Everything posted by Mark9
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Top 10's
Updated from September 1. Expedition Everest - Disneys Animal Kingdom 2. Hollywood Tower of Terror -Disneys Hollywood Studios 3. Superman de Acero - Parque Warner Madrid 4. Samurai - Chessington 5=. Katun - Miribilandia and Nemesis - Alton Towers 7. Blue Fire Megacoaster - Europa Park 8. Black Mamba - Phantasialand 9. Manta - Sea World Orlando 10. Oblivion - Alton Towers Been having a trip down memory lane and just remembered the effect Samurai had on me when first seeing it, riding it and saying goodbye to it at Chessington. So it jumps straight to number 4 on my list.
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Samurai
Going back to this a second, I sometimes feel Samurai would benefit from having limited music on it. Because of the nature of the ride very little music works with what action the ride is performing. Maybe going as far as just having the sound of the ride itself because its quite a noisy ride as it is. Particularly when the ride speeds up, it makes quite a beautiful motorised sound.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB5P8fD56fw I haven't ridden it since March so I forget what it plays, does it still have the piano loading music or is it now playing some ghastly rubbish?
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- THE SWARM: Construction Updates
- Rant
God thats wrong. Surely the guy with skids all over his boxers was the culprit.- Music
- Parks, Rides And Coaster News
Trip to Port Aventura now confirmed. B&M Mega year. More prove if needed, that Europe is more then a match for the Americans at the moment. Wonderful stuff. Just hope that Shambhala (if thats its name) isn't shambolic. I'll get my coat.- THE SWARM: Construction Updates
Very true. Like this a lot. As long as the queue doesn't get a big old view of a shed it should be fabulous.- Rant
Double post for impact. This time, just walking.You need a cash machine. You head to a row of empty ones. All of a sudden people come out of nowhere to use them and you get stuck behind the people who enter their pin, remove their card, put it back in, get a statement, take out the card yet again, insert it again to get cash. And then stand there counting their money.You leave a shop or a station. Any normal person would carry on working but not mothers with prams. Deliberately stopping in the most inconvenient places, these people are trolls.People in groups of threes who deliberately walk in a row along the pavement pushing everyone out their way who is walking towards them.Some trains have three across seating. Despite it being rush hour, some idiots decide to sit on the inner seat meaning the window seat often has no one in it but because these people give you the look of thunder when you try to use the empty seat, most people don't bother. They just stand in despair as idiot people put their VIP bag onto the seat for added insult. This can also happen on planes.- Rant
I find I make a spelling/grammar mistake if I'm writing particularly quickly. my mind isn't computing whats gone bfore. it's's just thinking of the nextg sentence to spellbound you. Theirs no to ways about it either.- THE SWARM: Construction Updates
Considering how heavy the trains are and how quickly they pick up speed, I would put a lot on the line to say that near miss element will be more effective then you suggest. I kind of get where you are coming from in terms of preferring terrain to height but.. Swarm will have both.- Rate The Avatar Of The Person Above You
8/10 for having an Inferno full front row.- Feedback of the Site
In my head everyone on this forum is important.- Rita
It's taken my two years to realise the title of this topic is wrong.- Parks, Rides And Coaster News
Illogical but understandable in law suit USA. It's a real shame though as I always felt the dueling parts of the ride were the most worthwhile parts and everything else was layed down to get you to those points. Once again stupidness ruins the fun for everyone.- THE SWARM: Construction Updates
Raptor proves they can keep mist effects and water effects going so... here's hoping.- THE SWARM: Construction Updates
Just imagining that start on the right hand side.. near miss from the word go with the support.- Random
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- The Big Bad Movie Topic
The Lion King 3DThe easiest 10 out of 10 I will ever give to a film. Most pictures have to prove their worth over a long running time. Instead, Lion King hits the ground running with the most awesome opening sequence of any animated film. Every voice artist gives it their all and makes their characters memorable and well rounded. The music is sublime fitting the African setting beautifully, each song is wonderfully sung and easy to sing along to. The story is engaging and full of funny, sad, happy, angry moments. The 3D just adds fantastic clarity to each scene.I'll admit quite feely that Lion King never fails to make me cry, when Mufassa appears in the sky to a Simba who has forgotten who he is, well.. I nearly break down because of its cinematic brilliance. It tugs at the heart strings and refuses to let go.Just awesome. 10/10, 100%, 100/100. 5 stars. Just perfection.- THE SWARM: Construction Updates
I'd say its just because The Swarm's track is just so chunky and the lift hill takes up a far larger area. Even compared to the taller Stealth, Swarm impresses.- Music
- Parc Asterix
I'm saving my OH MY GODS until I eventually ride it. I have a feeling, like Katun, that off-ride and on-ride videos aren't going to do the ride much justice. It looks way to atypical B&M in that video, whereas knowing the layout, its nothing like a typical inverter.- Park Music
What a turn of events then. Back in 2005 or so, Thorpe was the only park that had proper (ish) theme park music on all its rides. Now it's the other way round and music is either mismatched, cuts out or non existant. Why they can't get Inferno's dispatch music on properly is beyond me.