Project LC

I think it's more that a family woodie almost guarantees no thrilling woodie at Alton for a very long time. That's why I'm disappointed and imagine others are the same.

Well it comes to personal preference. I prefer pure woodies but I do see the appeal of steel tracks and added inversions. I just feel not every ride needs inversions and smoothness to be good.

Cedar Point is going to announce their 2017 plans on Monday. Most rumours have it that Mean Streak is about to undergo the RMC treatment. Hopefully that isn't the case as I enjoyed Mean Streak a lot but no point being disappointed until it's confirmed.

The issue is the HTC VIVE is not designed to be used in the way it's being used. Gaming at home, not being taken on and off every 6 minutes for every day 10am-6pm March to November. They are a delicate price of kit designed for high end gaming. It doesn't matter how much you try and modify them the bottom line is its not up for the job. It's going to cost so much to replace them so often and the actors and maintaining the trains. This ride can not be cheap to run at all which makes me think this isn't going to last long at all.

It's more to do with the force required to keep the train on the track. The top wheel axels would have to take possibly more than 4 times the trains weight in tension where as inside the loop its on the normal wheels in compression. Also it would be uncomfortable to be forced into the restraint.

To be honest I agree with Jamie's coaster list. I can't comment on Galactica but Rita is pretty bad and I definitely don't understand the fuss over a poorly operated and not very thrilling suspended coaster. Just because his opinion isn't a popular one doesn't mean he is trying to be Katie Hopkins.

It just looks like a standard coaster. There is nothing special about it at the moment, just a short uninspiring wooden coaster.

Island behind swarm was left for the ground to settle however it is highly likely that has now happened. It has a 50m height limit and a track length of 900m maximum. That being said the MTDP is almost at an end and a new one will need to be submitted in the next couple of years. The loggers leap area is not designated as a development area however that doesn't stop them building there. I believe it would be a fantastic area for a woodie and a water ride. Until surveying of the site (tripods and a civil engineer in a high vis vest) the park won't even know what they are going for.

Well I did wonder how they were making the headsets water proof. Surely they could have got decent headsets that will last longer than 2 years before coming across as dated.

Wait the VR is powered by Samsung galaxy S7's???

Hmmm worst ip possible which is mildly related to water. Ah must be a sponge Bob themed ride.

Well loggers at Thorpe. While it was a harsh comment it does have some truth behind it.

There is no financial sense in spending hundreds of thousands on poor animation to add to a ride where doing so would bring in almost no new guests at all. Meanwhile filling up hard drives of the tech and making the VR even more complex. Either it would be a full update to the entire attraction or nothing at all happens. Animation is expensive, that's why it looks so poor. So unless Thorpe in the future want to spend the amount of a new attraction on an attraction loosing appeal I don't see it ever happening.

Wow actual physical changes to the VR then. Never thought we would see that. Unless for reasons only know to Alton there is no way of providing software updates with it all on the trains.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36803544 Would you like some more fear with your fear? I'm sorry but I don't see how an independent news reporter can honestly consider publishing an article linking a leave vote with believing in the death penalty. I don't care if a survey of people showed statistics like that it's not news. On top of that the statistics are clearly being shown in a light so it benefits the story. I'm quite sure 70% of people who believe in the death penalty voted leave but the way it's written suggests 70% of leave voters support the death penalty. Any person who knows something about statistics can tell you that isn't the case. Not a single positive story from the bbc about Brexit. No mention of the ftse on an 11 month high or multiple requests for trade deals from around the world. Just fear fear fear.

The last hour can't be beneficial to the park. The tiny boost in attendance will be vastly outweighed by the running cost.

If the ghost train is looked after I will be amazed. The headsets will remain the same for the next 10+ years and the animation will remain the same for even longer. As for the actors they will disappear anywhere from next week to 4.5 years.

I gave up visiting. Far too many issues. Starting to miss slammer and stealth though. I need a good launch coaster in my life.

How often do you go to Thorpe Jaime? I swear you were there the other day. Glad to hear good operations.

It might be but that has been on the map for years. An investment that was clearly put on hold but oakwood didn't want to admit it.

Hex isn't actually in the towers it's in a building behind it. That being said I expect it to be on about Charlie.

July is an odd one. Often what happens is as lots of schools are going during the week or have been recently the number at weekends dips a little to what it would otherwise be in late august. Also as its early summer the major crowds are not yet pouring into Thorpe. You will be looking at queues of around an hour but if you get there early, go round the park right, keep looking at the queue times and heading to the shortest you will easily get it all done without the need for fastrack. The distances are small so slow walking is hardly an issue. As for your full throttle rotating free fall experience of slammer (think they might have dropped the full throttle bit when they changed the announcements) best of luck, maybe it will be nice and open for you.

Swansea is about 1hr 30 away but is a very manageable drive. Cardiff is about 2 hours 30 away. A good weekend is spend the day in Cardiff, go to Swansea for the evening then oakwood the next day. Just avoid a hotel on wine (wind) Street in Swansea as I can assure you you won't be sleeping.

Nah boris will go for PM and go forward with article 50. He will find a middle ground keeping us in the single market but control over our laws and the ability to make trade deals. As a result he will be supported by people who voted leave and get some support from people who wanted to stay. Meanwhile labour falls apart with this stupid no confidence vote. Also UKIP vote dwindles and gets distributed back to the party's they got them from (mainly conservatives). So all in all it will play out quite well for the conservatives.

I do believe they have a plan but it's behind closed doors. They have to portray to the uk people the plan meets their needs while at the same time the plan must put the global markets at ease. All of which needs good PR. When boris is put in charge then article 50 will be put in motion and the plan will be briefly laid out. It will lack details as they won't want to seem weak by not getting anything.