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Mark9

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  1. Mark9 replied to Phyciodes's topic in The Real World
    When they have something positive to report on, they will do it. They've wisely moved away from mainly Brexit stories recently, nothings going to happen with that until Article 50 is triggered and until that point its all theories and conjecture. Saying that, I enjoyed this story Wales. If I were the EU commission, I wouldn't want to talk to Wales either, a country who majority voted to Leave.
  2. Delayed rides is the least of 2016's problems.
  3. I personally hope not. I'm yet to try Derren Brown, but reading from the comments here and all over, I can just tell that VR is not for me. Its ok as a novelty on things like Alpen Express and Pegasus. But to re-engineer rides like Air or to make it the main drive behind an attraction sends alarm bells ringing for me.
  4. Mark9 replied to Phyciodes's topic in The Real World
    They'll be in the EU before we know it.
  5. Part of me thinks this was inevitable. Especially with the kind of clientele that Thorpe attracts.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. I could probably 100%, without a shadow of a doubt, say this is an attraction with a way to low throughput.
  9. No. I fricking hate paid fastrack systems.
  10. Haha, I know right. Who knew they wanted to spoiler it all themselves.
  11. Buy fastrack. it always beats the queue line boredom.
  12. What tube line is this supposed to be? I presume Thorpe Junction is on the Piccadilly line
  13. There's no point trying to quantify 4.5.
  14. You don't want to fight this CJ. Just embrace the fact you've gone down inTPM history.
  15. I think 4.5 is the new if I wanted trees I'd go to a garden centre.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. What dark rides are you talking about out of interest?
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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 ).
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    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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.

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