Mark9

Watching strollers get on the Disney buses and then the 5 minute thing the staff do in locking that thing in place. Not good at 10pm at night when you've waited in a long queue for your bus to come and the fatty just rolls up and gets on straight away. These people would never survive in the UK.

Did you not se Illuminations Nicky.. in fact did you not see Fantasmic either?!

Theme Park review hate Vekoma. It didn't stand a chance.

I don't think it shows anything about the quality of our rides to be honest. Fury would be right up there (as it was on the single year that it was included in the poll) and TPR are certainly not indicative of quality rides.

Afternoon all, I didn't want to clog up Nicky's Florida trip report topic so here's mine! For our second anniversary Chris and I went off to Walt Disney World Florida for ten nights in what has ended up to be the hottest May in Florida since 1916. The parks were busy, the rides packed out, you'd be lucky to get near the parades and yet it was the best ten days off my life. To try something different I'm doing my trip report in the wrong order. So here we go..I'm going to start with Animal Kingdom which we spent two of our days at, the reason for this will become apparent as you read. Animal kingdom is the park I'd heard the least about and for me was the park I was least looking forward to. It ended up being the surprise hit of the trip and is far more then just three rides and a safari. The Disney parks don't just open, they roll out the characters on trains, jeeps, buses, monorail trains and have a big countdown to let guests in. I'm not going to lie when I say this is magical. It diverts interest away from the tedium of waiting. The only other park I've seen do that is Warner in Madrid. Other parks take note.So when you go to Animal Kingdom, what ride do you start with?Yeah, of course, Expedition Everest. A ride that with hindsight is what Th13teen was trying to be and utterly failed to be. Expedition Everest is stunning. I'm sure you all know about it's little trick but its not this that impressed me, it's the stunning attention to detail all around the ride. From the beautiful queueline that talks about the legend of the Yeti to the small gift-shop that sells yeti t-shirts. I actually got a bit annoyed about the queue actually; it moves to fast. I wanted to read about the yeti but because the ride eats people by the bucket loads, I never got the chance. With 5 trains seating 34 people each, it was crazy. The ride itself is sublime, the drop out the mountain is full of speed, air time and beautifully smooth, and the lift hill is a superb touch; it slows down slightly and the train lets out a honking speed as if its stepping up a gear to get you up the mountain. The other stand out attraction for us was Dinosaur. No one speaks about it. Good, the ride is excellent and far scarier then its's queue and surrounding area. The photo point is also.. perfect. Kali Kali Rapids was.... okay. After its drop it kind of died a quick death and just meandered back to the station. It's theme is deforestation. Loads of burnt out trees decorate the top of the ride. It's quite wet and American reactions to rides have to be seen to be understood. It just lacked length for me.So onto the other major attraction at Animal Kingdom, Kilamanjaro Safari, basically a trek through a reserve where you can see Hippos, Lions, Ostriches, Elephants, Zebras and Alligators. Very popular but very interesting at the same time. They try to intersperse the ride with a story of poachers stealing a baby elephant. It's slightly bad taste really but on the other hand gives the ride a certain finale.So why did we spend two days at Animal Kingdom. Well we were at the meet and greet area hugging Goofy and Pluto when a guy came to us and said he wanted out help in a little project. What we didn't know is that the project was to be part of the park parade. If you know Disney, you know the parades are massive and a huge majority of the park will state their turf, refusing to move so they could get a chance to see the gang on themed cars. We were on the Mickey float to!The most magical moment of the trip without a doubt. Buh Bye Animal kingdom

Gosh, is this poll even relevant anymore?I'm very impressed that Nemesis is in there year in, year out though. To be fair it deserves to be.

Well they would say that. Because they hate the baby Jesus.

Just going back a bit, for those saying the death of Osama will cause retaliation... well considering future attacks were already being planned it's not so much retaliation, it's more the inevitable consequences of religious extremists believing the Western world is evil.It will bring closure to some people but it won't be the end of things.

Rubbish image I know... meh, Beasts Castle topped of at Magic Kingdom.

It's amazing how your reactions to Harry Potter are so different to mine. You saw an amazingly themed castle and I saw a beautiful castle with a huge white shed nailed on the back that would make Nemesis Inferno blush...

Agreed with Daniel9 here completely. One bug bear, the early Tussauds weren't in it for the short haul, they built well meaning, permanent attractions that looked the part and were the part. Chessington still relies on Runaway Train, Dragon Falls, Vampire, Bubbleworks and Tomb (even if the original rides have been pervereted and raped by late Tussauds) and Alton still gets loved because of Nemesis, RMT and Oblivion.I actually take huge insult with Merlin. They claim to be the second biggest entertainment owner after Disney and if you include the amount they own, then yeah thats true. But the sheer gulf in quality is so huge you could fill it with the Pacific and Atlantic ocean and still have room left over for a B&M.

Hey everyone. My rant is against the amount of people with strollers in America. Being fat does not mean you block the entire pathway.

Euch, don't get me started on the shoddiness of Chessies dressed up characters. Used to watch the dragons when I operated Sea dragons, just go and stand on a podium for 5 minutes, wave at a kid, talk to the entertainment host who is with them then bugger off. They could do much more with them if they just let them wander round the park and wave at kids but their apperances are so brief its pointless having them.

Yep and every Maurer spinner bar Dragons Fury can seat 4 adults. Chessington are either lazy or to careful to attempt to sort out Fury properly.

With those, Skyway was constructed in 1986 whilst Runaway Train constructed in 1987. It's the same with Vampire and Bubbleworks. I think Merlin have played around with the official statistics to create more competition in the game.

The speed of it in general, wow

Load of tripe last night. I'm getting a bit fed up with this timey wimey stuff now and Moffats "throw everything into the pot and hope the audience works it out for themselves" approach. The constant story arcing everywhere is making some stories irrelevant like The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks last year.

Any more useless, relentless bickering and you'll get a warn. It's beyond petty now. I've deleted the offending posts.

Look MarcThis is the worlds most technologically advanced ride, far deeper, far darker then your worst nightmare.

So when you said there's no movement for the original date.. that was a lie.

Or they will make lots of money, not look stupid and have a fantastic use of advertising the ride based on hear-say alone.

Low and behold I'm free that day. If someone wants to pay me to visit franchiseland then I'll go.

I like it though..

For anyone who wants to buy me a birthday present this year..

I've decided that Oblivion is an amazing ride and one of the best in the country.So there. Just the best theme park advert... ever.