Dean_W
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This might seem a bit random, but I’m really going to miss Rameses Revenge! To me, this is like removing the last good thing in the park. I fully appreciate that operating the ride is now hassle the majority of the time, but it’s just such an iconic ride and always looks impressive every time I visit! There really isn’t anything else that will draw me back to Chessington after tomorrow night (except Creepy Caves Unearthed - that was awesome!).
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I couldn’t find a thread for Coney Beach, so I’ve started one. Not sure how many people have even been to Coney Beach here, but it’s somewhere I’ve been quite a few times since I was little and they have my favourite KMG Afterburner I’ve ever been on: Beach Party!
I started this thread because I noticed that Beach Party looks to be up for sale online *cries* (so if anyone wants to buy it for me, I’ll give you free rides on it in my garden
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Jokes aside - if Beach Party really does leave Coney Beach, I will be so sad!
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4 hours ago, PhobiaticFreak said:
I’m not worried about the hang time, it’s more the drop, I hate having a sh*tty feeling in my stomach and I just don’t want to hate the ride, it looks amazing and I really want to achieve it, I let my gut do the thinking way too much hahaha, if anyone could explain in any way how the drop feels would be amazing ? I love Air/ Galactica if that can be compared to it
The Swarm is just as smooth as Air/Galactica imo - it just glides around the track. I find The Swarm to be a bit boring personally!
The drop feels like you're just coming out of a vertical loop - it doesn't feel like much of a drop at all! I wouldn't overthink it - plus the seats are quite comfortable and the restraints are quite tight and have that padded 'vest' part similar to Air/Galactica, so you'll feel really safe and secure (if not TOO safe!). It's really not anything to worry about!!
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Why is this thread not called ‘Meme Park’? ?
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The Walking Dead is an AWFUL idea for the ride.
What terrifies me even more is that one ‘great’ way to get a theme like that onto an indoor coaster would be to use....
....virtual reality....
(please, no.)
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On 06/10/2017 at 1:57 PM, StevenVig said:
Talking of errors, who can spot the one in this photo?
"Living Nighmare" - should be 'Living Nightmare'
"Derren Browns Ghost Train Rise Of The Demon" - should be 'Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon', or 'Waste of Time and Money: The Experience'.
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1 hour ago, MattyMoo said:
Or some sort of shipping container walk through from the Slammer exit to the Tug Boat.
I can't remember where I heard it from, but apparently they are replacing the rows of seats on Slammer with a Rock n Tug on one side and a Frog Hopper on the other for two unique new ride experiences.
One side is going to be called SlamTwister - a 'sliding rotating rotating freefall experience'.
The other is going to be called Slammer2 - a 'raising raising rotating freefall freefall experience'.
2017 is looking to be an awesome year!
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I don't know if this is being kept solely to theme parks - but I feel that I need to say that the Take Off flat ride at Winter Wonderland is an absolute heap of junk.
It is nothing personal to the owners - the ride looks great - it's just such an abysmal experience and a complete waste of money. I can't even imagine any way Take Offs could be improved...
If I could sum up my Take Off opinion in one word, it'll probably be: 'cack'.
Such a shame because it looks so much more fun than it actually is!
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Not sure how unpopular some of my opinions are, but;
1) The Swarm is a waste of space.
2) I really enjoy Rita.
3) I liked Blue Tornado (SLC).
4) I like rougher coasters, ones that are too smooth feel kind of boring... (Headbanging can sometimes be a bit too horrible, though!)
5) I still really like Chessington even though it is crap these days (maybe I just really like the nostalgic aspects?!)
6) Colossus is one of my favourite rides.
7) I LOVE Slammer!
8) I liked and miss Submission.
9) I liked and miss Ripsaw.
10) I've never had a Krabby Patty.
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Yeeeeeah! That Top Spin is looking real funky fresh!
That'll give the guests something to complain about in 20 years time!
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44 minutes ago, Marc said:
I run windows 10.. can download a copy of 10 from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 - then youll just need to buy your product key... I'm fairly sure I've not activated my copy atall tbf!
I have no idea how to download it and I'm scared of ruining my Mac haha! I might just leave it for now and hope they make a Mac version
I definitely can't afford £130 just to play Planet Coaster lol -
Nope - it partitions your hard drive (think of it like separating your hard drive into more than one) one partition will have windows one will have osx, when you boot your mac you hit the command key and boot into widows, its completely independent of OSX - only resource it will take away from OSX is hard drive space.
Oh ok!
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2 hours ago, Marc said:
Applicaions > Utilities > Bootcamp assistant - will need a copy of windows though!
Would having Windows on there slow my mac down, though?
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I think the park needs the fabled Top Spin that Thorpe have been getting for about 10 years now
- yeah and KingNemesis
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Just Bootcamp and stick windows on it - my Mac runs planet coaster fine!
I have no idea how to do that! Haha
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Can confirm Danter's air has risen to £8 this year.
(was £6 two years back!!)
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I really don't understand why they wouldn't make a Mac version to be honest - Macs are becoming increasingly more popular!
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1 minute ago, Richard_L said:
Sort of but it's all a bit of a mess especially for us Brits who like to queue one behind the other. There's a queue up to the station then each row has its own individual queue too. It's quite difficult to explain without seeing it all in action but you can make your way right down to the end for the front row queue. Most people don't even know it's there. I went on Saturday evening and only had to wait 2 trains before I got on.
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Ok, so I just need to keep to the left
I hope I don't get stuck in some awful current of people and forced to go onto another row! Haha
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I've got an iMac which I've only had for about a year... I think it would be able to handle Planet Coaster, but I'm not sure whether they're even going to make a Mac version!
You can't talk to anybody about it on any forum, though, because the only response you'll get is "Macs are crap" or "buy a proper computer" (is that what they think 'PC' stands for?)... anyway my mac runs other games way better than my 'proper computer' ever did - so I'm sure Planet Coaster would be fine for me!
As you say, I don't really want to pay £800 for a game
Then the Cherry one is a close second.
Hyperia - New for 2024
in The Future
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Colossus comes from ancient Greek meaning ‘large statue’. Ancient Greek writer Homer wrote one of the most famous ancient Greek texts ‘The Odyssey’, which tells of a long journey for the Greek hero Odysseus. The whole idea of Lost City and the size of Colossus completely ties in with Ancient Greece and influences from other ancient places. Like Zodiac - obviously names after the astrological zodiac symbols etc - the word itself is derived from Ancient Greek and the modern zodiac concept has strong roots with Hellenistic astrology (around the Ancient Mediterranean/Greece/Roman etc).
Sorry for the sudden odyssey into history, but ‘Project Odyssey’ makes a whole lot of sense with the end product.