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A number of sources within the park have confirmed that the building will be home to 4 drop tower rides similar to extremis at the London Dungeon.

My parkvideo for this summer. Any feedback, good or bad, is welcomed.

Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet! Alton have submitted building plans, all which point towards a small indoor drop tower. Plans can be found HERE I also made a video explaining the plans, which can be found below: Mod Edit: Video link removed. You must have 50 posts in order to post a link of this kind.

On a totally unrelated note, here is a BBC report on the effect of screaming set at the park itself.

Right. Thorpe time. I was looking forward to this visit. It acted as a 'warm up' I suppose for my Alton Towers trip which will begin this Sunday. And overall I had a really good visit. However the start was shocking. Arrived at 9.20 and joined the back of a long annual pass line. With no organization whatsoever the queue line quickly collapsed when the park opened and became a free-for-all. Nonetheless we were quickly in and decided to head to Stealth. Closed. Ok, no biggie headed up to Inferno. Made it into the station and waited for about 30 seconds before someone wondered over and said they were closed. Nice of them to close the queue line. So headed back over to Stealth which was testing. Waited with a large group of people for around 10 minutes before there was a another free-for-all run to the queue line. Got in the queue for the front and had a 3 train wait. Train didn't launch for even the first group of people. So we waited for around 30 minutes before the queue line was evacuated. By now it was 10.30 and we had got on nothing in the quietest part of the day. The weather was gorgeous and the park was getting busy quickly with Saw, Colossus and Stealth all picking up 90 minute lines before 2pm. We decided to just chill and enjoy quality of rides rather than quantity. I have decided this is the best way. We rode at the front of all four major coasters and forgot how much the experience is enhanced. The rest of the day was just spent chilling and generally enjoying ourselves. So from a terrible start, we managed to have a great day. The weather helped, as did the banter between staff and guests. Reliability was terrible though, with Saw, Stealth, Inferno, X having periods of downtime and Colossus opening on one train. Thorpe need to get this in their heads, OPEN RIDES AT 9.30 ON FULL CAPACITY not 20 minutes late on reduced capacity. Despite all of the operational flaws, I had fun, and that is what it is all about. I do like Thorpe, no doubt about that I just wish they would start treating their guests with a little more respect. I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking. A busy entrance for a Sunday morning. Bit of Chase and Statuses Blind Faith created a great atmosphere. I love the chart music on entry. Inferno was running OK actually not quite as forceless as a remember. Detonater is always good especially when the operator is in a playful mood! Stealth on pole is one of the best experiences on park. Cheeky little Stealth picture. Quite like this. Can't beat a little old school WWTP. The Stealth team were doing a really good job with the SR queue in the afternoon. Suppose we should so Colossus a little love. Yummy 25+ Temperatures. Saw had problems in the afternoon. Loggers is still one of the best rides in the park, in my opinion. Especially good in these conditions. Colossus shuffling through the Cobra. And out the other side. Thorpe + Sunshine = Pretty picture. I was in the mood of multiple rides in one shot yesterday. Tidal got a 70 minute line. Not surprising to be honest. The splash was pretty poor and wasn't soaking people in the zone or nearby. Lots of dissapointed people! Bit of LC12 theming, sunken gardens is now out of bounds. I believe that is the Dead End entrance from FN10. The fastrack line for Stealth must of been a good 30 minutes, complete oversell. As per usual. No doubt about it, Infero is Photogenic. More Detonater love. Photos are so much better on a sunny day. Love this one. Think this is my best of the day. Inferno was running well in the heat. I was suck on the brake run for about 10 minutes for some... essential cleaning in the station! Queued about 35 minutes for Inferno, very reasonable. More two rides - one shot love. Saw was great as per usual, crazy intense. Arty Colossus shot didn't quite work out. Twisty Intamin goodness. Saw this in the Rush Console. Seems like mangement is really pushing the throughput. Sorry if you guys are getting bored of Inferno! lush: Two rides again, one of course is Inferno! Probs to many now... Last one I promise! Thanks for reading! More soon with Alton next week. Hope you guys enjoyed. Any comments or feedback are most welcome.

Swarm is going to be about killer bees. 1. It has the same title has the ride. 2. There is a rumour of a 2012 remake 3. Fits well with 'they are coming' 4. Thorpe must be theming their 20 million pound ride around a barely known 70's movie. Interesting! Here is the link to IMDB - http://tinyurl.com/jfdvw

There will be no 4D element. It is just a wingrider.

Here is that video for those struggling. Looks pretty good, I like the visuals of the train on the site.

A pre-release video from the park in the build up to what is expected to be a significant announcement on August 1st.

Hehe I would include something, if there was something worthwile going on! As soon as construction moves on from dirt and mud there will be some updates.

This is my parkvideo for 2011. Only had a short time yesterday - hope you guys enjoy

Bored of pictures hey!

The post above my video only contained a few of the pictures found on screamscape, my video shows all of them. Just thought people would want to view all the images available?

A video showcasing all of those photos:

New 8 million pound submarine style attraction which opens at the park next Friday. Looks a pretty great attraction for families, what do you guys think?

Sorry for the poor quality!

Skip to 2.30 for the POV. Love it, especially the splash, but I really think they are missing a trick with that mouth. All the advertising was focused around that, and now it is barely noticeable.

Normal POV can now be found here:

A youtube version of the previously posted POV. I must admit it does look rather slow, it hardly makes it to the end!