Posted December 19, 20168 yr Popular Post comment_246055 Hiii guys, Ryan and I have decided to do you forum lot a solid and chalk up the provisional meet calendar for the 2017 season with all of the provisional dates where possible. As you may see it is incredibly busy with a few new and different things, so please do leave a comment or drop a PM to either of us with what you think! **please note this is a rough, preliminary outline of what we'd expect 2017 to look like, dates and even venues may well change!** January: Guildford meet (Saturday 21st) February: Adventure Island meet (Saturday 11th) March: Thorpe Park open meet (Saturday 25th) April: Chessington meet (Saturday 22nd) May: Legoland meet (Saturday 20th) June: Alton Towers weekender (Saturday 17th/Sunday 18th) July: Ministry of Sound meet (Saturday 22nd) August: Oakwood weekender (Saturday 19th/Sunday 20th) September: Port Aventura (Saturday 9th/Sunday 10th) October: Fright Nights meet (Sunday 15th) November: Alton Towers Fireworks weekender (TBC/'whenever that is') December: London Christmas meet (Saturday 16th) I hope everyone has a happy new year, and I can't wait to see both old and new faces next year
December 19, 20168 yr comment_246061 List looks very acceptable especially Port Aventura. Should make the majority of these I'm sure.
December 19, 20168 yr comment_246071 Thanks for the info. It is really helpful for planning purposes knowing well in advance having a provisional line up. Much Appreciated. I will be attending some events in 2017 and look forward to them.
December 22, 20168 yr comment_246167 Cheers for this folks. Fingers crossed MOS doesn't clash with the small matter of me getting married... and no, it's not to Jart.
December 22, 20168 yr comment_246174 30 minutes ago, MattyMoo said: Cheers for this folks. Fingers crossed MOS doesn't clash with the small matter of me getting married... and no, it's not to Jart. I really hope you can make at least one meet. Because we are certainly lacking bag holders in this forum!
December 22, 20168 yr comment_246177 Guildford is normally a go-er. And will probably do Thorpe opening at least
December 22, 20168 yr comment_246178 34 minutes ago, Matt Creek said: I really hope you can make at least one meet. Because we are certainly lacking bag holders in this forum! Thanks for volunteering as full time bag holder ?
December 22, 20168 yr comment_246179 1 hour ago, MattyMoo said: Guildford is normally a go-er. And will probably do Thorpe opening at least Will we be allowed at opening? Don't want to bugger up Stealth right from the start
December 23, 20168 yr comment_246186 Better start drinking and riding Stealth now guys then! I will know you've been successful when I hear Stealth has undergone excessive downtime.
January 3, 20178 yr comment_246366 9 hours ago, RobF said: Are the port aventura dates likely to change? Yep that's just a rough estimate so far. We are planning to have a vote open for dates soon
January 4, 20178 yr comment_246397 Any chance of a vote for Thorpe Park Opening Meet? Train tickets are cheaper up to 12 weeks in advance also gives people time to book time off work Also as many of you are aware down south Southern are constantly striking,
January 4, 20178 yr Author comment_246398 6 minutes ago, Daniel.S312 said: Any chance of a vote for Thorpe Park Opening Meet? Train tickets are cheaper up to 12 weeks in advance also gives people time to book time off work Also as many of you are aware down south Southern are constantly striking, We do plan on setting up the topic/votes for the open meet very soon, we haven't forgotten about it and we're trying our best to be considerate without chucking loads of information at you.
January 4, 20178 yr comment_246399 Southern strike? What's the point in that, they never run any trains as it is!
January 4, 20178 yr comment_246400 I tend to avoid that rust bucket company as they make DBGT look highly reliable. South West wipe the floor with them until they combust!
January 5, 20178 yr comment_246403 1 hour ago, Daniel.S312 said: Any chance of a vote for Thorpe Park Opening Meet? Train tickets are cheaper up to 12 weeks in advance also gives people time to book time off work Also as many of you are aware down south Southern are constantly striking, I have already booked holiday for opening weekend. We can only have a limited number of people on holiday at the same time and I do also work weekends so I wanted to get in while I could. Obviously if the meet is a different weekend I would try to get the time off but its subject to notice at work and not having to many others off at the same time. I agree on average train tickets do come out 12 weeks in advance for advance fares (Especially for long distance visitors) and the savings are huge. However these tickets are now on sale for opening weekend and are likely to sell out. However I wont buy any train tickets until the meet date is confirmed. Yes Sothern's dispute with the RMT and ASLEF sadly seems no closer to ending. Thankfully I use GWR and SWT to get to Staines and they are not on strike at present
January 5, 20178 yr comment_246409 Fair enough on these 12 week train tickets and hopefully these new meet organisers will be able to plan in advance. But give some credit for the first part of the year. They've only been doing it for 2 weeks, set up two meets already, given a rough plan and also have their own lives to attend too whilst picking up the unfinished leftovers
January 5, 20178 yr comment_246410 Own lives should not stand in the way of meet organising, they knew the rules when they signed up
January 5, 20178 yr comment_246449 12 hours ago, he who shall not be named said: Fair enough on these 12 week train tickets and hopefully these new meet organisers will be able to plan in advance. But give some credit for the first part of the year. They've only been doing it for 2 weeks, set up two meets already, given a rough plan and also have their own lives to attend too whilst picking up the unfinished leftovers Yes definitely. I appreciate that things take time to put in place when their is a change of meet organisers etc. Also I can guess that their is more involved in organising meets than people realise to.
January 14, 20178 yr comment_246671 Could we do Drayton with the Towers weekender this year? It's been 2 years since we last did it and with Towers going downhill fast it might be preferred?
January 14, 20178 yr comment_246672 55 minutes ago, Mitchada04 said: Could we do Drayton with the Towers weekender this year? It's been 2 years since we last did it and with Towers going downhill fast it might be preferred? If Towers Fireworks is a definite, could I perhaps even be daring enough to suggest the possibility of replacing the Towers weekender altogether? Drayton is meant to maybe get a big-ish thing in 2018, so might be worth missing it this year. And there's loads of other places that could be done!
January 14, 20178 yr comment_246678 Let's just all go back to Europa Park! I need more absinthe to get me immersed to that place and re-rides on Wodan. I'm no meet organiser so I don't mind what happens, we could do Brighton Pier for all I know.
January 14, 20178 yr comment_246681 1 hour ago, Matt Creek said: Let's just all go back to Europa Park! I need more absinthe to get me immersed to that place and re-rides on Wodan. I'm no meet organiser so I don't mind what happens, we could do Brighton Pier for all I know. Absinthe and Wodan? Now that would be interesting
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