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Aaah the so called TPR effect. To give them their credit, they do organise the biggest (but not best) trips to far flung destinations but then the members tend to follow Alvey's opinions like sheep.

Interesting to note that for the first time ever, a wooden rollercoaster has won this poll, rather than the My Favourite Steel Coaster option. Although Balder at 5 is a joke frankly.

What about an "Amazing Adventures of Spiderman" ride but with coaster elements? Although, I wouldn't expect anything like this to be put in the part of the park with the biggest ceiling. AT doesn't have many large buildings, as it would rightly spoil the atmosphere, so it's a stretch to imagine...

Has everyone forgotten the Incredible Hulk, now that's got a launch that any wooden coaster could handle. You might well think why would they want that, but if they were building a coaster out into the valley, a launch at the end would be a suitable way to get it back to the station, and for the...

Don't forget that a large percentage of the price at the pumps is tax, and you must accept that that the current government are very adept at pissing our tax revenues up the wall. At least we got to see a spectacular fireworks show with this money. And as for the cost effectiveness of this...

I wonder if a launched wooden coaster would find a home at Holiday World. That kind of park wants to retain it's classic ride line up with only wooden rollercoasters, but must also realise that wooden coaster can be a bit samey. This would be one way to differentiate. Mount Olympus and...

I'd be surprised they needed to remove parts of Rita to gain access to the Corkscrew site. I'm fairly sure you could get a crane round the back of Rita (where the viewing area was for Corkscrew's last day). The Skyride does go overhead there, but there's quite a gap if I recall. Even if...

Someone must have seriously screwed up here. For a park the size of Hard Rock not to be able to carry on indefinitely under Chapter 11 must mean there are fundamental and significant flaws to their original operating plan. Chapter 11 was designed for situations such as these, new companies or...

You could buy one hell of a lot of land prep for £6m you know, so these are valid comparisons in terms of costs. My point was that very well regarded rides (Balder), multi-inversion coasters with unusual elements (Fahrenheit) and huge, intense custom coasters (Voyage) are all achievable...

Well if you're going to be silly and rate rides based on the very last experience you had then you shouldn't really be allowed to take part. I mean, Nemesis was hardly in it's most spectacular fashion last Sunday, but it's still obviously better than Oblivion. And you should have high hopes...

Doing a bit more price comparison work, and it turns out that Alton towers could use half the money for themeing and landscaping work, and still have enough to buy Voyage, Fahrenheit or Balder. The reason that Saw - The Ride will be so expensive is that it is being built on reclaimed land...

But, then he'd probably have to re-write he algorithm to cope with the change in the data format, and I always get the impression that he doesn't have all that much spare time. Besides, what would he do about grumpy people like me who refuse to use coaster counter because it's a load of turd?

Actually, why not use yours a bit. This ride will be exciting and intense, I base this on the fact that there is going to be lots of speculation (and there already has been) which is exciting (and arguably intense!), not to mention that it's going to be a world first, which is an exciting...

I don't think they have planning permission yet. This I think is a factor behind the big send off for corkscrew. By creating an expectation with the public of a big ride for 2010, maybe the local council/residents will find it harder to justify throwing the coaster out. That wouldn't stop...

The random groupings is definitely where Mitch Hawker's poll falls down. Not only does it unfairly bias groups with fairly equal coasters higher on the list than they would otherwise be (i.e. B:TR Clones, standard SLCs) but the varying groups such as Wild Mice cannot be accurately reflected with...

Balder. An excellent first drop, but after that it's distinctly average.

I'm a bit guilty of this. My 200th coaster was Wipeout at Pleasurewood Hills, which although is not a significant ride per se, it was my first ever Boomerang and I created a mini-whoring trip to East Anglia to collect the credits to ensure that I'd do 199 coasters before my first boomerang...

Your first really good video Mushroom. The camera was still and the antics were very well used. Obviously your choice of music was dire and there was a bit too much POVing for my liking, but it's a big step up from any of your previous work. Brought back good memories as well, I might even...

Oh Taylor, don't be so faux-naive all the time, it begins to grate after a while. There's a massive difference between a 16yr old girl posting a topic like this and Furie posting a link to a mildy amusing poll asking a variety of questions which may or may not give an accurate representation...

Yeah, I had a great trip but I wouldn't rush back to any of these parks apart from Phantasialand. Having said that though, I think Tripsdrill would be worth a visit, and if the trip was going ahead again, I'd quite like to spend a day there. Although, this is the beauty of theme parks...