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Wow, I never expected to see this coming. Next thing you know they'll announce a short lived kids IP overlay to replace a once cherished dark ride through some shoddy animal clues. I'm sure it'll be fine though like their other magic additions as nothing's more immersive than cheesy stage shows and Homebase UV lit dark rides.

Pie Factory at Xtreme Scream is stunning. just love the buildup between scenes and the fact it isn't all just jump scares.

E-ticket= major ride for a park. Obviously as this isn't Disney my point is perhaps redundant. I don't know why this is considered such a problem? At the end of the day, some of us may relate things to one thing or another without realising. Perhaps I was more referring to Symbolica being a larger scale ride. But it doesn't matter as both rides look to be aprrooriate credentials to both their parks.

Sick Bruv: the ride enter an interactive oversized cattlepen queue line and experience countless chavs smoking, spitting, fighting, throwing their food everywhere, punching and sitting on queue line fences. the best part is before you experience the main ride, it will break down.

The ride yesterday was generally in an unacceptable state for a new ride. queue line already chipped and worn paint in places already, closed bag hold and already looking dirty. This is before mentioning the queue was moving extremely slowly at a pace comparable to Rattlesnake. Especially considering a nearly full queue line warranted a three hour wait which as a result was only using one ride vehicle. Amongst this, a noticeable number of VR head sets were broken, pacing felt more stretched out and the train animatronic is already broken. Acting was acceptable but the way they were presumably covering up from the broken train in the third section was laughable. The final VR still retains its usual problems and I am debating on whether my headset was iffy as silver shapes appeared on the screen at times which had no correlation to the goings on. Derren Brown's ghost train could be a work of art if done right, but judging from yesterday it was anything but that. The ride really requires an excessive restructure from what it is and has become otherwise all efforts into the ride are just a waste and embarrassment. Especially as this is supposed to be a modern styling of a dark ride (besides the Merlin PR fluff). Derren Brown in it's current state doesn't really do that and feels disjointointed and I hope 2017 for the sake of this ride and Thorpe, I hope they can give this a worthwhile repair job. Sadly I don't feel too optimistic for this, given recent situations and previous comparisons in Merlin. .

Hearing of Vampire now increasingly running one train is both disappointing and unacceptable. My girlfriend (who used to work at Chessington and operate Vampire) mentioned how the ride around 2006 used to have a dispatch target of around 30 seconds. A time in which guests would be unloaded and reloaded. This was used especially when all three trains were in use, achieving a throughput of 900-1000PHH. Sadly cannot see dispatches ever becoming that efficient again especially considering the further complicated station layout and further enthasis and safety procedures (which others have mentioned above). This is before considering the ride's age and the Smiler accident which make things even more complicated. I believe it was 2011 time when Vampire was decommissioned from ever using three trains again and I feel the way things are going, we will be lucky to see it operating two now, let alone three.

Ninjago construction latest courtesy of Thrill Nation. Foundations are taking place rather nicely and more area advertisement too. Should hopefully be another decent ride at the park and much needed major attraction. In addition, this appears to be the only worthwhile attraction in the UK for 2017.

Me, Terror Tomb and David certainly scared/amused a few people at the Fright Night meet yesterday. The scariest thing was how busy the place was and how long Ghost Trsin was taking.

Symbolica Latest The attraction according to Loopings will hold an approximate throughput of 1400 PPH, which will be slightly lower than Droomvlucht and Fate Morgan's at 1800 PPH, but comparatively higher than Baron at 1000 PPH.

1/ Swarm 2/ Inferno 3/ Stealth 4/ X 5/ Colossus 6/ Saw 7/ Fish Swarm is certainly the best for me, with Inferno and Stealth being close contenders. Colossus seems relitively rough these days and Saw still delivers Gerstlauer ache.

I think Ryan should get promoted if we don't hear anything soon from Peaj. Maybe he was taken by Clowns after winning at Blackpool

Southern Rail'S Ghost Train its frightening because it's real

Profit-the ride if there's no profit to be had, we are closing thevride.

Can't see Thorpe opening anytime soon for winte openings personally. apart from the more agreesive maintenance/work schedule, there's also weather conditions to consider which as a result would limit rides like Colossus, Saw and tidal wave from opening. Legoland do hold an annual Christmas event on selected days, but I'd personally save your money for Winter Wonderland or abroad (if affordable (see my other post)) as it's quite a lot for what it is.

Yes, Chessington are getting a carousel because they're going in a circle. The best thing about the new ride is it's a new ride. It will probably be their best new ride since their last new ride,so it may be an acceptable addition.

According to RCDB, this park. Will feature 10 coasters in 2017 (most of which are Vekoma). Both coaster types look pretty good and exciting, however Intamin's one probably has the edge for me having experienced Taron recently. Certainly a park to visit for the Creds at the minimum.

Just a few favourites

I'm gonna get my decorations up pronto. Got scarefest, xtreme scream, fright nights, shocktoberfest and more coming up.

New terrifying destination next year? I thought that was the Gruffleworks.

There's plenty of parks that remain open (to a large capacity) during closed season. Disneyland Paris is the obvious one Efteling Port Av Phantasia and Europa Liseberg I think is too (to a lesser extent).

Me when Loggers Leap reopens, Colossus is repainted and Rumba gets rethemed

My views on the Smiler seem to vary these days. The appearance and state for a three year old ride, is rather poor. Not to mention faulty projectors not being fixed,flooding and the jolts on the last two inversions. That being said, the Smiler is definitely a twisted steel wonder to watch and look at and the ride can be enjoyable depending on which train your on (which varies all the time).

Visiting here for the first time on the 29th this month. which mazes should be given priority?

Movie Park is perhaps one of Germanys lesser known parks, being home to a top quality indoor gerstlauer, a terrible woodie, marmite SLC amongst others. However for 2017, the park is set to gain another star attraction, in the form of A Mack launch coaster which will be themed around Star Trek. Source- Movie Park Facebook. Certainly looks an interesting and exciting coaster.

I'll be doing all of those (except Screamland) plus Xtreme Scream Park and Legoland fireworks. It will be a first time for all of them for me (except Fright Nights. I think I'm most excited for Scarefest personally.