Everything posted by Mark9
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The News
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.
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Adventure Island - Southend
Delayed rides is the least of 2016's problems.
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon
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.
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The News
They'll be in the EU before we know it.
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon
Part of me thinks this was inevitable. Especially with the kind of clientele that Thorpe attracts.
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Rant
Denied. I can lay legitimate claim as I've worked on Vampire with three trains.
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Rant
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.
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon
I could probably 100%, without a shadow of a doubt, say this is an attraction with a way to low throughput.
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Queue boredom-beater
No. I fricking hate paid fastrack systems.
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon
Haha, I know right. Who knew they wanted to spoiler it all themselves.
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Queue boredom-beater
Buy fastrack. it always beats the queue line boredom.
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon
What tube line is this supposed to be? I presume Thorpe Junction is on the Piccadilly line
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon
There's no point trying to quantify 4.5.
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon
You don't want to fight this CJ. Just embrace the fact you've gone down inTPM history.
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon
I think 4.5 is the new if I wanted trees I'd go to a garden centre.
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Paultons Park
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.
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Oakwood
This is what I'm a coaster enthusiast for. Pure unadulterated coaster, no gimmicks or worlds first. Just pure ride.
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Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon
What dark rides are you talking about out of interest?
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The News
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.
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Phantasialand
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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Phantasialand
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.
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Ride Accidents
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.
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Pets