Mark9

One thing I don't get though. All these rides like the Carousel, Fungle, Calgary Stampede were things with smallish footprints and relatively hidden. Bloody Depth Charge takes up a massive footprint and is such a poor first ride to be seen as you leave the dome. How the heck has that lasted so long when so many other 'better' rides have long since left.

I think it's okay to be part of a fansite like this and not be the parks biggest fan. As long as the criticism is constructive and not just a constant barrage of attacks on the park with no substanancial discussion.

2000- Tidal Wave. Thrill water Ride 2001 - Zodiac, Detonator and Vortex. 3 Thrill Rides 2002. Colossus - Thrilling rollercoaster 2003. Nemesis Inferno, Quantum and Eclipse. A Thrilling rollercoaster, a thrill ride and a dull waste of space (which lasted two seasons) 2004. Samurai. Thrill ride. 2005. Slammer and Rush. 2 Thrill rides 2006. Stealth. Thrilling rollercoaster 2007. Return of Flying Fish. First proper family ride since Pirated 4D, 9 years previously. 2008. Time Voyagers (Nothing to add) 2009. Saw the ride. Thrilling roller coaster 2010. Saw Alive. Load of rubbish but firmly in the thrill category 2011. Storm Surge. Waste of space but a family ride of sorts. 2012. The Swarm. Thrilling rollercoaster 2013. X retheme. Make it family friendly 2014. Angry Birds Land (where do I begin) I'm sorry you missed the absolute deluge of thrilling rides in the noughties, but to say they are taking the piss now is ridiculous. There are plenty of thrilling and interesting dark rides out there. We don't even know what Thorpe are planning. To disregard this attraction based on planning permission that only shows us a building and location is laughable.

There's literally no point in you visiting whatsoever. Life is too short to go somewhere you don't like and then spending time on the internet moaning about it. Never has the phrase get a life seemed more appropriate and I mean that in the nicest possible way,

This sends alarm bells ringing for me and why Thorpe should endeavour to try and better itself rather then give out exit passes like candy. People are starting to cotton on that complaining about anything gets you free fastracks. This in turn is creating so much more problems and longer queues. I really, truly wish Thorpe priced these things accordingly. As it stands, fastrack is just too cheap.

Fred wouldn't have made up the figures.

There's something about that white colour which is just..... ugly.

HAHA. Fits of laughter

Do you not have anything better to do?

BUT ITS YOUR FAVOURITE RIDE HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY TAKE A BREAK FROM YOUR FAVOURITE RIDE LIKE THIS!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Thats no consolation prize for the people at Thorpe on Saturday.

Merlin parks policy is to not give refunds. They can give out free tickets for another visit but will never go down to giving people their money back as everything is covered in their T&C's. I know this is a broken record but Thorpe's problem just shows how they cannot control the fastrack numbers properly. It's too cheap for what it provides. But there is a way that guests can have a fantastic day without it. http://www.europapark.de

They were just examples James and as you say you like Baco in every seat so my post isn't really aimed at you.

I don't get it. Had a really unenjoyable day. Goes back straight away. Makes no sense to me I'm afraid.

Can we drop the classist attitudes please.

I could never say a ride is my favourite ride if I have to ride it in a certain way to get enjoyment out of it. In my top ten you could take Katun, Nemesis, Blue Fire, Helix and ride in any seat and have a fantastic time. Some seats are better then others obviously but its never at a level where the ride is immensely different. How can Baco be your favourite ride when only one in twenty seats is any good. It's sheer madness.

I'd forgotten they had completely destroyed Khan with turning the MCBR on. It used to do practically nothing making the ride just one long stretch of ever tightening corners and force.

It's just astounding that PortAventura has the awesome Shambhala and the old school fantastica-ness of Dragon Khan and yet all people talk about is the awful Baco. At least El Diablo and Stampida do the decent thing of being ignored by enthusiasts. I wish the same could be said of Baco

It's had a lot more refurbishments then it really deserves already. It needs canning now frankly.

That's Infernos greatest strength. It doesn't try and be the greatest inverter ever built, it's just a solid little ride. Definitely my favourite coaster at Thorpe.

Out of interest, how is she grounding you aside from taking computers and phones?

You can act less smug about it for a start. Some (like myself) have pointed out that a queueless theme park is a nice concept but will never work in reality, but only you have banged on about it consistently.

This guy once told Marc and I that Vortex was moving to Canada Creek to replace Rocky Express. Don't necessarily believe everything that comes from the person in mind.

I dont understand what benefit the ride n reserve system is having anymore. This is the thing with all these systems like fastrack and ride n reserve. Theme parks should be simple, you enter the park, you go queue for something, you ride it then you rinse and repeat as you go around the park. All this faffing around gets away from the actual problem at Thorpe, capacity is too low for its attractions. 5 and a half hour wait for a maze is too long in anyones book.

So you and CJ want an engineer to stand there, tinkering away with a hammer to be convinced they are doing something. God sake people, everytime we go through this.