Mark9

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.

Mutiny Bay and Wild Asia are good examples of rethemes so we know Merlin are good at theming. The problem here is that the sponsorship is completely at odds with the mood that Oblivion is trying to evoke. When it was the orange pipes I didn't really mind but now the Sponsorship is being sicked on every part of the ride, it does seem a shame. We know Merlin can do subtlety as Dragon Falls has been done very well.

I don't get it because in person everyone on here is truely amazing. Unless people are being fake and feel they are able to say what they want behind words written on the internet.I'm starting a campaign..

Many people can't, this height restrictions effects a lot of people.

Weird really as the Dragon Falls sponsorship is subtle and a nice touch. Oblivions is just awful. It wasn't as bad in person on Tuesday but they are raping it and overdoing it a bit now.

That is Benin.

One wonders how Thirteen manages it, the speed that thing comes into the station and comes to a dead stop..

So what are you doing to celebrate St Georges day then?I had a celebration cupcake which was a white buttercream and sponge cake with red and blue sparkles and with aunion jack case.