As someone who has ridden the Mondial rival in France last year, I know what a spectacle and a thrill these gigantic machines are. So I'm guessing you rode Power Maxx? Heard good reviews about that machine, would personally ride Artistico though if I had to ride a Mistral, apparently the KMG versio...

The English showman (White's) is getting Kipp's original XXL (that is the one we will be seeing at WW)! Some believe the money he makes from selling the XXL will go towards the funding of the XXXL that he is likely to be getting in the future. After it's final season in Germany the machine will be t...

The KMG XXXL...... Now, earlier this year we saw something strange occur, take into account there are 4 units of the original XXL ride type that are available and being used now, so to see roughly a month ago the 2 of the four models were up for sale interested me.... One of the models that had been...

Last year at Thorpe on a particularly hot day...

*In the tidal wave queue*
*boat splashes down*
*Person looking concerned in the queline*: We're not going to get wet on this are we???
Me: O.o

lewis97 wrote:

They certainly still represent good value for money though.

All the more reason for Thorpe to purchase one then, they're cheap, they make the most of space and they apparently give an awesome ride.... What's not to love???

Would love a ride like helix at Thorpe

Do we know what Helix cost?

I will be SO annoyed if we get ANOTHER B&M...... -_-

Photo's uploaded on TPM of AB progression, shark hotel construction, Slammer testing...
http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/14-04 ... e-and-More

Looking to have my first go on Slammer in the up and coming season

DeanGaryCox wrote:

Well apparently there's another Saw movie being made

Oh no... Please god no....

Dan wrote:

If you have ridden the Swarm, you would know how comfy these style restraints are. Really looking forward to a testing video!

Swarms seats are so comfy, you could literally fall asleep in them, comfiest ride seats i've ever sat in, along with Mondial's Gladiator, and Danters Air.

I get what you mean, but i'm reserving judgement until opening day. Who knows, it may work.

RollercoasterGEEK100 wrote:

Honestly I really don't like the 2nd GEN B&M invert trains

why?

Changing the topic slightly, not big news as such, but planning has been submitted to build a small Stealth shop next to the current photo kiosk: http://planning.runnymede.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/Generic/StdDetails.aspx?PT=Planning%20Applications%20On-Line&TYPE=PL/PlanningPK.xml&P...

DrReeve wrote:

All I can hope for is this. Ive never ridden one so I don't know what its like but its looks insane.

They should make one of those but where the seat rotates around the axis like a Fabbri Booster....

That would really irritate me, considering Vortex could do with a replacement... -_-

I want them to do something with the outside of the shop, it just looks messy, just having a blatantly obvious yellow sign, and not really making it fit in with the theme of the station very well... :/

Never made it to Brighton pier. Do you recommend I go?   I wouldn't go out of my way for it, if you're in brighton, sure, pop along, but I wouldn't plan a trip to Brighton ESPECIALLY for it.. Standard machines, fabbri boster, reverchon spinning mouse, log flume, twister/sizzler, zamperla air r...

Look all i'm saying is it's one of the UK's most notorious piers, and a popular tourist destination.... Which at this current time has no 'impressive' or 'special' machines... Just a pretty common fabri booster, mouse coaster, sizzler/twister and a couple of other machines.... I'd like to see a turb...

Unfortunately, more or less nothing remains of the West Pier so a completely new one would need to be built, which is a shame when you consider how it used to look. http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/57/44/1574492_b22cd3cd.jpg As for Brighton Pier, I think one thing they could do is run their b...