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You really didn't need to finish that sentence tbh...And it's because the media bum United... And think Rooney is English football's saviour...

Shawshank RedemptionAmazing film... Tbh I wasn't sure what to expect but what a perfectly well done film... It truly deserves it's perch on the 250...10/10

Whilst the goal was very good, what an awful, awful gif...

What Mark is getting at with the independant ownership is that Merlin's higher management don't seem to 'care' (best word I can think of) about Chessie, hence the lack of investment since they took over...Since 08 Chessie has seen 1 new ride... 1... Kobra... That's not good enough is it? Ok we've also seen Lorikeets and Wanyama come in with Wild Asia, but is that really making it look like Merlin give as much of a damn as they do Thorpe and Alton? Both of which have recieved a coaster and other rides in the same timeframe...Maybe Chessie cutting loose from Merlin, and with adequate funding (I.e. a lot), is the best option? It would certainly allow them a lot more freedom in the choices and things they build... It's all too difficult to accurately predict what would happen... Chessie is quite simply the odd one out in Merlin's UK parks portfolio... And they seem to treat it as such... The basic jist is that Merlin need to start providing higher investments to the park... How much would the Toytown retheme have cost them really? There's so much potential with Chessie but because they don't invest because it doesn't attract the guests then it will forever stay in a state of purgatory... As it needs investment to attract guests...

There be so much Dolly in that playlist you'd think you're at Dollywood...

So we should be just happy that Bubbles has been repainted?This is exactly the mind-set that's wrong, we shouldn't be thinking that rides being repainted is a major thing, it should be done reasonably regularly (not every year, some form of cycle can be worked out for each ride based on individual needs)...Chessie sits in a vicious cycle of investment vs. guest numbers... Merlin need to take the risk with the park and invest into it... Regardless of it having a 'poor' summer... We really should have been seeing Toytown demolished and it disappoints me that not even a project like that can be funded...

1 - Nemesis (Alton Towers)Do I need a reason?2 - Revenge of the Mummy (Universal Studios Florida)Awesome mixture of dark ride and fun coaster... Extremely re-rideable, proven by me doing it 10 times in a day... 3 - The Beast (Kings Island)Nom, 6 minutes of pure increase of speed... And when night comes, it becomes something completely different...4 - Tonnere de Zeus (Parc Asterix)Ton of Air... So much airtime... So much fun...5 - Top Thrill Dragster (Cedar Point)Serious awesomeness just oozes from TTD... Looks bloody massive, sounds bloody loud, and rides bloody amazingly... One of the only coasters that made me nervous AND then proceeded to make me hyper for 30 minutes...6 - Expedition G-Force (Holiday Park)In hindsight, this may be the one that doesn't deserve it's place, but I really enjoyed it tbh... Must have hit it on a good day...7 - Megaphobia (Oakwood)Yay Welsh Wood... This is brilliant fun... A lot similar to Tonnerre in some respects... Added points for sheep living next door...8 - Duelling Dragons : Ice (Islands of Adventure)I much prefer Ice (or whatever version it is now) to Fire... Though again, this could easily change as haven't been on it for years...9 - Kumba (Busch Gardens Africa)The only B&M sit-down on the list, and it just rocks... It's classic B&M awesome, with g-forces coming out of the wazoo and a brilliant layout...10 - Phantom's Revenge (Kennywood)The big suprise really... Absolutely stand-out for the second drop and outrageous amounts of airtime recieved in the final legs... Great fun...

Some of us are stupid enough to waste student government money to do that AND a Italy trip

My topic wasn't for posting random things, but for Mudkips (and other Pokemon related imagery)... And it's not stupid...

People are quite generally idiots (and much worse)...Best thing to do is either ignore them or report them... Not sure what you're referencing to fully here, but when you posted THAT picture in the Mudkip thread it was mainly a "OMG IT'S A BIEBER! KILL IT!" reaction, and kinda didn't fit into the point of the topic (which is of course, to post lots of Mudkips)...You just gotta tell people to shove it sometimes...If someone 5 years younger than me is having a pop at me, I'll have a pop back, because quite frankly, they get what's coming...So in short, smack the gits...

Air's advert <3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mxo5Fi1gYI

Air I feel is vastly under-rated in the coaster community...It's not brilliant, but it is very solid and I definitely prefer it to Tatsu, which hurt a lot...A good rating here...

Even though this will probs get ignored, let's not forget Raptor...Why is September so far away?!

Considering what happened to the original two, I would say the conversion needs to be slightly bigger if they're having 12 of the buggers...

Might as well put the news in here as it's for 2011, someone needs to change the topic title though... Something fishy about this tbh...

Post a proper TR dammit!

Even if it isn't about these days (at least I don't think so, need to check), I'm gonna say the Producers was also awesome...Spamalot was ok... But not brilliant...Avenue Q is Avenue Q, especially when it's the last London show...

Double post, but this is funny if you understand it...

What makes you say that?

An error message comes up when it's just a jpeg... I made a post with a PNG as well and it just came up with posted image...

Is there a reason I cannot seem to post jpeg files through the image tages?This is very random as it only hates jpegs...

http://www.coasterfriends.de/forum/attachments/europa-news/28587d1297273544-neu-2011-x-raptor-I'm-gardaland-1.jpg Promo poster is awesome...

More likely for this to be seen here than the movie topic...Rubber - The MovieTotal genuine film... And it looks crazy and hilarious...

This place needs more Bullet... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyRIpZ8Zjw8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zszz5KsmSz8&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThPQepODHOA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLVnmcsNhaY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Quite simply, Alton should be shown that video and told to pull their fingers out and build something like that in the valley...Thing is, we'll need one of the other parks to take the 'risk' of wooden coaster first before Merlin realise how stupid our GP are...