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#45 Come on!

I'm down to 48 minutes! Dave

^ Thank you very much Jere! Although this morning my computer decided it didn't like flash any more and I got booted Dave

^^Yeah, I went from 55 to 52. I want to play now! Dave

It's a shame we can't make the epic fat boats anymore, but needs must I suppose! Dave "stupid people!" Wilson

Jason, I'm glad you enjoyed your katsu curry This has been a great report, I just want to say I echo everything you said at the top of your last post. I had the exact same low at the end of the Europe trip, I guess that's the price you pay for 10 days of back to back awesomeness! Your Thorpe report also has possibly the best ever description of the tidal wave theme by the way, thanks for sharing pictures and opinions Dave

^ Yeah. Memorial day weekend is usually a doubly whammy because of what Elissa and JJ728 said. If the park you choose has a q-bot option or similar though you could just get that. On the cost of the whole trip it's not really that much more Dave

Nice photos as usual Hanno Dave

This is possible the greatest photo of Miles I have ever seen! Thanks for the TR Mike! Dave

^ I saw that happen with the trike a couple of days ago! It got caught on one of the arms so didn't drop, someone was probably pissed off!

Yeah, I was underwhelmed to say the least when I went on an E-motion coaster. Besides, I thought Disney almost exclusively dealt with Vekoma nowadays anyway, so unless I'm wrong we'll get some new ride type or a heavily modified family coaster? Dave

This topic is now the top google result for "The Santa Claw"!! An hour and a half until my next turn, I love this thing! I hope they find a buyer who can keep this running, maybe an ad funded site where you just pay for shipping or something. That would be awesome! Dave

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! This is too good! I think Lou's face sums up the general feeling of the bus Dave

Erm... It's a nice report Hans, but aren't you missing some photos at the end? Dave

I love the rockwork! This ride is looking awesome! Thanks for the photos Dave

Oh my God, look how tightly i'm gripping the bar!! Awesome photos Hanno! Dave

That's a bit of a shock, it seemed quite busy when we were there. If I remember correctly there was a school band playing which added to the atmosphere too. Shame, that was a nice place with a fair bit of history Dave

^^ Halloween is pretty popular in most western countries. Although in europe it's a more "traditional" interpretation. Most places do this kind of thing but that said I wouldn't be surprised if Walibi's event was highly influenced by the Six Flags days. Dave

Guys, can we stop bitching about who answered the question best please. Thanks for the InTraSys link Erik. Would I be right in saying that InTraSys do pretty much everything in modern magnetic launches? Dave

Ha! Amazing update Hanno!! I love that you caught my master plan to get someone to attack Lou, it worked perfectly EI can't get across how fun City Museum was, I basically just reverted to being (even more of) a child for three hours and I sooo want to do t again soon Dave

Awesome report Anth Guys, the next part of this one might be quite good Dave

This is a shame Hopefully i'll get to the other one at some point Dave

Ha! This is AWESOME!! Just downloading it now, thanks Robb Dave "Club TPR is awesome!" Wilson

I would have said that a change of management would significantly affect the way they produce rides. In more recent years the company seemed to have a scattergun approach to ride development, sometimes not proving successful and sometimes creating absolute gems (Tranan, for one!). I don't think it would be a bad thing if they took this change to have a more focussed approach to product development. Who knows, if they refine and develop one ride type perfectly, it could become the next Shot&Drop... Dave