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    Television

    Shooting Stars - by far the best thing on tv.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b013cx5h/Shooting_Stars_Series_8_Episode_1/
  2. Just point that thing at storm surge and press the big red button, that'd get them some publicity.If that is a fully working tank (as the track marks behind it suggest) and not a dummy that has been towed into place then it would be worth an absolute fortune and I'm sure won't be staying. Love it though.
  3. Love the sound of that, I'll believe it when I see it though - getting all the funding in place with the current markets is not going to be easy.If it does happen though it could be something to give Merlin a kick up the arse, can only be good for us if major parks start trying to outdo each other.The name sucks though.
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    The News

    This has not been said, as far as I know.It is from a joke going round facebook, with the punchline: if Carlsburg made prime minsters....
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    The News

    Time for some USA style policing. Looting? Shoot kill. That should stop it soon enough!
  6. I'd have thought they wouldn't be that hard to come by even in the UK. There are loads of shells of planes laying about behind the scenes at airports, used for fire / police training etc. They've got no real value beyond scrap so that plus transport costs should do it. If it is supposed to have just crashed it doesn't matter what state it's in and they'd only need the bits sticking out the ground, they wouldn't need the other bits (like the opposite wing) to bury at all.I'm optimistic, think they would have considered it before going to the trouble of adding it to the plans.
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    X

    I think it is safe to say X no longer has a theme. It is a rollercoaster, in the dark, going backwards. They don't pretend to give that scenario any context or justification, it just is what it is.I like its current incarnation tbh, it just being there being a bit of fun is better than a half arsed theme which doesn't work being shoehorned in. It was all too illuminated when I last rode in May/June, if they have darkened it down a bit (or lot) then great. Bit of smoke on the brke runs, bit of laser lighting and get the music more evenly pumped out and I think it can sit there happily for a few more years.
  8. Incase no ones noticed - two free Thorpe tickets with The Sun this week, token collect starts today.That's actual free tickets, not buy one get one free tickets. Not bad.I presume it will be done with date bands like Atons one, with a specific date of entry allocated rather than open dated tickets. It doesn't actually say in the paper.
  9. Unless there is something about the track they want to hide for now. Like that third rail
  10. I've actually started looking through old photos!!

    So far - Chessington, Great Yarmouth, Alton, Peter Pans (Adventure Island) and a few others have turned up, but ..... No Thorpe.

    It's only the first box of many, I'll let you know how I get on......

  11. Although what is there is done rather well, I think the water park is a massive missed opportunity for two reasons:- It just isn't big enough and does not have enough to do. It is not worthy of being a destination in itself and not worth missing the theme park for a day to visit (especially considering the price of the hotel for a night, it's not worth adding a further day to your trip for it either). - It is (generally and in my experience) only open when the theme park is. People would pay to go in the evening if it was open but it's not, so they can't. This is dumb.Those slightly more 'mature' members like myself from the South of England might remember an amazing water park near the Dartford river crossing called Fantaseas. It had rapids rides, a launch tower of about 10 flumes, lazy river, wave pool, multiple outdoor pools and loads of other little bits. People came from miles around and it was always insanely busy (unfortunately they built it on a disused rubbish dump, burnt the rubbish away from underneath and it fell down. Idiots). It is the sort of thing that would fit so well into Alton as it is squarely aimed at the thrills and family market. Imagine a flume based on every major Alton ride, could be epic.It feels to me like it was built as an add on perk for the hotel guests to get for free (in fact I think it might have been) which they've now decided to charge for and market as a theme park in the water, which it really is not. I would love to see it really heavily redeveloped as part of the inevitable third hotel plans into some sort of cross between Centre Parcs and Fantaseas, Alton would then really be a multi day stay destination in my eyes.
  12. That really does look awful, what on earth are they trying to achieve with that train design?
  13. I remember the giraffe house, which was in the hole currently occupied by the rattlesnake. This worked well as the viewing area was at the giraffes head height but I don't think it was really a big enough area for the animals.I love giraffes, they need to return. I'm sure they could live happily with the zebras wandering around Wagamamas.
  14. The Swarm. I approve, it sounds kind of theatrical which I hope is how they are thinking in terms of theming\story\putting on a show - instead of dumping the hardware down and surrounding it with cattlepens in no sort of context.With the promo film being so full of explosions, fire and missiles I better be seeing some on ride pyroticnics when it's done. Excited.
  15. I've not seen any, I think they do these deals at the end of the season when interest will be dropping off as the parks close. As ap day was months ago, and there is not anther one until next year, I really don't know what you are asking?
  16. Weird but strangely beautiful pictures of the leftovers of the washed away 6 flags park..... http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/05/creepy-crusty-crumbling-illegal-tour-of-abandoned-six-flags-new-orleans-75-pics/Did anyone go while it was open? Mega Zeph looks like it could have been fun.Strange how they seem to have managed to achieve the look Thorpe have been going for without even trying.
  17. To be fair it's a long time since I've visited during the school holidays, so what are the average summer weekday queue lengths Astro?
  18. Don't think this has been mentioned elsewhere.....skip to 6.50 for the good stuff making of... Wow. All this for what is just a small part of one attraction (and we get time voyagers!).
  19. Surely the pathway the other side of depth charge will be made available too?
  20. I wouldn't even dream of going this time of year.First weekday of Halloween will be my next visit; late opening, quiet park. Heaven.
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    Television

    Double post anarchyThis was announced todayhttp://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/07/29/sky-bbc-share-uk-f1-coverage-2012/I'm F****ng livid. Why can't Murdoch/Sky just do one and stop trying to take over the world and make it worse and worse as they go.
  22. Yes, I think this sums it up.-Thorpe is for thrillseekers with not enough for children/families-Chessington is for children/families with not enough for thrillseekers And with that strategy they are never going to appeal to a wide enough audience to beat-Alton Towers which is for families but has enough to keep both children and thrillseekers more than happy.Unless the others change their direction and actively try to appeal to a wider market Alton Towers will always be no.1 (within Merlin anyway).
  23. I love dodgems rides. I don't understand why they are not installed more frequently in themeparks, it's one of the few rides that are not essentially a swing, a spin or a set track. And wherever they are they always attract a big crowd.Shame these ones are quite slow though, damn target audience.
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    Television

    I didn't even know it was based on a book series! They weren't around when I was a kid, all my school books seemed to have been written a hundred years before by a man who wanted to put me in a coma. I've missed out there. Things seem to have moved on, these look great!
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