Mattgwise

To be honest I prefer the Midnight syndicate tracks to these newer ones. Especially Detonators Humpty Dumpty/ haunted nursery track used up until a couple of years ago which is what I'm guessing you also mean above?

Could Thorpe Park have been reading this thread and signed up to coca cola freestyle as the facebook page says:"Exciting news coming soon from THORPE PARK and Coca-Cola... Check back here on Monday as all will be revealed!"

Someone posted last month to say it had returned. If its gone again I agree. Bring it back Thorpe. Much more atmospheric during the loading procedure. I think it does fit actually James. Its like the calm before the storm.

It's a shame no-one cares enough about the other Eurofighters to create a Smiler-esque Wiki list of all it's breakdowns...
Or maybe just none of the other Eurofighters spend forever dead... To get a fuller picture we'd need to look at all of them, especially Mystery Mine due to it's complex nature of two lifts and a holding brake (and Fluch, though I dunno how that runs in busier seasons, I would assume more than 3 cars) as some examples...
It is clear though that the Merlin ones have ground issues in common...

I for one have young cousins who love it and they used to always go on flying fish but now always want to go on this several times. I have also seen many youngsters going on and coming off looking like they have enjoyed it.

Every year the effects are fixed and two months down the line they are broken and 9 times out of 10 never repaired until closed season.

Have had a response today for my visit described above:
Thank-you for taking the time to email us regarding your recent visit to Chessington. Your comments are valued and we appreciate your feedback. What’s more, we aim to respond promptly and honestly and, whenever practical, act on the comments to improve the total guest experience. Firstly, please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to the specific points you have raised; we have been experiencing a high volume of incoming communications. We aim to give each message the attention it deserves.

We’re very pleased to hear about the positive aspects of your time spent here. I have ensured that your lovely comments have been passed on to the relevant members of our team. It is, however, very disappointing to hear that you were unsatisfied with several aspects of your visit.

In regards to the opening hours of the park, as a resort committed to providing a family day-out, we operate within standard commercial opening hours. We believe that this allows our adventurers to make the most of their visit while respectfully observing that many families will have a long journey home and with young children. Furthermore, while Chessington is located conveniently within ease of the local centres of Kingston and Chessington, we understand that these areas have a high residential population. Thus, to reduce noise and traffic disruption, we respectfully observe our neighbours and operate within general working hours. We apologise for any disappointment caused by this factor and as part of our consistent development, I have passed your comments on to our marketing team for review.

The Fastrack system, as you will know, is provided for guests who wish to save time on queuing. The number of tickets available for each attraction has a maximum allocation that reflects the capacity of each attraction. We’re sure you can appreciate it can be very difficult to anticipate in which order our adventures will use the attractions available on their Fastrack packages, therefore we ensure we monitor guest feedback on a daily basis and look for trends in queue times to ensure we are providing the best service possible to both Fastrack ticket holders and the main queue line. It appears on this occasion that our Fastrack allocations were not monitored effectively. I have ensured that your comments are forwarded to our Xtra Adventures team to review our systems to make sure that our loading and dispatching of the rides is consistent and fair.

In relation to the operation of our rides, the waterjets on the Monkey Swinger are a permanent installation and it appears that during your visit, these were not operational. In terms of the dispatching of Vampire, as a company dedicated to developing upon the feedback of our guests, we will most definitely review our current methods and, if necessary, make any changes and/or modifications.

As I can see you and your family did not have the day that you had hoped and planned for, I shall be sending out a return certificate for the 2 of you to return any time between now and August 2014. Once again I do apologise for the unusual events experienced during your visit with us.

I do hope I have been able to effectively address your comments and resolve any issues that you may have. Here at Chessington, your feedback is extremely important to us, guiding and shaping our future development and ultimately, helping us to provide world-class customer service. Please rest assured that your comments will be fed back to the relevant departments and staff members. Should you wish to discuss your concerns further, please do not hesitate to contact me and I shall assist you duly.

We have a number of incredibly exciting, new, wild adventures waiting to be discovered here at Chessington this year and beyond, and we look forward to welcoming you to enjoy the vast array of fantastic, unique experiences we have on offer.
We hope to see you soon at "Britain's Wildest Adventure!"

Have had a response today for my visit described above:
Thank-you for taking the time to email us regarding your recent visit to Chessington. Your comments are valued and we appreciate your feedback. What’s more, we aim to respond promptly and honestly and, whenever practical, act on the comments to improve the total guest experience. Firstly, please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to the specific points you have raised; we have been experiencing a high volume of incoming communications. We aim to give each message the attention it deserves.

We’re very pleased to hear about the positive aspects of your time spent here. I have ensured that your lovely comments have been passed on to the relevant members of our team. It is, however, very disappointing to hear that you were unsatisfied with several aspects of your visit.

In regards to the opening hours of the park, as a resort committed to providing a family day-out, we operate within standard commercial opening hours. We believe that this allows our adventurers to make the most of their visit while respectfully observing that many families will have a long journey home and with young children. Furthermore, while Chessington is located conveniently within ease of the local centres of Kingston and Chessington, we understand that these areas have a high residential population. Thus, to reduce noise and traffic disruption, we respectfully observe our neighbours and operate within general working hours. We apologise for any disappointment caused by this factor and as part of our consistent development, I have passed your comments on to our marketing team for review.

The Fastrack system, as you will know, is provided for guests who wish to save time on queuing. The number of tickets available for each attraction has a maximum allocation that reflects the capacity of each attraction. We’re sure you can appreciate it can be very difficult to anticipate in which order our adventures will use the attractions available on their Fastrack packages, therefore we ensure we monitor guest feedback on a daily basis and look for trends in queue times to ensure we are providing the best service possible to both Fastrack ticket holders and the main queue line. It appears on this occasion that our Fastrack allocations were not monitored effectively. I have ensured that your comments are forwarded to our Xtra Adventures team to review our systems to make sure that our loading and dispatching of the rides is consistent and fair.

In relation to the operation of our rides, the waterjets on the Monkey Swinger are a permanent installation and it appears that during your visit, these were not operational. In terms of the dispatching of Vampire, as a company dedicated to developing upon the feedback of our guests, we will most definitely review our current methods and, if necessary, make any changes and/or modifications.

As I can see you and your family did not have the day that you had hoped and planned for, I shall be sending out a return certificate for the 2 of you to return any time between now and August 2014. Once again I do apologise for the unusual events experienced during your visit with us.

I do hope I have been able to effectively address your comments and resolve any issues that you may have. Here at Chessington, your feedback is extremely important to us, guiding and shaping our future development and ultimately, helping us to provide world-class customer service. Please rest assured that your comments will be fed back to the relevant departments and staff members. Should you wish to discuss your concerns further, please do not hesitate to contact me and I shall assist you duly.

We have a number of incredibly exciting, new, wild adventures waiting to be discovered here at Chessington this year and beyond, and we look forward to welcoming you to enjoy the vast array of fantastic, unique experiences we have on offer.
We hope to see you soon at "Britain's Wildest Adventure!"

It's surprising how much this simple feature enhances this ride. I usually love it, but found it dire over the summer without water. Glad they are back working.

It's surprising how much this simple feature enhances this ride. I usually love it, but found it dire over the summer without water. Glad they are back working.

water fountains are now all working, with a far better program than before.

http://thorpepark.com/frightnights/?utm_source=Website&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=Fright+Nights
They have started to reveal information. More coming each day over next few days.
Edit - Damn Jamie beat me.

Hurry up already I wanna book my place for the preview night lol

There'll be an Annual Pass evening yes. But make sure you don't turn up expecting to go to the event named 'Fight Nights' or you might be disappointed...

I was there wednesday, and I tell you what,the queues were stupid. The staff had no control and werent doing anything to help save time and then you had it that there was only 1 person handling a ride slowing down dispatch further. I only managed to do 3 rides on wednesday and fit in lunch which I think is appauling.
Rides done:
Safari skyway
Bubbleworks
Sea storm
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People voted for Colossus to be sculpted out of sand and here it is, and I for one think it looks quite spiffing awesome tbh!

I've had that precise situation with Kobra before with Fastrackers/Disabled, and I complained about it on the day... It's not great at all...
Chessie's operations have fallen off a cliff and sunk into that massive gorge in the ocean...

Not a great day at Chessington today, got on 7 rides, but at least the park did extend ride opening until 6:30pm, although I think it should be open until at least 7 during August as Standard. I can also confirm the wasp saga really is not that bad. Saw more than usual but not too many and could comfortably hold food or drink (only had a wasp come near me three times in the whole day)
Upon arrival the park was already extremely busy and by 10:15 Vampire already had a 75 minute queue. 70 minutes later we were on. They really are useless with this ride. The whole ride system needs an upgrade, the staff need rockets up their bums and the third train needs to return. I timed on two occassions in the station 2m30s between train arriving in station and leaving. Then when I said to the worker that they used to dispatch in 45 seconds at one point he said that it was impossible and that I must be wrong!!! By the time we got off the queue had reached the 2 hour mark.
Next wandered over to Dragon Falls to be presented with an 80 minute advertised queue although 45 minutes later we were on. Why are they redeveloping this ride? Other areas look in much worse condition. In my view all they need to do is restore it back to it's former glory putting back the rock work.
After this headed over to Wild Asia. Attempted to join Monkey Swinger queue to be told it had shutdown and needed to be tested. We then headed over to Kobra which was advertised as 2 hours. We decided to leave that and lined up for Tuk Tuk Turmoil. 30-40 minutes later we were at the front and it started to kick off between to families as one tried to let people through the queue to join them. The staff member was very professional and dealt with the situation very well defusing the argument. Though we were going to have a repeat of Legoland at this point.
After this Monkey Swinger had reopened so waited 40 minutes to ride that. It is ridiculous that only one member of staff operates this ride, causing loading, unloading and checking to be painfully slow. What happened to the days of being counted into the batching area during the ride, not after the previous rides guests have left. At least 5 minutes passed between each cycle and of course large numbers of people using the exit gate, slowing the queue further. Also does anyone know how long the water has not been working, it was off or broken today and really reduces the experience?
Then had lunch in a deserted Zafari, which was pretty average.
Next headed to bubble works to be faced with a 60 minute queue.
After this was offered a free fast track ticket for Dragon's Fury by a random who had to leave the park early. As much as I HATE fast track of course I didn't decline. However we had to wait 25 minutes for the ride. I found this outrageous and would have complained to AS had I purchased the ticket.
Finally at 5:20 decided to attempt the 70 minute queue for Kobra. This ride is another that has a painful waiting time and I was horrified to find twice throughout the wait the operator announce that the next ride will be exclusive to fast track ticket holders and exit passes to reduce theirs and then the main queue time. Fast track was clearly over sold and caused even Tiny Truckers to have an hour queue. I mean seriously, an hour for that!!!!!
And by then it was 6:40pm and the end of the day.
Some other queue lines we saw included 90 minutes for Zufari, 100 minutes for Tomb Blaster, and Fury peaked at 2 hours 10 mins at one point.
Apart from the poor operations still tried to make the day a good one and have to say all retail staff were amazing.

Not a great day at Chessington today, got on 7 rides, but at least the park did extend ride opening until 6:30pm, although I think it should be open until at least 7 during August as Standard. I can also confirm the wasp saga really is not that bad. Saw more than usual but not too many and could comfortably hold food or drink (only had a wasp come near me three times in the whole day)
Upon arrival the park was already extremely busy and by 10:15 Vampire already had a 75 minute queue. 70 minutes later we were on. They really are useless with this ride. The whole ride system needs an upgrade, the staff need rockets up their bums and the third train needs to return. I timed on two occassions in the station 2m30s between train arriving in station and leaving. Then when I said to the worker that they used to dispatch in 45 seconds at one point he said that it was impossible and that I must be wrong!!! By the time we got off the queue had reached the 2 hour mark.
Next wandered over to Dragon Falls to be presented with an 80 minute advertised queue although 45 minutes later we were on. Why are they redeveloping this ride? Other areas look in much worse condition. In my view all they need to do is restore it back to it's former glory putting back the rock work.
After this headed over to Wild Asia. Attempted to join Monkey Swinger queue to be told it had shutdown and needed to be tested. We then headed over to Kobra which was advertised as 2 hours. We decided to leave that and lined up for Tuk Tuk Turmoil. 30-40 minutes later we were at the front and it started to kick off between to families as one tried to let people through the queue to join them. The staff member was very professional and dealt with the situation very well defusing the argument. Though we were going to have a repeat of Legoland at this point.
After this Monkey Swinger had reopened so waited 40 minutes to ride that. It is ridiculous that only one member of staff operates this ride, causing loading, unloading and checking to be painfully slow. What happened to the days of being counted into the batching area during the ride, not after the previous rides guests have left. At least 5 minutes passed between each cycle and of course large numbers of people using the exit gate, slowing the queue further. Also does anyone know how long the water has not been working, it was off or broken today and really reduces the experience?
Then had lunch in a deserted Zafari, which was pretty average.
Next headed to bubble works to be faced with a 60 minute queue.
After this was offered a free fast track ticket for Dragon's Fury by a random who had to leave the park early. As much as I HATE fast track of course I didn't decline. However we had to wait 25 minutes for the ride. I found this outrageous and would have complained to AS had I purchased the ticket.
Finally at 5:20 decided to attempt the 70 minute queue for Kobra. This ride is another that has a painful waiting time and I was horrified to find twice throughout the wait the operator announce that the next ride will be exclusive to fast track ticket holders and exit passes to reduce theirs and then the main queue time. Fast track was clearly over sold and caused even Tiny Truckers to have an hour queue. I mean seriously, an hour for that!!!!!
And by then it was 6:40pm and the end of the day.
Some other queue lines we saw included 90 minutes for Zufari, 100 minutes for Tomb Blaster, and Fury peaked at 2 hours 10 mins at one point.
Apart from the poor operations still tried to make the day a good one and have to say all retail staff were amazing.

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

May as well just make the rides permanent opening schedule March until May and September to October. This happens most years.

Barbara Ann by Beach Boys

Except you only get to experience it for just over an hour. Should definitely revert back to the 8pm close at least in my view.

Except you only get to experience it for just over an hour. Should definitely revert back to the 8pm close at least in my view.

I have an old playlist (was written 2006) of songs played on WWTP Radio in general (Tidal Wave and Stealth Side). I'm not sure all of the songs still play but better than Nothing. It's In Alphabetical Order by Artist.
Apologies for it being so long, I tried to paste a table, but it changes the format of two columns to a single list. Song name not in bold, Artist in Bold.
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
The Animals
Barbara Anne
Beach Boys
Fun Fun Fun
Beach Boys
I Get Around
Beach Boys
Do It Again
Beach Boys
Surfin' Safari
Beach Boys
California Girls
Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
Beach Boys
409
Beach Boys
Surfin' USA
Beach Boys
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Beach Boys
California Dreaming
Beach Boys
When I Grow Up
Beach Boys
Hippy Hippy Shake
The Beatles
Chantilly Lace
The Big Bopper
Shake Rattle and Roll
Bill Haley & The Comets
In The Cool Cool, Cool of The Evening
Bing Crosby
Let's Coast Awhile
Bo Davis
Harlem Shuffle
Bob and Earl
Dream Lover
Bobby Darin
I Fought The Law
Bobby Fuller Four
Red Hot Car
Bobby Verne
Do You Love Me
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Hey Baby
Bruce Channel
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Bryds
That'll Be The Day
Buddy Holly
Rhythm of The Falling Rain
Cascades
Tequila
The Champs
Sweet Talking Guy
The Chiffons
He's So Fine
The Chiffons
Lollypop
The Chordettes
Let's Dance
Chris Montez
Sweet Little Sixteen
Chuck Berry
Living Doll
Cliff Richard
On The Beach
Cliff Richard
Yakety Yak
The Coasters
Mr Sandman
The Cordettes
Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
Crazy Elephants
Sixteen Candles
The Crests
Da Doo Ron Ron
The Crystals
At The Hop
Danny & The Juniors
The Stipper
Dave Rose
Runaway
Del Shannon
Runaround Sue
Dion
The Wanderer
Dion
A Teenager in Love
Dion & The Belmonts
Up On The Roof
The Drifters
Rebel Rouser
Duane Eddy
Summetime Blues
Eddie Cochran
C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochrane
Rock 'n' Bones
Elroy Dietzel
Hard Headed Woman
Elvis Presley
The Wonder of You
Elvis Presley
I'm All Shook Up
Elvis Presley
The Lighthouse
Elvis Presley
A Little Less Conversation
Elvis Presley
Teddy Bear
Elvis Presley
Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley
Bright Side Of Life
Eric Idle
Shortnin' Bread Rock
Elta James
Wake Up Little Susie
Everly Brothers
Bye Bye Love
Everly Brothers
I'm Walkin'
Fats Domino
Build Me Up Buttercup
The Foundations
Let's Hang On
The Four Seasons
New York New York
Frank Sinatra
Jezebel
Frankie Lane
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Frankie Lymon
Grease Is The Word
Frankie Valli
Twist Twist Senora
Gary US Bonds
Duke Of Earl
Gene Chandler
Be Bop a Lula
Gene Vincent
Tears On My Pillow
Grease
Carrie Anne
The Hollies
Have I The Right
The Honeycombs
Twist And Shout
The Isley Brothers
Higher and Higher
Jackie Wilson
I Get the Sweetest Feeling
Jackie Wilson
Papas Got a Brand New Bag
James Brown
Surf City
Jan & Dean
Sunny Afternoon
Jan & Dean
Great Balls of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis
When My Little Girl Is Crying
Jimmy Justice
Judy In Disguise
John Fred & His Playboy Band
Johnny Remember Me
John Leyton
We Go Together
John Travolta
The Promised Land
Johnnie Allen
Just Walking in The Rain
Johnnie Ray
You're Sixteen
Johnny Burnette
Ring Of Fire
Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash
Get Rhythm
Johnny Cash
Shaking All Over
Jonny Kidd
How Sweet It Is
Jr Walker & The Allstars
Bony Moronie
Larry Williams
It's My Party
Lesley Gore
The Locomotion
Little Eva
Good Golly Miss Molly
Little Richard
Long Tall Sally
Little Richard
Rip It Up
Little Richard
Tooty Fruity
Little Richard
True Fine Mama
Little Richard
Black is Black
Los Bravos
Jeepers Creepers
Louis Armstrong
Stormy Weather
Louis Armstrong
C'est Si Bon
Louis Armstrong
Everlasting Love
Love Affair
Summer In the City
Lovin' Spoonful
California Dreaming
Mamas and the Papas
Do Wah Diddy
Manfred Mann
Blue Moon
The Marcels
Venus In Blue Jeans
Mark Wynter
Nowhere To Run
Martha and The Vandellas
Dancing In The Streets
Martha and The Vandellas
Hang On Sloopy
The McCoys
59 Volvo
The Medallions
Day Dream Believer
The Monkees
Flowers In the Rain
The Move
In The Summertime
Mungo Jerry
Tobacco Road
Nashville Teens
Everybodys Talking
Nilsson
Yummy Yummy Yummy
The Ohio Express
Hopelessly Devoted to You
Olivia Newton-John
The Great Pretender
The Platters
First Cut Is The Deepest
PP Arnold
Hello Mary Lou
Ricky Nelson
Only The Lonely
Roy Orbison
Oh Pretty Woman
Roy Orbison
Soul Man
Sam & Dave
Needles And Pins
The Searchers
Sweets For My Sweet
The Searchers
Wow Wow Baby
The Searchers
Foot Tapper
The Shadows
FBI
The Shadows
Rock "N" Roll Is Here To Stay
Sha-Na-Na
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
The Big Bounce
Shirley Caddell
Venus
Shocking Blue
Barwick Green
Sidney Torch
Dance To The Music
Sly And The Family Stone
Lazy Sundays
Small Faces
Wipeout
Surfaris
Rock Everybody
The Teen Queens
Little Bitty Pretty One
Thurston Harris
Mony Mony
Tommy James & The Shodells
I'm So Dizzy
Tommy Roe
Amarillo
Tony Christie
Even The Bad Times Are Gone
The Tremeloes
She'd Rather Be With Me
The Turtles
We're Going To Barbados
Typically Tropical
The Musters
Unknown
Brand New Cadillac
Vince taylor
We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll
Wild Bill Moore
Black And White Rag
Winifred Atwell