January 22, 200916 yr Author comment_43309 Storm in a Teacup can be one of your most intense rides of the day, presuming you find a nicely oiled cup.
January 22, 200916 yr comment_43310 Storm in a Teacup can be one of your most intense rides of the day, presuming you find a nicely oiled cup. As ive said somewhere before, Teacup 12
January 22, 200916 yr comment_43311 Drunken Barrels at Drayton Manor and the set at Funland on Hayling Island are pretty good too.
January 22, 200916 yr Author comment_43312 As ive said somewhere before, Teacup 12 Although they change every year.
March 16, 201114 yr comment_111112 Don't think I've seen this mentioned yet...The teacups were looking a bit bland on preview day with their plain white paintscheme. Are they being repainted ready for the main season?
March 16, 201114 yr comment_111113 Don't think I've seen this mentioned yet...The teacups were looking a bit bland on preview day with their plain white paintscheme. Are they being repainted ready for the main season?Do you love sponsorship?I certainly do
March 16, 201114 yr Author comment_111115 Sponsered by imperial leather tbh. This is biiig bob jones coming at you from the storm in a teacup ride! For some reason teacups now have baths, so bring on the ducks!
March 17, 201114 yr comment_111148 Thanks to Ricky (and facebook) for the photo.Quite a tasteful sponsorship there.
March 17, 201114 yr comment_111160 Guests must now speak in a Northern accent to board t'Teacups ride...HEY UP CHUCKS, WELCOME TA T'STORM IN A TEACUP RIDE...
March 17, 201114 yr comment_111163 Ter is nothing wrong with a bit of a northern accent. You all just scared of t'north
March 17, 201114 yr comment_111164 Ter is nothing wrong with a bit of a northern accent. You all just scared of t'north You left out "Shut Oop"...B -
March 19, 201114 yr comment_111271 Shame about the completely bland repaint. It's the pot in the centre that I find rather strange. Really, why bother to paint something so that it is completely blank when it looked a lot better before? Isn't that just a waste of white paint?Oh well, it's just the teacups...
March 19, 201114 yr comment_111274 It now defeats the whole object of it being called Storm in a Teacup. It looks so bland and plain. Surely they could have just put the logo over the previous themed paintwork that didn't even look like it needed repainted.If you want to paint something TP then paint Colossus!
March 20, 201114 yr comment_111342 Should've just renamed it Tetley Teacups, seeing as it is just that. No storm about anymore!
April 3, 201114 yr comment_112432 Just to let you know Storm In A Teacup now has a new hight restiction of 1.1m and under 1.3m must be accompanied by an adult (18+)
April 4, 201114 yr comment_112450 I can see it now..."Please be aware that to enter THORPE PARK you must be a minimum of 1.2m. Already brought a ticket? TOOOOOOOO LATE SUCKERS! Sod off to Chessie now!"Ignoring the humour in benin's post for a second, this is going to hit Thorpe really badly and couldn't be worse timed. Considering they got rid of their kiddy area in promise of a family friendly ride, to have that restriction raised and two other family friendly rides to...It makes me think there is only a matter of time before Rumba gets it to..
April 4, 201114 yr comment_112451 So how many rides can kids of 0.9m go on now?Flying FishDepth ChargeRumba RapidsRocky ExpressMMBRCarouselCCRThat's it? Depth Charge's days are numbered, Fish's popularity will probably rise up next season...Oh dear. The thing is, these were (probably?) enforced on Thorpe - this is seriously unfortunate for the park...
April 4, 201114 yr comment_112455 Oh dear. The thing is, these were (probably?) enforced on Thorpe - this is seriously unfortunate for the park...This. The park wouldn't have wanted to have three family friendly rides with high restrictions. It does make me wonder whats happened at Mack for this to happen.Thankfully for Chessington, only Falls has been effected by this. Although I do wonder if Fish/Runaway/RMT will see height restriction changes to follow..
April 4, 201114 yr comment_112477 If there gonna make it look so bland, they could atleast install those water cannons around the edge as a game for spectators to shoot tea at you
June 2, 201114 yr comment_117011 Hmm I have no problem with the sponsor, although Merlin theme parks do seem to love them :)But it takes away the "storm"/Amity thing so now it's just a teacup ride with some WWTP music and a teabag company :DThe worst bit as others have said is the teapot. They could have painted it blue or done something nice with it. They could always suit it to Thorpe's target audience...Storm In A Shotglass sponsored by Smirnoff.
June 2, 201114 yr comment_117047 The teacup had that added just over a month ago, which is an improvement.As for the sponsorship itself; 'That's Better, That's Tetley' is not what I think...
June 2, 201114 yr comment_117048 I would really love to know why Merlin feel the need to receive sponsorship to get rid of some cobwebs and give the ride a lick of paint.
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