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Ha I am going to have to try it during a week day as those queue's sound amazing! Plus I struggle to enjoy Thorpe with queue's so would be a good day. 4 times on Dragons Fury without leaving the seat :o , I'd be in heaven! And also, where did you sit on Vampire? Some seats are more jolty than others but personally while I think it's a little "shaky" I wouldn't call it rough. Glad to hear you had an awesome day.

^ Couldn't agree more, and it looks like I'm going to have to try Treetop Racer Rattlesnake is definitely amazing at night, although most rides do improve in the dark. It's a poor picture, but shows a little of why Rattlesnake in the dark is so awesome

Found some more pictures I've taken this season at Chessington which show a few different angles Firstly, a look at one of the signs around the newly branded entrance to the park. Remember there are 2 entrances to Chessington. The entrance to Wild Asia Maharajah's Market an awesome shop with real animals in the middle. Tuk Tuk Turmoil, the dodgems, obviously themed to Tuk Tuk's One of the dodgems, showing the new look of the ride. Previously Rodger the dodgers Dodgems. Monkey Swinger, complete with water jets. Kobra, by the way, those flags pictured are placed at various areas around the area. They have the animals that the different rides/features are themed to, so there's an Elephant, Cobra, Lorikeet's and Monkeys. Bit of an area shot. And a few other ride shots. First of all Vampire, a great ride in serious need of some touch ups. Swinging through the trees Now Rattlesnake, I don't know why but I seriously find this ride amazing. Don't see why Wild Mice get such bad reputations, especially if there run like this one. Absolutely amazing theming as well. And finally a personal favourite of mine Yes, you can get very close to the animals I lent my sword to the Dragon for 5 minutes and look what happened! ... And to finish, Dragons Fury's final turn, complete with funny rider expressions!

Hmm I can't decide for mine (Chessington) The 3 main coasters, Vampire, Dragon's Fury and Rattlesnake are all so incredibly awesome in there own ways. Vampire- for it's uniqueness and surroundings, although a bit neglected at the moment Rattlesnake- for it's outstanding theming and how much fun it is Dragon's Fury- because of just how amazing the ride itself is If I had to I'd choose Fury.

^ Without doubt, there's such an incredible atmosphere, and the new ride and bird area are incredible additions. The talking tree is also a highlight, but so much detail is throughout the entire area, with quirky things like the huge backpack which I am now wishing I photographed.

I would reccomend it Some better ones of Wild Asia to show off the actual area. There is this awesome talking tree, which is seriously hilarious

I must say, it only seems that way because of the restrictions we have, go to Chessington or Alton and you'll still feel that way (apart from RITA) however at Thorpe, I'm sure its done a similar way to how your used to. Recent rides don't seem to be having quite the same integration. E.g. Thirteen hasn't exactly had it's own quarry made for it (E.g. Nemesis) but it does race through the forest. Another good example that is less well known is Rattlesnake at Chessington, a common Wild Mouse that had to be dug in to the ground because even this 50ft tall coaster would have been too tall at ground level. What results though is an extremely well themed coaster. It seems Merlin are going to carry on with integrating rides into the landscape, Tussauds seemed to give up in there latter days.

Ah interesting. I can see how for those used to rides in the US it seems minuscule but it's huge for anything else in this country. Remember Stealth is an exception for Thorpe at 205ft and the usual height boundary is 115ft. Which is still miles taller than can be built at other major parks such as Chessington and Alton, where it is tree height, and even then it's touchy. The ride itself, what is there is fantastic, it's just so unbelievably short which is why it'll never be a favourite ride of mine. The launch in particular is brilliant, as well as a surprising amount of airtime too. The ride also has a pretty awesome radio station in the queue which always creates a few chuckles. Hope that answers your question,

Few more Thorpe ones then, just for you Although bear in mind I was there just under an hour...

^ Ah right thanks very much. I more than likely was a bit impatient, but I'm sure you can understand when you do a TR and it's like it's not there. Hopefully you enjoy getting a look at these parks I'm sure a lot of you rarely see.

^ Thanks ^^ Yes I completely understand that, it's only because whenever I add a TR, I don't get comments, and I think almost 2 days is pretty patient for a response. Thanks, I will keep all that in mind but it really is a common thing, for me at least. I wasn't asking for comments as much as I was asking why I don't get the number of comments/speed of replies that near enough every other TR poster seems to get.

Guys, do my TR's really suck that bad that they never get responses when others who do TR's get replies almost instantly? Ugh.

Page 1 Thorpe and Chessington 08/05/10 Page 4 Alton Towers 02/06/10 Page 5 Chessington 05/06/10 and 06/06/10 Page 6 Edited Pics and Wicksteed Park. 12/06/10 Yesterday I did a double day at both Thorpe and Chessington. So far this year I've been to Chessington and Alton both 4 times and Thorpe not once, so I think that shows my current opinion of it. I decided to give it another chance and arrived at 10, by 11 we were on the way to Chessington. I can't really explain what or why the park feels so uncomfortable, it really is hard to describe but the park just doesn't put that smile on my face the way others do. We still managed good rides on Stealth at the front, Nemesis Inferno and Rush. So we headed to Chessington and "omg" we were stuck behind a Porsche doing 20 in a 40... But we got over that We left Thorpe with 60 minute queue's for most things and arrived at Chessington with a 30 minute wait for Dragons Fury, we had a fantastic ride as always and a rather large "adventurer" helped give us a rather awesome spin. We headed round the park and, it was dead... Everything else had 5 minute waits/ walk on! Even Vampire! So I'm sure you can guess what happened the rest of the day, we even found ourselves looking round the zoo today. Chessington is just fantastic and a very underrated park. Pictures Edit: Re-sizing went a little crazy so if any pictures are missing, let me know and they'll be added. Our road trip begins, heading to Thorpe at this moment So we arrived at Thorpe, little did we know that less than an hour later we'd be on the way to Chessington! First time of the season for me on Stealth, which has apparently been plagued with downtime, so we went there first Whilst being a great coaster, it's so short... Awesome airtime at the front though. We rode at the front, the best place to ride... My mane seriously needs to be tamed... Half Volcano Half warehouse: The Ride! But yeah, this really is the sucky version of Nemesis. It's a good ride don't get me wrong, just average, so very very average. Rush Really do love this ride, even if it is seriously neglected and if there's a strange difference in each swing's height. Check out the reactions! But then we left for Chessington... Dragon's Fury was of course first. We left Thorpe with 70 mins for Saw and 60 for Colossus, Dragon's Fury had 30 mins, WIN! Also, note the leg that seamlessly erupts from the car Such a kick ass ride, those going on the UK tour, prepare for a surprise. This year Chessington managed to squeeze the whole of asia into a little corner of the park. Here is KOBRA, which is automatically made awesome because it's spelt with a K and capitals Woah , Big snake... Anyway, the new ride was a completely new ride type for me and I loved it! I had ridden it before but you seem to get 1 of 2 experiences, one with airtime over the hill and a low spin at either end, or no airtime over the hill or high spin over either end, either way it's a great ride and a perfect addition to the park. Despite a seriously sucky throughput. A view of another corner of "Wild" Asia Next our adventure took us into the depths of the oriental! Such an awesomely themed area. You may see me referring to Adventurer a lot, the re-brand that has happened this year is completely based on exactly that, an adventure, so much so "guest" services in now "adventurer" services. It is an awesome re-brand. Some bubbles in, you guessed it! Bubbleworks! An okay ride which used to be absolutely amazing, until the ride became sponsored and well... Professor Burp's pop factory got infested by evil rubber ducks! No queue's I drank a lot... In fact must've gone to every toilet in the park, and in total must've made 20+ visits, probably used the same urinal 5+ times, which reminds me Dragon's Fury when your busting to pee is NOT a good experience, or if you have cramp... Best ride of the day! Intense doesn't come close! This magic green button... Holds the magic power to the whole universe. More Fury of that same ol' Dragon Chessington also has an awesome zoo, which can be viewed on foot, or my proffered method of adventure, Skyway. Definitely statues/broken animatronics, in all my trips to the park, never seen the Tigers or Lions move until... It moved! I swear! Must be my mind playing tricks on me again... New theming added to Vampire's queue, pretty scary for a ride with a height restriction of 1.1M The awesome-ness that is Rattlesnake, seriously, this ride also kicks ass Back to asia for perhaps the highlight of the day, Lorikeet Lagoon! An absolute must for anyone visiting the park Back to Dragons Fury for an awesome end to the day Check out the hairtime

Apparently a poncho got stuck in the wheel assembly which is the cause of it slowing down and therefore stalling. Similar reason as to why Dragons Fury stalled during the summer last year, although that was a jumper ^It won't affect Steel Hawg as it was just a freak, isolated accident.

Just been watching a brand new game show called Scream if you know the answer, it's based at Thorpe Park and it's actually quite good, shame the presenter is absolutely shocking though

Copy and paste the link from the image into a new tab, that's what I had to do Anyway about the incident, whenever I read TR's from Holiday Park, Expedition Ge Force is always running on one train, could this be the result of one train getting used excessively? Any thoughts? Looking at that picture, they were lucky there was only a few injuries...

OH SH**

Is the "EMH" on at Walt Disney Studios as well as the main Disneyland Park? And also how would guys rate the attractions compared to those at other Disney Parks (WDW in particular ) Obviously Big Thunder Mountain is superior, but ones such as Space Mountain, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Pirates of the Carribean, Phantom Manor... etc ? Thanks again for the help, couldn't let you guys know much I appreciate it.

Yeah, that is expected, so allowed a few days at the Resort , And yes I am staying on site so should hopefully get a decent amount of the rides done during that Extra time in the morning. Thanks very much Any others pointers?

Hey there guys, just booked a short stay at Disneyland Resort Paris sometime this summer, end of July to be precise and was wondering of any tips and advice Any would be appreciated, Also, is it likely the new area and rides at the Studios will be open? Very excited for this trip, been over 10 years since my last visit so a LOT to explore! Thanks again!

The awesomeness that is Dragon's Fury

Thanks very much for the comments on my last coaster I have decided to continue with a coaster I started a good while ago, I currently have the layout and it's G's are in general ok, I was wondering if anyone would like to collaborate on it/ help improve it, possibly change parts of the coaster that aren't as good as could be, or just in general helping to finish it to a high standard. It's a really, quite unique X Car coaster. X Car3-100424101908000.bmp X Car3-100424102448003.bmp

^ Kumba

Someone who was actually at the park today, reported he saw nothing like these masks anywhere.

Here is the picture that goes with it ^ Get a nice view of that trim that stops any chance of absolutely insane airtime