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You said: How come so many people stayed in the city? So I thought you got it the wrong way!

I love DLP but this coaster seems a bit................................cheap for Disney, a bit like Indiana Jones but the themeing on that, made the coaster. So maybe this will be the same? Well Disney Imagineering make the best themeing/landscpaing in the world, and this coaster is said to be themed to being under water, how cool is that? Disney have bought a cheap ride, but they will make it look 100 million dollars! How do Disney do it? No where else in the world can offer what Disney can

I think you've got it the wrong way, New Orleans has LOST 4/5 of it poopultaion

Thats what the news reports say!!

So in other words, The Pepsi Max Big One is going to be the only hyper coaster England will ever have! Joy

^ The whole ride is backwards. But again this is the worst coaster I've ever been on! According to a future timeline for Thorpe Park, it could be there until 2016/2018! Full timeline, page 2: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23180&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

The park it self is in ok condition, its the area in general thats the problem, New Orleans has lost 4/5 of its population, its a case of where will they get the staff from and who's going to visit?

Alton Towers is always chav heavy, unless you go on a weekday like I did last week, and it was completely empty, the only ride that had a queue was Spinball Whizzer!!! In a way, it got a bit boring, well the Sky Ride was closed so we had to walk everywhere, and we got on the 4 main coasters about 20 times each!!

^ Best place for it if you ask me! Nah seriously this is a massive ride for Pleasurewood, I found it rather strange that they purchased the coaster before the results of the planning permission, and it was refused, RCDB claim that they will try to get permission to build it somewhere else in the park, which I find hard to believe as there isn't anywhere else this ride could go! It's strange that the planning permission was refused as they've had taller rides(Mega Drop, Eye in the Sky) and they currently have a louder ride, the Rattlesnake! Beats me!

Did you know thats theres a park in England that is open ALL year round, it was closed for 1 weekend last becasue Christmas day was on the wekeend, but if x-mas is during the week, it il be open every weekend of the year and daily from April - October! Anyone guess?

I would hate to have been in Adventure Isle, thats enough of a maze in daylight! EDIT: This was actually an April fools joke: http://www.dlp.info/Guide/News-And-Rumours/Current-News-and-Rumours.asp?newsnr=330#330

Really cool themeing for a THRILL RIDE, any airtime?

WOW, AN ALTON BYPASS, right, so Alton Towers aren't allowed to build rides over tree height but they are in plans to build a bypass?

Nice pics Tom, How much did that trip cost you? I wish I could organise a trip like that, I really wan't to go to America! I'm a bit confused on your car insurance situation, you say your paying for it for the next 3 years?????

The Tristar that Ive been on is similar to it but there isnt a giant arm that lifts the whole ride up: the 3 arms lift up into a diagonal position and they spin really fast!

Um, 204bhp is not alot for a 3.5 v6, how old are you? coz I just want to know how you got insured on that?

Hello, I must say I've had a very fun day today at Pleasurewood Hills, it was its opening day today for the season, and everything was great! I would also like to add that I wouldn't normally do a trip report about this park but its one of the parks that is a part of the UK trip in June, so I thought I'd do this so all you that haven't been before, could get to know a bit better, and its my home park, infact it was my first ever theme park, thats why I love it so much! Well the day with a bang, we got to the ticket kiosk and a little sign was being put up saying: "We apologise but the Waltzers wont be opening today, so to make up for this mayhem, the Go-Karts today will be compltely FREE OF CHARGE" My immediate thoughts, WOO HOO because these Go-Karts here are the best I've ever been on, for starters its not just a plain egg shaped track, its more like a z shaped track, with lots of cool corners to wizz round, the karts are VERY fast and even if they weren't free today they are only £2 per kart(double + single), which is the cheapest that I know of in all parks in England that have Go-Karts(BPB £4.50, Adventure Island £5, Fantasy Island £4) So that news had made my day already, but just as we were finishing are 20 laps on the Go-Karts, the heavens opened, but they slammed opened with a hurrendous downpour of rain(and just as thi happened my girfriends go-kart stopped, outside, far away, she got soaked through, haha), but the rain was go within a minute and the sun cam out and stayed out all day! One thing I find unique about this little park is it hasn't been split up in themed area's, which is a good thing, because IMO, it should be left to the big parks, when little parks try it the result is bad(Eg Pleasure Island, its about as big as the Forbidden Vally at Alton and its split up into 6 different areas). Another thing unique about this park is one of its coasters, its nothing special but its unique because its the only one thats ever been made, its a Schwarzkopf,Jumbo V. Its an ok coaster, very compact with very twisty track, a few head hoppers and pulls quite a few +G's in the helix, I'd also say its quite fast compared to other compact coasters, but the bad thing is the capacity, it has 2 trains, and each train has 2 cars with 4 seats each, so thats 8 people per ride, and when you go into the brakes(and boy you do), theres a long strecth before the exit station, then it has to travel to the other side of the coaster to the entry station, but if its bust they will run 2 trains and it does make the difference! POV of this Enigma, this 'one off' Schwarzkopf coaster at the bottom of this page! Another thing about this park is its scenery, ok, no ride here is themed but everything looks great, its such a beautiful park, they take great care with all their trees,flower beds, bushes, water fountains etc, and there are benches everywhere, and eventhough its about 1/6 the size of Alton Towers, it has double the amount of park transport, ie Alton has the Sky Ride, but Pleasurewood has the Alpine Chairlift and the Annie Oakley Railway which has 3 stations scattered across the park and the chairlift takes you from one side to the other, this theme park is like a normal 'park' with rides scattered about but it works very well. The park has recently been taken over by Grevin & Cie and they said they will relaunch the park, and they have and I thank them for that! Also please take in mind that this park has never had a big coaster, its biggest is Enigma, although it has had very intense flat rides(Mega Dance, The Tempest and my fav Megaspin Rollover(its like a Huss Frisbee but it just spins very fast and flips 360', its mental, and I've heard that not many of these were made, about 3 I think)) anyway the biggest change the new owners have done is currently in process, well 2005 was the last season for Mouse Trap(ever common spinning mouse coaster), but it was Pleasurewood's most popular ride but the owners sent it to one of their other parks in France, which really puzzled me but they are replacing it with a Vekoma Boomerang, in fact its the Missile that used to be at American Adventure, this is great news for Pleasurewood (even though virtually everyone hates them) because like i said before, they've never had a big coaster and this coaster will be massive for Pleasurewood! And as the new owners have spent loads of money on improving all their current rides, I was hoping that they would get oneof the new Vekoma trains(not the brand new ones,I mean like the Cokscrew at AT and the Millenium Coaster at FI) but they haven't, they've kept the same train that has been with the coaster since it opened in 1988, I have got some pics of the train and the track which was hidden behind a fence(well the train wasn't) and the track looks a rite old state, they have to at least paint it, its a manky grey colour! But I will judge when I've ridden it, its ment to be open in August! To be honest, if you visit PWH with just friends or as a couple, you will find that you will end up leaving just after dinner, but if you take a little person with you, you'll be their all day, which is what I do now, I took my girlfriend and her 2 brothers, 1's very little (4) and I've got him into rides already and theres loads for little people to do here aswell! Its also one of the cheapest Parks in England, coast £14.50 for adults but you get a return ticket to come back for only £9.50, you get one everytime you visit, so you only pay the full price once! Anyway I'm guna stop yabberin on now and let you (hopefully) enjoy the pics and the POV video, also sorry about the sound on the POV, I honestly don't know what happened! Enigma.zip Enigma POV Evan really not wanting his picture took whilst on Enigma WOO HOO, free Go-Karts WOO HOO A good example of PWH's great scenery I wasnt being cheap doing this, I had had enough of spending money today, and I was trying to hold his arms in the air, but somehow he looks like hes having a fit. The quiet area of the park, I think work is being done to sort it out, pretty decent kiddie coaster here, Rattlesnake! Bless his little heart! Charlie chops and Evan on Tidal Wave, another ride we had to go on about 30 times! Weeeeeeeee, Evan & Mince on the Helta Skelta, we had to go on this about 30 times today! Another view of the Vekoma train The newly themed Main St, which actually isn't anywhere near the entrance! Construction pic, thats were the Boomerang will stand! The Castle Theatre, home of the Circus show, I forgot to mention this park also has a Sea lion Show and a Parrot Show! Evan, Charlie chops and Mince, all on the Minature Railway Very nice picture, with Fireball and Log Flume Thats Thunderstruck, very strange flat ride, never seen one of them before! Charlie chops and Evan on Enigma Now this is different, thats a restraunt by the way and yes thats real train carrages you see there & it does have a real train engine & that large roof you see did used to be at Great Yarmouth train Station. Now thats something you don't see that often, Annie Oakley Railway, very smart looking train. Um.........no comment More faces Evan can't go on Fireball, so he pulls faces More Boomerang track, they really need to repaint it, well eveything else in the park is so brightly coloured, I wouldnt put it past them painting it orange or yellow! Boomerang track, doen't look to pretty in 'battleship grey' The very Brightly coloured Enigma The very old Boomerang Train, in the middle of that 2 minute downpour (behind the Go-Kart track) Evan is happy that hes on the awsome Go-karts, by the way Charlie is laughing at Evan, I hope! The pit stop for the awsome Go-Karts Little Evan & Charlie chops on the chairlift! Ummmm, lets stare at gravel!!!

*FREEFALL*, your telling me Blackpool Pleasure Beach doesn't have any history? IT HAS LOADS, and its all about rides, Alton Towers' history is about gardens and a castle! Blackpool Pleasure Beach is the most ride intense park in the world, it has nearly 150 attractions cramed into 42 acres! And I really don't care if Blackpool had the Big One or not, I would much prefer a day out a BPB, c'mon how far do you have to walk to get to a coaster? Many,many parks can offer brilliant themeing/landscaping etc, but nowhere in the world can offer what Blackpool Pleasure Beach can offer, that is why Blackpool Pleasure Beach is one of the most popular amusment parks in the world, FACT! Even though I've said all this, I do love Alton Towrs but I found BPB much more fun and a hell of a lot more to do, and even though it's open 12 hours a day(when I visit), I'm still not tired at the end of it, but after 6 hours at Alton my legs are dead, the worst case for this is the X-Sector, its just one big, steep hill, I'm surprised theres not a load of wheel chairs piled up near Submission! I do really like Alton Towers, and it is the UK's NO.1Theme Park but BPB is one the best Amusment Parks in the world! Also you don't like Disney themeing but you love/adore/cherish Altons? You honestly think BPB's coasters are old and naf? You also think Disney themeing is naf, and that Big Thunder Mountain at DLP is crud, I know everyone's entitled to their own opinions but c'mon!!!! By any chance, do you work for Alton Towers?

Big Thunder Mountain is crud? Why do you think that? Disney doesn't need flat rides, I couldn't really imagine a Move It or a Huss Frisbee at a Disney Park, it would seem very tacky(IMO)!

Unfortunetly I'm not fat, I'm far from fat! Well to me on that video thats isn't my kind of 'flying over', but if it is to you thats fine! Did you really get airtime on the airtime hill? I got a bit when i sat in the back, but nout when I was in the front, but never the less, Stealth is an awsome ride, IMO it works on the same wave-lenght that Oblivion works,its only about 1 thing(stealth-launch, oblivion-drop) they are both very short and they both leave you buzzin like made when you hit the brakes!!!

^ Thats the best thing to do, well I've been to DLP loads of times and when I went in Jan I found this walk through Alladin attraction that I had never known of before, if you just walse about the place you find loads of "hidden treasures", they are just the smallest things that make Disney so special!

I'm not trying to argue with you or anything like that but can you prove that it was "flying over the top hat" because that seems very hard to believe from when I was their!

^ Have you been on the same Stealth that I've been on, honestly, I got no airtime at all, I wanted to leave my harness nice and high but the cm wouldn't let me, I never have mt harness down tight and I never hold on, ok on that photo im holding on but thats just messing around after I had been on it like 4 times! I'm not just saying it to slate Stealth because I loved it, I've honestly never seen it go over the tophat without crawling! But I did go on Stealth 5 days after it opened, so maybe it hadn't worn in yet!

The Wild Mouse alone wins it for Blackpool!

^That driving school is another pay per ride attraction, and they have removed to rides to add this, so what will alton be like in a few years? Will more rides be removed to make way for pay per ride attractions? I think that the manager of Alton has been playing on the original Rollercoaster Tycoon, where you can charge an entry fee and charge per ride!