Mark9

Haven't yet...

Yeah, sorry about doing that on a discussion forum TPGG. Maybe closed sentences and rhetorical questions are the way forwards.

Ok guys. Imagine you are a member of the public. You walk into a theme park, Colossus, Inferno, Saw and Stealth reaching into the skies like claws in the sand. And then, a tank and a sign declaring their next big ride for 2012 greets you immediately as you enter the park. Thats more then publicity, thats a statement saying, yes we have these big rides but whats coming will blow everything else away.If you are just a normal, one day at a theme park in a year kinda guest you see this and you'd be astounded. You wouldn't be thinking "but the position of the sign detracts from the tank itself". Because apart from the minority on here, who cares. They have a BIG TANK, they have ACTORS STOPPING LES GETTING INTO THE SWARM SITE, they have a GREAT BIG SIGN FOR SWARM. This is on a scale that thorpe has never achieved in the past.I'm all for adjectivity, but criticism for criticism's sake is ludicrous.

What if they move away? Or live far away? Or move country? Or you move school/ college/country and will never see them again. Don't be so insular.

Does what it says on the tin. To get the ball rolling..Haha, it's a shed.

B&M. You guys, seriously. For years you've been building hyper after hyper coaster and suddenly, you reach the 2010's and you throw wilder and wilder and mroe and more rides at us. From Starry eyed Ripper to Parc Asterix's new one its crazy to think of the B&M dominance for next year.So many projects. Can't wait

People who are unable or unwilling to speak their mind when they have a problem. Stop using social networking to get your mesages across and get some confidence to say it to a person. Hiding behind words on the internet is the cowardly way out isn't it.....

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if it wasn't for the City of London Taxi ride I wouldn't give Maddame Tussauds the time of day. It's quiet dead on opening but thats about.

Intamins are pretty disappointing in general though Jack

Somebody did die, that German officer.

Doctor Who and the never quite dying characters. Could do a shot game on Moffatts series couldn't you, but you'd be plastered before the end of The Eleventh Hour.

I want to be optismistic about names. I love the idea of something imaginative not just three basic words strung together, words I'd normally see in a action movie.So I am going to be optimistic. Maybe Saw Alives fire earlier in the year wasn't just an accident and they plan to sail it to the middle of the lake and blow it up. Now THAT would seriously tempt me to go. So listen up Thorpe, do it.

Just throwing it out tis all. Although the idea of an Inverter, a Wing rider, a hyper and a Dive Machine hitting Europe next year feels delightful.

So I was just reading this Rollercoaster Philosophy review of Chessington and he's got Chessington's pros and cons absolutely spot on. I did feel rather humbled though that despite the parks problems, he called Vampire and Dragons Fury excellent rollercoasters and the best in their classes.

[Pedantic alert] B&M have managed seven before in 2002 with Air, Batman La Fuga, Batman Dark Knight, Silverstar, Superman la atraccion de Acero, Superman Ultimate Flight and Vampire. [/Pedantic alert]Maybe it's hindsight or not, but so far the B&M offerings look very impressive. As for Miribialdia here.. I'm not so sure its a B&M. Some of the words there throw me off such as race and the water bit. If it was a B&M the text hints strongly at a dive machine but the idea of racing throws up in my head a duelling dive machine.Which sounds unlikely. So I'm veering more towards Intamin at the moment, they seem more likely to do a water/racing/high and fast kind of ride then the more practical B&M.

Edited for truth.

Rides are an investment for the future, not just a quick bang on its opening year. That or Busch gardens really are flogging a dead horse, Montu KEEPS appearing on my TV screen.

I was agree with you babes

You're right, having all your main rides closed bar Inferno in 2009 and running out of all your food in Merlin owned restraunts in 2011 are totally different problems.

Raptor runs essentially in the same way as a sit down rollercoaster. Air in any case is a very complicated ride and being the first, was bound to run into issues. I've no doubt that Swarm will open on open-day.. whether it will be open all day is another thing...