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Jammy3112

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  1. I'm thinking on ride camera's.

    That's a pretty good shout! If that's what it is, then I hope that they stay on the ball with this one. Well themed ride DVD's with plenty of ride coverage would sell pretty well. Oh, and reasonably priced! (I can dream!!!)

  2. "Uno Mas?" - Jackie Chan in Shanghai Noon

    "I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter" -Walt Disney

    "Oh, I don’t know. What do you say you start her on 20 CCs of 'It’s not my problem anymore!'" - Dr. Cox from Scrubs.

  3. Ok, so I've been out the country a long time, and haven't had much chance to catch up on news, but heard something happened to the Smiler whilst away. Is it now open? Guaranteed that it shuts when I go up on the 2nd & 3rd of Sept!

  4. The weather over here is a complete lottery hahaha

    My local news paper (Inspiringly called "The News"), had two coupons the other day for 2-4-1 entry entitles at Alton, Chessington and Thorpe for the entirety of this season (excluding Fright Nights and MOS Nights). Not sure if other locals newspapers were doing them?

  5. It would be interesting if they could somehow 'marmalise' people's faces, but I don't think it would work for on ride photos, mainly because people aren't always going to be looking at the camera / not at the right angle for it to be effective. Would love to be proven wrong though!

    You have a valid point there! Must admit, I had this vision that everyone looked directly at the ride camera :D Well, either way, no matter what it is or is not, I cannot wait to ride this when I go back in September and shall be donning my Smiler hoody!!!

  6. I find that the unpredictability of log flumes is what makes them so great! One ride, you could be completely dry, the next - absolutely soaked through.

    Does Loggers have a bag hold now or not? Last time I went on, they told me I had to take my bag with me, and it got soaked.

  7. That picture from the telegraph make it look all kinds of crazy! Hopefully they'll have lighting like that during Scarefest!
    Although, I do wonder why they used red instead of yellow?

    I love the official teaser video as well! I cannot wait to get on this! But my next trip isn't until September :(

  8. It's like the time a woman tried to sue Nike for not putting "Remember to tie your shoelaces" on their boxes...

    ...after tripping up on her untied shoelaces and breaking her nose.

    Most of the time common sense should dictate what people do but in the case of some riders at theme parks...apparently not.

  9. To be fair, if the indoor inversion with strobe lights is the "secret" then those who played the game knew about that ages ago...

    I just want to ride the thing, and as far as I'm concerned, it's got a clear theme, with some excellent marketing, and I'm more than happy to take a trip back up there just to ride it!

  10. Like Michael said above, it needs to be rolled out more. Would it be plausible to play short Smiler videos in places like Waterloo Station or ? Kinda like they did with the smiley faces?

  11. When I went on both times this past week, everything was fine with Th13teen and there wasn't a single problem.

    The friends I went with had never been to Alton Towers before, and we a bit confused about the theme of Rita, and think that Th13teen should have been used to re-theme the entire area properly.

  12. I went on Tuesday & Wednesday and I was completely awestruck by the sheer enormity of The Smiler! Unfortunately, the banners were still up, and so never quite got a full view. However, I was suckered into buying the Smiler hoodie, like the guy in the picture above!
    The amount of advertisement and curiosity that this ride is generating is really good, and I saw a few people have quite in depth chats with staff members about when it would open etc etc...I for one was called a geek by one of the Smiler staff, just because I was wearing my hoody hahaha!

  13. I know the Disney fastpass system is obviously amazing, but without it imagine the queue on rides like Big Thunder... Mmm.

    Even with the fast pass in place they can reach up to 60/90 minutes! God forbid they ever get rid of fast-pass out there hahaha

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