Kerfuffle

Hopefully there'll be some people you don't like in the front row then! (Please don't drown them in the foam)

Ah good. It's just I'm used to Thorpe enforcing entry charges even for passholders on many events (ie. Feb half term/Fright Nights)

Errrrrrrrrmmmm.....3???

2 (If I get this right, I forfeit my go to anyone. Writing 3 facts about me and making one of them false is hard enough!)

Quick question: If you have a Merlin pass, do you still have to buy a ticket to enter the park if you're attending for the day?

Oh lord... Really hope this'll be there when I go in a fortnight!

1 was the lie. I have NONE to complete before the year is out! (save for the one I'm assuming has been marked, just won't be confirmed til Monday) 2. True. At least SAW is more my kind of ride, featuring a bit of theatre (ie. the indoor section) and great themeing, combined with an intense ride experience, whereas THE SWARM is OK for a ride, but then again it doesn't have the same qualities as SAW. 3. Slightly concerning...but true. I had my first op on my jaw when I was 9...and since then I've had four others on the same thing. (I'll always remain traumatised by my last one in January, where I was ill following the op for such a long period of time that I had to spend the night in the hospital ward...accompanied by the endless bleeps from machines/patients making noises etc. etc. etc. ) Fire away, Emily!

My last op was in January, so I've been as fit as a fiddle since February. ...and by the way you guessed incorrectly.

I'm bored. So... 1. I have one assignment to complete before the college year is out 2. I prefer SAW to THE SWARM 3. I've had five operations in the past 8 years (all on the jaw)

The server is still fairly new, so I assume it's just work in progress. The map got reset recently as well.

If you mean that glitch upon joining involving you flying upward and being kicked from the server, that's going to be sorted out at some point. (This happened to me when I joined. Strangely, you can be free of the glitch after accepting the server rules. (type /rules then /accept))

I'm calling on Minecraft players here. I'm currently playing on a server in which the popularity hasn't been very high...and I'm building a town on this server as a matter of fact. If anyone's interested, extra help with the construction of the town (called 'SilverHollow') is appreciated...but also I'm determined to help the server become more popular, so I and the owner of the server would be very grateful for your participation. Server Address: 188.165.194.138:25655

The game does look fantastic, even though we've only seen the trailer and the models! On that pic of the Hypercoaster it has the Planet Coaster logo on the train. Really am hoping that'll only be a default graphic in the game, thus letting you use you're own graphics as well.

Yes. On a 10 inversion coaster. What did you expect?

Could be worse...

For some reason this makes me laugh every time.

Miniland was only made better by the Duckzilla sighting.

Just seen there's an Angry Birds movie to be released next year...and once you're used to the games, the characters do look rather tacky. Anyone want to comment on this?

Something I bought on Steam the other day: Basically an expansion to Pinball FX2 with a Portal twist. Features quotes from both games and also includes GLaDOS, Wheatley, Atlas and P-Body. It's pretty much a Portal test chamber combined with a basic pinball table, as you guide Chel (the player's character in the games) towards the far end of the table. Losing a ball means going back a spot. Haven't even got as far as the third stage...but already it's pretty addicting!

Dino Safari has to go anyway. I've seen the poor thing suffer with my own eyes. I've heard that the ride hardware is designed to be used indoors, which is why the cars pack up whenever it rains. Still, it would be a shame to see it go, considering it's the queue audio that gets me all the time. Heck - even when I'm checking the toilet block I always hear Johnny Thunder's excited remarks; "Kilroy! I've discovered a massive volcano in the distance...and it's about to blow!" But to be honest, I think Adventure Land does need to fit in with Atlantis Submarine Voyage a lot more (with the exception of the hotel)...and with S.Q.U.I.D Surfer around the corner, it's already had a start.

...or they can just sue the lying scumbags.

Looking at a few posts on Facebook, I think the end really is imminent for The Simpsons. - Bart is finally going to be killed by Sideshow Bob in this year's Halloween episode. - Homer and Marge are going to split up. I dread to think what's next to be announced...

Great. The moment the newspapers seem to cut the bullsh*t being put online...The Guardian starts it all over again!!! Why do these guys have to do this to a single theme park just trying to recover from an incident that should never have happened?!

Also (this is probably the main reason why it has its theme), Alton Towers have always been about "Making Britain Happy"...so I really can't see them losing this theme either. It always gives my spirits a lift too! The thought of the ride, its theme and the 'HA-HA-HA' melody just pops into my head...and I'm sure my heart starts to pick up the pace. The Smiler for me has always been a great memory, especially from my first time on it. And now that we're currently in a sticky situation that's yet to be resolved, I can only keep smiling, let the important things happen first and wait for the good times to return.