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Absolutely incredible, feels just as good as ever and the theming really adds to it.

I reckon it eats through its claws… Besides, it’s supposed to be an alien! It doesn’t need to subscribe to our limited understandings of extra-terrestrial dietary habits.

Great ad, really excited to get on the thing tomorrow!

Personally, I hope that if SW9 is a coaster, it focuses on strong floater and ejector air over inversions. I’d honestly love another woodie that is thrill oriented, and I think a woodie would actually fit really well in forbidden valley. It could easily be themed to look like it has been...

I do wonder if they'll market this at all beyond perhaps a small behind the scenes look at the work that goes into re-tracking the ride? Personally, I don't think there's much advertising potential in this refurbishment if it is just a re-track. Perhaps if they brought back the old logo...

Very happy to finally have this confirmed after months of speculation. Here’s hoping that the whole area gets a new lease of life with a bit of paint and maybe some new permanent lighting. I don’t see any of the old track actually getting sold to be honest. People who would be crazy enough to...

I believe that the issue that prevented the ride from opening towards the end of last season was related to the computer system responsible for the ride, as opposed to any major physical issues. It could have been a combination of both and I’m simply unaware of the physical issue(s), but I have...

Also features inversions. I fully expect this to be a Mack coaster.

Pretty sure the ride system was a joint effort between Intamin, a railway company and possibly someone else? Regardless, I doubt we’ll ever see something like it built by Merlin again. It cost a fortune and has been a bit of a nightmare. The ride system itself is incredible though, it’s a...

I've heard rumblings that this is what was planned a few months ago. Whether this is still the case remains to be seen, but I think it's pretty likely that this is what's happening.

The rumoured refurbishment wouldn’t be because the ride is rough, it has more to do with the structural integrity of the ride itself. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah I can confirm that the pre-show is being run from today, which is great to hear in my opinion! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've heard rumblings (so obviously these may be false) that the supports and foundation structure for the loop are really struggling and have been for the last couple of seasons. There has been some work done to this area in the past if I'm not mistaken? I think it's a bit silly to compare...

They were last weekend, not sure about now.

Yeah, this has been the case since restrictions lifted I believe. I was wondering if anyone else has ridden recently and noticed the ride struggling a bit? We had one ride recently where the show sequence (lighting, audio etc) played but we remained entirely stationary. On my most recent ride...

I think there's a good chance it'll happen over this closed season, whether they announce the refurbishment until the start of next season will remain to be seen should it happen. I do expect it to be the exact same layout with the same trains, perhaps with some slight modifications to the...

I think it’s a case of when, not if at this stage to be honest. Personally I do think that the park would give some notice given the status of the ride and they could market it as a sort of event. But given the rumours of JW riding earlier on this season and the fact that he didn’t even do that...

Regarding the Thorpe Project, I’m not sworn to secrecy or anything but it’s detailed information that I definitely shouldn’t have been told and I don’t think it’s fair to the creatives and everyone else working on the project to have it leaked 3 years before it’s set to open. However, I was with...

From what i’ve heard from a couple of people who were at auditions the other week, the park hadn’t actually finalised their Scarefest plans at the time of the auditions. I wonder if this is standard every year, or is this year an exception? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The plans for Thorpe’s next coaster will likely start to circulate quite heavily relatively soon, but yes I know what’s happening. £8-10 million does sound far more reasonable actually, though I wonder if the rights to the IP are included in this figure or if they would be left out given that...