Marc

They wont make you pay for it if its a full queue replacement. I can see it becoming a tiered as Benin said and id be pretty happy with that TBH.

Good to know the park are dedicated to keeping Slammer running! Look forward to it reopening

I do agree its a flaw, but IMO queue jumping is queue jumping no matter how its done ad I would recommend against it! I'm sure if caught people would be dealt with just as other queue jumpers are.

I love it Fanboys are the quick to moan at parks at queue jumpers yet love to brag about queue jumping on forums... But seriously.. This is effectively queue jumping no better / worse than pushing past people in the queue so id strongly recommend against doing that

But if they were for this year why would they use the old Fright Nights logo :\

I think it has massive potential to be fair its a very brave move by the park. I think the problem we will have with the trial as its only on one ride it will get abit confusing for people, I actually think think it will work better when there are 2/3 rides on the system but then thats even more risky!

I guess we wont really know the feedback they get but I really hope it does work, it could totally change the way people visit the parks in future.. as I said earlier its all about if guests get it. Its well and good saying queing is simple, people would rather this and that but ultimately IF thorpe can make it work it will improve how people visit the park. I'm sure when the iPhone came out people will have said what do I want a touch screen ./ apps for..

Because like it or not, the majority of guests would rather not be standing in a long queue for a ride. It takes less than 5 minutes to sign up and book a slot and there are staff on hand to help so I dont really see it being an issue in that way. Its a trial for a reason, but apart from earlier in the day when the Reserve n Ride system crashed, it sounds like its working just as planned so far today.

Your right its not "needed" they are just trying to further improve guest experience. I think the biggest problem with it will be getting guests to understand it, its a simple concept but I can see some people not quite getting it.

Thorpe park confirmed to tpm there are extended dates

It's up to them how they reveal it there just building hype!

Alton towers event hasn't changed...

I think it will stay free, I can see a paid version in the future which will give you faster access potentially replacing fastrack. Quite exciting the potential to become a queue free park!

Think of all the space this could free up of unnneeded queue lines..

There is no general queue this is what makes it quite different to queue bot

http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/19-08-2013/Reserve-And-Ride-Trials Well who liked queuing anyway? Massively excited about this.. It has huge potential. Fantastic to see Thorpe once again working ages to improve guest existence.

You'll just have to wait

Dont forget its the mazes open till 10! The rides will remain open depending on demand

http://www.altontowers.com/useful-info/opening-times/#tab-themepark-nov The last week days have been cut to make up for this to 4pm

It is certainly 18+ now.

18 is pretty standard across hotels isn't it? There needs to be somone responcable and to foot the bill if the room gets trashed!

Personally I do agree with the scrapping of the seperate back row queue, it don't seem to work very well atall. What I would do is simply allow guests to queue up as normal, and then simply allow guests to queue for backwards if they wish to do so on the station, as they do on Inferno / Colossus front rows. As for the bag room its a tough one really, the problem being compared to Stealth / Saw the Ride is there are much more people all at the same time collecting their bags at the end of the ride so whilst 2 people in Stealths bag room is fine, 2 in The Swarms can cause a bottle neck. I Wonder how possible it would be for them to have small storage boxes with doors and just fold them over, or better still some automatic system which folds over when the trains dispatched... it must be possible!

I'd be surprised if its not towards the end of the summer, its the busiest period in the summer and would make sense to advertise to those on park.