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Nemesis Inferno

I've managed to get a link, but it won't download past 40Mb. There is plenty of space on the computer for the file so I don't know whether I am doing something wwrong or not. Has anybody got any suggestions? if it helps, I am using XP Thanks in advance, Andrew

I can't add the download to my basket - it says that it is out of stock. Is anyone else getting this problem?

Its snowing here!! We have about 1 inch on the ground and it's still coming down. We hardly ever get snow and so everyone on the road is going around at 20mph.

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I have just uploaded 5 wipeout pics. i haven't got a ride sign photo though. I do have a ride sign for enigma and a partially obscured one of snake in the grass if you want to look at them as well. Andrew

Updated 10:48 AM Plans For New Coney Island Park Unveiled By: NY1 News Two months after the Brooklyn amusement park Astroland seemingly closed for good, plans for a new Coney Island were released Monday, as hopes are being raised about saving a piece of boardwalk history. The Municipal Arts Society released its designs for a new Coney Island amusement park, which they say are based on input from amusement park experts, architects and the public. Experts say a must-see, awe-inspiring ride, like the London Eye ride, is needed in Coney Island. "What really drives attendance is that one-of-a-kind attraction that everybody says, 'I got to ride that; I got to try that,'" said real estate developer David Malmuth. "So we need to make something that's visually stunning and a great ride experience where people say, 'I want to do that. I want to go out to Coney Island and take that incredible ride.'" Inspired by the London ride, designers have come up with an idea similar to a monorail, which would serve both as an amusement ride and a mode of transportation for visitors to get on and get off at all of Coney Island's points of interest. "We would like to take advantage of this technology and make it a very beautiful, scenic ride looking at the ocean, looking at all the attractions below, actually going through some clouds and steam and some projections as you ride," explained urban planner George Tsypin. The group of urban planners, top designers, and economists say they would like to see a digital district, where the facades of buildings are screens that link together. "We're showing the public a lot of very imaginative, almost like 22nd century, ideas," said Kent Barwick of the Municipal Art Society. "Is it all baloney? Everything that we showed has been done, proven, and is working somewhere else. It just hasn't been done here." Another technology that is not being used in New York, but is used in Australia and Spain is generating electricity from the ocean. "Today we have platforms that generate energy from the ocean by waves," said architect Enrique Ruiz-Geli. "So you imagine we install a power plant that generates electricity for Coney Island for the theme park, but also for each home. So Coney Island becomes an off-grid, self-sufficient, sustainable city." While all this seems so futuristic and expensive, this group says there are ways to jump-start activity now with little money. By taking all of the empty lots and transforming now all kinds of arts festivals, experts say Coney Island should once again be world-renowned as the Greatest Seaside Stage. Meanwhile, the city is says it is working on a deal to buy 10.5 acres of real estate in the area, which includes the three acres that Astroland sits on. The land is owned by developer Joe Sitt, who had planned to build a Vegas-style entertainment complex but the plans have stalled. The asking price for the lot is unknown.

I can help out with the Pleasurewood hills wipeout pics. I went there at the end of september and wouldve done a PTR except i dont know how to reduce the photos so that they can be posted.

Bart: What's your name? Jim: The Waco Kid: Well, my name is Jim. But, most people call me . . . Jim. The Italian Job (2003 remake)

I sent one from lowestoft earlier. I only had space for the 2 facts cos my writing is kinda big. It should be with you by next friday.

That's a good idea, thank you (: Anyone know anything on the actual software they use to develop the characters? And how it's changed since the early days i.e. Toy Story? xx

Yeah, my focus film is Finding Nemo (which I think has some stuff like that), and my "related films" are The Incredibles (which I think has stuff on the storyboarding) and A Bug's Life (which I have on VHS so it doesn't have any extras). So yeah, that's good information to use, but I can't find much on the general process and how it's developed technologically. Thanks xx

Hey, this is Yasmin (the friend lol). It's Pixar's character development I'm looking at specifically, and the techniques involved at each stage of this, as well as a little on the types of character Pixar creates. I'm also interested in looking at how the techniques have changed over time. Any information you and/or anyone else could give me would be helpful, as I cannot find an awful lot elsewhere. Many thanks, Yas xx

I don't know whether anyone can help me with this but a friend of mine has been given a rather specific subject in her film studies lesson. She is looking for any information on character creation and how it has developed over time, particularly information about this for 'Finding Nemo' Thanks in advance, Andrew

I know it wasn't a particularly comfortable ride but it's still a shame to see it go. Whether you like the ride or not, it is a piece of alton towers heritage - it was their first rollercoaster and the first in the UK with 2 inversions. Does anyone know what's gonna happen to it? whether it will be moved or just demolished?? EDIT: I've just found this about it on the BBC news website: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7648401.stm

Is there anything else i should put on the postcard apart from the 2 facts??

Unless you like being bumped around on a boomerang then there isnt anything special to see. Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach has a classic wooden coaster that might be worth a look though and theres a powered version of a virginia reel in Great Yarmouth as well.

Can't think of any more must see parks here - we don't have many. If you are around london next summer, you might want to give the scenic railway at dreamland a look - it should be rebuilt by then. my only other suggestion is flamingoland for the SLC and the motorbike coaster. I went to Drayton manor a couple of weeks ago and, if I were you, I would avoid it during august - our school summer holiday because the queue for anything is at least 1 hour all day.

In the UK, fuel prices at the moment are £1.129 per litre for regular unleaded and £1.219 per litre for diesel. That works out to be just over $9 per gallon for unleaded and just under $10 for diesel. You guys look like you've got it pretty good.

Well done - your turn now

How about this one??

It's Dragon at the Songdo Resort in South Korea

Its a shame the park didn't have a haunted house when it was open - just think how creepy it would be to walk around one of those in an old, abandoned theme park

I would say either Speed or Nemesis and then, as I have only been on 2 woodies (Megafobia and the Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Rollercoaster), I would have to say megafobia

How about Pleasurewood Hills (my home park)? They have no really good coasters - I mean how good can a park be when it's best ride is a boomerang??