Inferno

It's still just a fairground though isn't it. You can't expect them all to suddenly transform themselves in to the Disneyland cast overnight!

Brilliant review Josh! Makes you realise how much has actually happened there this season! Here's to another fab season in 2014!

I am actually optimistic as well to be fair. The fact that they've sent out a teaser email to all passholders can only be a good thing!

It'll definitely be a re-design with the new logo, and I reckon we'll see an improved booking & renewal system, where we no longer have to go to an attraction to pick up a pass. Fingers crossed there are no further restrictions though..... Things are complicated enough as they are!

Agreed - Frozen was bloody awesome Didn't know it was a princess movie though! I was expecting something along the lines of Ice Age! It's all about tomorrow night though - ANCHORMAN 2!!

Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Nemesis Inferno (6) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (2) Rush (5) Samurai (3) SAW: The Ride (5) Slammer (7) Stealth (5) Storm in a Teacup (3) Swarm (8) Tidal Wave (5) X (6) Rumba - Swarm +

Yeah sorry about that I just read "new waterfront hotel" and thought 'SAY WHAAA?' Didn't know SnoozeBox had been kicked! Probably should have read it all before commenting

Wait... The hotel will open in April 2014?!! We sure about this? That is extremely soon! EDIT... Right just read it again. It's just Thorpe's own brand shipping container CrashPad.... Not a real hotel at all then

Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (3) Nemesis Inferno (7) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (2) Rush (5) Samurai (5) SAW: The Ride (5) Slammer (9) Stealth (5) Storm in a teacup (4) Swarm (6) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (4) - Banana + Sawrm

Nemesis Inferno +1, Storm Surge -1 Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (6) Nemesis Inferno (6) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (5) Slammer (5) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) Storm Surge (3) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) Zodiac (5)

Smiler +1, Submission -1 Air (6) Battle Galleons (5) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (5) Congo River Rapids (5) Driving School (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Duel (5) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (5) Galloper's Carousel (5) Heave Ho! (5) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (5) Ice Age The 4D Experience (5) Marauders Mayhem (5) Nemesis (5) Nemesis Sub-Terra (5) Oblivion (5) Ripsaw (5) Rita (5) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Twirling Toadstool (5) The Blade (5) The Flume (5) The Smiler (6) Th13teen (5) Sonic Spinball (5) Skyride (5) Squirrel Nutty Ride (5) Submission (3)

I absolutely adore SeaWorld but my last visit did make me question what was actually going on to be honest... The trainers clearly love their animals and take good care of them, but I'm not sure if I totally agree with keeping them in such tiny spaces. After the Shamu show a few years back we went over to the underwater viewing area to have a look at their pool... It was basically just a holding area where the whales swam in circles, around and around, just waiting to go back out and perform the next show... tbh that broke my heart a little bit. I know they do a lot of conservation, but seeing such an enormous and powerful animal trapped in that tiny fish tank was horrible. I'd never looks at a zoo like this before and it was a bit of an eye opener. Don't get me wrong, I loved the Believe show and I generally like zoos, but it just made me think about it... I'm going to have to look out for this documentary because I think I'd find it interesting.

Agreed. Points 1 and 4 are absolutely essential tbh!

Good idea for a thread I agree with Detonator - the wait at the top is so tense. All drop towers freak me out, but Detonator is the worst (or best, depends how you look at it!) Still get nervous every time. In terms of actually being scared though - as in "oh my god am I actually going to survive this thing", it would have to be either the Wild Mouse at Blackpool, or the Bomb Bay at Wet 'n' Wild Orlando.

The pop corn is a random one... Obviously they've got an enormous backstock of it! The Fright Nights poster though - need that.

I love the idea of the Swarm's theme! Alien invasion, crashed plane and helicopter, near miss with a smoking wing, fireball explosions, the whole thing based on a panicked evacuation.... Sounds bloody awesome. And can you remember the buildup to opening? Crazy alien dude predicting the end, viral videos of the start of the attack... God the potential was unbelievable! The trouble is, a lot of it is totally wasted... Nobody 'gets' what the hell is supposed to be happening... It's just "that ride that has the plane crashed and that". A lot of it just too half-arsed to be noticed. I think the station building is absolutely amazing, but ruined by the lack of a roof! The atmosphere could have been amazing in there if it was enclose and made fairly dark. Same goes for the helicopter - it's fantastic that it's there, but it's 'plonked' in the middle of nowhere where nobody can see it. Therefore, again, wasted. The queue doesn't help with the atmosphere either. Cattle pen nightmare! That said, I do love the Swarm. Definitely one of the most badass themes going, and I actually love the ride its self. The music is fantastic as well!

I just don't get this Winter Wonderland at all.... To me it's just a glorified fairground with disgustingly overpriced rides. But tbh my opinion is irrelevant because I can't afford those prices anyway!

Literally thought I was watching an accident there! Madness. I bet it's amazing though!

Yeah I agree, the gist of the movie is too complicated to be translated in to a ride I think. Fair play to them if they can pull something off though. Personally I'd like to see a lighter theme for the next big ride. Thorpe is the only UK Merlin park that doesn't have SeaLife built in in some way - I would like to see something along the lines of the theme for SeaWorld's Manta on the new island. Some of the queue could be in glass tunnels through big tanks, etc, and the island could have a nice SeaLife centre and themed shop too! That would be fantastic imo. Perhaps an Atlantis theme?? As for the ride its-self, I don't know. I'd just like to see a nice fresh and lively theme BTW didn't Swarm plans show up in early spring 2011?? So I suppose if the 2015 coaster is happening we'll see plans within a few months.

Thanks for sharing this! Makes me happy that it was so well supported.

I think this is a fantastic idea! As for the issues with cost... Merlin have an enormous marketing and PR operation! Surely they can cobble together a little video? In fact they've just released this one which is really well put together! Looks so professional! So they're definitely capable of doing it.

Being shot in the head is worse than being shot in the foot... Does that make being shot in the foot ok though? Nope! Still sucks.

Disgusting isn't it. And the thing is, it happens time and time again. Always exactly the same story whenever it gets busy, especially halloween half term. I think Thorpe would simply argue that the Fastrack queue is "considerably shorter than the normal queue", which to be fair is true... Still terrible though! The answer is to go to Fright Nights in early October when it's quiet, then do Scarefest later in the month when the parks are busier - because Alton seem to run the whole Fastrack thing better than Thorpe! It's such a shame that Thorpe are still unable to handle a crowd