Fred

Oh I wish I had mod actions - it's paid, not payed . Don't think many people buy the DVDs, and they are seemingly a nightmare to install and run (Evidence?: They barely ever work). Waste of time!

Every park always seemingly does this! Oh spending too much money and not enough variation, make the ride staffing areas bigger.. oh wait, they don't function correctly and there's no accountability, make all staffing areas smaller and more close-nit. Step in the right direction though, smaller ride teams work far better.

Air (6) Battle Galleons (5) Berry Bish Bash (2) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (5) Congo River Rapids (5) Dirty Ho! (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Driving School (5) Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (5) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (5) Galloper's Carousel (5) Haunted Hollow (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) Old MacDonald's Singing Barn (5) Ripsaw (6) Rita (5) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Sonic Spinball (5) Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5) Skyride (5) Squirrel Nutty Ride (5) The Blade (5) The Flume (5) The Gardens (5) The Towers (5) Th13teen (6) Ripsaw +1 Berry Bish Bash -1 And put the rides in alphabetical order as it's irritating me

Colossus (5) Depth Charge (4) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Logger's Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (6) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (9) Slammer (4) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (2) X:/No Way Out (5) Swarm +1 Vortex -1 Jumping on the bandwagon - screw you vortex!

Air (5) Battle Galleons (5) Berry Bish Bash (5) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (4) Congo River Rapids (5) Driving School (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (5) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (5) Galloper's Carousel (4) Haunted Hollow (5) Heave Ho! (5) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (6) Ice Age The 4D Experience (5) Marauders Mayhem (5) Nemesis (6) Nemesis: Sub-Terra (5) Oblivion (9) Old Macdnalds Singing Barn (4) Ripsaw (8) Rita (5) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Twirling Toadstool (2) The Blade (3) The Flume (5) The Gardens (5) The Towers (5) Th13teen (5) Sonic Spinball (4) Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5) Skyride (5) Squirrel Nutty Ride (5) Spinball - Ripsaw +

Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (6) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (5) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (6) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Slammer (5) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (4) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (4) X://No Way Out (5) Flying Fish + Vortex -

Parks advertise at different times - Thorpe (I presume you wanna know thorpe seeing as it's in this thread) will start mid December according to their old peoplebank page!

Definitely homemade tuna pasta bake. Literally my favourite, from childhood until now! Could never turn it down!!

Obviously they do have the choice of being able to improve clearance of the tunnel if it needs replacing - but as is mentioned in this topic, obviously funds do not seemingly exist for this - it'd naturally cost more to increase clearance due to more materials being used. Which leads meaning it'd only be cost efficient to replace it like-for-like. As the tunnel hasn't been removed previously, it means that clearance is obviously perfectly acceptable otherwise it'dve been removed or ride stopped operating. This means it's purely down to lack of maintenance, or lack of effort to change like-for-like. We've gone full circle, without need of post above .

However, it obviously is doable otherwise it wouldn't exist or the ride wouldn't continue to run!

I said merlin to a lesser extent - as there's been examples at the other parks where you do see stuff being replaced even if they don't exactly need to be there. Thorpe doesn't seem to have this same attitude as the other parks, whether it's down to pure budgets or whether there's a different mindset.. who knows. It's actually a pretty grown up thing to point this out really

They will only have a couple of the new boats on the system as they're only modified to allow children of a smaller height onto the boat - I think they seat less adults as a result as well? This was one of the things I never thought they'd bother with - but imagine it was a funding from central merlin seeing as all three Mack flumes received these boats.

Dunno. Who cares, it's only an attraction. (Hint: Annoyed by attitude in Loggers topic ).

Wow. Difference between enthusiast and ride staff really do stick out badly here. Just because it can function without a tunnel, doesn't mean it shouldn't be in a tunnel. Just because it's had to be removed due to lack of maintenance, doesn't mean it's "H&S", it'll be entirely down to lack of budget or unwillingness to maintain it. Just because the ride hasn't been rethemed, doesn't mean it won't get money to maintain itself. This is the reason why thorpe, and to a lesser extent other merlin parks, fail compared to other parks which actually care.

Banned for also being a girl.

Air (5) Battle Galleons (5) Berry Bish Bash (5) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (5) Congo River Rapids (5) Driving School (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (5) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (5) Galloper's Carousel (4) Haunted Hollow (5) Heave Ho! (5) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (5) Ice Age The 4D Experience (5) Marauders Mayhem (5) Nemesis (6) Nemesis: Sub-Terra (5) Oblivion (7) Old Macdnalds Singing Barn (4) Ripsaw (7) Rita (5) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Twirling Toadstool (3) The Blade (4) The Flume (5) The Gardens (5) The Towers (5) Th13teen (5) Sonic Spinball (5) Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5) Skyride (5) Squirrel Nutty Ride (5) Ripsaw +1 Carousel -1

Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Logger's Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Boat Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (7) Neptune's Beach (2) Quantum (4) Rocky Express (6) Rumba Rapids (4) Rush (6) Samurai (4) Saw: The Ride (7) Slammer (5) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) X:/No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) Inferno (+1 - God knows why! ) Samurai (-1)

Yes - happens all the time on Oblivion and Nemesis, as mentioned by the ratchet system. It'll have been inbetween clicks - either not fully in one originally when checked, or your brother might've just pulled it down without noticing before the drop element. It's perfectly safe, and nothing to be worried about!

Chief Rangers Carousel (4) Colossus (6) Depth charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkey's Banana Boat Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (5) Neptune's Beach (5) Quantum (6) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (5) Slammer (5) Stealth (5) Storm In A Teacup (5) The Showcase (4) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) X://No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) Quantum +1 Carousel -1

Air (6) Battle Galleons (5) Berry Bish Bash (5) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (4) Congo River Rapids (5) Driving School (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (6) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (4) Galloper's Carousel (5) Haunted Hollow (5) Heave Ho! (5) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (6) Ice Age The 4D Experience (5) Marauders Mayhem (5) Nemesis (6) Nemesis Sub-Terra (5) Oblivion (6) Old Macdonalds Singing Barn (5) Ripsaw (6) Rita (5) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Twirling Toadstool (5) The Blade (5) The Flume (5) The Gardens (5) The Towers (5) Th13teen (5) Sonic Spinball (5) Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5) Skyride (5) Squirrel Nutty Ride (5) Wobble World (1) Ripsaw +1 Wobble World -1 You had this coming to you Wobble World. Open 12-4 most days during the season, even during scarefest!!!

Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (6) Depth charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (4) Mr Monkeys Banana Boat RIde (6) Nemesis Inferno (7) Neptunes Beach (3) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapid (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (6) Slammer (5) Stealth (6) Storm In A Teacup (5) Storm Surge (1) The Showcase (5) The Swarm (6) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) X://No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) Storm turd - (does look ugly and I don't use it) Neptune beach + (does look nice but I might one day use it)

Phill needs to get on here and tell us his story! Everyone fb him

Air (5) Battle Galleons (5) Berry Bish Bash (5) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (5) Congo River Rapids (5) Driving School (5) Doodle Doo Derby (5) Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (5) Enterprise (5) Frog Hopper (6) Galloper's Carousel (5) Haunted Hollow (5) Heave Ho! (5) Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (6) Ice Age The 4D Experience (5) Marauders Mayhem (5) Nemesis (6) Nemesis Sub-Terra (6) Oblivion (6) Old Macdonalds Singing Barn (5) Ripsaw (7) Rita (4) Riverbank Eye Spy (5) Runaway Mine Train (5) Twirling Toadstool (5) There's Something In The Dungheap (1) The Blade (4) The Flume (5) The Gardens (5) The Towers (5) Th13teen (5) Sonic Spinball (5) Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5) Skyride (4) Squirrel Nutty Ride (5) Wobble World (5) Ripsaw +1 Dungheap -1 GO RIPSAW!! (Bugger off Dungheap, you pile of crap).

I'd never trust merlin when they say "never again" relating to suppliers. If the cost is right, they'll end up going back on it. Examples: Every ABC ride installed in merlin was installed with wrong spec, or came in drastically late or over budget. Yet they continued with Sub Terra. AAAV used and blamed for majority of sub terra issues, they have heavy involvement in SW7.

Chief Rangers Carousel (5) Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator (5) Flying Fish (5) Loggers Leap (5) Mr Monkeys Banana Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (5) Neptune's Beach (5) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (7) Samurai (5) Saw: The Ride (6) Slammer (5) Stealth (6) Storm In A Teacup (5) Storm Surge (3) The Showcase (4) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Vortex (5) Wet Wet Wet (4) X://No Way Out (5) Zodiac (5) ---- Rush + Storm Surge - (very obvious) FU STORM SURGE! (thorpe is full of SSSSSS's)