Thunderhawk at Dorney Park last month after an amazing US coaster road trip  and my 325th cred

As others have said, it's really shocking to read and awful that a park could neglect all the safety requirements.  As someone who's visited the park (albeit quite a long time ago), it's also sad as when I went there, I had a good time and even went back a second day.  Perhaps given the findings, ma...

Sounds good to me too as the gardens are really pretty and would be nice to hear some info about the upkeep.

Gosh, those are awful pictures - sad to see something like this happen at such a great park and I hope no-one's been hurt.

Ah that's good to know as Black Buccaneer's one of my favourite rides at Chessington and a great pirate ship

Ooh, looks awesome and another reason to plan a return trip as I really like Toverland

I'm in too please Dom

Here's my list:

1. Nemesis & Wicker Man (I personally think they are as good as each other )
2. Oblivion
3. The Smiler
4. Thirteen
5. Galactica
6. RMT
7. Spinball
8. Rita
9. Octonauts

I'm liking this too and I look forward to going on it once finished

Yeah, the bubbles were awesome

I really like the sound of this as I do like a Madhouse ride

I had an amazing day yesterday that was full of many highlights, starting with ERT on Dragon's Fury which was a great start to the day.  I really enjoyed myself and loved the MMM talk from Andy & Michelle - such a fascinating insight into the planning of Gruffalo and I loved the little details s...

I agree with you about the Duel soundtrack Lakey, it doesn't seem right to have different music and I'm not sure I like it but maybe I'll get used to it over time.

I've also ridden a few GCI coasters and was really excited about going on a new one. I was glad I hadn't read any spoilers beforehand as everything about Wicker Man is impressive from the great way the queue line offers fab views of the ride to the fabulous pre show. The coaster itself is fantastic ...

I also went on Saturday and had a good day and only have a few little issues but can also appreciate that staff were new and have to have time to settle in. I had the same problem as Morgan in that I had to wait about 20 minutes for my food in the fish and chips place, which was annoying as some peo...

Personally, I can't imagine Thorpe removing X especially after spending money to give it a Walking Dead theme.  Although it would be good to see a new ride in the place of Slammer.

I wasn't sure about Thirteen when it first opened and over the years it's grown on me and I really like it now.

I also agree that it's always fun to ride with people who haven't been on it before and think that the drop section is the end of the ride!

On one hand I'm looking forward to finding out how the changes look in reality but a shame it won't be the "rave coaster" anymore.  I'm also not keen on the name, especially as it has "the" twice! but I guess they had to go with something as theparklifekid mentioned.

Justin wrote:

Were the restraints different? I'm not sure I knew that?

They were less bulky than they are now and much better in my view

It certainly hasn't aged very well and is a far cry from when it first opened - it was lovely and smooth then :) I also think the trains could do with sorting out as I always like to sit in the front of each carriage as there's more legroom, additionally, some less cumbersome restraints would be goo...