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  1. I ordered this last night. Question: Is it called "Animal Crossing: City Folk" in the US?
  2. Dammit! Great photos; especially like the caption that 'Epcot doesn't even know what it wants to be anymore.' Thanks alot man
  3. Right...but keep this in mind. This is what the PARK WANTED. --Robb What park is it though? I was under the impression the ride was at the Nordschleife, not a park?
  4. Should be an exciting ride when opened, but mark my words, this will be the 2nd most thrilling 'attraction' there!
  5. How long? TOO bloody long! Sorry man I've no idea why it's taken me so long. I'm defo going to try and get some more done before the end of the year...... only another 7 days to go...... Cheers for your patience Have a good look through man and let me know if you're in any of them!
  6. I've just seen some of my EPCOT pictures in the Index. Thanks alot guys. Maybe some of my other Orlando park updates/pics will get referenced in there
  7. Hehehe I couldn't resist! Glad you approve Dude I didn't! This was one of the things that I'd heard about and wanted to try, but didn't. Whereabouts do you buy it from and why is it so bad?
  8. Day Seven: EPCOT When you're in Orlando and it's your birthday, where's the place that you want to be the most............... that's right EPCOT!!! It's gotta be strangest, dullest, weirdest, coolest park there is. It hasn't got a clue what it wants to be anymore (this was first time I'd been since the awesome Horizons went), but I still love it! Unfortunately this was the day that the weather started to turn a bit pants, which set the tone for the rest of the holiday. p.s. I do apologise for the huge delay between posts (if anyone is reading anymore ) p.p.s. Halfway through the day my camera started to play up, so I switched to my camera phone, hence the extremely poor quality of some of my pics. Goodnight EPCOT! Even with all the changes for the worse (Horizons, Figment) I still love this place and can't wait to return! Birthday badge same. Sunset always looks awesome over the water. Hmmm viking, maybe should grow a crazy Nordic beard........ Does this boat stop at Seaworld? Nice to see you to guys... The Mexico boat ride (no pics unfortunately) and Maelstrom are essential at EPCOT. Same. We had to get a few 'couple' pictures in today. Note to anyone thats reading. Do NOT buy this crap that I'm eating! It's vile! Same. World Showcase is always a good reason for a few drinks and photos. Before we head to World Showcase we went to Mickey Tools and got some sweets! It was Fastpass time so headed to Soarin'. This was interesting and cool..... but not too photogenic. Turtle Talk was a fun, new attraction DUDE! I've got no idea how its works DUDE, but its very clever! The aquarium has some awesome specimens. Show me your clam........... go on its me birthday!!! ; ) There was a huge queue... "Mine, mine, mine,etc " Next was the 'new' Living Seas. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Oh yeah did I say it was my birthday? The food was sublime and a welcome treat from the fast food we'd been having everyday. Here is a diver in the Living Seas aquarium. Another poor attempt at photographing the restaurant. I'd tried to get some pictures inside, but my camera sucks pretty bad. It was a FANTASTIC place to eat though and I would highly reconmend it anyone visiting EPCOT. So everytime I'd been to EPCOT as a kid, I'd wanted to eat at the Coral Reef, but as my dad doesn't like seafood we never went. Well seeing as it was my birthday I was definitely going! These are space vegetables! The sign says so! Tastier! Tasty. This is Jacks fruit so leave it well alone... unless you ARE Jack! I wish I knew a joke about a goat...... but I don't Living With The Land is old, but cool (yes this was taken on my camera phone). As the rain was coming thick and fast we headed for cover in The Land. I was given a free cookie downstairs as I had my birthday badge on! There is a neat interactive area after the 'ride', where you can make cool pics, like this! Oh Figment what did they do to you? p.s. I still love you xxx Please DIE! ??? What the hell is this? It's still ok and passes the time, but its no Inventor The Year! Now to check out Captain EO and Fuzzball! Ha! I remember when Honey I Shrunk The Audience was a major new thing with huge queues... Not anymore. Imagination was next for us. The sky turned grey for the first time of the holiday. Rollin' on DUBS................... apparently............... Crunch! Lightspeed to Endor!!! Fastpass got us right up to the front of the queue. 50th percentile Female? With my birthday cake in hand, we grabbed Fastpasses for Soarin' then headed back over to Test Track. Birthday cake (and badge) anyone? Shame another attraction has bitten the dust... Universe Of Energy looks pretty in the sun. We come in peace. "Attention Horizons passengers, you are invited to choose your own flight path back to the future port, please look down at the lighted panels in front of you"! Ermm guess I'm 9 years too late... Lieutenant Dan shows us his rocket! We grabbed some Fastpasses for Test Track and headed over to Mission Space (where the hell is Horizons?). You can email your postcard from the future to all your poor friends slaving away at work! That'll cheer them up... This new area is pretty cool. Smile you're at EPCOT! And its your birthday! It's cool to be a nerd... Hang on... TPR before the days of internet. The 'new' Spaceship Earth in all it's glory. As there was no queue we headed straight for it. EPCOT Center........ I wish!
  9. Elissa this game doesn't come out until December 5th in the UK. I had it on the DS and loved it, so will defo be picking it up on the Wii, but not until Christmas unfortunately. Will enjoy 'speaking' to all the TPR gang when I get it.
  10. Just want to say a massive thank you to Robb and Elisa for doing this. I've sat through it tonight with my girlfriend and we both loved it. It's made her want to go on a TPR trip now which has saved me the massive job of trying to convince her! Weird question though. Who are the young boy and girl that are in the vid quite alot? They're with you guys at Discovery Cove? cheers again, Matt
  11. This is an awesome, fantastic offer! Thank you very much. Fingers crossed it will still be online when I get in from work later?
  12. Didn't I read somewhere that the loops are being taken out of this to make it more family appealing? ps. great PICS!
  13. Thank you kindly as well sir! Rapids, donuts and monorails (and beards ) rock! I've got a feeling the gardens are going no where! I think the people of Alton will stop any destruction of the gardens for the sake of a new ride. Thanks for the comment. Fingers crossed the ride will be awesome. If it is going to be a 'world first', there's no doubt that in a few years it'll be surpassed by a much bigger and better version somewhere in the US
  14. ... yep thats pretty much right. That area was all called the Springfield Centre (not a Simpsons theme!) and had an twin alpine slide thingy running all down the hill to the bottom, where the Cine2000 sat. The original Pirate Ship (now Blade) was there also just above the Cine2000, I remember a bunch of water-spray games there as well. There was a mini-golf course where most of Oblivion is now (mini Eiffel Towers and the like). But Dinosaur Land actually only stood where the Black Hole tent is now, it had a big (well it was big to me back then) fence around it so you couldn't see in from the outside and it was a nice little walk through around a windy path amongst all the big plastic dinosaurs. When the Black Hole appeared (!!) the dinos all moved to the log flume to rot away in the woods. I liked dinoland. I was under 10 once. edit - looking at that TowersTimes site, I may well have been over 10 when I went to Dinoland, oh dear! WOW even more info about Dinosaur Land! I can remember the Black Hole, the Pirate Ship, the water spray games and something called the Gravitron (I think), but have not Dinosaur Land. I think it was before my time. Monorail pics are always appreciated. When someone goes out of their way to snap one....even more so! Cheers for that one. Cool report, as always. Cheers dude. Taking monorail pics is always a pleasure! HAHA! Awesome! Your the 1st to call it a viking beard!
  15. Cheers for the comment. LOL it might be haunted? Who knows? I've got a sneaky suspicion that it could be to do with the colossal amount of rain that day, maybe some of it got on the lense? WOW I never knew that! Thanks very much for the info! No way! Which picture is that dude?
  16. You are dead right. If you zoom in you can see somebody in a white top as well. Looks like it's just the back row that's empty this time. Glad I got some pics of it empty, or I'd start to think I was losing my mind! Admins/Mods - Please don't flame me for the mulitple 'quote' posts that are about to follow, but without a 'multi quote' button I haven't got a clue how to do them any other way.
  17. So seeing as I've lived about 40 minutes away from Alton Towers my whole life, have visited every year since I was about 5 and experienced my first inversion on Corkscrew, I felt it only right that I make a trip on the farewell day and pay my respects. The weather was pretty abysmal early on, but brightened up later. Not sure if it was the weather or the fact that people assumed the park was closed, but the queues were extremely light all day. How does 0 minutes for Nemesis, Air, Oblivion, Rita, Corkscrew and Spinball sound? As it was now the 'off season', all food 'chain' restaurants were closed, which was a bummer as I had a hankering for my first Burger King since my Orlando excursion in June (I promise to get this TR finished one day! http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45063&highlight=). Also not all rides were open. Only the coasters, Squirrel Nutty, Heave Ho (kids pirate boat), Marauders Mayhem (tea cups) and the flats by Nemesis and Oblivion were open. Bit of a shame of you had children with you as the majority of their rides were shut...... not that it bothered me There was a cool Corkscrew museum set up in the Towers Suite, with some awesome old memorabilia, jigsaws, mugs, posters, books, etc. Right then, pictures! P.S. Some of you may notice something SLIGHTLY different about me in the pics.............. In case you couldn't tell I've grown a dirty great beard And last, but not least. This is the ground level of the monorail station. On busy days in the summer I can remember queing in here for hours to catch the monorail back to the car park. It takes 20 minutes to walk! What's all that about? Anyway, thanks for reading! Hope you've enjoyed it? And I will finish my Orlando TR ASAP! EPCOT is coming soon....I promise....... What the heck! Here's a pic of the monorail station sign And that's it! The Corkscrew is gone for good! What is SW6 going to be? Had to finish with a moonlight pic for my favourite poster! Romantic? Nah! And what the hell happened to Dinosaur Land? The only Dinosaurs that I can remember used to placed in the woods around the Log Flume. I'm taking at least 15 years ago, maybe more? I never knew there was actual Dinosaur Land though. A 1981 poster, the price had now gone up to £2.50. Another test picture. Would it then be taken apart and moved to Alton Towers? Is that the actual Alton Towers Corkscrew in the bare metal being tested? And my favourite pics.... Testing at Vekoma in 1979. Photo from it's first season. See how the queue used to go all the way around past where Rita's station is, toward the Skyride and then doubled back on itself. Construction photos from 1980. And matching ASHTRAY!!!!!!!! I can't imagine any theme parks selling ashtray's these days! Corkscrew Rider mug. Guide map from 1980. Check out the price at the top, £2!!! What the hell happened to Dinosaur Land and the tiny cable cars? On ride photos from when the cars were red, white and blue. A Corkscrew tea towel. Alton Towers poster from 1983. Now to check out the Corkscrew museum. Wave goodbye to the Corkscrew! Gearing up for my final ever ride on Corkscrew (the 2nd was not as smooth as the 1st). We gave Rita one for road. Question: What is it with Intamin launch rides in the UK and giant tires at the entrance? Rita and Stealth both have them? After 2 more rides on Nemesis and Air (still no queues) we headed back to the Corkscrew for a final ride and to get our certificates. We walked through the gardens which was a killer. Why is the Skyride never operational? We walked back over to Forbidden Valley via the Haunted Hollow and found the only working gun on Battle Galleons on the way. Arrr AAArrrrrrrr!!!! etc. More Towers shots. We did our 1st ride on Squirrel Nutty next. It was intense to say the least.... Misfits? Not by TPR standards The ride ops stopped Spinball on the lift hill here, as the guy on the right from the European Coaster Club had a rather large video camera in his hands..... And then hit this awesome kids area! We rode it twice Spinball Whizzer had no queue and was awesome as always. For the uneducated, the reason its called Alton Towers (I think!). There were lots of amateur film crews covering the day. These guys were from Staffordshire University. Black Hole was closed....... Hang on a minute! Does anybody know what it going on with this site? Oblivion empty again. We got our Submission and Enterprise credits in next. Oblivion dreams of being Sheikra...... I really can't believe that people queue for up to 90 minutes for this 1, not even vertical drop! As the park was that quiet, the ride ops were sending every other car round empty. There was no queue again for Oblivion. We wandered round and round that hill, until we got into the station and were stopped by this hand! Does anybody have a clue what the theming on Oblivion is all about? We wandered on down to the X-Sector next for some dinner and more rides. If you squint, you can see that Oblivion is empty. .......as was Hex! Where were we.... Burger King was closed....... .......but wait! Looks like Cred Street is being re-vamped for next year.! ......as was Cred Street...... .........as was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory....... Next we saw the Skyride was closed.... After Corkscrew we did Rita. Again the queues were minimal, maybe 2 mintues at the most? Coasterforce had quite a large showing (nothing compared to TPR trips mind ) Same. After these pics we took a ride on Corkscrew. Now I'm not just saying this as I'm being sentimental, but the Corkscrew was the smoothest that I have ridden it in years. SERIOUSLY!!!!!!! More pics from inside the track. Me infront of the double helix. Note the hot chocolate to keep me warm. This path leads down under track and into the middle of the ride. We received a flyer when we entered the park telling us to head toward the Skyride station by Corkscrew for 'behind the scenes access' to the ride.... well here it is. Same. It's easy to forget what a lovely setting Alton Towers is in. ......had also ceased operation for the winter. Battle Galleons...... As we wandered back across the park you can see that the Log Flume has also been drained. I really think Duel needs another overhaul and should be turned back into a haunted house, minus laser guns Duel is no MIB (which I'm equally as bad at!). Queueing inside Duel? I haven't done that since the 'Haunted House' first opened years ago! We checked out Duel next, which bizarely had the longest queue of the day. As we got there at 11am. the 2 minute silence for Remembrance Sunday started. It was a nice touch to see Alton Towers halt all operations for the event. ...DONUTS!!!!!! (Awaits Deadliest Catch, Bum Fights jokes......) As I was getting a bit peckish it was time for some....... There was this 1 kid riding on his own. We got on with him and when our ride finished he stayed on again. He's probably still there now! Seeing as Blade was open we gave it a whirl. Ripsaw was shut, but we wouldn't have ridden it in this weather. This pic shows off my poor pic taking skills (or poor camera, you decide?), but you can just about make out the 0 minutes! This time we headed for the back row. Again no queue. After Air we tried Nemesis again... Air in rare 'not on its back' moment. We tried Air next and walked straight into the station! ...and had the middle 2 seats to ourselves! We weren't expecting it to be this empty. We walked straight onto the front row (the first time I'd been on the front).... Vertical loop goodness. You can see 3 empty rows here. Things were looking good.... We started our day where most people do at AT. I climbed up some slippery rocks and through some trees to get this shot for Mr. BM Boy! Hope you like it! This store by Duel was closed... not that any sane person would've wanted ice cream today. Mine Train had no queue and was sending riders around 3 times instead of the usual 2!!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!!! Alton Towers was going all out today! Shop by Mine Train was closed early. Did I mention the weather was awful.... The Rapids looking a little less rapid. They've now been drained for winter. Grey sky's + terrible weather + off season = empty park! Yes that's why were here, but we'll come back to that later. Oooops! Before I forget, here is my ceritficate for being one the last people to ride the Corkscrew!
  18. I'm a little bit confused by the pictures? Are they tearing down the whole DD castle that you would previously queue up through? It's a damn shame if they are!
  19. Sounds like the queue should be fantastic! Hope they make it very scary and atmospheric, or it'll be a wasted opportunity. Colossus was down for maintenance the 1 time I've visited TP, so I'm looking forward to making the trip down sometime next year. Will probably check out Chessington as well as I've never been there.
  20. WOW these pictures are awesomely scary! One question though? How the hell has Robb never ever managed to have any side burns? Keep the pics coming!
  21. Cool! You learn something new everyday. Any idea what sort of ride it is?
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