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Kevin

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  1. I'll throw my tuppence in.For a start - any visitor destination that wants to succeed needs to hire the right staff, and TP just don't do that. They hire staff that sit 4 or 5 in control boxes, not talking to any guests, not religiously height checking which they should be, they don't even make and attempt to look happy or interested in what they're doing. I mean come on - you're working in a theme park, somewhere that is meant to be exciting and trust me it is great great fun to work in the place, but the staff are all just miserable and don't seem like they could give two flying ones. They'd rather interact with each other instead of interacting with the guests.Other places around the such as infrastructure and rides are absolutely awesome; the place is clean, neatly done and kept well. Great stuff, hope it stays like that.Fastrack is oversold to a point where everyone loses out though. It's a big loser for TP, yes its a clear mandate to basically print money, but its at the point of where the fastrack queues are so long that they are defeating the object - skipping a queue.I don't really like the place personally as the guests are a bunch of ****s, but that doesn't haze my vision of the park in other ways,
  2. Kevin replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
    Chris Denny's girlfriend rescued from swimming pool
  3. Kevin replied to Dan9's topic in UK Attractions
    Maybe they are changing.
  4. To be fair he probably does know a lot more than he lets on.And you'd be surprised about drinking coffee.
  5. Kevin replied to Pickles's topic in Nonsense
    Excuse me, where is Best Staff member?
  6. Kevin replied to Dan_Rush's topic in General Discussion
    But they also don't check restraints, or heights.Win some, lose some. Europa can't be compared to anything in this country - Health and Safety legislation takes the throughput away by preceding reasons, and Merlin rarely choose throughput megas like all of Europas' rides.
  7. Kevin replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
    Whenever I've unfortunately had to listen to BBC AN it just seems full of crap - yet other Asian directed/branded whatever networks seems to do it fine on a commercial basis.On what points do you think it should be saved?
  8. Yeah I'll come, seeing as I can't say I have a problem with anyone that is on the attending list!
  9. Elephants are unreliable though.Always feel the need to be loud and rude.
  10. Looks like the people that dismantled worked jolly hard.
  11. Kevin replied to James6's topic in UK Attractions
    Park dies off about 5.30.If gate figure warrants it at 1pm, they'll extend it an hour to 7pm.
  12. Kevin replied to Dan_Rush's topic in General Discussion
    The problem with fastback is that it is so close to the others systems within the park. I have regularly been working on a ride where you have three trains running, nearly 1000pph but there are so many people using the ride exit system either through exit passes or disability assistance, then you have a main queue of people and then on top of that a fastrack system. This is when you have issues and dilemmas. Do you stop letting main queue past merge point until the fastback queue is gone? Do you stop letting people into the fastrack queue and tell them to come back later? Do you stop onload side to fill trains full of exit riders?There is a bigger picture to all of this and I hope a company wide increase for cost of fastrack - it's turned into a service rather than a privilege.
  13. Cjw

    Kevin replied to Mark9's topic in The Real World
    Rest in peace Colin - this shows how maybe many of us at such a young age take such a meaningful thing for granted.
  14. Kevin replied to Dan_Rush's topic in General Discussion
    Double quoting for truth.
  15. Kevin replied to Dan_Rush's topic in General Discussion
    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha WOW.Post of the year Ricky, this is a totally different level of narrow mindedness - I totally agree with Astro.I think this prices going up is good - it's going to start pricing people out of buying fastrack, past the point of where it is value for money.And until then the park will continue to expand on already high revenues.
  16. Both of you, this place isn't for direct insults.Be indirect and sarcastic but if you're going to be insulting directly, take it to private message.
  17. Kevin replied to James6's topic in UK Attractions
    There is a lot more 6pm closes. Especially around the weekends.
  18. Kevin replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
    And there is a car off of the ride sitting about somewhere in Chessington!
  19. Kevin replied to Theme Park bloke's topic in The Real World
    Good afternoon Ice Factory Chris speaking
  20. Kevin replied to Theme Park bloke's topic in The Real World
    I don't need to say anything else.
  21. Kevin replied to Theme Park bloke's topic in The Real World
    And besides, how many people can say they've operated a rollercoaster/walked around a ride area/been harnessed walking around Nemesis ride area etc.
  22. Kevin replied to Phill's topic in Stuff
    Chase and Status - Blind FaithNero - Me and You.That's all!
  23. Kevin replied to Theme Park bloke's topic in The Real World
    I do it full time and I enjoy it.I enjoy what I do, who I work with, how we work together as a team, my progression from and above my current position and I've realised working with motivated people wears off on you. Yeah, it's minimum wage, yeah it's difficult sometimes but I enjoy it. If you enjoy something enough, money comes very low on the scale of importances!
  24. Kevin replied to Phill's topic in Nonsense
    One word - Southall.

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