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This is what happens when I go up north... All the new bits and bobs get missed out on...

Not that ANYONE ran to Rita first in the years it's been open beforehand eh guys?

Evidently not, since that would've been mentioned by someone (*looks at Keith*) by now surely?Which one is it? A return of the old posters would be awesome at any rate...

^So, just because the sponsorship is running out this year doesn't mean they'll be focusing their efforts on it next year... Hence, they may just be doing what I'm guessing, neither of us can 100% say that they'll go one way or the other... It's impossible to tell at this point what they're planning for next year, especially with a lack of any form of planning permission coming in, as I'm sure any form of intensive retheme would cause some change to the building, possibly requiring them to put an application through, the procedure is rather foggy for pre-existing dark rides...But I wouldn't hold my breath for next year for anything other than a minor retheme... If that...

What it needs - A gutting and restart...What we'll get - Minimal 'retheme'... Which involves removing anything IL related and keeping the rest intact...

In addition to HHP, there's a Xbox tie in to contend with it seems...(Taken from events page on main site) They seem to be getting lots of external visitors now do Chessie...

Link fails... Might be a Kingston Council site issue since a quick check leads to me getting confused...

Link is fixed...And well, I did suggest you go and look at their website... You know, actually do some research of your own *shock horror*

Tbh, I don't think this new park's getting talked about enough... It looks fab... Some of those buildings look amazing...For further ride details, I reccomend going to the official site and looking at the promo... It has a complete map...

Of course, you're assuming that Towers or Chessie won't get any rides in the same timeframe, hence you're wrong there...And please, how is Thorpe getting a hotel going to improve it? Actually, the fact you can't even believe leads me to wonder what the hell is going on with today's education... A part of me inside dies when I see spelling like yours in posts...It'll take a lot more than a few flats and coasters for Thorpe to become anywhere near number 1... They need to get the atmosphere back (or indeed, there) into the park first before such things can be considered...Towers will still probably be the best on the overall package... It is now, and it probs still will be in 5 years... But of course, the parks aren't exactly true competitors are they? It's only the enthusiasts who seem to make it like there's some form of war going on between them all...

Sigh... Not at all...All Paultons has for the older kids is Edge and Cobra (Go-Karts as well, but they're pay extra, so discounted), everything else is for kids... A lot more akin to Legoland then really...

YOU see it as a barrier, I see it as a challenge...That is the most likely difference in thought processes going on...I'm not supporting it, just thinking that it's something a bit pathetic to whinge about...

Griffins is the best ride in the park Keith, bar none...

Yes, because the all-mighty chain prevents ALL from it's area...

^A roller-coaster is kind of a no brainer really...But it needs to be reliable...And on a scale of Fury...Sounds like a job for a Gerstlauer Launched coaster...

Berries is a pointless ride... Wouldn't waste 5 minutes on it let alone 40...Should've ridden Griffins more...

They had ONE B&M...The other rides were a Vekoma Mine Train, a Roller Soaker, a Sally dark ride, that Premier Ferris Wheel coaster thing and that was literally about it...The park failed in months because of it's rubbishness and it's location... As well as poor planning and the like...

Why the hell is everyone plugging something atm...Feel like I'm on bloody Coasterforce for crying out loud... Stop it!

No, it looks worse off because it got bugger all major attractions for 10 years... And had hardly any improvements or work done to it over the years...

It's all well and good putting things fans want in but if it's not up to a decent standard then why should people not complain?I mean really, did anyone think when the zone got announced Thorpe would be using old stuff for Miss Hippo? I highly doubt it... If a park isn't gonna put a high amount of effort into something, should we go "oh well at least they tried...", or go "well actually it wasn't that good, here's a list of improvements they should do for next year in order to improve the zone and hence the total event..."No-one's exactly ripping the s*** out of the park are they?

You evidently haven't been enough to Chessie to be shocked by 50 minute queues on Jumbos and Trucks when the other queues are like that...Hell, I remember once when Trucks' queue decided to go across the pathway to the soldier... That was a terrifying moment...

Least throwing up on NWO sounds a lot better than say, throwing up on Chessie's Carousel...

Actually, whilst the ride side of the Studios are poor, I do adore the shows... A small saving grace there... Cinemagique is AWESOME...

5 days without a laptop...And I'm back bitches...

Whilst I relatively love the Magic Kingdom park, it could do with a few extra attractions here and there (not much, but 2/3 more would be awesome, namely a flume, rapids and EMV)...The Studios on the other hand, are TERRIBLE, awful layout, very few quality rides, very low capacity park, and even with Tower, RnR and Crush (cannot state on TSP), being good rides, it doesn't hide that the park needs more high throughput quality throughout...By far, the worst Disney park ever...On the subject on a third park, if they made it into DisneySEA, all would be well...