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5pm and 7pm? I won't be bothering with that then - what's the point in putting on a Halloween event and then only getting another hour of park time than other days?
They can't expect to get customers with shoddy opening times like that!

To be honest I don't think BIB should have been invented at all...

I have been frustrated at Chessington ever since they removed train 3 at the end 2011 because I haven't queued less than 45 minutes since 2012 when I've visited and it annoys me how the staff still manage to stack train 2 in the brake run before the station for up to 30 seconds sometimes.
Some where in the Vampire's maintenance area are a number of objects that were once train 3 and once fully assembled could still work perfectly.
Is it just me or during the pre-floor less days, train 3 wouldn't wait on lift 2 and instead would wait behind train 2 in the brake run if stacking occurred as the bat trains were slightly shorter.

5pm and 7pm? I won't be bothering with that then - what's the point in putting on a Halloween event and then only getting another hour of park time than other days?
They can't expect to get customers with shoddy opening times like that!

Hold on, we have no reason to believe that they are keeping Asylum the same until Thorpe Park reveal it themselves!
(Although personally I hope they do)
Think it's worth mentioning that there is now a (sort of) Fright Nights page in the event section on the website, although it doesn't give away too much ATM.

The little kids probably do, not that it's really any special tbh. I think the park with these dire operations need to get better trained staff and as much as it hurts, reduce guest interaction on the ride areas for the purpose of better throughputs on the ride.
The amount of negative feedback on Chessie's Facebook just shows how bad operations currently are at the park with many getting on only 2/3 rides in an 8 hour day. Though its not going to work completely, I do think Chessie should increase park hours with 7pm closures during summer/bank holidays and 6pm most weekends as well as closing at 8pm again during Haloween.
Whilst the other parks (debatably) move forward, Chessington is moving backwards.

I don't like this system. Alongside the main queue it could work, but not instead of one.

I've been thinking about this quite a bit, and I'm getting less confident that they will get it to work...
I'm thrilled they've realised queues are an issue, but I can't see this being the way forward.
A few issues I can see...
If people can't 'wait' in a queueline any more, where exactly are people expected to wait? In the restaurants and around the paths? These are too overcrowded as they are on busy days! They will be condensing the crowds in to a very small area where there isn't a lot of space left for extra people. What happens if there are too few people ready and waiting to ride? Do trains go around with empty seats? Guests are going to have to be very organised to make the most out of their day... They can't just wander around and say "ooh, lets go on that one now!" People aren't going to stick to their ride times... It's just not going to happen. This will result in queues forming at certain times, and few people at other times. What happens in the event of a breakdown? Does everyone just turn up to the ride and wait at the entrance?? (dare I say, in a queue?!) This system would be PERFECT if it was a free replacement of Fastrack (same as Disney, and Merlin's old system), but I think removing the queue entirely is far too risky... The park is not designed to handle this at all.
People expect to queue at a theme park. Queueing is not the problem here - overselling of Fastrack is! If the queues were good in the first place, then this new system wouldn't be needed.
Sorry to be pessimistic, but that's my opinion. Thorpe might prove me wrong, but I doubt it.

Starting a new park today!
Can anyone help me out - I think I tampered with the game a few years ago when I didn't know how to add custom scenery and it doesn't save photos onto my computer when I take them on the game.
I would love to be able to share some of my rides/parks on here, can anyone help me out?
Much appreciated!

18/19 year olds do that too...

Actually, I have time now.
RIGHT. Here's the official leaderboard. The total column adds up the UMS marks (the ones with the bars in the cells), so that each round has the same number of marks proportionate to the original raw mark maximum. There's no UMS conversion in the last quiz because of the different scoring system making it complicated enough already. You're winner is...

Dan9!
Here's the leaderboard in order:
Dan9: 217.8 Peaj: 209.9 scarycoasterboy: 198.6 Cornflakes: 195.2 JoshC.: 190.7 pluk: 183.6 Phill Pritchard: 180.4 Luke_A: 177.7 J.S217: 176.1 EC!: 170.0 Coaster Jamie: 168.7 James & Co.: 160.4 James_C: 157.6 stretchy: 147.1 coastergod: 146.9 R1C4Y: 145.5 Han30: 144.9 coastercameron98: 144.2 Matt Creek: 120.0 MarkC: 103.4 Mr Fish: 94.9 Topsyturvy15: 77.6 Holly: 34.6* Tiddlywinks: 25.9** MohammedAli: 12.1** Frog-Tastic98: 10.3** * = Did not complete Rounds 3 and 4
** = Did not complete Round 2, 3 and 4
Hope you all enjoyed the quiz!
As I said, still unsure about when prizes will be with you (top three)! I'm still nagging Thorpe!

They don't need backwards seats for Vampire.
What they do need to do is pull their finger out - introduce a good system (eg proper ride operators who can be bothered to speed up dispatches), get it back on three trains and address the dire state of most of the theming/rubble!

They don't need backwards seats for Vampire.
What they do need to do is pull their finger out - introduce a good system (eg proper ride operators who can be bothered to speed up dispatches), get it back on three trains and address the dire state of most of the theming/rubble!

The only issue with that is that the bags would be completely out in the open for people to nick.
On Colossus and Inferno they only open one cage at a time, meaning the bags available to take belong those who are on the train in the station. If you are on the ride, your bag is behind bars and can't be easily taken.
The whole Swarm situation is madness though, because having a baggage counter should make things easier!
I hope they give it a complete overhaul next season because they can't go on like this.

and here is my point proven. Saw this on their own facebook page. That's the answer for everything. Fastrack.
X ride has a terrible queing system on hot days. Nearly pass out before you get on the ride. Like · Reply · 51 minutes ago THORPE PARK Official Did you try our Fastrack?

Hopefully they'll release fun little video teasers for the mazes. I enjoyed the one for The Passing! Better than the maze itself...

God that was torture today, I think it nearly got to 2 hours, me and jack both considered leaving the queue we were in the exact same spot for 45-50 odd minutes while they just let fasttrack and backwards on, UTTERLY RIDICULOUS!

In my opinion, Merlin are good but not great.
They do very well in advertising and PR stunts as well as general investment. They have installed some rather good rides such as Smiler, Swarm and Zufari but also some bad ones too such as Storm Surge and the now closed Time Voyagers.
There up keep on rides is not the best as there are several attractionss that do need some TLC including Colossus, the flume and in theory, half of Chessington's primary and secondary rides.

Topspins may be the most unpopular rides at those theme parks, but surley it could be more popular at Thorpe - a theme park that is aimed completley at Thrillseekers.

Why haven't they fixed the music? The ride isn't even that old, they should get their ***** in gear and fix it!
It's been like that for ages now.

Why haven't they fixed the music? The ride isn't even that old, they should get their ***** in gear and fix it!
It's been like that for ages now.

The pain, bad transitions, airtime hill that throws you into a corner, forceless yet painful loops, etc...
Apart from that, great ride!

Why make a clone when Thorpe should just give them the original for free, better them having that pile of ****e than us

I actually thought that Zufari was quite good today - when I rode it in April there were hardly any animals at all!

Oh. That's even worse than with the screens then!
Seriously though, they should rethink having that playing around the entire queue. Maybe just a section of it would be better (or just at the ride entrance) as it really does make 30 minutes feel much longer than it should.
Generally I like queueline videos but The Swarm's one is so bland and annoying. Plus most other rides don't play the videos throughout the whole queue.
On another note, it's a shame as well that the sound effect of The Swarm going through the church is off, as that was very effective when you were in the queue.
Oh Thorpe...