Matt 236
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Looks great, but must admit they could've decorated the ride's entrance better as it looks a little meh.
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Bah, I know I'm going to miss Ant & Dec! the problems of having 80% of deadlines of second year uni within 2 weeks.
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Whilst it's good they've u-turned this petty staggered openings to what they should always be, still think it's disapointing we're seeing only 5pm park closings over the weekend, should be at least 6pm.
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I've always been a very big fan of the Swarm (maybe more than JoshC), but there's another ride I'm really getting a soft spot for currently. DEPTH CHARGE. OK, to done it's just low'ish capacity 4 lane water slide, but to me it's more than. It's a Thirpe classic which is great fun for park guests of all ages, an all round attraction, gives you some great views of the park (Swarm & Stealth) and doesn't get you too wet either. It may be nearly 25 years old, but still runs well and is one of the few surviving RMC additions which on top of that is definitely the best upkept one too (excluding anything rethemed). Some say it doesn't fit in with the new park, but I think it does. What with the famiky market thing and Island like no other tag line and it goes very well with the shark theme too.
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Sadly Merlin seem to reflecting the typical image of the majority of wealthy people. Rich,powerful and greedy (corporate tyrants). If Towers were owned by anyone else (but with the same imagineering team), they could do great wonders.
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I went on Inferno yesterday and the most was definitely working. The volcano mister was working very well and there was a fair amount of most in the tunnel too (I've seen it run with more but it was definitely working).
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And the best part is, quite a lot of the action was caught on video (which a Creaky member will edit together in the next week or so).
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Another fantastic TPM meet. They all just seem to get bigger and better! Despite arriving nearly 3 hours late, had a great day and was nice seeing everyone again, plus lots of new faces (over 25 attended the Peaj of the day). Inferno pizza was very good except the slightly slow service. The plates were fine. The spooning game was even more competitive than last time (maybe too competitive) as lots of pushing, pulling etc happened, got a bit violent at times, but the end result was worthwhile (I didn't partake this year due to lateness). Highlights for me also included 3 rides in a row on Swam without leaving my seat & depth charge race with Peaj, Adam & Phill. Despite vortex, Detty & Slammer being down plus no Caroulsel and 1 train Colossus, had a great day and cant wait til Cheessington meet (which I hope I can make).
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I might miss the spooning, but will be there til the end of the end
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Has featured in one of my vlogs
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When Paramount opens, I hope Merlin fail epically (unless they learn from their mistakes). Towers is going down hill fast Thorpe is still in the centre of its normal issues (though lots of cheeky price picks now) Chessington seems to be between a rock and a hard place. Legoland seem to be the only one doing the right decisions this year, increasing driving & boating schools capacity (with a refresh) and retheming the town area (which was dated) plus diggers getting replaced by a disko coaster potentially smoke gat other things.
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That's an achievement for Merlin nowadays.
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As far as I'm aware, the four current (for now) rides set to leave are Blade, Flume, Ripsaw and Spinball. Blade as we know will be going this year (due to SW8 and other things) and I wouldn't be surprised if this will be Ripsaw's last season either (SW8 will be in forbidden valley after all). Spinball going seems to be rumoured every year. It's very likely it's going to happen, but with the two above rides still present, I think Spinball will be going 2017/2018. The flume will probably be the last of these to go as though it's around 35 years old and (to some) a long boring ride with drops, it's still a fairly popular ride (with families) at the resort and still obtains a high throughput (around 1200). This will likely go after 2018 to either make way for a more modern log ride or SW9 (maybe SW9 won't be coaster after all with Thorpe's next ride to be a dark ride).
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Now you mention it, the floor near truckers was made uneven at Chessington recently. That's the biggest ground breaking they've done for a while
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Bah!!!!!!!! Beaten to it by coasterdude (was about to post that same pic) Looks very good, definitely an improvement over Beastie. Would like to see a few more bigger bits of theming if I'm being picky; but aside from that looks very good.
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Considering this week and next I have 70% of my 2nd year work due and a piano exam tommorow, my Uni's school of arts office have really been salting the wound recently, 1/ email on Tuesday saying I've submitted something for a module I haven't been enrolled for (it needed renaming and several emails to sort out) 2/ Email today they had not received my latest piece of work (I submitted yesterday) which they had apparently kinda lost in translation (which was eventually found) 3/ there's been lots of problems with submission lately which considering this is my busiest week and I've not had any problems with work submission is really annoying, something is really up with my work ATM. 4/ I have three more pieces of work to submit before the end of next week. If any of them gain similar problems I'm definitely going to lose my s*** 5/ whilst my department does also require online submissions too, physical copies for everything are still escential and withouth can lead to a NS (f). This is 2015 ffs
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It's gone, another ride of my child hood gone! Hopefully this dark ride though will be really good for such a loss of a classic. Fingers crossed the reason it's been taken down carefully is so it could possibly return in the future (cough cough get rid of samurai).
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It wipes the floor with those (cough cough zodiac & Samurai)For a ride sign it looks fairly good.
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Long overdue, but there's only one photo to summarise Chessington's opening days this year Having all the main rides down for opening except Falls, Tombs [which are in an awful state] and Scorpion [if you even call it one], isn't a great start. Least they've upgraded the £10 return to a complimentary one which for the amount of main rides down [about 20% of the park] isn't very good.
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Draws
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Can't wait to join you all (eventually) Wow! Just realised how many are going. Hopefully we'll get a few takeovers during the day
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Themes at Chessington in five years time 1/ African adventure 2/ Lost Temple/shrub/building 3/ Abandond land
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Welcome to the forums Celia Mae I'm Matt Creek, the biggest fan of disney
