go down the flat ride route because parks filled with roller coasters aren't that great, Magic Mountain and Cedar Point both really lack other things, though Cedar Point does have things like MaxAir and erm... Yeah...I dunno, I think parks need a good mix of both coasters and flats to keep a sensible balance of rides together... Through in one or two dark rides and a smattering of water rides and you have a good mix...In short, 99% of Thorpe's flats are diabolical and they need better ones either fresh or replacing them...

But does Marc like it more than Stealth?

Nah they won't have done, I doubt a Topple Tower will be built by any park in the future... They're also a bit turd to actually ride tbh... One of them rides that is more for the spectators than the riders...Now if they built a Talocan Top Spin... OMNOMNOM!