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I was hoping to go too Chessington for mine, and sent off for the application form and everything, but the time my work experience is, is like the one time of year they can't do it. Also it would be expensive to travel there everyday for two weeks.In the end I'm working at the MK Dons Stadium as Assistant Coach So that should still be fun, but not as much so as Thorpe or Chessington would be, good luck Paul!Mine's in a few weeks so that should be pretty awesome

Ha, yes I saw that a few days ago! :)Good bit of publicity there

Fantastic trip report, thanks! :PGreat to hear you had a fantastic day, and if it's this busy on the first Saturday , what's it going to be like during half-term around Halloween!Your review of The Asylum has really made me want to try a scare maze, hopefully when at Alton Towers in a couple of weeks I'll try Terror Of The Towers.Edit: Quantum at 30 mins :)Can the queue even hold that much ?Also out of interest, which 2 rides did you do in the dark ?

Probably the Mazes , but I would rather be an actor out and about, possibly in the Saw Plaza, would reduce the risk of getting shanked by a chav ;)Queue 1 hour for Saw in the day, or 2 hour's for Saw in the dark.

Ah right Thanks for clearing that up, so you won't have to queue for it or anything?

Ah yes, actually that's a good point, and it does sort of feel like a "team" trying to defeat the different things in each "stage."I was just trying to think how to make that queue move a bit quicker as Duel's does move so quickly

Very sorry for double post but it was a good few weeks ago now :)I've always wondered with Tomb Blaster, would it be able to be converted so it could run single cars like Duel? Tomb Blaster has such a slow moving queue wheras Duel, is probably one of, if not the fastest queue I've been in.

1 on Dragon's Fury , I love Rattle, and can do it loads but not all at once! Plus Dragon's Fury is just amazing Dragon Falls or Bubbleworks.

Tomb Blaster, but there both awesome :)Rattlesnake or Rameses Revenge

Depends what the job was, but I'll go for working at a Theme ParkOn Vampire, Front or Back?

Depends what the job was, but I'll go for working at a Theme ParkOn Vampire, Front or Back?

Depends, if it was heavily themed then yes, and would really support the family image the park is going for, but the whole family, even the older brother. So, err Yes ;)If you could work at either of these, where would it be?Chessington or Alton Towers

Sorry!, Forgot to put that on, the closing date will be the 1st of November!

That's a cruel one... hmm I'm gonna go with Samurai, you can get unbelieveable rides on it.By the way I'd personally have Quantum at Chessington Vortex or Slammer

Ok the last Challenge was a bit of a fail, mainly because I forgot ;)But with Halloween upon us, there would be no other choice as a Challenge but Halloween!So the challenge is just To get the best picture you can of something to do with Halloween at any of the Merlin Parks.I thought with a huge group of you going tomorrow you could all get some entries then , so remind each other :PAnd anyone who's going over the next couple of weeks, take some pictures! :)Good Luck Snappers!

As bad as Rumba Rapids is, I'd prefer it to Depth Charge.Quantum.. Leave it at Thorpe or Move it to Chessington?

From what I've heard the existing area "Wild Woods" will be split, and then another area will be built up next to it. Not a clue what new rides are going to be added though.

The most likely, IMO, thing the world first will be is... Basically inside the building, the train goes onto a piece of track which then does vertical movements like an elevator although obviously a lot sharper and quicker, I also think there'll be special effects and audio whilst in the building. Hopefully I've explained that quite clearly, but I agree with you MonsterDan I think this coaster looks like a standalone coaster, not even looking at the fact it's a world first :)If you look at some construction pictures, the train enters the building, and it exits it about 8/10 meters below, going backwards. So I think the above sounds the most likely.

Eventually the plus/minus thing will balance out. I started off with a few minus' but as others have said, it's nothing to worry about. I'd just think extra carefully when your posting.Another thing I've noticed though lately with all these new members is the amount of pointless new topics,New people's I recommend you really do search everywhere to see if a similar topic exists, and then ask yourself is it really 100% relevant, or are people going to find it interesting/fun to talk about.An idea I had recently is, too create a few more roles in the forum and have a couple of "Forum Manager" type roles, where 2 people especially knowledgeable about that particular park would get that role and can patrol that forum and make admins lives easier. Also new members could PM a Forum Manager about whether a topic is worth starting.So there could be 2 Forum Managers for Thorpe Park2 Forum Managers for Chessingtonand 2 Forum Managers for Alton TowersWhat do you guys think? I was pretty pleased with myself when I thought it up.

Yep, definately, on a day which ended up filling to capacity, in the morning I was allowed to stay on Nemesis Inferno 3 or 4 times ( can't remember exactly ) without getting off.Ahh good times :)But these tips really will help anyone.

Pictures of the forest part of the ride are now available.In my opinion this looks absolutely unbelieveable!Towers TimesThanks to TowersTimes

That sounds awesome! :)Very excited about this year's Halloween Hocus PocusThe fact it's a maze but not a scare maze really appeals to me I'm still struggling to imagine exactly where it is though.

I am so jealous of all these people who have been these past few days! Sounds amazing with all the queue's so low, I would probably actually try a maze for the first time

As Paul has said, excellent topic :)The worst thing you can do is walk around the park seeing what the queue's are like, you could end up walking round 2 or 3 times, and even then you may still think there all too long, just at the start of the day, prioritise the rides you MUST do, the rides you want to do, and the rides you'd like to do but your not bothered about. Gandhi's advice is spot on in the order you should do the day, especially about getting there early, you can get Colossus, Stealth and Nemesis Inferno done a good handful of times by 11, and will really start your day of before the park becomes all atmospheric and busy as the day goes on.Also as Paul said, you'll struggle finding queue's with short queue's after 12pm, in fact there likely to be very long/extreme, I am another one who used to walk around the park until I found something I could be bothered to queue for.And as others have said, Fright Nights, can be a brilliant day out so enjoy it

That can be fixed by Thorpe simply running it at a more intense setting that's actually worth queuing the time it gets, It in my opinion is the most "hit and miss" ride on park. Sometimes you get absolutely fantastic rides, but the majority of the time, you don't. It won't be leaving anytime soon though, it is iconic and it fits in perfectly with Lost City, it also is a great start and end to the day seeing it swing high over the lake.