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I'm guessing that they may as well be doing some maintenance to the Sea-Life tunnel, hence it's closure...Just as long as they don't add no bloody "Ghost of the Sea" crap...

Matt Bellamy <3And <3 to Chris and Dominic too... Amazing band...Actually I'm just over a month away from seeing Bullet for my Valentine again... Horray for metal!

NWO is rubbish, and why aren't we moaning about it's rubbishness in it's own topic?

<3The park at Halloween was very very good as you've said, the lighting and what-not was excellent throughout the entire park...Bubbles had NO strobes in the finale, the quicker that thing dies the better, then we can get something original, fresh and bang up to date...Vamp closed early on Halloween night So I didn't get to queue in the dark but jesus it was running well... I'm so glad the park now has the view of knowing that it IS their icon... Just use that old entrance (which had been opened on the day slightly) and put a facade on the building and general improvements (like why not have gothic fencing in the queue?) and it can remain an icon for many many years...The future is certainly bright for Chessie, they need the support certainly from fans who may not understand about why certain things are being done instead of what may not be that's wanted first in order to improve the overall day out at the park, which is currently a more important thing for them to do...One day, maybe Runaway's rocks will get focused on, what with the boiler having smoke (then again, the whole park did), as well as new lights and sounds... Maybe... Just maybe...One thing I did notice on Halloween was the lack of happy staff... Maybe because I saw Keith way too much But based on past trips, the only talkative staff were the PicSolve people... A shame, maybe too many had "end-of-season" blues...2010 has certainly been a MASSIVE mark in Chessie's calender... As Mikey said it's probably mainly due to the year's of neglect, but having spoken to a few of the managers this year they all seem to have big ideas for all aspects of the park, and with focuses on the park's state can only be a good start for this decade...Honestly, I'm looking forward to 2012 for the 25th, I can dream they have something that will really place Chessie back on the map for that... Bring it on...P.S. Please Chessie, fix the Containment Gate leading into Pirates Cove... It's actually stupid...

No it didn't, as they left from Stafford (WOOOOO!) and hit the traffic after Uttoxeter... I'm not suprised considering the traffic can be an absolute hell... Especially with those roads...But yay for Mark! Where did you stay in little old Staffs?

Saw is longer (apparently) but......................Mystery Mine urinates all over Saw by far...I did them both in the same year and MM absolutely blew Saw apart...Better theming on inside and outside... TWO lift hills of the vertical variety... More SFX (I.e. not air cannons and a fountain)... The epic Dive Loop finale... Yeah... MM is so much better... It ruined Saw for me... Not that there was much to ruin, it's another ride that got hyped up when it was just an average (and rough) Eurofighter that got an IP attached to it to make it more scary...It's scarier walking down my street than going on that ride...

My work here is done then...

I don't know, ask maybe in the dedicated topic for that in the Thorpe section perhaps?

This is MEANT to be similar to a Wing-Rider (Baco), looking at the support surrounding the track, this slightly makes us (in theory) wonder how big the trains will be... Yes...

For the park itself it's been a mixed year taking into consideration crowds and stuff...Kobra certainly got the park back on track again, hopefully though we won't have to wait another 6 years for a big ride (or indeed, any ride) to turn up...

I take it it's a bad time to mention the director, two writers and the original Princeton and Trekkie actors appeared at the end then?

Lol at the people hating Halloween...And people say I'm miserable about how I treat Christmas at this time of year... Halloween in 07 provided me with someone's car on fire outside Chessie South train station... That was a highlight...Trick or Treating don't happen down my way anyways, but kids (and parents) do love the whole dressing up aspect of it, Chessie yesterday was certainly a high indication of this...

Don't take this the wrong way but... do you not have a sense of humour?

Riding Nemesis in the back row at night on that right edge is definitely on par with sex... FACT!In other news, loved seeing the last London show of Avenue Q... Epic times...

Why hello there Mr. Support, why are you confusing us all?

If Inferus is the person I think it is, he definitely knows 100% what's going on more than basically anyone else unless they've the same job experience as him...

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Some assorted pics...And showing off the heartline roll...

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Haha, sorry Lego, Chessie did this several times last year in a much more awesome manner...

Engineering and Design WOOOO!Dunno for what though, I love being a jack-of-all-trades Mechanical Engineer... Hell I could even have CEng after my name <3

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