May 17, 201411 yr comment_183417 It's a shame the dodgems have lab bars, I was hoping they wouldn't have them.
May 17, 201411 yr comment_183418 Dodgems are testing today Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk and no Hard-Hats!
May 17, 201411 yr comment_183419 It's a shame the dodgems have lab bars, I was hoping they wouldn't have them. I much prefer the look of these bars than the ones at Chessington. Leg room isn't the best at Chessington because you can't move your legs much due to the bar coming down the middle so at least this should solve that. Plus, bars are so much quicker to check and lower than having to do up a seat belt so throughput wise is also a bonus.
May 17, 201411 yr comment_183424 I think the lap bars look good, they look better than the seat belts in my opinion, the seat belts look tacky.
May 17, 201411 yr comment_183425 It's a shame the dodgems have lab bars, I was hoping they wouldn't have them. Clearly said by someone who's never been on Dodgems without lap bars... ...I hope.
May 17, 201411 yr comment_183429 South Parks were lucky enough to have a sneak preview of all the angry birds land today, and posted a photo of the cinema. All the plastic has now been taken off the seats. Looks pretty good, and bigger than I expected (I never went in the previous cinema) and really looking forward to it now!
May 17, 201411 yr comment_183430 Looks very professional, and is unrecognisable considering how it looked before.
May 17, 201411 yr comment_183435 Why does it have the little stage bit in front of it. Has it ever been used as a stage?
May 17, 201411 yr comment_183436 Why does it have the little stage bit in front of it. Has it ever been used as a stage? Probably for fright nights and shows!
May 17, 201411 yr Author comment_183439 Why does it have the little stage bit in front of it. Has it ever been used as a stage? Yep it has been quite often used as a stage for Fright Nights back when they had the Circus of Horrors. Also Pre-Pirates 4D the building used to be the Palladium Theatre which had live stage shows. Phill may remember this!
May 17, 201411 yr comment_183440 Why does it have the little stage bit in front of it. Has it ever been used as a stage? Think it's always had it. Has been used in the past for The Carnival of the Bizarre and Barry and Stuart during Fright Night shows.
May 18, 201411 yr comment_183459 Looks like a Conference Centre... Shame they didn't theme the inside...
May 18, 201411 yr comment_183461 In some ways I think it is good they haven't, gives the place more versatility to use for other things or variations in what's shown in a few years once the angry birds thing has faded a bit.
May 18, 201411 yr comment_183463 Clearly said by someone who's never been on Dodgems without lap bars... ...I hope. I have been on ones without them, I think the lab bars are annoying. Looks like these are better lap bars though because they won't have a bar down the middle like at Chessington.
May 18, 201411 yr comment_183464 Yes, lap bars on dodgems are a relatively new thing. They are sooo much better without.
May 18, 201411 yr comment_183473 I've done Dodgems without lap bars once and came out of it with three seperate injuries, one of which lasted for quite a few days. No thanks.
May 18, 201411 yr comment_183484 It's funny how one minute I was thinking "Oh God, Thorpe what kind of terrible new addition is this?", but now as it's now taking shape VERY quickly, I'm starting to have second thoughts! Looks kinda good I must say! Still not quite finished though...(in a Mr Burns voice) Excellent!
May 18, 201411 yr comment_183487 Despite the fact I'm not really warming to the idea of it yet, Thorpe seem to be working rather quickly and dare I say they may actually have it all completed on time!
May 18, 201411 yr comment_183514 I was open to the Angry Birds Idea, but now they have done this... Because nothing says quality themeing like Graffiti...
May 18, 201411 yr Author comment_183524 And it makes sense if you see the Piggie in the corner with a paint brush!!
May 18, 201411 yr comment_183526 I saw that but I still think it doesn't add to the area what so ever, just stick to the original game themeing and it would looks fine as graffiti doesn't look great to me even if the pig is painting it tbh, everything else I like its just that looks a bit meh.
May 19, 201411 yr comment_183534 That is hilarious, I would love to see Grammanazi Angry bird correcting the spelling in another corner. Having another looking seems they are incorporating Bad Piggies
May 19, 201411 yr comment_183537 You can tell there's been thought as to making it feel quirky and funny, but at the moment, it seems like something that sounded good on paper but hasn't worked in reality. Will wait and see, as more could be added / it could fit in well with the film. At this stage, it's by least favourite part of the area though..
May 19, 201411 yr comment_183538 You can tell there's been thought as to making it feel quirky and funny, but at the moment, it seems like something that sounded good on paper but hasn't worked in reality. Will wait and see, as more could be added / it could fit in well with the film. At this stage, it's by least favourite part of the area though.. Merlin's tag-line really... Shame cos the brick-work looks fantastic underneath... Maybe it's too ensure that the previous target market don't feel left out by the change of audience?
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