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    Nick Varney to retire

    Surprisingly I heard this one from "angry people in local newspapers" on facebook! clicky mc clickface
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    Arrrgh, My Ears!! (Aka "Music you hate")

    As the title says - Post some songs you hate in here, I'll start with: Big Fun - Hey There Lonely Girl Soppy beyond belief! Anything by the "sing something simple" group Soppy beyond belief! Bellamy Brothers - If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Just Too cheesy! Soul II Soul - Back To Life...
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    Parks you absolutely CAN be arsed with

    Following on from the "Can't be arsed" thread, what are some of the parks you can't get enough of? I'll start with: (no particular order) 1 - Toverland - Opened 20 years ago as an indoor kids park, and have really grown with it's original demographic, junior coaster, launch coaster, highly...
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    What do you think of polls with an obvious flaw?

    as the title says - "what do you think of polls with an obvious flaw?"
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    Fave park merch.

    The natural follow up to the disappointing merch thread. Some of mine: The good hefty square based shot glass from thorpe park - sadly disappeared during a move, think it was of Stealth. A bottle opener from IMG worlds. (UAE parks had decent merch!) Six flags New England had a great batman...
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    Notable Deaths 2018

    Thought I might as well start the grizzly thread for this year. anyway - Dolores O'Riodan of the Cranberries http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42696376
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    Worst Value parks

    As the title says - what are your picks for the parks with the worst "rides&quality/entry price" figures? I'll start with LEGOLAND in Dubai. ride /attraction line up: - awful kiddie coaster - Almost as bad family coaster (albeit with a reasonable dark ride section) - a rather dull shooty dark...
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    UAE 2017 - Part 6 - waterparks

    So - last month I spent just over a week in Dubai - 5 days with the ECC and 3 extra days, and lots of theme park fun was had. Day 1 - Legoland and Bollywood park First park of the trip was legoland dubai, we kicked off with an ers on the dragon coaster (ooh!) - even though it was a saturday...
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    What's your "Cre-Ho"tient?

    So - on a scale of 1-10, how much of a cre-ho are you? I'd probably give myself about 6-7. On the "plus" side - I do count I have a number of kiddy creds and +1s in my count I do of course plan trips for just theme parks I count alpine coasters and relocations I have some other dubious creds...
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    How could Derren Brown's Ghost train at Thorpe be improved?

    Obviously, DBGT has had a lot of negative reviews, so what would you do to improve the ride? Personally, I think that the VR idea on this type of ride does have some potential. and I think the experience itself is actually ok until the end of the first vr sequence - when they hurry you out of...
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    Your Volare count

    Following on from the boomerang thread, which of the Zamperla "sandwich toaster" flying coasters have you done? Me: 4 1 - Hero at Flamingoland 2 - Suiperflight - Playland 3 - Trombi - Sarkaniemi 4 - Soarin Eagle - Coney
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    Best part of the chicken.

    Is there anyone who doesn't enjoy a delicious chicken dish? But which is your favourite part? 1 - Moist breast: 2 - Drier, crumbly, melt in the mouth breast: 3 - The skin 4 - Thighs 5 - The drumstick 6 - the wing 7 - the bones 8 - seeing them in their natural habitat
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    Ever been turned away from a park?

    Hi, Having seen reports from Ben and Taylor, about being turned away from Toshimaen for the ludicrous reason of their tattoos, I was wondering if any other CFers had been denied entry at a theme park, and what was the reason? Also saw reports on tripadvisor yesterday from NadroJ and NHS Jordan...
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    Re: Viennese whirls - now upto part 3 (prater)

    Well - I've finally got around to writing my vienna trip report! Day 1: Schonbrunn palace and see what else happens. As it was my birthday, I ordered breakfast on the plane. The flight with Austrian was very nice - Lots of legroom and a tasty schnitzel to boot! Only thing was I paid for a...
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    X at Thorpe park - "no singles" rule

    Hi, Does anyone know when Thorpe introduced the "no singles in any row" rule on X? and any ideas why?
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    shirts -= long or short sleeves?

    another great fashion poll. Do you prefer your shirts to be long sleeved or short sleeved? I'm sure you don't need pictures to illustrate the differences!
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    Park websites - the good, the bad and the ugly

    never known what the difference is between bad and ugly, and I'm sure we've had a topic like this before, but couldn't find it. Anyway - an entry for the bad and ugly category is familypark herne. http://www.familienparkherne.de/ enjoy....
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    Favourite floor covering

    It's another absolute thriller of a poll! what is your favourite floor covering material, for a living room or bedroom? 1 - Thick pile carpet 2 - thin or medium carpet 3 - Laminates / wood 4 - Tiles 5 - lino / vinyl 6 - Oher (please specify)
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    Your dubious cred count

    following the recent count topics, I thought I'd do "dubious creds" Here's my list: (*) = extra dubious! Alpine coasters 1 - Hesenhorn 2 - Trapper slider (fort fun) 3 - Jungle bob (kristiansand) Toboggan coasters: 4- Europa park - swiss bob 5 - Avalanche (bpb) 6 - trace du hourra - parc...
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    best coaster at six flags great adventure

    any guesses what this topic is about?? Included all coasters, just in case someone really does think that a Zamperla family gravity coaster is better than a b and m invert or hyper, or prefab woody...
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