Mark9

Unsurprising really. That last weekend in particular was always dead as anything.

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Fine, lets remember that Chiapas doesn't even try to be a dark/water ride hybrid and is a pure water ride. Ah Chiapas.

Take your own advice and don't judge a ride until you've done it.

Did they ride anything else...

Good question. The rides are definitely awesome at night, they take on a different personality depending on how lit up with spot lighting they are. For instance, Inferno has very little lighting around it so it's like zooming around in complete darkness and is disorienting and awesome in equal measure. Colossus is lit up like a christmas tree so isn't all that different from the day. Stealth is particularly awesome from the top as you get the briefest view of a green lit Thorpe. The Swarm is also awesome especially when the fire effect goes off. Majority of rides stay open during Fright Nights, only rides like Loggers close down for the night. It's worth a visit. Someone else will be able to answer your maze questions as I'm not particularly interested in them.

With the way they are running it they only need four cars in operation.

Christ. That 350 throughput is going to be more like 100 if that's what they are doing. Used to be as soon as the car had cleared the lift hill, you could send another.

They've never pretended otherwise. It's an amusement park, not a theme park.

I like it. Fits the bill for a Cedar Fair park and I really like the colour orange so extra points from me.

You mean, things that bring people into the park? What lunacy are they playing at...

That or Casey Jr's circus train has well and truly let itself go.

I almost fell asleep on the s bends on Cheetah Hunt but the s bend type sections on Juvelen were beyond awesome.

I know who I'd like to have as a mod, not because she's a female but because she contributes to our community. Who would you like to see?

Their passes are awesome. Free parking too If you can ignore the slight scent o cheapness running through their parks, you can have a great day too.

Interesting post, I don't necessarily agree with what you're saying though. We've had female mods in the past and we're likely to have them again. I'd like a personal message from you about who you think has a problem towards female members and what evidence you have because that's a pretty serious accusation. My final thought on this before you message me, looking at the TPM team page, two of the mods (Tom and Pluk) were brought on through blind applications when a female member said the next mods should be chosen democratically. Ian, Marc and I are the founders of the website and Peaj was given the role of TPM trip organiser a couple of years back and there is no question that he has done and is doing an excellent job and has been crucial in bringing new members onto the forum. The rest of the mod team are here because they have put time and effort into building Thorpe Park Mania and the forum. If we want to represent the rollercoaster community I'd want it to be based on their passion and love of rides, not because they are female or gay or Italian.

That's excellent news to hear.

They don't but to be fair to them, they've never pretended otherwise and North America is a pretty big continent so the same ride thing becomes irrelevant.

I always thoroughly enjoy your trip reports Ben and this is up there with the best of them. Only ride I can really comment on that you spoke about was Raptor, agree with your view. Even though it's the smallest, it definitely fits my idea of what a wing-rider should be. Ironically enough, its the only one that is all about the near-missed as every other one has gone for the height approach. I'm intrigued by the ten looper, although improved, still being far away from a perfect ride.

http://www.awesomeocean.com/2014/12/04/four-reasons-condemning-seaworld-really-bad-idea/

With so many rides closed and the big players on 90 mins/2hour queues what else can you do? You either do nothing or queue longer for a Dodgems. How busy actually is Chessington really, what gate figures is it currently getting?

0/10 The worst ride in Europe, possibly the world. It's only redeeming feature being the exit into a wine shop.

Herein lies the Seaworld dillema. When in the media you have this image of animal abuse how do you get away from that. Still, I've never understood why people are so up Seaworld's back about the Orcas when zoo's across the entire planet are pretty much left alone. Seems like a massive double standard to me. Take this rhino at Berlin zoo it's completely contained in a dirt mound and a tiny enclosure. How is that acceptable and yet Seaworld isn't.

I've no problems with the Dome and it doesn't look aged to me. It serves it's purpose very well IMO.