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That's no excuse not to invest though, it's the classic "sod you, you'll come anyway" attitude.

It does look good, especially the theming, but the layout just looks too short for it to be an outstanding attraction IMO.

Fury is the better ride to be honest, then again I never got to ride Vampire with the original trains.

Short Trip Report from Monday: We got in the park just after 10am and stayed until it closed. Whilst there should have been more open, it was nice to get re-rides on Swarm and Stealth with next to no queue (would have been no queue if they were running two trains!) Braniac Live was almost the same as last year, however there were a few bits that they didn't do last time (such as the electric charge) which made it more interesting. Still just as good and funny as ever! RIDECOUNT: Stealth x14 The Swarm x7 Dodgems x1 4D Cinema x1 Braniac Live x1 (Not a ride but I'm counting it!) Highlights: - Some nice improvements have taken place over closed season, such as the new restaurant and coffee shop exterior, and of course the Pizza building which I am yet to see properly. It seems that they are finally starting to do away with the Atlantis theme of the dome, which is good as it didn't really make much sense. - Lots of re-rides on Stealth and Swarm, especially front row in the rain! Lowlights: - There should have definitely been more rides open. - 4pm closing is a bit early, opening an hour later and closing at 5pm would have made much more sense in my opinion.

Fantasy Mouse at Fantasy Island?

Air (1) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (7) Nemesis (7) Oblivion (5) Hex + Air -

Yay for Arrow!

Air (4) Duel (2) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (7) Nemesis (8) Oblivion (4) Nemesis + Air -

Dragons Fury (7) Rattlesnake (0) Vampire (7) Rattlesnake - RESET Dragon's Fury (5) Vampire (5)

Thanks!

Sonic Spinball?

Atlantis Submarine Voyage (3) Boating School (3) Dino Safari (1) Dragon's Apprentice (3) Fairy Tale Brook (3) Hill Train (3) Jolly Rocker (3) Laser Raiders (3) Lego Star Wars (3) Miniland (3) Orient Expedition (3) Pirate Falls Treasure Quest (3) Squid Surfer (3) Spinning Spider (3) The Dragon (4) Vikings' River Splash (4) VIkings' River Splash + Dino Safari -

Dragon's Fury (6) Rattlesnake (3) Vampire (6) Dragon's Fury + Rattlesnake -

Air (5) Duel (3) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (6) Nemesis (7) Oblivion (4) Nemesis + Air -

It looks quite good, also nice to see that they have incorporated Inferno's theme into it.

Bubbleworks (4) Dragon's Fury (7) Rattlesnake (3) Vampire (6) Rattlesnake + Bubbleworks -

Atlantis Submarine Voyage (2) Boating School (3) Dino Safari (3) Dragon's Apprentice (3) Fairy Tale Brook (3) Hill Train (3) Jolly Rocker (3) Laser Raiders (3) Lego Star Wars (3) Miniland (3) Orient Expedition (3) Pirate Falls Treasure Quest (4) Pirates of Skeleton Bay (0) (Out!) Squid Surfer (3) Spinning Spider (3) The Dragon (4) Vikings' River Splash (4) Pirates of Skeleton Bay - RESET Atlantis Submarine Voyage (3) Boating School (3) Dino Safari (3) Dragon's Apprentice (3) Fairy Tale Brook (3) Hill Train (3) Jolly Rocker (3) Laser Raiders (3) Lego Star Wars (3) Miniland (3) Orient Expedition (3) Pirate Falls Treasure Quest (3) Squid Surfer (3) Spinning Spider (3) The Dragon (3) Vikings' River Splash (3)

Air (5) Duel (3) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (6) Nemesis (7) Oblivion (6) Th13teen (2) Duel + Air -

It's my favourite ride and the water only makes up a part of it, unlike rides like Tidal Wave which are just about the wetness. I don't mind getting wet but the tunnel should have been off IMO.

To be fair it was intended as a humorous comment, but if you rode it on a windy day then you probably wouldn't have got airtime.

I'm not using it as a weapon, merely an example of what can be achieved if the intent is there.Thorpe is probably quiet because there isn't enough open.

Construction update from Skyforce: [/url] I imagine that this will be the pre-show building; [/url] Banners advertising the ride; [/url] The groundwork is finished and needs 28 days to set before they can install the ride.

A last minute decision was made to visit Blackpool Pleasure Beach over the weekend, and needless to say I was very excited in the week leading up to it! We had a fantastic weekend, with two days on park, which was very good operationally considering that it was only the second weekend of it being open and in February. BPB was on a full ride lineup, with the exception of Spongebob's Splash Bash both days and Teacups on the Sunday, so I really can't moan at that! The park feels much fresher, with various things having been refurbished such as the Flying Machines and the removal of the Monorail station, both of which make it look much nicer, and the view from the overpass by Wallace and Gromit is really good now that the station is gone! Once again I took a few minutes to appreciate the historical aspect of the park, I still think it's great that there are rides from each decade over the last 100 years running alongside each other! RIDE COUNTS: Saturday 14th February: The Big One x2 Grand National x2 Valhalla x1 Wild Mouse x1 Big Dipper x1 Nickelodeon Streak x1 Steeplechase x1 Ice Blast x1 Wallace and Gromit's Thrill O' Matic x1 Ghost Train x1 River Caves x1 Alice in Wonderland x1 TOTAL: 14 Sunday 15th February: Valhalla x4 The Big One x4 Wild Mouse x2 Grand National x2 Big Dipper x2 Revolution x1 Avalanche x1 Infusion x1 River Caves x1 TOTAL: 18 Highlights: - Getting back to BPB much sooner than I thought I would. - Operations were really good considering that it was only February. - Lots of areas of the park have been refurbished or freshened up, such as the Flying Machines, Big Dipper's 'onion', Alice in Wonderland's exterior, the removal of the Monorail station and various other smaller improvements, which makes the park look much nicer and less cluttered. - The wooden coasters were running well considering that they have only been running with people in for four days this year, they weren't at their best by any means but they were still great fun! Wild Mouse was starting to get a bit of it's wildness back by the end of Sunday! PMBO was also running really well, anyone who suggests it has no airtime doesn't know what they are talking about! - Cleanliness is something I've noticed has improved a lot in recent years, and this was evident with staff cleaning the trains before opening, and about 10 cleaners getting ready to clean the park after it closed on Saturday. It's great to see them taking things like this seriously, I can't think of many other parks that clean the coaster trains to such an extent every day. - I was very impressed that they got Revolution back open on Sunday after it stalled on the dip after the first drop, I've seen similar things happen at other parks and they just get left there for the day rather than actually fixing it and getting it back open within an hour! Lowlights: - I understand the reasoning behind it (and it's only February), but Infusion only running one train when the queue was going up the stairs was quite poor, I didn't queue for it but saw it and felt sorry for the people in the queue! I went on it first thing on Sunday to avoid the queue. - Valhalla's water vortex was worse than ever this weekend, why the hell is it even on in February?! Ruined the ride and put me off getting a high ride-count on it, it's still my favourite ride but I just can't understand why they would have it on drenching everyone when it would be just as easy to switch it off. - The Gourmet Burgers have changed, you now have to pay extra for toppings rather than having set flavours with more toppings for the same amount of money, I wasn't very impressed to be honest, nor with the fact that it took nearly half an hour for them to prepare them, and even then they got the toppings wrong! (I did go back and demand onions! ) - Leaving! Finally, a small construction update from Skyforce; Thanks for reading.

More advanced technologically maybe, but not in the case of maintenance. BPB have to replace lots of wood every year, as well as coping with rust on the metal coasters (due to the sea) and re-welding sections of PMBO track that gets blasted by the salt in the sea air, not to mention the huge amount of maintenance that Valhalla requires, so to get all the rides open in BPB is very impressive, and if they can then why can't the other parks? I'd much rather Thorpe and Towers opened on a full lineup every weekend rather than one week in half term with only a few rides open.

Bubbleworks (5) Dragon's Fury (6) Rattlesnake (4) Vampire (5) Dragon's Fury + Bubbleworks -