I do however disagree with smoking being banned in the hotel rooms, i don't do it but can see how a smoke would top off your day at the park just like having a beautifull cold pint in a freshly bought AT-pint glass :) Smoke can permeate walls and furnishings, though. Makes sense to ban it - keeps t...

Is oblivion's turn around not a slightly bit higher than the brake run though? The brake run on G5 looks as high as the turn around :?

Is it it just me or dose anyone else thing the Skyride gondolas going across Dark Forest look really garish in all their primary colours glory. I had a random idea the other day that the multicoloured metal (looks like plastic though) on the skyride could be fitted with technology so that it change...

Any future for the wooden coaster? I hate to say it but it IS the truth... No. Height, noise and locals loving the park stops us from having one. I know many people would try and find ways around these three problems and people would hate me saying it but un less a silent woodie and a slient chain ...

Did Shawn Sanbrooke not paint his wall to look like the Alton Towers logo. :lol: :lol: IT was very smart IMO. :P

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It couldn't as they do a little something called a reach envelope picture below, to ensure, things like that can't happen.

That's what I was talking about earlier :lol:

Before the ride even opens they have to put a dummy for measurements to see if it is possible for the riders to hit the legs or hands off objects while they are on the ride. Just like to say from experience... they're not dummies, it's the staff that are sent round in the morning! :lol: But as you ...

What a load of crap! :evil: There is definitely no way that this would have happened as there is clearly loads of space between the sides of the track to the rocky edges of Nemesis's pit. Before the ride even opens they have to put a dummy for measurements to see if it is possible for the riders to ...

That would be well wicked! Would be such a fun ride! The German fans of the park wouldn't like it though! :cry: :( :lol: :D

Oh yeah i forgot about that :roll: Oh well :cry:

Gloomy Dude, its actually quite funny that you are looking about the park to find yourself haha I was walking along my street when the car went passed but sadly I am not on the street view :( :P I'm very disappointed haha 8)

It must be really freaky when you are on the skyride hanging over the massive drop into the valley and then all of a sudden the ride just stops haha Anybody been on the skyride when this has happened?

I would be seriously pooing my pants :lol:

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I din't know that they actually did this :? :shock: I think that this is a brilliant idea, putting screens around the park will allow people to get a quick catch up of the scores. :lol: It would be cool if AT were to do a big World Cup event with a big screen where you could gather to watch the matc...

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Not that I am saying oblivion and x-sector needs a re-theme but, oblivion could fit the James Bond theme perfectly. With John Wardley's description of what Oblivion is meant to be, eg. Some sort of mysterious machine behind a barbed wire fence is very like something you would find in a James Bond fi...

Isn't the shaped area behind/next to Dark Forest coaster corner? and the shape in FV is Air so... Will we be seeing something happening to air in the future?

Yeah the flats at AT are pretty dull IMO. Sometimes they may be good and other times the are boring. Depends on how busy the park is. I feel that AT just need to provide something that hasn't been done before, ie a worlds first! or Europe's first!. This will bring in the guests and will also provide...

The thing is that the spinning drop tower just looks really plain and boring to me and Ripsaw still gives out a good and very fun experience. I don't think they should replace Ripsaw at all maybe give it a spruce up and add the themeing again and you will have a completely new ride. I love Ripsaw es...

If it were to be the next SW, I might have mentioned this earlier, but it would be cool if it will be the world's first floorless woodie :lol:. That would be well cool if it were ever to be tried, especially if it were to come to AT. I just hope that if the next SW were to be a woodie, it would hav...

Is priority fast trackers then?

Because usually fast trackers, from my experiences go to the front :lol:

Therefore AT are saying that the best seats are on the back of Th13teen, which I would agree with due to those pesky trims on the lift. :lol: :lol:

This is rather unusual IMO. :lol: