Mark9

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.

Love that name. Nice and original so gets my approval. I'd stick to Amsterdam myself, but then I'm a sucker for their lifestyle, shall we say.

I love Dragon Falls as it was originally intended but thats not what lies in Mystic East anymore. Lets face it, the ride is a pretty shoddy, non event but its adventure through the rock work and into the dragons mouth were/are the real highlights.

I once complained about fastrack. They tried to give me a priority pass for a ride of my choice. I refused and said, giving me a pass doesn't solve the problem. There is a moral high ground, if you are willing to take it.

So basically, I've decided what Chessington should do. Get rid of Dragon Falls, Peeking Heights and Toadies and install one bloody amazing new area. And what rides, well I'm thinking a Juvelen clone, because that is the best family roller coaster out there and secondly, an Intamin log flume like Chiapas. Make it so Chessington.

More importantly, why do you want to see the waterbuses return?

Jeez, thats the point CJ, you give people (especially the GP) choice to stay on for ride after ride, they could potentially make themselves ill as a consequence. The park s cover their own backs because even seasoned coaster enthusiasts like Benin and Fred can make themselves feel iffy after too many rides. We don't know if Benin has a medical condition, he might not even know. It may be triggered by one too many spins on Dragons Fury and then what. No re-rides whatsoever, Fury closed for investigation. I don't necessarily agree that Fury would ever do that, but there is always that chance, a chance the park do not (apparently) want to take.

Works at Liseberg.

And the 1 was generous as we weren't allowed to give a zero

I'd like more reasons as to why it's one of your favourite rides please.

Thanks so much for that Ben, a park that I've never actually heard of! Properly of the beaten track. Love the look of the rubbish Harry Potter ride.

To add, you abide to the parks rules when you go through the turnstiles. If they don't want you to stay on, you won't be allowed to. It's irrelevant if Mantis at Cedar Point lets you stay on or if you think you can handle 50 goes on Tidal Wave in a row.

Well that may be the case Coaster Jamie. I don't know anything about Lightwater Valleys maintenance schedules, all I can see is that the ride opening times at the park vary wildly compared to the Chessington days when Samurai was running 10am to sometimes 10pm. 12 hours of full on intensity rides and a ride in busy periods with over two hours of queuing time. Even the funfair equivalents aren't pushed that far. So understandable that Samurai at Thorpe Park can be pretty limp. And you're expecting a new Top-Scan, at a park with longer operating hours then Chessington, to be perform full throttle rides for an entire season constantly. Expecting a bit too much I think.

What like the current Samurai did at Chessington? The same ride that is neutered because it was absolutely smashed to pieces during its five seasons at its former home. I'm all for a properly run top scan but we would just be repeating history.

Nah, just casting nets far and wide for more information.

My source scoured the seas to gather this information. There's just no way its changing plaice.

The fish isn't moving by the way...