Coaster

Such a shame that they ripped out a classic Wild Mouse coaster to build this...

I must say that most comments on the Facebook are positive - it seems the public's perception of Woodies has changed over the past few years (To be honest I never thought they hated them, but there we go...)

^ Thanks If I was a betting person I'd place bets on either a Woodie (please!!) or a B&M Flyer.

I really hope they build a woodie! On a slightly different note, when did we first see the plans for The Swarm? (Just interested in how long before we see plans for the next coaster).

I don't know - it seemed like a one off because there was little organisation - just staff directing people to the annual pass building telling them about it.

But they don't know it will fail unless they build one! It could be really successful - market research does not prove everything.

I don't understand where Thorpe are coming from with the whole "woodies are unsafe" and "the public don't like woodies" thing - they seem fine with them at Blackpool and Oakwood...

Less light, more fog. It is a DARK ride, after all - it's a shame with the light structure in the middle of the ride that it has a cycle to fit in the music which is generally good, however some points are far too light and sometimes it is light for the majority of the time that you are in the pyramid. One thing I really like is how the laser on the final brake run sometimes goes around you - it's a nice effect.

I honestly think that Thorpe would save a lot of money (in the long run) and time by getting a new Top Scan instead of having to constantly repair Samurai (which in fairness is way past it's best).

Any woodie would be great! Just not another steelie...

Yes that was where it came from I think, but when I first watched it I wasn't scared, but the fear developed from it.

I have a phobia of most creepy crawlies, but spiders, moths and daddy longlegs are the worst. If there is one in the house I am too scared to even try to kill them because I think that they will fly past my hand and go onto my body. With spiders I'm always worried that they are attached to a web and will get stuck on me if I try to get rid of them. I also have a social phobia, I don't know how to explain it but I get really nervous in some social situations and start shaking (which makes me more nervous because I know I look stupid ad no one knows why I am shaking). Also, gas masks... URGH! I know where that phobia came from, but I'm still terrified of the things! (Which is why E10 was the only maze to scare me at fright nights in 2011 - they didn't have gas masks in 2012 so it didn't have the same fear factor).

When they change the audio for fright nights do they change it back during the week when fright nights isn't on?

Yesterday at the Exit of Thorpe Park (at the end of the day) there were staff directing people who had paid full price for a day ticket to the annual pass building for a "free annual pass". I asked what they meant and they said that if you had paid for a ticket that day then you could get a free Thorpe Park annual pass.

It was weird yesterday! There was no member of staff at the entrance and the queue was huge. It was almost out of the entrance, and it went through all the corridors.

I would love the next Secret Weapon to be a dark ride! If executed correctly it could be brilliant - they could of course combine a dark ride with a coaster.

Good that they are trying to bring everyone back again. I still remember being there on the school trip last year where the man told us that they were trying to push "up for it families" out and only have teenagers. I thought then that it was never going to work... Still, this is good.

Upside down. Wooden or Steel? (Coasters)

As with most Merlin mazes, I think that it would really benefit from a few triggered effects (such as hanging bodies moving or something of the sort) because they are, in some ways, scarier than actors.

Banned for being very clumsy since 1996...

I'm looking forward to Grown Ups 2! Really enjoyed the first film, hope the second one will be as good. Also, B&M restraints FTW! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Grown_Ups_2_Poster.jpg

Ok fair enough. I would like to see Terror of the Towers receive a revamp - although I quite enjoyed it last year, probably because I hadn't done it before.

If it goes then they should replace it with another model! (Same ride). Too much is leaving Chessington at the moment - it has gone from a very nice themed park to a construction site with little theming in places in a very short space of time.

Why did they bother deconstructing The Sanctuary? The Towers are barely open so it was a bit pointless. I'll be saving my money anyway - I went in it both last Scarefest and at Easter. Still, great maze!

I don't know why but I have the awful feeling that Thorpe are going to start charging for the mazes like Towers. What with them saying "you haven't guessed it yet" and all that I think it might be the case. Please prove me wrong!