The left foot of one of the workers? If so I can explain...It happened the day I was there, sometime in September. A group, going round on the ride, decided it'd be fun to knock over one of the Bubble workers, which are obviously secured to the floor, this broke one of it's feet. In fact for a while afterwards all that was there was the broken foot as the model had been taken away.Don't you just hate people who do things like that?

Ahh yes, I remember that, I think I was there on that day... anyway, that wasn't the model I was referring to. Let me explain a bit more.Here's a picture of what I mean from 2005 (Click) Notice the left foot (if your looking at it) is leaning onto the right foot (the one where the toes move) and its being tickled by a bubble worker. (This was the same case in 2006, but I can't find a good enough picture).Now, around 2008 (Click) You can see the foot has fallen towards the wall, and the worker has been turned slightly so it is now tickling the right foot with the feather duster.Before finally in 2009 (Click) you can see the left foot has completely disappeared, or at least it has done by the end of 2009 anyway. Seems strange the park would just take this theming away and not even try to put it back. Can anyone shed some light on it?

Where's his big toe?

I can assure you he has a big toe at the moment :)Only a right foot, but a big toe nonetheless.

Yeah the toe fell off and was re-attached last year some time, its a mystery as to why a piece of theming so big was taken away though.

And it's flipping moving too!

I dunno what happened tbh, but he has two feet now...So yeah, now they just have to fix the entire piece of crap...

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^ WANT

That'd kill vampire, rather not want

Just to make this even more strange, I took that photo on the 7th of April 2009, not 2008. So it must have been fixed (albeit with the foot against the wall) and then broken again since then.So, that's Prof Burp's Bubbleworks with battered up feet. It is the left that is being tickled and has a patch where the feather duster had been wearing the paint away for 15 years.Then I can only assume that during the retheme they got altered (they would have had to remove them to paint them) leaving the positioning slightly different. This photo shows little change other than the angle of the lefty (I assume it was taken in 2006).Finally this one shows a big change when the left goes missing, the big toe fallen off (you can just see it behind the foot) and the angle changed so that the feather duster is now reaching the right.2009 it gets some TLC and the left makes a reappearance.2010 it happens all over again.Is that right? What's more, I quite clearly remember a year ago when I was researching this seeing a photo of the left foot in place of the right foot with the right missing. But, I can't find the photo (just as well probably, I mean, this is rather silly).

Bubbleworks today was the best it's been in a LONG time. All music more or less working and many effects I've not seen for a while. Great to see.Also, at the moment, the toes are wobbling and the left foot IS there

I went on the re-themed Bubbleworks for the first time today as last time I went on Bubbleworks was 8 years ago. But it's amazing, it really brought back loads of memories. It did seem good, what effects usually don't work? But I loved it, I got on it twice today the most memorable bits for me are 'Bath time' and the water fountains. But defiantly a top class family attraction.

I went on the re-themed Bubbleworks for the first time today as last time I went on Bubbleworks was 8 years ago. But it's amazing, it really brought back loads of memories. It did seem good, what effects usually don't work? But I loved it, I got on it twice today the most memorable bits for me are 'Bath time' and the water fountains. But defiantly a top class family attraction.

Next time you go hand out the stuff you were on so we can all enjoy your experience on this piece of faeces...

Brilliant!Be fair, it is still a decent ride even after the retheme, no matter how pathetic and wasted it seems at times.

Yesterday it definitely was a decent ride (almost "good" !!! ), and in fact the worst section of the ride was probably the Fountain Finale, which was unusual.

Is the strobe lighting still in time with the music?

Not in the Fountain Finale,But the Organist in the Vampire station was synced perfectly with the music and I've not seen it so "in time" before

Is the Vamp and Bubbleworks in the same building because on the brake run at the end of the Vamp I could smell Bubbleworks. And I didnt realise the drop was only 15ft

I think it is the Fairground scene which is above the Vampire.Not completely sure though...

Yes, the warehouse that contains the Vampire break run and station is also the warehouse that contains the whole of Bubbleworks. The building must be pretty big, but it is totally hidden behind the facades of Transylvania.On the exit path, as you come out on to the balcony overlooking the lift hill and break run, you will see a brown door. This door is the emergency exit door beside the giant pressure gauge seen in the Rub a Dub Reactor scene on Bubbleworks. I only worked that out the other day when I heard the music from that scene playing and traced it to that door. Listen out for it next time. That must mean most of Bubbleworks is actually on top of Vampire... Didn't know you could smell it though!

I will look for the brown door when I next go.

When bubbleworks floods, it leaks down into vampire station, making it very messy

When bubbleworks floods, it leaks down into vampire station, making it very messy

Is it the spinning duck / fairground scene that is below the Vampire station?

Is it the spinning duck / fairground scene that is below the Vampire station?

No, but it is above the Vamp station...