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So John Davis' Funpark came to my home town, so I went down this evening from 5pm - 9pm. Thought I'd post a little report as I had a great time. There was a Wave Swinger advertised but that wasn't there for some reason Ridecount: 2 x 'Bumper Car' Dodgem - John Davis. 1 x Twist - John Davis. 2 x 'X Flight' Freakout - John Davis. 2 x 'Supreme' Waltzer - Paul Nichols. 4 x 'Turbo' Meteorite - Jimmy Aldridge. 2 x 'Demon Chaser' Ghost Train - Jimmy Aldridge. 5 x 'Rock Rage' Inversion - Graham Sedgwick. 6 x Rotor - Graham Sedgwick. 3 x Superspin - Graham Sedgwick. 1 x 'Jungle Fever' Fun House - Alan Heal. TOTAL: 28 - For £8, that's amazing value. Rock rage - My first time going on rock rage, and after hearing good things about it, I wasn't disappointed Defiantly my favourite fairground ride, and is one of my favourite flats. It was just a shame the seats weren't spinning as much as I have seen in some videos, but I've heard they don't tend to at the funparks for some reason. On the last ride of the day we asked if she could make it spin more, the ride just went on for ages but it still didn't seem to spin more. Earlier on one of the rides we had some great hangtime too, as it was windy So yeah it was a great ride, but I'd love a go on it with the seats spinning loads. Rotor - First time riding a rotor, and it was really good! Didn't expect to find it as fun as I did. After a few times managed to go sidewards on the wall as well, and one of the rides went of for ages so I couldn't walk after aha. Superspin - Again it was my first times riding this, and again it was really good Love it when the seats spin backwards. Probably the most intense ride there. Noticed this was put on sale on the 2nd of July. Unsure why, but it's a shame, it's a great ride. X - Flight - Again it was my first time on a Freak out, I enjoyed it but it wasn't amazing. Think because I rode rock rage before it I didn't find it that great. Comparing it to vortex, it span a lot faster and got higher a lot quicker, but I seem to enjoy Vortex more. Strange. Turbo - First time again, and was a lot of fun. Was like the Rotor but was more comfy as it had padding, and the arm lifted up similar to an Enterprise so you go Vertical. I did however prefer the Rotor as it seemed more forceful, and it was more fun being able to be free to do what you want on the wall

So the new Nitrogenie ice cream shop has opened now! (Photo from Alton Towers facebook page) A regular tub is £4.25, a cone is £4.50 and a large tub is £4.95 and there is no annual pass discount. It does seem pretty expensive, but it looks so nice! Will defiantly give it a try next time I'm there!

Just put in your old annual pass number, that's what I did for annual pass day 2014. As long as you have a valid annual pass and event ticket on the day they'll let you in

I'd normally recommend going to Colossus then Saw, but seeing as Saw is closed it may be better to go for Stealth and Inferno first and get a couple of rides on them. Try and get there for 9:30 as they aim to get the gates open for then so you'll get on a few things without queueing. Try and make use of reserve and ride in the morning as well as not many people will know about it early, so queues will be minimal.

Just come across this on Facebook - http://www.unilad.co.uk/articles/four-rides-shut-at-alton-towers-amid-more-chaos-for-the-park/ This is really starting to annoy me now. Daily I see negative publicity about Towers, which must be really hard for Towers.

Or get someone to push it ...

Stage currently being set up, looking good! (Photo from theme park xtreme)

Anyone know why Slammers been closed since Sunday? Has it been testing?

Yeah they will open it on 1 train, but if the demand is there they will try and add another train as soon as they can. If they predict it to be a busy weekday however, they will open it on 2 trains. I can only assume that there was something wrong with it at the moment? On the 22nd it reached 60 minutes, and yesterday (23rd) it reached 70 minutes. That length of time is clearly enough demand for a second train to be added.

Even if it has, theres no way the full queue would now be 85 minutes, from half an hour

Like said, I don't think it's a problem really, especially during the week. Rocky never gets a queue, Slammer struggles getting open before 11, can never get on Samurai as theres never 15 people in the area, Angry Birds 4d never has a queue, and the water rides aren't really a problem. The only one which I think may be a problem is Storm Surge, people are always on it and it always has a queue. I just hope it isn't the start of cost cutting at Thorpe, shorter opening hours etc...

Thanks Josh Recognise one of the actors in there from I'm a celebrity as well. She was great, always putting in 100% effort.

Nope. They haven't said why they no longer licence the old one.

They got rid of them because of cost cutting. Nemesis for example required an extra staff member to operate the single rider queue. It's a shame as it worked great on Nemesis, and was great for re rides.

Rita's and Nemesis' single rider queues got removed for this season, and I believe they haven't returned either.

Has it returned now then?

Loving the look of Alton Towers' new Ice Cream shop

Happiest staff member at Thorpe park? https://instagram.com/p/4IIbg0E_z4/?taken-by=k_pashen

So according to TowerTimes and TowersStreet, Sub Terra reopened today after the recent design update. It now has new thigh restraints and a lower locking lap bar, and because of the new thigh restraints large numbers of guests can no longer ride it. They've also said there are no longer actors (which I think has been the case since the start of the season) and the throughput has gone downhill. Doesn't sound very good at all, but I can only assume this has been done for safety? EDIT: Just seen on Twitter that they are telling people it's closed tomorrow. Making changes again already?

It was haha, and painful Luckily I only got 1 lap

Think I went on the worst roller coaster I've ever been on today, it was this, but Monty Hammonds travelling one in Hastings.

It reopened this morning

It varies everyday. They aim to get every ride open by 10, there are no specific opening times for all the rides. They do however seem to get more rides open earlier on weekends.