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    Chessington WoA - 27th July - Family Visit

    So, I haven’t visited Chessington since 2008 (GF V I believe). Sam drove us down and my main concern that day was how we got back to Teesside… Tom ended up driving us back to Manchester and we got the 3.52am train to Middlesbrough laced with lager… fast forward 15 years and I find myself here...
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    Flamingo Land | Sik | Intamin 10 Inversion Coaster | 2022

    Total rumour at this stage and from what I’ve heard it’s expected July which seems ambitious. However some of the smaller rides in the area circled have been relocated already so who knows... Edit: Won’t let me add second pic but anyway, go to google maps and take a look at colossus in Thorpe...
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    Flamingo Land - Pirates of Zanzibar & 'Celebrity' Acts

    Just posting this as not sure if people have noticed (or care, haha) that Flamingo Land appear to have gone in a total new direction over the past year or so and are having regular 'Party in the Parks' with celebrity acts, and also bringing people in to open new attractions such as the Pirates...
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    ATs Loss is FL's Gain - 4th June 2015

    So we had free Sun tickets for 4th June and I'd booked a day off e.t.c As we couldn't go to Alton Towers we had a 2-for-1 voucher for Flamingo Land... but not just any 2 for 1 voucher, this one came with FREE CAPRI SUNS!!!! I went with my girlfriend who isn't a lover of rides but we got a...
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    Bags of Coffee Beans spotted at Starbucks Warehouse

    Let the guessing commence! I reckon although the majority of these bags will be distributed in the United States, if you squint carefully theres a label on one of the bags at the back of the picture marked "To be shipped to Portsmouth". Now obviously Portsmouth is a dock in the UK so they...
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    BPB | Red Arrows Sky Force | Gerstlauer Sky Fly

    Just got this e-mail... anyone any ideas? Had a quick browse on here can't see anything... http://theta.ecommzone.com/lz/BPBLTD/00 ... 5/home.htm
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    Jubilee Odyssey - Officially UK's #1 Coaster*

    *according to Teesside's local rag anyway. OK so not necessarily news but didn't know where else to put this :lol: Our local paper has "Used data from from Roller Coaster DataBase - for the speed, length and height or “drop” of Britain’s top attractions as well as the number of times it goes...
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    Flamingo Land 4th June

    My other half is a teacher but at a catholic school so they're one of the few schools who get 1 week at Easter, 2 weeks in May. We decided to make the most of the majority of kids being back at school and the other half being off with a visit to Flamingo Land. We used a voucher recently...
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    Adventure Island Ban Topless Men

    but the news article shamefully brings up the world record for naked people riding a coaster which was a closed event.... Here, here I say - nothing worse than when we get a bit of heat in the UK all the scrawny little twigs take their tops off for the world to see =D> Source ...
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    Alton Towers 26/03

    Another photoless Trip Report from yours truly so here goes; Got to Alton Towers about 11.00am - this was my first trip since my horrendous Scarefest visit last year ( viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36930 ) Using the free tickets I'd blagged from that we got straight in. The park was a little busier...
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    Alton Towers Contact Number??

    I sent a complaint to Alton Towers on 22nd October and they promised a response within 10 working days - I haven't received one. Does anyone here know a number other than the general enquiry lines to get through to? I've spoke to the enquiry line and they're not based on site - she said there...
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    Alton Towers 19th October 2013

    Brief report, I'm kind of using it for notes to reference to as well for when I write to them. We got into the theme park car park at 10.00am but didn't get into the actual park until 11.00am due to queues for both monorail and actual tickets. We headed straight to the smiler at 11.15am which...
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    Camping in Scotland May-Jun 2013

    Going to post my camping trip, as you might have guessed, I have some free time. Every year, about 20 of the family go on a camping holiday in the whit half-term. This year was the Scottish borders - or the village 'Cockburnspath' to be precise. Go on, have a childish giggle. Anyway, we set up...
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    Park Closing Times - Summer

    So, it just popped up in the Smiler topic that Alton close at 6.00pm during all of Summer which surprised me and a few others so just wanted to get a quick comparison of a few parks up first... CLOSING TIMES DURING AUGUST UK Alton Towers - 6.00pm Thorpe Park - 7.00pm CWOA - 6.00pm Flamingo...
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    Snow Closing UK Parks

    Due to the adverse weather the UK is experiencing, Alton Towers and Drayton Manor have both announced they won't be opening today. I know this weather is unusual for this time of year but I guess does bring the argument back about parks opening early in the year I guess? Not ideal for the...
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    Flamingo Land | "Hero" | Zamperla Volare

    Seeing as it was recently confirmed on Mushroom's video at the 'Great Days Out' event in Manchester I thought this should warrant its own topic... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXCp2ac_BMY This is supposedly going on the site of the old Wild Mouse which is no longer with Flamingo Land - the...
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    What 'Exclusive'/Rare Cred's Do You Have?

    I'm just about to update my CC because I'm feeling goony and whenever I look at my CC I always look at two coasters that I know not many people will have. First one being "New Roller Coaster" at New Metroland (now closed) - I don't think many from outside the North East would have ridden this...
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    Frightwater Valley 31/10/2012

    This was my first time at Lightwater Valleys Hallowe'en events and all I can say is WOW WOW WOW how fantastic! I have to admit my expectations weren't really high as I was probably going to compare to Scarefest and Fright Nights ran by multi-million pound corporation Merlin but this really was...
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    Toverland - TROY! (de Sensaaaatieeee)

    Following on from Ian's Walibi Holland topic, the next port of call was Toverland! This was a first for me, Darren and Ian while a repeat visit for Rach & Peter. I didn't take many pictures on the day due to foolishly forgetting a travel adapter and not having a full charge on my phone! A...
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    What's for Lunch?

    Poncy southern term used in topic title for majority of users :) Basically, what's for lunch today? I'm trying to cut down on all the crap I usually eat at work (McDonalds, Subway, Pizza e.t.c) so today its just Cheese Sandwiches and a pack of Walkers Sun Bites (Sweet Chilli flavour) What...
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