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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8818400/Japan-offers-10000-free-trips-to-foreigners.html Evidently, now is the time to plan a trip to Japan... Take me to Tokyo please...

^I don't mind Facebook links until they spam up walls and news. It was incredibly annoying during the initial weeks of Towers' Greatest Coaster voting, and if my News Feed will be full of "X has been taken by the Swarm" then count me out.Rest of the site finally loaded, awesome background. Well done video. Just needs to keep with the updating which is something a few sites don't do.I'm also getting excessive Raptor vibes. Which is good.

No Swarm, I do NOT want you to post on Facebook as me. I want to follow your construction without you interfering with my life.Also, could it not take longer to load?EDIT - Yeah, given up waiting, anyone want to give full details/images of what's on the site?

Wild Eagle rises from the ground...Nice and steeply might I add ;)EDIT - Just found a picture of Verbolten's special trick track... Looks rather different...

Sexuality will always be controversial, purely because of the general sense of outcast it does bring to someone's life.Of course maybe in the future, more people will be understanding in the playgrounds, but it's up to the parents and teachers to ensure that it is something that should potentially be discussed in classes. But of course, if we were to introduce such a thing, the small-minded unwanting minority would no doubt yell loudly and stamp their feet thinking that their children would be 'corrupted' or some such nonsense.It is still ridiculous though bullying in schools over it. Something does need to be generally done about it.

^Think what Dan means is the additional theming (or for Thorpe, lack thereof), rather than the actual attraction line-up...And yeah, sod Experiment 10... Never in a million years for me please... But it's good that something rather unique has turned up over here... I think only Thorpe will ever have the gall to go to the level seen over in the States (on scariness levels), but maybe newer creative teams will make these events much bigger and better in future...

Nail on head. The Wing-Rider concept isn't about speed or forces, it's about interaction and the open sensation you get from the seating.If that final inline is taken quickly, then the near misses will be, well missed. But if taken slowly, the experience is heightened much more. Kinda like how Colossus goes through them at about 5mph.But of course, trims are the bane of our enthusiast lives, and hence should be mocked and ridiculed because they ruin coasters just by existing.

B&M have recently been doing a LOT of steep lift hills... Recent Hypers like Diamondback, Krake and Raptor are all nice and steep... Not really that noticeable on the rides, but it can look really good from the off-ride perspective...Also, LOL TRIMS! To be expected these days... Whoever said they couldn't have them because there's no straight track must be feeling a tad foolish now

The Lion King 3DWhilst I'm not a fan of 3D as an overall thing, I just couldn't resist seeing the best animated Disney film ever made in the cinema... And it seems that many other teenagers feel the same way, reconnecting to childhood is quite a nice thing to do, especially when it's as simple as seeing an old classic film on the big screen...I got chills from the opening scene, and essentially the usual emotional responses for each scene followed (MUFASA!!!!)...Good news is that the 3D works... It really adds depth to the scenery and does indeed add to a few scenes here and there specifically... Can hope that if they do this conversion to other films, they will also share the quality...Even better is that the awful Morning Report song featured in the DVD isn't in it... Huzzah! Purely original version...It's still brilliant, go see it... If only for Jeremy Irons <310/10

^Depends on what speed it takes it at. Raptor was rather steep as well if I recall and that wasn't the most forceful thing.Again, I doubt this will be massive on the G-Forces, purely due to the ride vehicle design... graceful and smooth is however a definite. And to me, a much more important quality to have in a ride, as that provides re-rideability.

Those are vans. Considering the plans don't actually include the nose of the plane involved, why would they have one? Just the tail and one side are in the plans, so yeah, it's not the theming.And as said, they won't leave it lying around. Studios are probably still making it.False alarm.

To clarify...Raptor has TWO sets of brake runs. One directly outside the station and one before.The FIRST brake run is the MAIN brake run, I.e. it STOPS the train properly, not just slowing it, but properly stopping it and not allowing it to move until the other train leaves the station.The second brake run is also the transfer track... Probably why it doesn't park on there instead of the first lot... So the second brake run it DOESN'T stop but rolls through slowly into the station.It is therefore not too impossible for that massively high up brake run to actually stop the train... It's like Rita and Desert Race in a way (obviously as they have an offload platform they don't HAVE to stop).Shall have to wait and see.

^I'm a big fan of going for stuff that allows a fair few different routes into an industry you might find interesting... Indeed, Mechanical Engineering lends itself to just about any application engineering wise, so perhaps finding a more generic course that will enable you to move into any of the things you actually want to do, but allows you to have a few back-ups should you lose interest or anything falls through...So perhaps the Biology course is an idea?

If anyone wants to get me a Christmas present, this please...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfT4za2nhlc One of THOSE weeks...

Sounds like I would HATE Experiment 10...Whatever floats people's boat then... Scaremazes aren't my thing anyways... But that one EVEN more so...

It's a B&M, there's no need for excitement or hype, simply because it will be the best coaster at the park without any need to actually try...And finally some track, been bored of people asking when it'll go up and thinking it was behind schedule... X-Flight only just got track this week, so at least Thorpe's started eh?

New Paramount park for Murcia, Spain...

Bumming the Portal 2 soundtrack atm... Especially with Volume 3 out <3

I always like a console that provides my personal information to hackers so easily... I must say I have slightly warmed to the Xbox since I won one (freebies ftw), but really, the current game market is so... BLAND... I don't WANT a FPS that looks exactly like another one... Urgh... In addition, I did laugh when all the Xbox and PS fans laughed at Nintendo for the Wii idea, and then had to shuffle quietly as Kinect (URGH) and Move (GLOWING BALLS!) came out... Epic troll...Also...

Funnily enough, we all had that urge when you turned up

It's been fixed now. Slammer (and it's sister ride in America) have both been stupidly unreliable. I think it's just the way in which they use up the air canisters. Very unefficient and just plain useless in some cases.Though I like Slammmer, it is bloody awful at throughput for something that can fit what. 30 on both sides? S&S sometimes do bite off more than they can chew when it's NOT a Tower ride.

Honestly I have no idea, as being from London kinda means I would never ever think about driving into Central London unless it's between 11pm-5am...It WILL be an arm and a leg to park there though... Most definitely...

Parking... In central London?It IS right outside London Bridge station, so trains are quite simply the best bet... I cannot comprehend how awful it would be to park near there...