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  3. Hex

    in Alton Towers

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    Hex has always been one of my favourite rides, but the last couple of times I've been on it, the music on the actual ride section has been really quiet and only comes from one side of the room. It really robs it of the atmosphere and excitement :-(

    Its so quiet you can actually hear the ride mechanism creaking over it lol

  7. Amity Beach open?

    in Quick Questions

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    6 minutes ago, BaronC. said:

    Off the top of my head, I don't think so, but I'm not certain.

     

    Usually with these sorts of things the parks set a date as to when they'll open them during the winter period, and then do work (repainting / deep cleaning) up until that opening date. Unfortunately that means when we get nicer weather earlier in the year, the parks can't open them.

    Ok, thanks for your help :-)

  8. Amity Beach open?

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    11 minutes ago, BaronC. said:

    The beach is not currently open, and probably won't be until sometime in May (likely May half term if previous years is anything to go by).

    Ok, thanks! Is the LEGOLAND water park open would you know? (sorry lol)

  13. Alton Audio

    in Alton Towers

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    On 25 July 2016 at 11:04 AM, ChessingtonSam said:

    Hex is currently playing in the monorail station!

     

    Just came to post this!

    Went today and its a slightly remixed version of Hex that bleeds into some other themes.

     

    Its great, so came here trying to find a copy lol

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    Bubbleworks

    in Chessington World of Adventures

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    Well, we had our "Bye bye Bubbleworks" Tour today.

     

    I have to say, I was very impressed!

     

    The guy playing professor burp was very funny, but most importantly (and somewhat suprising) he knew his stuff!

    Right from the get-go, he made it clear that the tour would be talking about the ride as it used to be in 1990, before the 2006 refurb.

    And so he did.

    He was very knowledgable, going into great detail about the history of the ride and about every room in the tour on how it was originally conceived by

    John Wardley, and how it appeared in the final ride! And he wasn't reading from a script, he knew his stuff and seemed very genuine in his enthusiasm for the ride. 

    At every stage, he would talk about what used to be there in 1990, what animatronics were there, how they moved, the lines spoken by professor burp during the 4 encounters with him during the ride etc.

    Then he would would point our what changed, and he too seemed to hate the imperial leather stuff! I was quite surprised, he knew the ride wasn't a patch on what it used to be.

     

    I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it was worth the £28 for me (Merlin pass discount).

  16. Bubbleworks

    in Chessington World of Adventures

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    Just booked my tour  :-)

     

    I have fond memories of the ride, and my little boy (who is autistic) absolutely adores it! Every time we come home from Chessington, he sits an makes a paper version of the Bubbleworks to play with.

     

    He was so upset when I told him it was closing.

     

    So I know some may think this tour is a waste of money or Merlin trying to cash in etc, but it will be well worth it for my little boy :-)

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