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Duplo Valley will be opening at Legoland in a week and a half which the park have created an event for. https://www.facebook.com/events/631572700189466/?ref=22

I hope they work on the station as it looks a little plain and tacky and also fix that gap as well.

I really hope the parking tickets don't increase this year, as the price has been going up a pound every year since paid parking was introduced. If Thorpe are going to raise the price of parking, they could at least improve the car park layout. As for ticket prices, I think an increase is inevitable considering recent mid season price hikes at most of the parks.

I think Samurai should be replaced in 2014 because the ride is getting old and has been at the park nearly ten years now in addition to the five years it had at Chessington which is why next year would be a good time to replace and update Samurai. Who knows, maybe thorpe could market the new model and just say Samurai new and improved for 2014 .

Legoland has reached capacity today which is the first time this has happened to the park this year and also the first Merlin park on the bank holiday weekend as well.

Looks a fun ride that mixes thrill and factor together which would suite the park well. In terms of where it would be placed, I don't really know. The only areas of Chessington it could go are on the Toadies site (which the ride looks like is currently on borrowed time), positioning around mystic east/Wild Asia (which I've heard rumours the space may be used for something not ride based) or replace any other rides in the park.

Despite how average the layout is for the ride, this looks an amazing addition to the park with theming and a tunnel that put Merlin's log flumes to shame. Really want to revisit Oakwood badly now.

In terms of records on the ride, it is the worlds first 14 looping roller coaster (until another park builds a 15 or 16 looper ride (quite possibly in china)). The ride also currently holds another obscure record of being the most compacted roller coaster as well because such a large scale ride has been constructed on a rather small'ish foot print of land. Another record the ride has which I would describe as a silly one is that it is the first looping coaster in Britain to last over a minute in ride length. Also, I'm certain Colossus is no longer the worlds highest looping coaster as a park in china built an 11 looping one last year.

As far as I'm aware I don't think I use text speak (I hope not anyway) but I do use acronyms sometimes e.g TPM = Thorpe Park Mania and MAP = Merlin Annual pass which I hope isn't within the terminology of text speak.

You could say its a horse burger .

That doesn't sound very good Mer on how it was organised. Anyways, As part of my college course which is Music, I have to plan an event with a band I am organised with for the whole year. After I booked a gig at a local venue for late may, the other band members were supposed to have organised many other acts to support us during the event. However after to posting in my band's closed fb page over the lack of info I have of the acts for the night, instead of receiving helpful info or advice, I got blunt criticisms saying I was joking on the matter when they're the ones who are supposedly organising this with me. One member said I should contact a certain band member who should have the info however I have received no response and when I responded on the page, one band member said to sort it even though I'm not the one responsible for it. My band members are really driving me up the wall ATM (some more than others) as they're either not doing their roles properly in the band, not giving me the required information, advice or just brutally criticising me over various problems that aren't completely my fault which I think is not on. There's one particular band member who is completely unhelpful and criticises everyone else while he is not retaining his own duties when the gig is in just over three weeks time. Can't wait to finish the band as I'm just not enjoying it in terms of management and certain band member's attitudes towards everything. Rant over.

Wow, they really are stripping theming from Chessington, by the way things are going, Wild Asia and Zufari will be the only themed areas left.

I wonder how this will affect the ride in terms of operations and throughput, I have no idea how four train operation would work or if it would even be possible.

Great video Han, I also like how its a different take on the day from other videos and reports made so far.

Brilliant trip report Mer, it certainly was a great day.

I think in terms of the main Transylvanian eatery, I could argue it has been going down hill in both quality and experience since each renovation. Black Chateau/ 1st generation,(1987-1997) know little about this place but I know it had lots of decent theming inside and on the face as well as a music animatronic. McDonald's/ 2nd generation (1997-2007), introduction of the count cauldron facade when there is already a castle in the area and removal of the organist inside too. Burger King 3rd generation, (2008-2012), not much changes apart from signage but prefer McDonald's. Burger Kitchen 4th generation (2013-present), castle facade is replaced with a simpler one although with some odd colours. Creepy theming is toned down inside and the awesome count chairs replaced by more bland common chairs and tables, the food is also much worse than Burger King and McDonald's.

In terms of the day, I can currently do the day trip and MOS but uncertain on the crash pad ATM.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=512733912119381&set=a.243971242328984.58689.242142325845209&type=1&theater Adventure Island have removed the Dock and Quay area which featured black beards. I wonder what will replace the foot print of the area.

The 1st and 22nd are currently the best for my schedule ATM.

Looks a very strange concept there, never seen anything like that before.

Thanks an excellent trip report Peaj. Brings back all the excitement I experienced during the day. I hope Monkey Puzzle was fun as I couldn't attend that part. Can't wait for the next trip report.

Really liking the track actually. I love the brief references to a number of existing tracks they've used.

The log flume is looking brilliant. I've come to conclusion now the Tardis could be part of the London tour ride that they mentioned they were installing in the new area.

In case anyone remembers, I was Viper and got caught out just towards the end.

I'm certain MarkC took much longer at the store than stated.