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I'm heading for the below Parks this year, 2008 will be my coaster hols to the US, I'm aming to to save £4,000 : Thorpe Park Chessington ( introduce my 4 year old Niece to the Vampire) Drayton Manor Oakwood Alton Towers (Not eat their food as they failed health inspections) Blackpool

Happy New Year everyone I had a great time dancing the night away in "Revenge" Nightclub in Brighton (UK). On the Dancefloor with a bottle of "Becks" beer in each hand, Dry Ice being blown everywhere, the coloured lights and "Green Lasers" making Tunnels and Circles. I left the club at 5am and managed to get back to the 4 star hotel for some sleep before having breakfast at 10am and driving home for a hot bath.

1) DS Lite + 8 Games, Web Browser, MP3 and Video player 2) The Godfather DVD's 3) £1,000 4) 30GB Video I-Pod 5) New carpets and Double Glazing for my house. 6) Calvin Kline - Expecation aftershave.

Excellent Website, I'll have to order a couple.

Hi Gregg - Lovely photo's of your trip.

Nice photo's, looks like you had a good time. A very wrong game of "stab-a-kid-in-the-heart, should of been "shoot a kid in the heart".

I did not like "Latin" and "RE". What's the point of learning "Latin" when no-one in the UK uses it.. PE was the best,

Only been to Cedar Point,Kings island and DisneyLand in the USA. Would love to go to Kennywood and all the other great inderpendant parks soon.

Why not check out the Park's Website on directions etc

Game designers will not say anything about their projects to the outside world untill the time is right for them to make an anounchment.

Just attach a strap to the glasses and they will not come off. easy

Hi Robb, Can you tell me the make, model and cost of your "mini" camera which you use for POV's on coasters..? Where did you buy it from..? I am thinking of getting one to use when I go skiing in late Jan. Have a Merry Xmas and wonderful New Year.

The only Part of Mean Streak to be "trimed" when I rode it in 2000 was at the mid-course section, it nearly stopped and the train slowly went down the other side till the speed caught up again. PMBO and Grand National are "trimed" far to much for my liking. The Beast was "trimmed" through the brake run, not much mind as it still produced amazing rides during the day and night when I rode it over 10 times. Why do coasters get "trimmed", is it cos: A) To much wear n tear on the structure,track and cars b) Complaints from the riders c) The train is too fast round the track When you ride your fav coaster, ask one of the Ops if any brakes which are on the course are "switched off" if possible. I may email a coaster designer and Theme Park to ask why "trims" are added to the rides when they are desgined to take the trains at full speed etc. Has "Hades" or the coasters at "Holiday World" been trimmed yet..? What coasters do you think should "not" be trimmed..? Apart from the answers here, e.g. MS and The Beast.

I'll love to ride it if I was in the area at the time. I hope someone can make a copy of it in the future and have Harry's name bembeded into the structure or at the top of the Lift-Hill above the track, to honor a wonderful coaster designer. I'm sure SOB Helix is based on this coaster, it looks a more modern version. I have never ridden a coaster which has made me "puke", only slightly dizzy (but I do have an ear condition and effects my balance, I have the all clear from Doctors to say it's fine to ride a coaster) I have had "tunnel vision" on Oblivion, I will never ride it again though.

With the loop gone, this can make way for a company like GCI to do a "Heartline roll" or a "Corkscrew" on a Woodie. They are all possible. What are your views for "inversions" for a wooden coaster..?

The Ops which send you round the Qing system even if the train is empty are the most annoying. Not seen anyone text or smoke in the station or control box. Yet !!

deano - Thanks for posting the video. i will check it out when I get home from work If I can see most of the layout, I'll convert it to my I-Pod.

I have not been on this ride, but why did this B&M Inverted coaster get saved..? I think the Texas Cyclone was more important and should of been moved to a new home.

Pic's of the cracked Beams / Supports which caused the "pot hole" in the track. http://www.screamscape.com/html/pki_-_sob_0.htm The ride was very lucky not to of failed even more. It was just not built properly for the speed and stress of the fast trains.

I would not get in a car if the driver is 21 or less, they have no knowledge or experience of driving. No wonder they die young if their parents buy em high powered cars which they can't handle or show off to their mates.

major bummer - Can you post some "real" pic's of that jeep, your only 16 your 2 young to drive unless your telling lies about your age

This is my Car: I have lowered it by 35mm, 17" Alloy Wheels, 235/45/17 tyres, changed the rear lights for clear ones and a Duel Exhaust from "Remus". Yank Tank's Butt Yank Tank

At last PMBO is to be taken down Nice paint job, shame about the ride though.

Great spot, lots of good photo shots of the ride when I visit in March

Nemesis is very quick when it rains, most of your blood rushes to your feet and they tingle more or you just "grey/blackout. Anyone rode a coaster when the air temp is below freezing...?