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More media attention about safety today - Colossus evacuated due to someone failing to keep their legs inside the car.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-36758193

Good calls all round! I loved the British music scene in the 90s, it was so exciting. The second gig I ever went to was Pulp on the Different Class tour and they were amazing (the first was a band called Northern Uproar who file suitably as Britpop also-rans..) I'm also funnily enough off to...

No, unfortunately none of them do anymore. They used to but for whatever reason they decided to scrap them a while back.

Dreamland is also hosting the By The Sea festival at the end of September which I quite fancy making the trip down for. I like the idea of these events, it'll get music fans who perhaps wouldn't normally check the place out interested, fill it with people and raise publicity. Can't go wrong!

I quite liked Galactica the first couple of times I went on it, but I'm already starting to get a bit tired of it now. I did notice yesterday that they've put "new destinations coming soon" posters up on the exit stairs so I'd say the rumours of alternate versions look likely to be true, which...

Nemesis was down for a good 3-4 hours in the afternoon today. Saw it testing at about 3pm and it looked *really* slow, like it was struggling to get over the vertical loop. Probably just with it being an empty train though as it was flying once it reopened? Also saw Spinball being evacuated and...

From the passholder preview e-mail: So no Loggers, no Samurai and no X:\ on that list, but Colossus, The Swarm and Rush are intended to be ready for opening day.

As a Derbyshire resident I'd *love* to see this happen, but I think it'd take a *lot* more than a petition to the council to get this kind of show on the road. It'd obviously be great if we did see investment into a new park though.

It's interesting to see the planned timescales involved - work began in late 2014 for the 2017 attraction and late 2015 for the 2018 attraction, so they're looking at a 3-year cycle? From the info on the LinkedIn page we can see that cycles for Sub Terra and Octonauts took less than a year to...

Basically this: Projects Alton Towers Resort - 2018 Attraction Starting August 2015 Lead Creative (Project Designer) ***Project Currently Highly Confidential*** Team members: Bradley Wynne Alton Towers Resort - 2017 Attraction Starting November 2014 Lead Creative (Project Designer)...

Also, the photos might not do it justice compared with seeing it in the flesh. I'm excited to get back and see all the work that's been done for myself, but I'm pleased with what we've seen so far.

Much as I'll miss the Flume, I'm quite excited at the idea of what might take its place. Clearly they've got some sort of plans, so I'd hope we *might* see some interesting preparations in the area sooner rather than later this season. Personally I'd like to see AT go all-out with a big...

Used to regularly come off it soaking (often having been blasted in the face at the end!) back in the day, but in recent years you'd barely even get a bit of spray. I'll miss Ripsaw, was a fantastic ride in its heyday.

It probably means that they intend to have the towers open from opening day, but they're covering their backs just in case if for whatever reason they can't. It'll be great news if they do.

I get that, but I don't think anyone's saying that if the toilets were in a bit of a state it'd ruin their day, more that it'd detract from their experience and the small things add up. If it looks like things aren't being looked after as well as they should be, it might shake some people's...

The monorail nowadays makes for a pretty dull journey - it's like being on a tram at rush hour. The whole thing just needs simplifying in my opinion, used to be so much more exciting being able to see the park out of the windows whilst they whacked In The Hall Of The Mountain King over the...

Yeah, it did suddenly become deserted towards the end of the day following a rush after lunch. I remember walking into DF at about 3.30 and thinking it must have been closed because the queue lines were empty!

Lots of downtime at the park today - Duel was closed for most (if not all) of the day, Ripsaw was stop-start as they seemed to be having trouble with the restraints, and Rita was closed for a little while for a cleanup after some poor soul was a little bit sick on it (eww.) Oblivion's queue-line...

Didn't see The Smiler testing at all today, although I wasn't in X-Sector much so it may have done. Had a look at the mystery pole/wind sensor/whatever it is and it's hard to say for sure what it is - it does look like it's the same as whatever is on the top of the first lift hill though - is...

Maybe they've decided to cut their losses on it for this season and come up with an overhaul over the winter.