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Benin

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  1. Hell, I'm basing that info off the fact that:1) Other people who are just as in the know as Marc said no track is in sight atm...2) There are no photos...So you know, nice that track's hiding away from us all, isn't that great? If only someone had posted that info as soon as they knew it eh? I just had to LOL at this... I neither work there nor spend any time at the park... I just read lots of forums and pass on info I get from others... Often one forum misses out but another finds out sommat... How else do I get the multitude of other park news?And I would rather have no job than work at Thorpe... Simple as...
  2. ^No track has appeared onsite yet... If any had, I'm sure several fanboys would have already taken pics and posted them EVERYWHERE so everyone else can join into the mass joy-a-thon over the fact that track has appeared...
  3. This is why you don't shop at Morrisons, no matter what the nice chap with the perfect teeth from Top Gear says
  4. http://www.newsparcs.com/en/#/article/00005401-euro_disney_s_c_a_reports_third_quarter_revenusup_to_7Disneyland Paris revealing that they're revenues are increasing by 7%
  5. Hmmmm nom nom nom nom...Little over a month till I ride this...EDIT -
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    Random

    HOLY BENEDICT ARNOLD BATMAN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nltVuSH-lQM&feature=related
  7. Proper tank, fake turret... So unfortunately nothing will be blown up by it...
  8. IF the park actually decides to make the opening of the ride an event (I.e. Make people wait outside the ride and have speeches and stuff), then the possibilities are quite frankly endless...Probably just have the same situation as Saw and Thirteen though where it's first come, first served I guess with no actual event to speak of... Who knows, might even have actors running around during Fright Nights as well, maybe even their new maze (they are having a new one right?) could (and really SHOULD if they wanna really push this ride) link into the story of Swarm... Making it much more than another coaster...A boy can dream...
  9. If we're gonna mention European parks, I'd like to comend Hansa Park on their brilliance of Fluch von Novgorod... Proving that you can mix a fantastic ride, story and theme without having an obscene budget...The more smaller parks that go along this road the better for the future... As long as they realise that they may not make the money back straight away...
  10. Seems that the marketing people are pushing the boat out on this...
  11. Been to Drayton twice, Lightwater once and Camelot this year...And really, whilst they give a different feel and atmosphere, they don't really have the same amount of quality in comparison to the Tussauds/Merlin parks (since Merlin's investments aren't at the same quality of Tussauds so far)...Rides like Shockwave, G-Force, Ultimate and Knightmare are all unique to the country, but in comparison to Nemesis, Air, Oblivion, Vampire, Fury, Stealth, Colossus? They have nothing on them... And of course there's Haunting and Excalibur at Drayton... Again showing the large gulf of quality there is between the groups of parks...Oakwood and Blackpool are just too far to travel for me for parks where I would need to make a weekend of it (Might go Blackpool later this year, but even then I'll be doing the Midway attractions too), and it's pretty difficult to justify the petrol and hotel costs when I can just hop on a train to Staines or Chessie... I could potentially even get to Alton and back home on a single tank with careful driving, something which wouldn't happen for deepest darkest Wales...Paultons although a nice little park, doesn't really have anything for me on an adult level... If I had kids I would no doubt visit it a few times in a year, as it is a really nice park but there's not enough to keep adults without kids entertained for a whole day...Flamingoland I do wish to go to because it's been years since I've been last and I'm curious as to how crap Mumbo Jumbo is... But again, it's a travel thing since Yorkshire is very far away (indeed, if I hadn't been getting a lift to Lightwater, I wouldn't have gone there this year either)...Adventure Island in Southend is another option for Non-Merlin times... But it isn't very big and is certainly not a full day park... So again, it's a case of asking is it worth the travelling cost (by train) or the parking cost (by car), either way is reasonably expensive and with it being a rather permenant funfair at the end of the day, it's again somewhere that is questionable for regular visits...So basically, because I'm a Londoner, it's a lot easier to go to 3 Merlin parks and Midway attractions than it is to go essentially anywhere else... Even with a car now it's hard to justify the odd trip far away, especially when I'm trying to save money for the final year of uni... Especially when some of these parks only have one worthwhile ride (Megaphobia whilst brilliant, it's not worth the stupidly long journey, especially when I could potentially get to Parc Asterix in a similar time from home)...
  12. ^Well said Mark...Although really, my problem here, is that Storm Surge even with a themed lift hill, would still look awful because of everything else that they messed up with on the design side of it... It's such an American ride in terms of being reasonably large and brightly coloured, and it's always going to stand out like a sore thumb not matter what gets done to it...Unless the track itself gets repainted... I'd do a thing for that... But I just think that Storm Surge isn't worth the time or effort and other improvements to other rides are a much better idea (like repainting Colossus, adding heaters to Inferno's tunnel, theming Flying Fish and others)...
  13. Source?Then an amusing picture displaying my reaction will appear
  14. Some kid on the BBC was just now going on about how the police and other people don't respect her...Maybe if you weren't such a stupid bint and actually worked at something in your life, you would get it...Respect is earnt... Not given...
  15. First fatality... The bloke in Croydon who was shot died in hospital...This is a complete joke and travesty... They do not respect the police and the police cannot do anything to them for whatever reason we're being given... Just let the police beat down a few of them and then they'll realise the consequences of doing this stuff results in a bloody beatdown...
  16. Just for the frame?Try the WHOLE ride sticking out like a sore thumb...
  17. I'd also advise people going out stay in groups... Just to be on the safe side looking at reports coming in from yesterday...Sick, sick world we live in...
  18. I'm planning to pop down to the Croydon clean-up at some point today, and I suggest that if you're near an area that needs the help, go out and do it...Can't let the scumbags who did this win...
  19. Banter know means looting and rioting?**** this country...
  20. Spreading even further around London now...Sickening that the police's actions are being questioned instead of the people involved in the riots... Stupid country...
  21. Gerstlauer's are much easier to put together than B&Ms... Plus hadn't construction for that started by now (Station/brakes at least)?
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    Television

    See, for every good bit in Family Guy, it has a really, really AWFUL bit as well...However, I have been using it to help me prepare for Italy...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhuOicPFZY
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