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Looks like a teaser ad to me, considering that had dummies on it and the actual TV advert apparently has people.

Just casually listening to some Rumba music. Open day in t-Minus 16 days. :D

By building an Intamin?!

GET PAST THAT TRIO CYCLISTS

Not that I made any inclination to what I think of the bus though Peter, you do raise a few points about it.For instance "gorgeous bus". Most of Londonders probably just want to get to A to B. Secondly, who cares if its broken down? Probably the people that want to get somewhere but missed the double decker that passed them two minutes ago.I'm sure everybody wanted a routemaster that doesn't run at night, doesn't run the full length of its bus route and doesn't have a conductor past 7pm which actually defeats the point of the thing in the first place and I'm sure Londoners are happy to have lost the higher capacity bendy bus for the lower capacity (and less of them to boot) double deckers.But as you say it showcases London and all for only increasing Oyster fees by nearly 100% and paying 1.2 million per bus. Woo

Make way for the Boris Bus, broken down in a city near you!

As has been pointed out, Saw opened on a warm Saturday and it's queue's were impacted by Stealth, Slammer, Rumba and Loggers all being closed . Unless Thorpe cock it up royally, most rides should be ready to go.For reference, Stealth opened in 2006 on a Wednesday, with one train and its maximum queue length was about 15 minutes.

It won't get even a 2 hour queue on opening day. I say that because as long as it opens on time and has both trains going, I'd say a maximum of an hour wait.. if that.

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It's amazing how many operator error deaths happen on Intamin rides and yet you rarely hear of operator error deaths on Mack or Gerstlauer rides.It's almost like Intamin are just very unlucky or something

Bless those people. Sure Storm Surge is the closest thing to unrivalled crap at Thorpe, but it's so easily ignored as a ride it's barely worth talking about.

That's good but was there any music?

Reminds me of Cheetah Hunts tree figure of eight but, you know, actually exciting and visually interesting.

I seem to remember you not letting me have an outside seat on one or two of our rides, Mr outer seat hogger you.

Thing is though, according to movie world, if a plane crashes, I expect it to blow up and be burnt. If a creature rips a roof of a building, it doesn't automatically set itself on fire. Thorpe's story for The Swarm will allow itself certain rules and considering how beautifully church like that station is (It's genuinely the best station floor I've ever seen), I don't mind if it looks this way.

The flooring, the colours of the fences.I'm running out of nice things to say about this coaster.

Very intriguing.

Love the way that Marc just stood there and let you knock him over.

Ah I like this idea then. I went to the ZSL Midnight disco last year and it was a lot of fun getting drunk at the zoo with only other adults around. Whilst alcohol and rides sound like a bad idea (and is actually against the parks own rules), I've been to a lot of funfairs, particularly a German one at Oktoberfest which was a lot of fun. Makes sense for Thorpe to go down that tangent, to experiment a bit more with their target audiences.

I'm not dissecting, I'm just going to throw a few things out there in regard to whats being said.Point A. I'd be intrigued by the Easter and Summer events. Hopefully they aren't more BMX'ers racing around a ball and are actually something a bit different. I feel the arena is under-used though, opening it for about 10 weeks a year doesn't really represent a good use of a space that is in the dead centre of the park.Point B and kind of C. Thats fine, in fact the majority of posters don't mind the music across the entrance and the bridge because the park advertises itself as a matey, we're pikeys and hang out in the park all night' kind of thing. It's the playing in Neptunes Kingdom and Flying Fish which is a bit fishy because they are the two areas that really don't key up with Kiss FM. I know you aren't going to be giving away any details about what the park has planned. But again, I'm intrigued.Point D. What did Chessington do to please enthusiasts?

Wing-Riders have old style locking systems with the Air style vests. Gives you an essence of freedom and it isn't overly complicated.