Chief Ranger
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in The Future
The park would be flooded.Speaking of which, what if there was a flood, what would happen to the park?
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Well what was the last B&M ride that opened late?I'm not one for open cynicism here, but... "'Cause it's Thorpe" should suffice your question.
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15 metres high.And yes, I do mean that.I wonder how big the fire will be. I'm hoping that they still are going to put fire where the plane engines are.
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In what way and justifications could you give to 'not opening a ride cos it'll be busy'?! Are you for real?I think if the park had an Annual Pass day, The Swarm would remain closed as I'm sure the demand would be twice if not three times then that of Storm Surge last year which could lead to the park hitting capacity
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Funny that the top section of the ride was reconstructed only last week Ricky.The ride is missing all four sections to the swing, top swing and hood so I'd consider that as 'non existent'.Thanks for your ratification of the fact though Ricky.Funny when I happened to pass the park yesterday only the top of Rush was missing...
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Fury is not in a good state. Being open for opening day will be long shot.The fact that the ride lift does categorically not have enough supports for the lift, or is installed with the right pins into the ground. This was part of the reason it was retracked in 2005 (I think it was then). It is looking like it needs to be retracked again, due to the stress on the ride.Was this part of the reason why Fury is "temporary"? (What's the current deal with that btw, anyone know?) And whilst we're on the subject of Fury, was anyone paying attention enough at the time to know what it did for the park in terms of success?
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There are plenty more reasons that ToTK will be moving - the land type an how much damage it's done to that area.When Rattlesnake was built; one of the sides of the hole they had dug to fit the ride into, fell in onto a digger overnight. This may sound amusing but the whole park is sliding down the hill towards Leatherhead Road. It's not anything fast but 1-2inches a year - you can see the amount of cracks in the floor in the area from Greedy Goblin down to the bottom of ToTK, along with Sealion Bay. It's done a lot of damage to the animal enclosures so it's probably a no go area for new ride development.Random fact of the day: The hotel is built on 100m deep foundations, however it currently sits 1 metre above ground level so the water ingress doesn't affect it.
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You do not need a separate ticket to ride the SWARM.To clarify; Annual Pass day will not be happening this year.
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Samurai has been sat like that for a good three days. Considering Rush doesn't currently exist - I wouldn't worry yet - the park opens in forty days.Samurai appears to be needing a lot of closed-season maintenance again.Drove round Thorpe down the M4 (or is it the M3) yesterday and it was parked concerningly, with the "claw" vertically into the air, and by the look of it a scissor-lift going up next to it. Such a shame. I do hope it makes opening this year, was such a shame it didn't in 2011 :(But yeah, I felt it was something obvious to mention. Samurai is having work done on it still. Deterred from the brick-paving argument in the SWARM topic.
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I'm happy to post that - it's only who runs what ride.CrusoeVampireBubbleworksSeastormBlack BuccaneerHocus Pocus HallChessington CarouselDoraTiny TruckersSea DragonsCanopy CapersDragons' PlayhouseGriffins' GalleonDragons' FuryRameses RevengeTomb BlasterIndianaToadies Crazy CarsBouncing BerriesSafari SkywayThe RattlesnakeRunaway TrainFlying JumbosSo what rides are part of which teams (I.e. Crusoe, Dora, Indie etc)?
FrodoDragon FallsKOBRAPeeking HeightsMonkey SwingerTuk Tuk TurmoilTemple of Mayhem
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For those of you that want the full SWARM experience, I'd very very much recommend you go along on opening weekend.
THE SWARM: Preview Event?
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