Mark9

I rather like Disney films :wub:So erm... Pinocchio, Up, Wall.E, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast qualify. Out of Disney I'm partial to Jurassic Park, Chicago, Shaun of the Dead and Star Trek: First Contact are also stand outs.

Were they removed around the time parts of the train decided to derail, stalling the thing on an air time hill

Cough Expedition Ge Force, Cough.

Just can't help thinking if that was an Intamin it would be whacking right into both sides of that support.

Fun fair rides are taken down and put up again so often that they are probably a teeny bit safer then theme parks, they are always checked over when rebuilt. Theme Parks are just that little bit better at covering up minor ride incidents.

What so there could be more people claiming for benefit?

Yes you should Sids and Mer

Have managed to get the forum stuck in Thorpe Park Mania 2.0 skin. Won't give me an option to change back either

The only ride I've seen Single rider work well on is Testrack and that is because of the three across seating. Take for example Thirteen at Alton, every time I've been on it the single ride queue is double the waiting time of the main queue. People think they are being incredibly clever, skipping the queue to ride by themselves. What they don't seem to grasp is if all four members of the party do it, the waiting time in that queue jumps. Add four or five groups doing it and the queue is ridiculous. Thorpe sees the same thing on Stealth and it certainly happened a lot on Colossus, Inferno and Fury when they had SRQ's.

For TPGG

Yeah, trust me by the time someone starts the inevitable Chessington and Alton Towers one we'll be sick to the back teeth of it.

I believe the Big One starred in one of the Saw films. It was one of the torture devices, am I right?

WHITE KIDS FIREBOMBED IT.LEAVE THE GIRL... ITS THE MAN I WANT

BUT THE SEISMIC SHIFTS FROM OBLIVION CAUSE THEIR HOUSE AND GARDEN TO RUMBLE (ignoring the mile between the house and Oblivion that rather oddly never shakes)

is the master of doing three full stops in a row.

I feel like these people are stuck in the 70's

Thanks for that Dan. God, Europa really is the park that doesn't stop. What a park.

It's not in the cinema but I still watched it so there.PinocchioIt's genius. I do love looking back at the oldest Disney films and see the innocence that runs through the centre of the film. Pinocchio questions everything like a young boy would, his innocence and the way he responds to things is so beautiful. The animation is just so good and the morals that run through the film are so subtle that as a kid you see a big whale trying to eat our leads but as an adult you see Pinocchio in bravery, selflessness and truth. And that scene with the donkeys. I think I enjoy it more that, having not seen the film since before going to a Disney park, it makes me happy that the main song "when you wish upon a star" still echoes in the parks to this day.Pinocchio - 10/10 I cried.

I'd concentrate on the others but I haven't been. So I can't.

Ooh I dunno Merlin have done well so far. I hear watching Jonathon Ross riding Thirteen for nearly an hour was an experience people would die for.Although.. remember when that priest opened Stealth. God that was bad.

Yeah.. what was that about. Still, I've always liked the song so nice to see it being released but... Gaga started moving a little to lately for me.

I think the thing is, if you watch any of the Disney firework displays, they are shows with a clear message or story running right through it. Whether it's 'Illuminations' and the story of our civilisations or 'Wishes' where if you wish upon a star your dream will come true. It comes with the family territory, they want you to have the best time of your life and the fireworks reflect the emotiveness of the occasion.Thorpe fireworks aren't designed to do that. They want you to have a bangin' time with WKD tracks and fun. I personally don't have a problem with that, the majority of members on TPM who went to the fireworks spoke very highly of the display the park put on and the same with Alton's firework display. Ultimately, parks like Disney will survive regardless because it's the strongest theme park brand in existance. Merlin has to consistently publicise its brand through gimmicks and cheap tricks and Swarm publicity to keep people interested.

Thing is, they do all this we are not a theme park stuff and then add things like Swarm which is relying on theming and story to sell the attraction. Maybe its a Valhalla thing all over again.