James6

Great to hear you had a good day, and I'm still surprised that the queue's aren't through the roof.P.S Can you please edit and sort out the spelling, punctuation, everything really.

I would highly doubt it'll be open today. I think your going to have to prepare for the worst

Great Trip Report, thanks for taking the time to write it all out :)I must say queue's seem to be much less than previous years, this pre-booking thing seems to have worked!

Hocus Pocus Hall Bewitched :)Black Forest Haunt or Hocus Pocus Hall Bewitched

Difference between the parks, Chessington can handle the crowds...

Grass Vampire, during the day, or at night

The people with me , who were buying tickets on the day, on Monday went to the Kiosk and said who was entering and the guy said, I'm sure you'd like an offer ?Or something like that, and it was 2 for 1. But I 100% saw yesterday the advert saying that it was 2 for 1 till Sunday :)I would probably print off the voucher in small as a sort of insurance

I thought that but I'm pretty sure they don't do that type of boat. My first guess was Intamin, but then it would be likely to have restraints. Probably a company we've not heard of before :)Edit: Ah right, thanks Paul

I would think so, but last night on the tube, in a newspaper there was a Chessington advert. And it said 2 for 1 entry till this Sunday, No voucher or anything, just 2 for 1 entry.This is what happened on Monday when some of the people I was with bought there tickets.

Yeah, that would be ridiculous, but I have a Merlin Annual Pass so that is why I used the priority access line. Still I would prefer 1 hour and 30 mins than 3 hours which was apparently the general admissions line.

I visited yesterday, it was my first visit and I had a great time. The whole attraction flowed really well and not once did I lose a sense of where I was supposed to be. I did however think the boat ride was great Does anyone know the manufacturer?Also I was disappointed with Extremis, I had heard great reviews, but there wasn't a wait, obviously because you go round in groups and I don't see why it's therefore so short. One drop towers work when there tall, but shorter towers need a bit more. Does anyone know the manufacturer of this either ?Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it. But a 1 hour and 30 min queue to get in was a bit much, and that was in the Priority access queue!

Gosh, that's crazy, it was nowhere near that busy on Monday.About them not being allowed to get people wet with the fountains, they were on Monday, I would guess its just because of the weather. Any complaints wouldn't be valid as you can see your getting wet before the ride.

Guys! ( And Gals )Remember, you have 2 days left to get your entries in!

I don't think you can buy them at admissions, but they won't have sold out at opening. To be honest I doubt you'll even need express pass'.If you enter through the South ( grass car park) entrance, then just next to the sign for toilets is an Express Pass Kiosk, and I'm sure there is one close-ish/ near to the north entrance as well

Right... Well!I got to the park about half 2 and left , annoyingly at 8.15, but we can forget about that,Walked down a very nice looking Towers Street, to much lower than expected queue's. I had heard Nottingham and around there were on half term last week so I'm guessing that's why. When entering I saw Air: 35Nemesis: 25Oblivion: 0Rita: 35So first ride was of course the unbelievable Nemesis, and then on the more believable Air.The park, apart from Towers Street had barely anything added really. A couple of smoke machines here and there, the Nemesis Bus getting a spruce up, Skeleton's on Oblivion's hole and I think that's it really.The park really does look stunning in the dark though, with the Towers illuminated in green and then Towers Street reflecting on the water, it is a great place to be when it's dark.Duel:Live was , as last year brilliant, more actors this year, a couple just to say hello, others which physically made my hair stand on end. :)Ok so lets get to what I all wanted to tell you, Nemesis queue was advertised the whole day at about 20/25 mins but actually if you queued for it, it was about 10/15. After half 6 it was walk on-5 mins.I of course took the opportunity to use the single rider queue so I wouldn't have to walk around the queue lots of times. Your not going to believe it, but I did single rider 5 times , and 4 times I was at the front... It was incredible.So, sorry Vampire but not even your incredible tunnel is enough to hold your place against Nemesis, in the dark, at the front, 4 times :DOh and possibly the highlight, Runaway Mine Train was running the fastest it's been since the crash which is fantastic!Ride CountNemesis x6Air x 2Oblivion x 2Spinball Whizzer x 2Rita x 1Runaway Mine Train x 1Duel: Live x 1Bit disappointed by that but company limited number of rides. Sill I've never had 4 rides at the front of Nemesis :PChessington is definately my preffered park, Alton just feels a bit "empty" if you know what I mean.Pictures!Is that enough Nemesis ?I think that's pretty much it! Thanks for reading!

I got in the queue about 2 and it was 25 mins/30 minsI think later it would have been about an hour.

Oh awesome :DHocus Pocus Hall: Bewitched was brilliant Forogt a Ride Count, so here we go :DDragon's Fury x 2Vampire x 3Rattlesnake x 5/6Safari SkywayBlack Forest HauntHocus Pocus Hall: BewitchedBubbleworksSealife CenterRunaway TrainNot a lot but a truly great day.

Here is that leaflet Outfit was talking about ( I assume )Also look closely and you can see, the logo has had an update. I think it looks great

I went to Chessington yesterday and it was just fantastic.There effort made is second to none and it really was just incredible, first thing we did was head to Vampire for the little'un and the atmosphere in Transylvania was electric, especially as there wasn't anyone else here at that time, but spiders, lights, witches webs etc etc made it just incredible.Just a quick report today as I'm tired and getting ready for an evening session at Alton Towers tonight HighlightsHocus Pocus Hall: Bewitched! This was absolutely brilliant, I don't really know what else to say without spoiling it! One thing, we queued from the point where it said 60 mins, and it took 20 mins, which was great, but we were almost put off by it, and I'm sure a lot of people would have been. 9.5/10Black Forest Haunt: Like HPH:B This was just fantastic, the effort made was unbelievable, smoke machines everywhere, lights, hearse's just everything. Once again I don't want to spoil it but all I'm going to say is... "I crashed my hearse and my dead body ran away" Plenty of laughs to be had on this. 10/10Vampire: In the dark, this is my No.1 ride. The tunnel is one of the single most fantastic experiences ever. You plunge into the smoke filled tunnel and hear wolf howling noises, then after being blinded by the On ride photo camera, racing lights around the corner tease you before that "phwoar" moment. Hard to explain, just experience it and you'll know what I mean.And just the general effort around the parkI don't have one bad thing to say but a couple of things to improve.The flames on Dragon's Fury were so infrequent and short I doubt many people would even notice them.Oh actually, one bad thing. If you are visiting Halloween Hocus Pocus, don't waste your time with the Fiery Faun show. Lets just say he's more like the excruciatingly-boring-less-fiery-than-a-teabag- faun.He spends so long telling a story, and then eventually gets to one fire blow thing and that's pretty much it. You spend the whole time waiting for the fire and it doesn't really happen. Not even the tiny-tots with me today enjoyed it.Oh and one annoying thing. Whilst on the Safari Skyway I saw one kid amongst the hay and pumpkins near the North entrance, and was picking them up and moving an throwing them around! And then further along, more kids were playing catch with the pumpkins near Seastorm. How can parents let there kids do that?It really was incredible and you've just got to experience it.Edit:This is the one of the single best things I have ever seen, if you've seen it, you'll know why :DAbsolutely hilariousThe majority of my pictures from yesterday were rubbish, sorry to dissapoint guys

I did this yesterday, and...It was one of the best attractions I've done. I was wrong and it is an actual sort of walk-through thing where you queue for and are shown around in groups.It was fantastic and a must for anyone going to Halloween Hocus Pocus. It was scary, a few jumps here and there but it was absolutely hilarious

Thanks, Wow that sounds quite impressive and a lot "more" than I was expecting I stand corrected

I agree, I much prefer the idea of area's themed to different places in the world

Great to hear you had a good day, I'm looking forward to that trip report :)I'm going tomorrow and really am very very excited :DDragon's Fury in the dark , Woooo

I would say that's definitely a coincidence, good thinking though :)I also thought Mortalis was a good name and rolls of the tongue along with Nemesis and Oblivion. If that is the name, I think we can definitely believe it's not going to be a "family" coaster :)As long as it's not "The Woodcutter"...