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Benin

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  1. Control would be evacuated as well since they live on top of HPH...As to why, who knows, fire alarm, panic alarm... Could be anything...
  2. That's because:A - Mauer Sohne suck...B - B&Ms are awesome...C - Chessie appear to have some silly ruling about capacity in the rain...Thankyou for that fact, I can now sleep easy knowing that Fury has a lower capacity than Inferno when it rains... (And when it's sunny/hail/etc)...
  3. Backdraft is nothing like Twister... Completely different... Main difference is the amazing COW <3LA Universal isn't that great anyways... Aside from the tram tour... Shrek is still amusing though regardless... Certainly one of the best 4-D shows around...Still don't want it at Towers though...
  4. Benin replied to themeparkmad's topic in UK Attractions
    Such is the nature of these rides...You get similar feelings on KMG Afterburners, Gyro Swings and whatever else has some form of spinning disc holding the riders...It's popular and fun, that's what the park needed, and I for one am glad of it's presence at the park...
  5. Benin replied to Dan9's topic in UK Attractions
    I'm suprised they've managed to get it working with three trains this Halloween... Considering how much the chain doesn't like the cold and changing speed so regularly...
  6. Benin replied to Marc's topic in Nonsense
    Resetting the scores...Canada Creek Railway (5)Colossus (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rush (5)Samurai (5)Saw - The Ride (4)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a teacup (5)Vortex (5)Tidal Wave (5)Inferno +1Saw -1
  7. Benin replied to Marc's topic in Nonsense
    Canada Creek Railway (7)Colossus (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (4)Loggers Leap (5)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (4)Rocky Express (5)Rush (6)Samurai (6)Saw - The Ride (6)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a teacup (5)Vortex (4)Tidal Wave (5)X:\ No Way Out (2)Inferno +1NWO -1
  8. Benin replied to Skunky's topic in UK Attractions
    Honestly Mikey, you haven't lived :PRodeo was amazing, Dynamo was amazing, Breakdances are amazing and there's not enough in the world anymore...
  9. Benin replied to Marc's topic in Nonsense
    Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Rangers Carousel (0)Colossus (6)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (6)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (4)Rocky Express (5)Rush (7)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a teacup (5)Tidal Wave (6)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Inferno +1CRC -1
  10. Benin replied to Marc's topic in Nonsense
    Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Rangers Carousel (2)Colossus (6)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (7)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (4)Nemesis Inferno (5)Quantum (6)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (1)Rush (6)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (8)Slammer (5)Stealth (7)Storm in a teacup (5)Tidal Wave (7)Vortex (3)X:\ No Way Out (3)CRC +1Rumba -1
  11. Oh how I wish the theming had been slightly more substanial...We all can't get what we want though...
  12. Now, Shrek 4-D is actually amazing...But, assuming they just re-use the same footage, it's a 7 year old attraction... And the film's are worse (and possible/hopefully finished) then it was all those years ago...I have... Minimal hope that this happens... Especially considering that image of why it's reckoned to be Shrek... Dear oh dear...Does Storybookland need something done to it? Yes, preferably by getting rid of that red and blue turd next door and theming all in one piece... A decent sized new attraction that can promote itself to families based on it's substance rather than "OHHHHH LOOK AT THE BIG SHINY CHARACTER!" would always be my choice, this is why I'd never do well being in charge of a themepark...So much for Merlin's in-house stuff eh?
  13. Benin replied to Marc's topic in Nonsense
    Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Rangers Carousel (4)Colossus (6)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (4)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (7)Samurai (7)Saw – The Ride (2)Slammer (6)Stealth (5)Storm in a teacup (5)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (6)Zodiac (2)Slammer +1Saw - Ride -1
  14. Benin replied to Marc's topic in Nonsense
    Erm... Shouldn't Time Voyagers be dead?Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Rangers Carousel (5)Colossus (6)Depth Charge (3)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (5)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (5)Quantum (4)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (7)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (5)Storm in a teacup (5)Tidal Wave (6)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Zodiac (5)Rush +1Quantum -1
  15. Benin replied to Marc's topic in Nonsense
    Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Rangers Carousel (5)Colossus (6)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (6)Flying Fish (6)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (7)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (6)Samurai (4)Saw – The Ride (5)Saw Alive (2)Slammer (4)Stealth (6)Storm in a teacup (5)Tidal Wave (5)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (4)Zodiac (4)Detonator +1Zodiac -1
  16. Benin replied to Marc's topic in Nonsense
    Canada Creek Railway (5)Chief Rangers Carousel (5)Colossus (5)Depth Charge (5)Detonator (5)Flying Fish (6)Loggers Leap (5)Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (5)Nemesis Inferno (6)Quantum (5)Rocky Express (5)Rumba Rapids (5)Rush (5)Samurai (5)Saw – The Ride (5)Saw Alive (5)Slammer (5)Stealth (7)Storm in a teacup (5)Tidal Wave (5)Time Voyagers (1)Vortex (5)X:\ No Way Out (5)Zodiac (5)Nemesis Inferno +1TIme Voyagers -1
  17. Benin replied to Ash's topic in General Discussion
    But Shinny was asking more generally, and I already pointed out that River Quest does it...
  18. Thought they'd finished those roadworks... Oh well...
  19. Benin replied to Ash's topic in General Discussion
    Look up River Quest at Phantasialand... It's definitely possible...God I love that ride...
  20. All those plans were (and still are) TERRIBLE...And this was NOT the year before Merlin brought them, since that happened in 2007...Chessie needed (and still needs) RIDES... I'm glad they didn't build an arena then and when plans popped back up a few years back...
  21. Haha, seeing that has reminded me of the time I walked back to the station in 2007 on Halloween and there was a car on the bridge that was on fire... Yes there is a bus... The 71... But there's really no need to get it... The only people around will be park guests and staff at that time of night...I can do the walk in about 10 minutes give or take... Depends on how long I have till the next train... I'd say 15 minutes tops...
  22. Benin replied to Cringle's topic in UK Attractions
    Only the ticket queue... Unless you buy Fast-track, you queue in the regular queue...But don't rush and get that yet, since the normal queue is max 20 minutes, and when the extension is open it only goes up to 30...So when you pick up (or have your printed at home) ticket, you head straight to the regular queue where there'll be two very cold looking people no doubt...
  23. Benin replied to Marc's topic in The Past
    Have you seen the trailer for the new one?It literally is gonna be a corny 3-D film... Especially judging by one of the scenes... Even in 2-D I could tell what was meant to be jumping out of the screen...Oh I dislike 3-D films...And I doubt Saw could EVER hope to reach the same popularity as Potter... There's such a little comparison especially due to the massive difference in target audiences (let alone that Potter basically encompasses EVERYONE!)...
  24. Benin replied to Cringle's topic in UK Attractions
    Now this is certainly a topic I can go on about for a while Although this could be placed elsewhere in the forum (Other Attractions?) I'm sure if wanted someone will...Regardless, you can indeed buy a ticket on the day (for £17.95), and depending on what time/day/etc you go the busyness will indeed vary...I don't think the queues will be exceptionally long at this time of year, although ticket queuing is the main issue (especially with it being half term next week, so could be very busy indeed), so if you want to avoid that (and say money) buy online, just remember if you do not print the ticket off at home you WILL have to collect your pre-booked tickets indoors before heading into the actual queue... A VERY important thing I cannot stress enough to you... The ticket collection is next door to the main ticket sales where the shiny bridge is...Don't forget to see the 4-D show... Gives the staff something to do...EDIT - Just looking on the MAP site, be aware you cannot use it on the 30th/31st... Which is... Annoying as I was planning on going Saturday
  25. Benin replied to Theme Park bloke's topic in The Real World
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/9101905.stmThen why does this article taken off the BBC state the 18th October? This would've been big news THROUGHOUT the end of the transfer window if he had been, since links would've been jumping around EVERYDAY... And you call ME un-educated...And also, if Man U DON'T take other youngsters off teams, why does FM11's demo have at least 13 players from their youth team that did not start their career at the club?I do realise that those 4 have been at the top, doesn't make them particularly nice teams though does it? And you're being the reason why right now, because you're a 'supporter' who lives in SURREY... I hazard a guess that I've actually seen Man U live more times than you... Which is amusing when I don't support a team that's in the Premiership itself... Evidently you've had an 'education' from Sky Sports... Definitely not from going to Old Trafford every home game...Did you also know that name-calling makes someone's arguement less valid? So all this use of 'un-educated' from someone who is 4 years my younger makes me laugh...

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