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Mark9

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  1. Mark9 replied to Theme Park bloke's topic in The Real World
    Denied. I can lay legitimate claim as I've worked on Vampire with three trains.
  2. Mark9 replied to Theme Park bloke's topic in The Real World
    Shouldn't you only be calling Vampire your baby if you rode the original interpretation. Sorry guys, that limits it to a handful of members. And I am one of those members. She is MINE.
  3. I could probably 100%, without a shadow of a doubt, say this is an attraction with a way to low throughput.
  4. No. I fricking hate paid fastrack systems.
  5. Haha, I know right. Who knew they wanted to spoiler it all themselves.
  6. Buy fastrack. it always beats the queue line boredom.
  7. What tube line is this supposed to be? I presume Thorpe Junction is on the Piccadilly line
  8. There's no point trying to quantify 4.5.
  9. You don't want to fight this CJ. Just embrace the fact you've gone down inTPM history.
  10. I think 4.5 is the new if I wanted trees I'd go to a garden centre.
  11. Mark9 replied to Rich's topic in UK Attractions
    Paultons fully deserve this award, they're an excellent park and really care about the visitor experience. They should be getting far more then a million guests a year.
  12. Mark9 replied to Aarron P's topic in UK Attractions
    This is what I'm a coaster enthusiast for. Pure unadulterated coaster, no gimmicks or worlds first. Just pure ride.
  13. What dark rides are you talking about out of interest?
  14. Mark9 replied to Phyciodes's topic in The Real World
    What do we think about the Calais situation? We have an agreement with the French government to have our Border checks there but the Calais Mayor wants the border pushed back to Dover. I would find it funny in by leaving the EU, we've actually just let refugees in far more easily. Would be even more delicious that Dover fully voted to leave.
  15. Mark9 replied to yeah's topic in The Real World
    Well we've sucked at football for 20 years. Is that any surprise. We're awesome at so many other sports and yet its football that gets all the stories. Hamilton won an awesome Austrian GP today, bet that makes no headlines at all.
  16. Yup, yup yup It's one of the easiest European theme parks get to so there really is no excuse. I'd say its a relentless rollercoaster and it's lack of 'break' moments isn't so much a negative, it just feels like a lot of the ride blurs into one because its just so pacy. In saying that, its definitely competing with the Mack types now and is so much better then a lot of Intamins that have gone before. It's comfortable, its relatively reliable, its got ejector air time and crazy turns by the bucket load. Phantasialand and Intamin make some stunning rides frankly. I hate log flumes normally, Chiapas bucks that trend and now with Taron, they really have an excellent duo of top tier rollercoasters (I have a massive soft spot for Black Mamba ).
  17. X

    Mark9 replied to Garyy's topic in The Past
    They don't tend to reduce throughput just for the fun of it, there's normally a logical and valid reason that rules are implemented.
  18. No idea. It seemed more like a well themed rollercoaster then one with a story. It's a good ride by the way. Definitely better once its warmed up through the day, it has some of the best ejector air time I've ever encountered. Nice head choppers, lots of dizzying moments, the restraints are excellent. Dare I say it better then the Mack equivalent. Only thing that lets it down is there's only two or three outstanding moments. It's so pacy that a lot of it just becomes a blur instead of well defined. When the giant cattlemen isn't used the full queue holds about 35 minutes of queue. I'm very glad rides like this exist though and that theme parks are no longer just reaching for the stars and just creating intricate, well crafted rollercoasters. It's one of Intamins better rides, thats for sure and just looks greats with trains zipping too and fro every few seconds.
  19. In moments of stress or intense emotions, people's brains tend to skim over whats going on which is why eye-witness accounts can be somewhat unreliable. What they believe is true but it doesn't mean its completely accurate.
  20. Mark9 replied to Sam P's topic in The Real World
    My mums dog was ran over and killed today. I hate 2016 and want it over now.
  21. To be fair, they just tweeted and the mirror ran with it. They are right though, its an incident that should not have happened.
  22. Mark9 replied to Phyciodes's topic in The Real World
    Wait hang on. We're going to be the same as before just with no say in the EU rules, no vote or veto, still with free movement and the single market. Oh my god. So now, the main leave argument is void, the whole remain argument has come true and we're halfway house with less democracy then we had before. Thats if the 27 EU members even decide to let us have the Norway system. Leaderless, powerless, no actual opposition who continue to implode. Just glad the economy hasn't completely taken itself yet although with another three months of uncertainty, who knows where we will be in October.
  23. Mark9 replied to Phyciodes's topic in The Real World
    Yup. ProjectLC for Prime Minister.
  24. Mark9 replied to Phyciodes's topic in The Real World
    I don't blame her for wanting independence for her country, after all its what we've just done. I've been watching this story all day and one thing is pretty clear. The arguments need to stop, its done. Our parties need to unite and get us through this. They need to send a clear message of intent of where we're going. At this point, ProjectLC seems to have given more information on what an independent UK is more then our actual government. More importantly though, a clear message needs to be send out to people that this xenophobic element which people are reporting up and down the country is not to be tolerated. We voted to leave the EU, not to send people home or impose a fear in people for their nationalities. That is not what we voted for and our leaders need to make that clear.
  25. Christ. That picture of the wheel assembly is terrifying. I'm amazed that so far there has been no fatalities.

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