James6

Yes, because running 2 trains scares everyone away... The same amount of people will be riding, maybe not ALL seats will be filled on EVERY train, but that doesn't negate the need for the 2nd train. Just means that staff have the option to have a more relaxed day and dispatch (slightly) slower, thus getting enough people to ride (not that that's even a reason...) but also no queue when there doesn't need to be... I think that your actually under-estimating the GP, they do actually know (usually) when a ride could have another train, or be run at a higher capacity, and that can really detract from the day. And if I went on a quiet day, and still had to queue for 20 minutes due to shoddy operations, yes, queueing 20 minutes would be frustrating. And are you suggesting that I/people get fastrack when the park is running one train on rides?

Yes. But yeah, really do think that if this was at Alton and Rita was on 1 train with a 10 minute queue, you'd have a very different opinion.

Can I just say, I'm going to back that up too, word for word.

For Thorpe, sounds like a good day :)Aha, anyway, shame to hear about that. Rides running on less than full capacity, when it "could" be, really grates on me as well.

^ Agree word for word.

Easily...You can still enjoy your day even if things have happened which have detracted from it, sometimes if these "things" are big enough to complain about.

Rare enough so that they can operate

^^ Just an observation... Ricky, why do you call everyone who disagrees with you stupid...?Really pisses me off.

^ Agreed, and also with the park being so close to Chessington, I'm sure if a major ride was down, more than a few would either change the date, or head a couple of junctions down. Of course, that's if you weren't going to Chessington in the first place

Remember this was back when the park was just starting. The same could be said for The Dragon and why they went with WGH Transportation.

Your never going to please everyone with the merchandise you sell, and to be honest I think Thorpe's a pretty good.

It's just the way the manufacturer chooses to do it.I also think with Saw it's something to do with how the car attaches to the chain.

I just think that now there are the guns there is the thought that nothing needs to happen any more. Which isn't the case, the guns do not eliminate the need for better scenes. There is great theming, I jsut on't think it's used as well as it could. I also would love a sort of "Tour Guide" or "Mission Control" audio throughout the ride.But definitely agreed there Bill

I "think" it's £8/£10 for next day or £14/£16 for any time in the season. At the very least they're around those figures.

Yes he would

Hate to say it Jake, but I read it (as difficult as it was to read) and actually chose not to reply to prevent myself from nit-picking at your idea's which in my opinion, were really poor.

Why do people seem to think the only good rides are thrill rides...?Ugh.

^ That's why I said a 4 hour queue... 4 x 500 = 2000 :blink:Actually underestimating it a bit there...Edit: Woops I got confused, thought you said you were visiting on an estimated 2000 day. Ugh, an excellent joke goes to waste all because of my stupidity :'(

Depends, if they all decide to do Fury at the same time, you've got yourself a 4 hour queue I'm afraid.

Meh, I think the drop is certainly big enough. However sometimes what happens is the "fake" drop is too big and therefore the main drop is smaller than usual, making it less forceful.I still think it's an epic ride element though

Remember this is Zamperla... Not the highest quality rides ever made by any stretch of the imagination.

It happens whenever Slammer is unavailable, I assume so that if they are doing work on it and it falls or anything then people are a far enough distance away.It also stop people queueing for it to re-open.The area cut off is basically all the area containing Slammer from the edge of the toilets building.But yeah, Slammer is an epic ride

I think that's a matter of opinion...

Sounds like those new style Vekoma trains + restraint's have worked absolute wonders!Also glad to hear you had a great trip, it's definitely a park I'd love to visit and hope to sometime soon I'd also like to hear what you thought of Mammut, but I do love Mine train's

When your customers are like the majority of Thorpe's, it doesn't surprise me. The park knows it makes sense to have 2 trains on and then take them off rather than have one on and build a queue and then put it on making it even longer, why it doesn't do it, well the crowd control explanation sounds plausible, if not slightly cynical.Who remember's during Stealth's construction?"Stealth will have 3 trains so it will always be able to run at maximum capacity."