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It does though, it benefits them , the amount of times I enter a queue under the assumption its that advertised, and from experience about 75% of the time it's completely inaccurate, which I would guess would cause a lot of complaints, I think coming into this busy time of year there pretty much just insuring themselves really. However I do think this is going to cause even more complaints and I still don't get why Thorpe's queue times are always inaccurate when every other park in the world uses pretty much the same system but at least gets close enough. I'm not asking for up to the minute accuracy, just for it to be accurate enough where you know when entering a queue if your prepared to queue that long.

That is absolutely ridiculous, it's Thorpe Park , stating the obvious much?I really can't believe this to be honest :PI do think something needed to be done about this, but this is just going to make it worse.

Oh my god your right , And it's just nowhere near accurate enough, if it's 4:30 and you've got to be at the car park for 6 you could join a "Busy que" which is 60+ , I'm sorry but at Fright nights queue's are very often much more than 60+It's ridiculous just how inaccurate it is,If there using this strange ( to say the least) systemIt should be more;1- 0-152- 15-30 3- 30- 454- 45- 605- 60- 756- 75-907- 90-1058- 105-1209- 120+In which case you may aswell use the system in use before, that every single other park in the world uses, it's just another thing Thorpe can't seem to get right.I still think the answer is,

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Going to Chessington sometime over the next few Saturdays and definately planning at least one trip to Halloween Hocus Pocus, Will be the first time in 6 years so can't wait!

That's ridiculous, it's just to give them more leeway, the queue boards at Thorpe are always woefully unreliable and I find are more often than not completely inaccurate. I really think at all the Merlin parks, but more Thorpe, the system or a similar system to the one at Disney needs to be used. Every so often a member of staff at the entrance to the ride will hand a card to someone entering the queue, just before they ride they hand this to a member of staff in the station, they then scan it in and that figure is then advertised , maybe with 5/10 mins added to allow for delays etc.It works excellently and you can always trust that the queue is near enough to what is shown.Also I agree with Themeparkmad, 0-30 is not quiet. 30-60 is not average and 60+ should be extremely busy.

Great pictures and great trip report.I agree with pretty much everything you've said about Alton really, Duel: Live is fantastic and Duel, like you say is pretty dire.Oblivion's hole looks nice and full of mist which is good :PThanks for uploading

Oh my god , never ever had any clue that those effects were there, I wonder if there still installed, if so they should definitely be fixed! :PGreat find

I agree it does looks brilliant but it is apparently quite rough because of the OTSR's ( Same one's as on Rita and Stealth)I do wish the same thought/creativity had been put into Stealth.

hmm Snowboarding :)Football or Rugby

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From experience, Duel has a LOT more targets and there's also yellow ones which are worth more. ( 200 or 500 or something along those lines.)Also the ride isn't longer in terms of time but I think it is in terms of track, therefore you go through more targets at a faster pace. You do always seem to score a LOT more points on Duel, even saying that 90000+ is an amazing score

Ha :PAs you say I can imagine flying through Transylvania and through the trees is a much better experiance when most of it's in the dark but either way I can't wait to ride it in the dark this year.In the queue you can notice how close it gets to the ground on the bit before the turn before the 2nd lift.

If I remember rightly, on my first ride a few weeks after opening, the water was red.Here's a video on Thorpe's Facbook of SAW: The Ride.Saw Video on Thorpe's FacebookI think it's an amazing video and shows the ride off in the perfect way..Sorry if it's already been brought up.

I didn't realise just how close the cars/ bottom wheel things got to the ground!Chessington FacebookAlso makes me think how awesome it's gonna be a Halloween Hocus Pocus :PVampire rocks

Ah ok, thanks for clearing that up :PIs it/ has it ever been operated in manual or are ride op's not allowed to?

Ah, yes actually that does make sense.Thanks for explaining, I didn't even think of that.

Really? I checked before I went and couldn't find anything, thanks very much

Oh my god , I've been on them! You don't actually get very wet, they are VERY fun :)As you say the water is extremely dirty, unlike Dragon Falls ( Had to make it on topic )The water being clean really does improve the whole appearance of the ride.

Yes I do love how the water is clear :)It is so much nicer flowing round clear water than green water

Your going to make this ?If I wasn't such a wuss that sounds amazing and extremely well thought out

Yes that is exactly what happened during the Summer/ busy period, I think at quieter times of the year they only let Annual Pass holder through at the turnstiles until 10. And yes when ERT ends you carry about your way as usual, as Alton Towers is so big you usually get an extra 15 mins or so if your at Forbidden Valley for example, before the general public have caught up. ( 10 mins if they're a surprisngly fit bunch that day )

To be honest, I agree, I would love to be able to ride at the back more often and if you think about it, it would make sense to put the disabled guests further forward in the train in the middle. As with most rides I assume the back gives the more intense ride and could cause a problem, very unlikely though.Edit: Fixed, thanks for pointing that out Paul, I don't see how that happened!