March 14, 201411 yr comment_178279 I guess Thorpe thought lets quite while we're ahead and not push our luck with the locals. I'm sure even the height they went with caused issues with people but if god forbid they built "the UK's tallest", neighbours would jump all over that.
March 14, 201411 yr comment_178280 Just a thought... I wonder why thorpe didn't seize the opportunity to have the highest coaster in the UK when they built stealth, with the big one only being a few feet taller than what stealth is!? I think it's something to do with height restrictions I think. From what I've heard, they can't build above a certain height, a limit which Stealth exceeded but was given the green light due to using a white colour which blends in to the sky setting. I would expect they may need a bigger footprint also, were it to be higher than the big one too.
March 14, 201411 yr comment_178281 From what I understand they weren't allowed to build any higher than 205ft (even that was a push, hence why the tower is painted white).
March 14, 201411 yr comment_178284 ah righty okayy, just a lost opportunity if there was any way to push their luck... although I'm sure they tried!
March 14, 201411 yr comment_178289 Surely planes wouldn't be able to fly anywhere near that height though regardless...
March 14, 201411 yr comment_178322 Just a thought... I wonder why thorpe didn't seize the opportunity to have the highest coaster in the UK when they built stealth, with the big one only being a few feet taller than what stealth is!? As others have mentioned, the area available governs the distance of the launch track, and therefore the achievable height off that launch, relatively speaking.
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178871 Stealth shop is looking mighty fine... Amity Fish and Chips / Stealth Diner looks nice too (I think the picture makes it look worse to be honest), but hopefully they'll make it look nicer still:
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178883 Stealth shop is looking mighty fine... Wowwww, what an improvement from what I saw on Sunday... (Photo from TPG) It actually looks really good!
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178889 Pretty good Thorpe (y) That Amity F+C looks like one of them portable homes
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178899 The Stealth shop looks a lot better than it did when I saw it last week. Looks like a proper ride shop now instead of a large box.
March 20, 201411 yr comment_178906 Whilst it looks good in photos; personally I think it sticks out a little in reality. It's not made up of pieces of wood mounted up; it's very flat, almost like a sticker. But it's definitely not built up to create the effect. Even the sign on the side is flat to the building. Personally, I don't see what was wrong with using the truck like they did for a short time the other year. Okay, so it's not a walk in shop; but it kept to theme and could easily have been expanded out with maybe a canopy to create an 'open air' shop; and personally, I think it would have looked better than this. Maybe if the building wasn't so flat; or it fitted a bit more with the current Stealth buildings I'd think differently. Unless of course, we'll soon (maybe for 2015) see a 'restyled' Stealth area to create the true 'Amity Speedway' stand alone area that Thorpe are now referring to it as, instead of Amity Cove.
March 21, 201411 yr comment_178986 After visiting today, I also noticed how flat the shop looked, it looks great of photos, but looks kind of cheap in person, surely they could have made it a little better? Plus, and this is a major bug bear to me; they've plonked the shop right in front of the Bose speaker for that end of the plaza, so its a rather quiet plaza now... If they did indeed decided to expand this Amity Speedway theme it would be nice to see them incorporate Storm in a Teacup and reroute the Rumba Rapids entrance / queue line to match that area, stick a decent flat in and you've got a whole new, great themed area.
March 24, 201411 yr comment_179240 I wish they would expand on the theme some more although highly unlikely make the launch track look like a piece of road would change a lot for me. Also more car or racing themed items placed around like some spare tires stacked up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
March 25, 201411 yr comment_179282 had a breakdown yesterday morning for a bit yet she was back mid arvo
March 27, 201411 yr comment_179441 Went on stealth today and it was running fine had short queues right up until I left at 3. Here's a picture my friend took while I was in the queue
March 28, 201411 yr comment_179451 Walk on queue on stealth yesterday, one of the times I went on it was in raining/hailing, they did warn us it could be uncomfortable but we didn't listen that was an experience haha quite fun tho ride ops even let us go straight back on without queueing a few times!
March 28, 201411 yr comment_179479 "even let us go straight back on without queueing a few times!" Not surprised, it can really sting even in a light rain. slow start today with technical problems for the start - so I had to take a tour round other rides New staff still not up to speed and shortages meaning lack of control on the loading.
March 28, 201411 yr comment_179489 Walk on queue on stealth yesterday, one of the times I went on it was in raining/hailing, they did warn us it could be uncomfortable but we didn't listen that was an experience haha quite fun tho ride ops even let us go straight back on without queueing a few times! Whenever I've been at the park when it is heavy raining they stop operating Stealth till the weather get's better so I'm surprised they still operated this during hail stones!
March 28, 201411 yr comment_179490 we were surprised as well but we saw it was still going even in that weather so still went on, all they were saying was it could be slightly uncomfortable and it was haha
April 1, 201411 yr comment_179863 http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/01-04-2014/Stealth-to-be-part-of-Angry-Birds-Land Interesting! Seems a bit presumptuous considering AB Land hasn't opened yet, but continuity of themed areas is a good thing in my books.
April 1, 201411 yr comment_179864 I prefer the Dark Forest to be rethemed to Plants Vs Zombies tbh...
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