MattyMoo

Just spotted that Mind Gap is now referred to as Mind The Gap at the top in "Your Progress"... I did say a train carriage all along, just sayin... PS. Is Jart going to any meets soon?

They say this now... that's before the inevitable cost-cutting and budget-restraints when/if it comes to fruition.

I think that applies to most of the attractions at Chessie, no?

That 2016 page is incredibly informative.

On the website - Mind Gap... that's an odd turn of phrase, sounds like a play on words of "Mind The Gap" to me. Expect a train carriage I say

Would be very pleasantly surprised if it does reopen for the season - but the fact they are actually working on installing barriers etc. obviously shows that they are going to re-open it... at some point.

Are the Lorikeets still SBNO?

Oh well, another one bites the dust...

Not if they are filling every other boat I guess! Kobra now has a 2 hour 20 minute queue. #winning

Fun times again today - Fury & Peking Unavailable, Skyway, Rattlesnake and Tomb still down. Black Bucanneer: 50 Bubbleworks: 90 Falls: 60 Jumbos: 30 Jungle Bus: 30 Kobra: 60 Monkey Swinger: 30 Treetop Hoppers: 50 Scorpion: 45 Seastorm: 55 Tiny Truckers: 55 Toadies: 40 Vampire: 80 Zufari: 25 Assume the grass car park really is as bad as people are making out? Seems crazy parking on that considering how waterlogged the ground must be! EDIT: Fury reopens, boom 90 minute queue. Bubbleworks & Vampire now 120 minutes. Lovely.

Thorpe I mean Jart has been awfully quiet since popping in to share the Minds Wanted website

Indeed. Done on purpose do you think or just one of those things? Chessington's Tripadvisor makes for entertaining reading by the way. It's not just "enthusiasts" that can see what has happened to the park.

This. As I was saying elsewhere - I'm not a Harry Potter fan, but I was completely blown away just standing around in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley. Similarly - the Simpons Land area's attention to detail was just as impressive at Universal... and at Epcot too, to be fair!

Double post to say Chessie have changed their ride availability page so the closed rides just appear in the "Normal operation" section now

This. I had the exact same problem when I went in May last year - I did eventually get on though luckily as I love Ramases I haven't been to any Merlin parks this year (yet)

Same - we visited in April this year - bit of a mission getting to Universal when staying in Disney without a hire car I'm not a Potter fan at all, but I was blown away by both Potter Lands - felt such a noob not working out you had to go behind the tube station entrance to get to one bit, d'oh! Theming of all things Harry Potter is just off the scale and you'd be forgiven for thinking that was a bona-fide street in London and/or Leicester Square station. Agree Hulk queue is dated.... as to Dr. Doom, I was fearing a Detty style drop but nothing of the sort, in fact it did anything but fill me with "doom" and was rather pleasant It's old but we both really enjoyed Disaster! - can't see why that stays in place of Twister but there you go.

7 Rides currently down - the usual 3 plus Peeking Heights, Canopy Capers (!), Black Buccaneer and AMAZU Tree Top Adventure - but perhaps the weather isn't helping today, granted. Park sounds busy though: Bubbleworks 75, Dragon's Fury 60, Vampire 45 Just looked at Alton's times - everything 0 minutes, except Sonic at 5 and Mr Bloom at 20? Wow.

That tunnel on WC16 looks ideal for a train carriage to me... but I could be completely wrong!

At least it's painted the same colour as X

I won't queue for more than 30 minutes for anything, I just CBA... although that said the girlfriend and I did queue for nearly an hour to meet Baymax at Hollywood Studios Orlando but that is entirely different He had a problem and kept deflating!

True but doubt that will appease the guests on park. Bad times at Chessie. I saw Vampire peak at 2 hours yesterday - anyone know what's the longest queue that can be accommodated?

Don't worry Ryan, there's over 40 attractions!

6 rides currently - Dragon Falls, Monkey Swinger, Dragon's Fury, Rattlesnake, Safari Skyway and Tombblaster. That's outrageous. Vampire has a 2 hour wait, Tiny Truckers 1 hour, Seastorm 40 minutes, Peeking Heights 45 minutes, Scorpion Express 50 minutes, Ramases Revenge 30 minutes (Whaaaaat!), Kobra 70 minutes, Bubbleworks 40 minutes and Black Bucanner 45 minutes. I thought Bubbleworks would be longer than that all things considered

I'm in shock by that - more shock than when I found out Lorikeet Lagoon had been closed all season.

Just doing a scan of the CWoA Facebook as I like to now and again... some classic reading on there at the moment regarding ride availability (or lack of) Going to be lots of "come back for free" vouchers being handed out today as the website currently saying Dragon's Fury, Rattlesnake, Safari Skyway and Tomb Blaster are all closed today, with Monkey Swinger temporarily unavailable. EDIT: Looking on complaints on FB - Tiny Truckers has a Fast-track queue? The humanity...!