Kerfuffle

The bands playing at THE SWARM last year kinda sucked. I mean, you can hear them from THE STATION, which blocks out the ambience playing, and ruins the atmosphere completely! "The End is Coming! Let's play loud, tuneless music to 'lighten up' the mood for those willing to take on Thorpe Park's newest coaster!"

Good shout. I hadnt been on Inferno when the wood chips at the base of the lift hill and first drop were painted red, orange and yellow to make it look like lava, but looking at pictures of it, I just think a simple river of red doesnt really look like lava at all! Before: Notice how awesome the lava looked back then? After: YAWN (this was a pic during Fright Nights, but still...)

Part of Thirteen's storyline is restoration work, just like on Hex. Most of the coasters at AT, including Nemesis, basically tell different stories relating to the Towers and the park itself, which makes Alton Towers such a legendary theme park!

Last time I went on Nemesis, one of the trains must have something wrong with the wheels cos the experience was slightly bumpy. Not that it's the track or anything, because I went on it a second time and the experience was smooth again. Must be only one of the trains, thankfully...

Is it just me, or is Loggers not exactly designed to get riders soaked? Last few times ive been on it, got my hair and shorts wet and thats it!

Went to Thorpe today. Samurai was closed for pretty much the whole day, cos those copper magnets that propel the ride were damaged. I was told someone had thrown something onto it and it got jammed. How very careless!

Well, they need to be replanted, just a bit smaller will do the job nicely and safely

Remember those fir trees that used to do a DAMM good job, covering up SAW and providing a FRICKEN AMAZING experience on Samurai? What caused them to be cut down? Some say it's health and safety issues, but I didnt see the problem in those trees being there!

I think Thorpe need to bring in the one liner pro: WHERES TIM VINE WHEN YOU NEED HIM?!

I've heard the track's now finished, so I wanna see the first few test runs pretty soon, but at least the screen on The Marmaliser's been tested! Anyone notice the use of SAW - The Ride in the footage? Big mistake AT! The blades in the background give away the whole atmosphere!

Anyway, those, including me, who've been on Nemesis at Alton Towers, they may seem to think that maybe Inferno isnt such a great coaster, but in truth, its one of my favourite coasters on park! I mean, who could go wrong with the theming? A more natural looking volcano today, combined with different shades of red, black and green! Some of the best theming on a ride I'd say, along with THE SWARM and SAW. But some could say the theming and the actual ride experience mix very well...

Just a shame the queue audio isnt playing. That TOTALLY reved up the atmosphere for the ride!

You know those water jets that would soak the riders just as they thought they were safe on calm water? Why dont Thorpe operate them anymore?

Out of interest, when does The Smiler actually OPEN in May? I mean, all AT have given us is "May 2013"

Mad Coaster Man has a point; When you look at the drop base, it looks fine, but if the jolt was caused by the wheel, it'll mean you're constantly getting that jolt for the whole ride, unless it IS part of the drop base that causes the wheel to jolt, causing the train to jolt with it. However, BigBobJones mentioned it could depend on where you sit; When I went to Thorpe two days ago, I went on SAW and didnt seem to feel a jolt at the base of the drop, but there are still a few jolts during the remainder of the ride, meaning the wheels could have something to do with it. Am I right?

I dunno about you guys, but I find the restraints another reason why the experience on Colossus could be uncomfortable sometimes. First of all, they dont even go down to your waist, like say, Nemesis Inferno's and Saw - The Ride's do, and secondly, sometimes they could really press down on your legs. I had to learn that the hard way a few years ago!

You have a point, because it could actually be the wheels. Yesterday I was riding in the front car (not front row however) and the experience was pretty rough, whereas in other rows, the experience is a bit smoother...

I could have sworn Colossus' track was gonna get a new lick of paint. Obviously not, cos there's still rust on the track, making the experience a bit rough in places

Hey all Just saying that X was FRICKEN AMAZING! Unlike when it was X:/ No Way Out when it went backwards, X gave me a feeling of total disorientation, due to the lights, lasers and fog. I literally cant see a thing! GREAT JOB THORPE!!!

WOAH WOAH WOAH... Why has a SAW - The Ride discussion suddenly turned into a Colossus and Stealth discussion?! Anyway, is it true SAW will be getting a retheme in 2015? If so, what they'd BETTER do is replace the drop base and make sure it doesnt sink into the ground afterwards, like the one we painfully experience today!

I'm going to Thorpe tomorrow, so MY review will start rolling in...eventually

When does X reopen anyway?

I don't think the billboards been themed to make it seem its been dumped by the swarm, so what's a London style billboard doing parked right next to a church? Doesn't make any sense

I heard the news from one of my friends

DAMN CHESSINGTON NEIGHBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOURRRRRSSS!!!! Honestly are these neighbours EVER gonna quit complaining? Same for Alton Towers