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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

8/10 for having an Inferno full front row.

In my head everyone on this forum is important.

It's taken my two years to realise the title of this topic is wrong.

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.

Raptor proves they can keep mist effects and water effects going so... here's hoping.

Just imagining that start on the right hand side.. near miss from the word go with the support.

Dear Benin..Much love...

Thats hardly important now is it.

2013 ^_^

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.

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.

For you, I promise it never left.

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.

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.

VSBut which one will be finished first?! Odds are 4-1 Wild Eagle, 20-1 Swarm. Take your bets now.

Yeah about that. I'd rather have one topic with the question "How busy it is going to be" then hundreds and hundreds of topics asking the same question for any particular day.As my opening post says quite explicitily."Right, so instead of endless topics asking us how busy the park is going to be, instead here is a rough guide to the kind of business the park/s should be expecting this season. It's not set in stone and remember business can be effected by weather, ride reliability, mount of trains/cars on the rollercoasters, amount of staff working on things, fastrack etc etc etc!""Remember guys, read this guide to help if you beat the queues without wasting money on Fastrack. Also use the park well. Head to Stealth and Inferno instead of Saw and Colossus. Do rides whilst they look empty instead of following the majority of the crowds. "

Gorgeous image, thanks for that Ben1990

Definitly. Whilst I always knew I'd ride Raptor, having one on a larger scale being built just round the M25 is far more exciting. I remember back in 05 when Stealth was having its pull through and even staff members at the park were stopping to watch the train going through.. that was exciting as well. There's something about construction that has a childish fascination to it. You just can't help be impressed. I remember when Merlin first took ownership of the Tussauds parks and people were calling them cheap for adding a Gerstlauer.. After an Intamin and three B&M's, they don't look so cheap anymore.

Just Dreamin' bout my four inversions