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Here's my first attempt at one of these: http://www.themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/track.php?id=1838

Adventure Island at Southend (UK) are getting a new ride called G-Force, what is going to be is unknown but it is on the website. Who said the British Seaside Resort was dead!

Saturday 21st is the RCCGB trip to Thorpe to ride Saw so that could make things a little busier for you!

Steels have to be either Nemesis Inferno at Thorpe or Jubilee Odyssey at Fantasy Island. I like Alton's Nemesis but I don't think its my favourite. Wood will always be Megafobia. Although the Blackpool Mouse is excellent.

We were over on the IOW on Saturday, and we also did Sandham Rides. There was a group of us riding the coaster and riding the super polished Astroglide. Maybe we saw you.

The third concept art image. If you rotate it 90 degrees its the same people as in the photo above!

It's funny I thought the picture looked familiar and its actually one from Air taken from the RCDB: RCDB Link Would Sea World rip images from there to use?

Over at Thorpe Park Mania they have lots of visuals and a No Limits video of it. 2009coaster.maniahub.com/

Looking at both the pictures I don't think they are the same. The Bat trains look more square, where as the Bat head is higher up on the Vampire. The new trains are standard Vekoma Swing Trains, Picture Here

Just another Arrow/Chessington link, I've heard that the trains were re-used on the Vampire. Can anyone confirm? The Vampire was a great ride in its day, just a shame the original Bat cars could not be replaced. I always feel the new Vekoma ones just don't run as smooth. They seem to jolt a little round the track, but that said it still is a lot of fun.

We recently did a backstage tour at Alton Towers and one of the guys running it used to work as the ride supervisor/team leader on the Vampire at Chessington. He said that they were considering putting in an Arrow Pipeline but the risk assessment came back saying that people with long hair may get it caught in the wheels.

I was just making a point of this not being a copy really. Dragons Fury is the better of the two IMO.

I think this is a great looking investment for Thorpe Park. Its nice to see that they haven't just put in a Spinning Maurer Sohne like Alton's last coaster which is what usually happens. Its a unique custom ride which will impress 99% of the people who ride it. Like has been said already, who of the regular visitors to Thorpe Park has ever heard of Dollywood? Lets be more positive, we could have ended up with a small Dive Machine with no height or another Air. Don't get me wrong Air is great but it is it's uniqueness that makes it a winner for Alton. If they copied it at Thorpe you lose that. I for one am excited and will look forward to riding this fun looking coaster. I think the drop and roll in the station building looks great, and a dive loop

I heard that the boat around the lagoon at IOA was supposed to be just a boat tour but too many people used it as a means to get from one side of the park to the other. I don't ever remember the boat tour at AK, any ideas why it was scrapped? And finally the Dragons rumours were mentioned on Wikipedia: Link If you scroll down to the Trivia section the first one talks about the dragons and the links with IOA.

This is the case for Flybe: Cabin Baggage - 10kg Max Hold Baggage - 23kg for Economy, 30kg for Premium Economy Hold charged at £3.00/$6.00 in advance or £6.00/$12.00 on the day per piece per sector. (Not sure what per sector means)