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And theme parks don't have months of being packed solid between the hours of 9-6 (possibly longer at late notice)? I think it's more a lot of people here are comparing the role of ride host to the wrong things... It's an unique role as it features so many different aspects (guest interaction, safety, throughput focus, etc) which when a park is at full capacity of guests angry as they keep having to queue for rides and what-not, it's not a role for the light-hearted... What mentality? Some of us are stating that ride staff work excessively hard for long extended periods of time over the March-November season... Closing a park at 11pm would not be beneficial to those younger staff members (as mentioned, UK parks hire a LOAD of young seasonals) if they have to hang around in an area which isn't the easiest to travel to (I doubt many buses run after 11pm, or trains) car aside... Having experienced Chessie at high numbers (18k odd a few times), it's near as damn akin to Christmas shopping busyness... And lasts for two months as well...

Clearly you have never worked in a theme park environment... I'm sure if you actually did a couple of shifts (let's say you start at 2 for the evening shift) for a typical 8 hour day at any park during busy season and had to stay behind until gone 1am you wouldn't say the same thing... The staff's well-being would come into any decision based on work hours... That's pretty simple management right there... And the theme park industry is a very different kettle of fish to the other job roles you listed... Indeed, how is sitting in a call centre comparable? And of course shops and petrol stations are always packed at 11pm in the evening with staff rushed off their feet... Restaurants are really the only similar place of work for having to speed around everywhere (and is more likely a more difficult job than theme park lackey), but it also still has quiet hours (dinner rush is what, 6-9 on average? So even for a late opening restaurant, not that many remain busy at 11pm)... But as I said, it's quite clear you've not worked on rides, otherwise you would give a crap about the staff...

A thought occurs, the stupidly high fencing surround the ride and the area, do we reckon it's because of the infamous Tomb Blaster fall? Just an explanation behind it then (not that it makes ANY sense)...

Don't think they'll have to worry too much about it taking forever to set (or not do so, another issue they encountered this year) with the way the weather is looking...

Having a bit of an Offspring revival in my time atm; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR6A-Bk9eZQ&list=UUF3EnnuLjeab3r8l1k2rV9g&index=9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzY2Qcu5i2A

Josh, you forgot: *watching test video* "It's running way too slow to be any good"

Mark9 riding with Richard Hammond there... Wearing that Palace shirt

I TRIED to buy a snack whilst waiting for Dreams, but as Disney Paris are crap they had shut all the popcorn stands AND the crepe shop... And I'm sure the staff would love to deal with a 2 hour queue on Saw at 11pm... And I again mention transport links as a potential issue to late night openings... As said, Thorpe does not have enough non-ride stuff or is big enough to warrant excessive opening times... Indeed, plan smart and you can get the park done in 3 hours, have lunch and go home... IF they brought in things to do OTHER than queue (which is another issue, after lunch activities are basically, queue or queue) up for things and space out the day more (like the old Farm, but that isn't great for the new audience) Thorpe would definitely see a rise in guest satisfaction...

Isn't the old noise restriction order put on the park (and that area) still in place? Considering lifts are only generally noisy because of the anti-rollbacks, I would say that it is a noise related thing...

Disney Awesome... [Local Positioning System Dark Ride, akin to Tokyo's Winnie the Pooh dark ride]

From Towersstreet The jacket................................................ The blonde

Meanwhile, at SeaWorld... Source - Screamscape

25 days worth of testing required apparently... Still doable to open mid-May (although maybe not the penciled in date of the 18th, looking like the week after (which is Half Term, wahey) atm), as they can still finish the paths/fences/etc (which have already been started) during testing like they did with Swarm (and every other coaster ever)... Shame it's so late, because quite frankly, it's amazing to look at... But this might give Merlin a little poke in the face to say "Look, this is what happens when you rush massive coaster projects! Unexpected delays happen and cause it to finish/open late and in excess cause issue with guest numbers"... I think the compact nature of the ride also didn't particularly help construction either as well (in addition to the groundwork trouble, snow, wind, alien beasties rising up from the ground, secret vaults being discovered, curses, etc)... This project is probably the most complex in the UK (the more they built, the more complicated it got to build the rest of it with lack of space, etc), and definitely sits up there with Oblivion and Nemesis for complexity... Either way, looks like it might be opening when I'm away, which is good, means I can avoid the inevitable descension of goons on the park and the inevitable cries of it being 'crap', 'rough', 'not better than Nemesis', etc.

If they're gonna have a later park opening they'd have to put on a fair few more buses over the night... Wonder how much that'll cost them...

A correct Grammar Coaster?

No sarcasm, it's just a result of a stupid censor system...

Why the feck is Light-water on the censor-list? *facepalm*

By reacting, do we mean when the flame actually ignites, or when it fails to and covers the area in a gas cloud of death?

So gorgeous Also, the Hypnotiser leg is being done... Theme Park Worldwide

Hong Kong Disney have opened Mystic Manor, and it looks damn awesome... Massive spoilers obvs... Some of the animatronics in there are just amaze... And I want the monkey

Hah! I knew when I saw it from Skyride yesterday it wasn't set properly...