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Yet again I am greatful that Chessington is Junction 9. (not that I speed.. ever )

He was on Buzzcocks last week. It was excellent. In fact Buzzcocks is the funniest programme ever

Because I do find it boring. Seriously, why do I care if Thorpe Park make a loss of 6 pound on every ticket sale they get through the door. "The whole point of Thorpe Park is to make money" .. yes I've heard that a LOT over the last four years, in fact when ever I think of Thorpe Park thats all people rat on about. But why should I care? Its not as if Thorpe making lots of money from admission sales makes my life any better. Being able to build bigger and better rides, again what does it matter to me? I'm losing interest in Theme Parks in general so rabbiting on about loss of financial sales = Snore. In other words let the people who have to make the money take interest in the profit side and instead look at it from a theme park visitor angle instead. 24 pound is an awesome price for The Uk's premiere thrill park. "oh but its losing profit." OH NO.

Even though we know the website got it wrong, Peter you made it boring by bringing profits into it. As far as I am aware none of us here are part of Thorpe's financial department. I'm not really bothered if they make less of a profit then normal tbh with you..Now that the price is up at 32 it makes the arguement void really, unfortunantely.

Peter, you don't need to turn it into a negative. After years of the park prices going up and up and up, having a park with the price actually decreasing is good news for the park. If it stays at £24 I may actually praise Thorpe for bucking the trend.Good decision there Thorpey

I'm actually excited about this trip now. Can't wait to see everyone again or complain about the park. It is going to be GREAT

I bet the manager of Thorpe is really like that."Add another 2 pounds onto all fastracks, I'll sue you THORPE PARK MANIA"

Obviusly it depends on the ride.. however every ride has its magic moments. My favourites were Runaway Train, Dragons Fury and Skyway. At the end of the day all rides are just buttons you press. Same as a supermarket job for example.

Having films, music as a file on a computer is the way forward. However don't ignore the CD's, DVD's tapes etc as they are going to be around a lot longer. The problem with Blu-ray is its accessibility. At the moment its to expensive whereas DVD's have come down in price and are very afforadable. Also the jump isn't as large as the jump from video cassettes to a disk. I don't like the idea of films being just a bit of data on a computer, to me it seems rather static. I much prefer something I can look at. For instance I'm really into the classic series of Doctor who and love having all the series in an order on my shelves. If it was just data to me personally it loses its novelty.

Your favourite Dragons Fury operator is back baby

I'm able to do lifts to if people need it to Nandos. Got 3 seats left if its needed. Nandos is just something for afterwards really, obviously we will be at Thorpe for most of the day. We're be parking up in Staines at about 6:10 (avoid paying heh)

I'm more concerned about how we're going to get us lot into Staines Nandos. *gets Marc to book a table for 20

Its interesting you say that Whiteknuckle as Black Mamba actually helped me to like Inferno more. I used to hate Inferno but once I'd ridden Phantasialands version a few times I found myself able to appreciate Inferno more. Nemesis is my favourite but I find it more because of the story, the setting and the background behind it rather than the actual experience. I find the problem I had with Nemesis is that it does have this legendary status hooked onto it and as good as it is, it will never quite live up to it for a lot of first-timers who have already ridden Nemesis Inferno. That being said both of our Nemesis's are supreior to Batman La Fuga, man that ride is dull.

I'd recommend against trying a long distance relationship with someone in Canada. I tried it with Matt who only lived in Canterbury but it made saying goodbye incredibly painful.

Picture?

A class of five-year old school children return to the classroom after playing in the playground during their break time.The teacher says to the first child "Hello Becky, what have you been doing this playtime?" Becky replies "I have been playing in the sand box". "Very good," says the teacher "if you can spell 'sand' on the blackboard, I will give you a biscuit". Becky duly goes and writes 's a n d' on the blackboard. "Very good" says the teacher and gives Becky a biscuit.The teacher then says "Freddie, what have you been doing in your playtime?" Freddie replies "Playing with Becky in the sand box". "Very good" says the teacher. "If you can spell 'box' on the blackboard, I will also give you a biscuit". Freddie duly goes and writes 'b o x' on the blackboard. "Very good" says the teacher and gives Freddie a biscuit.Teacher then says "Hello Mohammed, have you been playing in the sand box with Becky and Freddie?" "No" replies Mohammed, "I wanted to, but they would not let me. Every time I went near them they started throwing sand at me and calling me nasty names"."Oh dear" says the teacher. "That sounds like blatant racial discrimination to me - I'll tell you what, if you can spell 'blatant racial discrimination' I will give you a biscuit".

Ah but just remember the 137th ride of the day is normally on faster settings. Honestly people who cares who gets the first ride of the season on a ride. You're not getting medals or a plaque for the honour.

I'm coming, it costs me nothing except my sanity afterall

Oh thanks Dann...

Congrats Mr Sheeps, what area?

Yeah Seb's got it right on the nail here. You can be the nicest staff member ever, you can be nice to every guest you can work hard, fast be fantastic but it will take just that one person to throw you off and you go into a bad mood. So many times I tried to fill all the seats at Trucks only for a family to decide not to share and instead of talking nicely, hurled abuse at me.. well its enough to annoy you so much that it effects how you talk to everyone else.You may remember more rude staff but staff are just as likely to feel better about their jobs if people say thank you after a ride. It takes very little effort from guests, but how many people here actually say thank you to someone for taking your bag at X or checking your bar on Samurai?

It was a bedsheet with words in red paint on it. Don't be silly mister TPDAN! The park's really don't do enough but then again why should they. Thorpe's main draw is the mazes, Cwoa's is riding in the dark. Theres never much agiven on park theming.

I'm not chaning that, its brilliant. Someone should get a picture of the East India underground sign and "edit" it.

Why don't I remember you posting this. I was more tired then anything. I love alcohol abuse.