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Listening to Capital? Don't you mean you are a big fan of adverts?I have a totally irrational hatred for that station.I like listening to Bill Wyman's metal detector.

Using the tag line 'Expedition Himalaya' seems quite odd really, considering the other Expedition into a particular Himalayan mountain coaster which already has such a name for itself. Innovate, don't imitate!

Massive station is... MASSIVE! 50% maintenance shed.Awesome pic though, and a view you won't get even once the ride is open.

Yeah, people who stop dead in front of me while I'm battling my way through Lakeside stand a very real chance of being violated from behind and donkey punched. It's the only way they'll learn.

There.Their.They're.It's not freakin hard.

Oh, sorry. Damn out correct. I meant impotent.

Nemesis is beautiful. But -1 for being smug about it.So 7/10. Ha!

Well that's just BS.If they've proven that the missiles have not come from the actual train (which I'm sure they can rule out as bits would be missing if they had), then it is guests throwing things / carrying stuff which has fallen from their pockets etc. This can happen at any time on any coaster with idiots throwing things or coins falling from pockets at a bad time. With that logic we'll shut all coasters shall we, along with anything that goes fast or inverts?Makes me angry. See, angry.

It's your group, shown under your pic.Most of us are 'members', the important ones are 'moderators', some are 'guests', and people who have gone away are 'gone away' as their account is not active. Except they sometimes have come back, but the systems seems to take a while to catch up.

Strange to see this reported today, it has been like that since summer. Unless they are saying it is now a permanent change, which would be a great shame, but it doesn't actually say that?Edit It is saying it is permanent then, is it? That's not how I read it.

But what about gas engineers to install fire effects that the ride may or may not feature? That's what I want to know.

Yeah, I knew that was coming!! But I'm just talking about that single little element (as I can't think of another ride that does a manoeuvre quite like it), and did mention how much better this will be!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-15357932They're going in.What do we think? Is it the right thing to do?I just hope they all stay safe.

Damn that's sexy.It should feel amazing. It kind of looks like a massive version of the last inversion on Rage (although POVs don't seem to support this, it certainly feels like a slowish twist then a dive into itself when your on it). That is one of my favourite elements of any coaster and really makes Rage, stuck out on a wing and at that size it should be a huge wow.

The funniest 4 seconds of TV ever. Gets me every time.

Last time I rode I noticed a half played game of chess on the platform just before you enter the station. Has that always been there and I've never noticed it or did it just turn up over summer? Also, WTF?

I've never had any problems on there in my high heels. Can be tricky keeping my dignity in my miniskirt getting into those seats though.

Maybe they've borrowed the simulation engine Intamin used for 13? Who knows how fast it'll go!!It is ingenious really, costs nothing to fit like that now but a fortune to adapt it later.

For a change to Mau5 from the other nonsense, it's a straight 10

Why so sure? I really can't decide myself.Steak, as long as no one has snuck horrible horrible kidney in there.Hamilton or Button?

Uno. Drinking scrabble is less exciting.Mythos or The Swarm?

Remember 'avin it to that back in the day. Bass in the place London!!!

A dog. Cute. Although he looks a little sad, so 7/10

More to do with copyright than credit I'd think. It's not listed so probably there for potential clients to view rather than for us lot to watch.

So different they're hardly comparable, but deep down I'd rather Thorpe were building this instead of The Swarm. Still, there's one island left. Fingers crossed.