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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...

Seems that the marketing people are pushing the boat out on this...

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)...

^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)...

A joke you say?

Source?Then an amusing picture displaying my reaction will appear

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...

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...

Just for the frame?Try the WHOLE ride sticking out like a sore thumb...

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...

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...

Banter know means looting and rioting?**** this country...

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...

Gerstlauer's are much easier to put together than B&Ms... Plus hadn't construction for that started by now (Station/brakes at least)?

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

Looking better and better everytime I see pics...More here - http://www.centralpark-fr.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=13295#p13295

^Towers MIGHT (stressing this immensely) put on one or two extra buses over Scarefest, but the last one will be around 7-8ish... Best check the website closer to the time...

Sorry? I FINALLY GOT EVACUATED OFF A RIDE!!!!! :blink:Shame it was Tomb and only at the bottom of the lift... But an evac's an evac

Milkshake Show Review...It's typical British stuff really for shows... Why are ours so goddamn awful? And WHY was everyone NORTHERN? At least the hosts were worth the effort I guess...

I doubt the M25 issues helped people turning up to the park today...But yeah, queues will vary between 30 to 60 throughout the summer... Depends on weather and all the other bits and bobs...

Riots and serious crap going down in Tottenham...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14434318Bus has recently exploded after being set on fire... All because some people want 'justice' after police shot someone who was shooting at them... I love the lack of logic people have in life now...

In several areas, this park does look absolutely fantastic... But in others... Namely the kids area and the Mine Train, it lacks a general, good quality in comparison...Still looking forward to it in September though... Especially after hearing some decent reviews of the place...

Loop completed... Trim spotted... Chaos ensues...http://www.potionmagix.fr/forumix/nouvelle-zone-attraction-2012-parc-asterix-t1271-1010.htmlHonestly though, they're really soldiering on with the construction of this... Maybe they've stolen a bit of Asterix's potion?

Some concept art for the Woodie has appeared on epfans, and it looks AMAZING...