Benin

Jesus Christ that character is TERRIFYING... But, Roland

PARROT COASTER!!! So want with it's LED eyes

Are we asking these people if they would prefer 30 minutes on one train, or a lower queue with two trains? What's the point in comparing off-peak and peak days? Ask people if they want a 30 minute queue with one train or a 0 minute queue with two trains, and it's obvious what people would prefer... One train operation is horrid... Just generally is... Hell if Europa can run 4 trains on EuroSat and EuroMir on a dead day (walk on queues) why can't Thorpe run two trains, allow guests an even better day, and let them spend less time in a queue and spend in shops/food outlets... Oh wait, I know, it's the pushing of Fastrack that every single park seem to do nowadays, but Thorpe are much worse for it, which of course, affects the park operations even worse... I can even attest to the whole "Fastrack was the only reason I had a good day" as I did that this year... So aggravating to see the park operations in the south (this topic could SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO be done for Chessie as well) be so poor...

Tracks fracturing isn't too rare an occurance for it to be an unbelievable thing, it happens especially a lot on Nemesis... Just kinda comes with the forces and stress that occur on the track... I would imagine the very bottom of Blivvy's drop bends and moves a damn lot, so would be prime suspect for a potential track fault... Dunno if it's true, but it's not toooooo far-fetched not to be if that makes any sense...

Oh yeah, Swarm's makes sense, as does Saw's tbh as it is 'MEANT' to be some form of warehouse jobbie... Warehouse would have one... Wonder if SW7 will have one...

They put Sub Terra in one And obviously Swarm's shop... But for the most part, they kinda make sense (Thirteen's defo doesn't, but then again, none of that area does)... Of course, the hotel idea still sucks...

This... A lot... Not that Merlin help themselves, I'm so bored of shipping container jokes...

Sure it's half and half... Otherwise why don't Chessie fill up Vampire's station anymore? (Aside from Chessie's operating standards falling)

I worked at a park where if it's main coaster was on one train, it was perhaps the most pointless thing I've ever seen in my life... It happened once I think, and I found it incredibly amusing and stupid, as everyone getting off wanted to re-ride, but they couldn't because of the one train operation... So what if a queue only peaks at 30 minutes for about an hour if that? I don't really see it as an excuse for only running the one train when it's easily doable for two (I accept it when the train is borked, like with Colossus), but it's all about guest experience, and having queues on empty days (where people go NOT expecting queue) AND to sell Fastrack on these days is a real example of how out of touch Thorpe are with being able to give a GOOD guest experience at times... As Mark says above though, the problem is how long it takes staff to get the second train in, it averages about 10-20 minutes at times for them to even get it in with a full staff number, imagine our shock when Katun's TWO members of staff (including op) suddenly out of nowhere brought out the second train even though they didn't really need it yet... Big difference there, especially when they cycled it once and then loaded it... Hell, when Thorpe put a second train on, it's announced as a breakdown, so that makes people actually leave the queue... What's the point in that? Thorpe is also getting busier on weekdays because of the target market's tendancy to have a few days off due to college/uni timetables, so they're needing to put two trains on more regularly at least, but they don't seem to be doing it... And because of the guest mentality that off peak days are empty (it is there), having lower operations causing longer queues and of course the random day of selling Fastrack, it doesn't lend well to a good overall day... And annoyed guests don't spend money or come back... Especially if they've already spent their money on buying Fastrack...

Wasn't that the point of Stealth having 3 trains after Rita was deemed awful? So still running 1 train on empty days... Why do Towers run 2 on empty days then? I don't get why Thorpe seem to love making people queue so much when queueing means spending less money, especially problematic on empty days when a few things (retail/food outlets) aren't open anyways... Le sigh, Thorpe need to go on some guest relations course over the winter, because it's their biggest flaw...

But they CAN'T be full, they're NEVER full!

Yet another stupid world's first claimed by a UK park... What is our obsession with such matters?

If they did couples rooms, they'd make them smaller... I quite like option to throw my bags and assorted crap on the bunk beds, knowing they won't be touched... See also, Europa Park...

How does the venerable Lord Sanbrooke know all this? I've never seen such information about Hex (or other Madhouses) online ever...

Erm, yeah, I was responding to OTHER people... I think I know that Vekoma don't build a spinning coaster in the same vein as Maurer Sohne, don't be so snarky with your bold double posting... If you were to read OTHER posts, someone asked about a retheme to Lost City, and someone questioned about spinning coaster in the dark... ON THIS PAGE... Maybe I'm not the one who should read up on facts before posting...

Thorpe, theme their ride to an old themed area? Nah, won't happen, they don't even believe Lost City exists anymore... And spinning coasters in the dark have been done, the relatively awful Caligstro at Rainbow Magicland and the rather fab Crush's Coaster at Walt Disney Studios are two examples...

But... That to me, reads that they have no upper limit set at all... Ergo, can be seen as the park can easily sell an 'unlimited' amount of Fastrack per day... Sticking a decent ratio or a maximum amount per hour (like Fred pointed out is done at Towers, which as I've pointed out before only goes to absolute hell on their busiest days of the year) would help ease the problems Thorpe have so much more...

Reduce your wait eh? So you wait 30-45 minutes on a busy day to buy it, and then queue the same to get on the ride... Lol, Thorpe have it down to an absolute tee don't they? Jesus their love of capital letters annoys me so much...

That awkward moment when you get the websites mixed up... TST won't like that...

Wouldn't be surprised if they did get the new Roller Skater trains on it (or sommat similar)... Which are pretty damn ace btw...

Of course Fastrack increases the queuetime, the evidence is clear when after queue close what was a 60 minute queue gets finished in about 30-45 minutes... I think the main issue is Retail tbh, and the lack of proper serious communication between the various departments, because what do Retail care if they technically oversell, they don't have to deal with the queues, that's for Rides... Maybe some proper interlinking between departments is needed...

A Disney B&M? Surely that is the first sign of the apocalypse?

That's exactly what I've thought when people have been pondering what Disney could do with a Star Wars themed attraction... They also got Indiana Jones with the deal, wonder what they could do with THAT franchise?

What's that? Marc didn't notice my post mentioned that the other two parks' Fastrack fails on the busy days so links me to a topic I've already read and exists because of Towers' system failing on the first Saturday of Half Term? Yeah, I know Towers' system fails, and Chessie, but not on the consistently regular basis that happens at Thorpe...