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MattyH


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RE: Thunderstruck
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and i hope that they could get two lanes, i havnt been on it for ages cause every time i go theres a big queue

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Martyn


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Date: 19:30 Oct 18, 2011
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To be fair, the 2 times I went on it in June, the queue was by the bottom of the second set of steps down, yet we only queued for about 10 mins. But it does look rubbish with only lane open, and only one train on Enigma, and half of Wipeout's seats blocked off... ;)

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oh ok lol, yh hopefully a refurb of all three oh no i better not get my hopes up

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Martyn


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Errr....ummm.....yeah...... take a look.....




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I actually quite like the purple it makes the ride feel a bit more rocket like.

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MattyH


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it looks quite good tbh

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Josh


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Date: 18:47 Oct 19, 2011
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Looks good but what is it supposed to be. Some sort of spaceship?

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datman


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Date: 21:23 Oct 19, 2011
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Josh wrote:

Looks good but what is it supposed to be. Some sort of spaceship?

 lol , everytime i see these pictures a flys head springs to mid ..lol



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alex


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^ i thought the exact same


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Martyn


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Date: 14:28 Oct 20, 2011
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Me too!

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Date: 17:14 Oct 20, 2011
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The Fly - Sending you buzzing...

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datman


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Thunderstruck = Flystruck or Flyswatter lol  



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How awesome would it look if it was actually Fly themed... with the pods somehow spinning through a giant fly swatter xD

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Josh


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Date: 18:39 Oct 20, 2011
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That would actually be quite a cool theme :)

I just hope when it is relocated they make it look like a permanent attraction. As it was it did look very temporary and with the old theme, very tired also. This should be an awesome facelift!

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What it wants is earth mounded around the sides to hide the sides of the base, the pods and arm to be repainted, the control booth to be themed and a queuelane of the standard at the labyrinth to be put in and the ride will look pretty permanent.

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Josh


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Date: 21:51 Oct 20, 2011
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Agree totally. LL's queue line should be the benchmark for all future queues.

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MattyH


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definately josh, what we saw on wenesday was a very good queue line

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Date: 15:17 Oct 24, 2011
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I think it looks quite good.

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Martyn


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Looking even better! Though I'm struggling to think of what it will look like with 20 of these altogether on the ride.... still, looks great, and I'd now put money on it having a new name for next year, BUT I just hope they dont class this as one of the 5 new rides...

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Date: 10:03 Oct 28, 2011
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@pwhills hints at possible theme:

"We're fairly sure with its new paint job it'll be able to go faster! Maybe even back in time..."

So are we looking at a ride with a time machine theme?

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To the 80s. Margate.

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The crazy look of it does suite a time machine theme!

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It just keeps getting better!

P.S. 300th post

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Martyn


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Date: 09:56 Oct 29, 2011
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This from Twitter pretty much confirms a new name:

That was Thunderstruck!

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Date: 11:59 Oct 30, 2011
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Very interesting. Lots of new stuff going on around the park its all becoming abit muddled. Can someone compile a list of the rumours/definites of whats to com ein 2012? :)

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Matt


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Date: 12:25 Oct 31, 2011
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This photograph of the work going on with Thunderstruck has just been sent to me via Facebook...



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Date: 12:30 Oct 31, 2011
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Matt wrote:

This photograph of the work going on with Thunderstruck has just been sent to me via Facebook...

 I have similiar photos to upload later, I took a couple through the fencing



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Josh


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Date: 12:57 Oct 31, 2011
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Looking forward to those coolskin!

I can't tell from the picture there, is it being dismantled?

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Date: 13:04 Oct 31, 2011
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Is that passport trail sign on the floor relevant to anything coming? Or is it just something from the past?

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Date: 13:18 Oct 31, 2011
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Josh wrote:

Looking forward to those coolskin!

I can't tell from the picture there, is it being dismantled?

 yeh will put them up tonight.... The ride smelt of oil when I got up close and personal with it....as to if it is being dismantled, well I would not like to say....The source of the chairlift quote to me also said about the floor of thunderstruck that HAD to be done......

That is why it was removed from service before season end, and I trust this to be the truth.... Lets wait until my photos go up tonight.....



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