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    Han30 reacted to Mark9 in Chessington General Discussion   
    The park need to decide whether they prioritise the main season or the winter season. If they want to do both, the engineering team need to be expanded. 
     
    They also said a week or so ago that some rides like Rattlesnake and Griffons Galleon will not be open on off-peak days. Poor decision as Rattlesnake seemed to be one of the few  rides that was running well over the weekend. 
     
    Merlin theme parks really test my patience at times. The general expectation at a theme park is to go and rides will be running. At Merlin it's currently a gamble if anything is open on time or for at least half the day. 
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    Han30 reacted to Glitch in Fright Nights 2023   
    Seeing some people defending half term will always be busy.
    At what point will Thorpe take action and improve guest experience whilst perhaps upping the prices or adding more attractions 
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    Han30 got a reaction from Matt N in Which major theme park have you gone the longest without visiting?   
    I visited DLP in 2000 and always wanted to go back - 23 years later and I’ve not yet returned.
     
    Other than that I went 11 years not visiting Thorpe Park - I had a pass in 2001/2002 and visited a fair amount then life happened.  Back then I wasn’t a huge thrill seeker (Tidal Wave was my limit) but I was an enthusiast and followed the construction of Colossus then was too scared to ride it when it opened 🤣.  Fast forward 11 years to 2013 and I revisited and finally put my big girl pants on (with the help of some awesome members on here) and beat my fear of heights and/or puking on some poor unsuspecting person sat next to me (god bless motion sickness meds)
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    Han30 got a reaction from coasterverse in What is your favourite non-Merlin UK coaster?   
    I’m quite partial to a bit of Rage (adventure island)
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    Han30 got a reaction from Matt N in What is your favourite non-Merlin UK coaster?   
    I’m quite partial to a bit of Rage (adventure island)
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    Han30 reacted to Mark9 in Slammer   
    I'll take the entire right paddle for £50
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    Han30 reacted to MattyMoo in Thorpe Park 2023   
    It's getting worse still, just turn the god damn thing off already and stick a vinyl over the top.

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    Han30 reacted to MattyMoo in Colossus   
    So... no whispers from anyone who knows someone who is the manager of a Spoons where someone who works for them served Russ Gaines a pint the other week who told him an update? 😁
     
    I would assume there's no activity on site at all with Colossus, otherwise Park Pixie would be all over it.
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    Han30 reacted to ML27 in Thorpe Park 2023   
    Credit: https://twitter.com/jaystocky/status/1646897515633967104?s=46&t=giLifVSV764gPC36mCwmHw
     
    The 2023 swarm refresh has now been reverted back to 2022s appearance. Good to see the clientele being consistent each season!
     
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    Han30 got a reaction from Inferno in Chessington General Discussion   
    I remember pre covid going on tiger rock with a friend who had to leave the station to go to the loo - it was a busy day with a queue of well over an hour - I assumed and had no issue sharing a boat with others but they just stuck me in one by myself which is ridiculous.
     
    I love Paultons Park and I hope it continues to excel as it has been doing in recent years but this country needs more competition when it comes down to theme parks.  Merlin I feel are far too complacent because they have the monopoly and in turn it feels like they really don’t care if guests have an enjoyable day or not.  It’s seems to be all about £££
     
    It does seem at the moment that Chessington doesn’t have the best reputation in terms of ride availability and ride reliability - Jumanji area looks decent enough.  The fact they have a soon to be opening B&M coaster (something I never thought I’d see) is brilliant but it’s not great if majority of the other big rides aren’t available.
     
    I only visited Chessington twice last year and the last visit was unbearable - one of the worst days I’ve had at a theme park (thankfully I was with a friend, her little boy and her partner so the company was fab).  
     
    Hopefully things will improve but only time will tell 
     
     
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    Han30 reacted to Cal in Chessington General Discussion   
    It’s great to see the parks finally spend some money on appearance and new rides, but that’s no good if they’re not getting the basics right. It’s clear the maintenance teams are seriously stretched, especially Chessington. 
     
    A family spending a decent amount of money in the Easter holidays stuck in long queues with rides on reduced capacity and 4 major rides closed aren’t exactly going to rush back are they? They won’t care about the new rides opening later this year. They’re killing their reputation.
     
    Why are rides like tiger rock running at nearly a third of their theoretical capacity? There’s no excuse. 
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    Han30 reacted to Inferno in Chessington General Discussion   
    We really do need some proper competition in the UK don’t we.
     
    I wonder if Merlin’s management actually know how dire it is at all the parks operationally? Or are they too busy backslapping and congratulating themselves about the new rides (most of which still aren’t open) and Aramark outsourcing?  Because it never seems to change does it.
     
    There should be no excuses for not getting at least most rides open at capacity before the Easter holidays, surely?
     
    Good luck to the engineers on their strike. I hope management sit up and listen.
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    Han30 got a reaction from Portvls in Thorpe Park 2023   
    It’s late and I’m waiting for my meds to kick in so I had a gander - I don’t use tik tok or Snapchat and had no idea who she is.  Apparently she’s a 15 year old YouTuber/Tik tok thingy thing - loads of followers, don’t know why - seems you can get famous from not doing a whole lot these days.   Wow I sound like a miserable old cow 🤣
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    Han30 got a reaction from MattyMoo in Thorpe Park 2023   
    It’s late and I’m waiting for my meds to kick in so I had a gander - I don’t use tik tok or Snapchat and had no idea who she is.  Apparently she’s a 15 year old YouTuber/Tik tok thingy thing - loads of followers, don’t know why - seems you can get famous from not doing a whole lot these days.   Wow I sound like a miserable old cow 🤣
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    Han30 reacted to Cornflakes in Chessington General Discussion   
    Good on them. The pay for engineers and almost any high level role outside of corporate at Merlin is shocking.
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    Han30 got a reaction from coasterverse in Stealth   
    *New for 2023* Rollback reimagined 
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    Han30 reacted to Mark9 in Stealth   
    I just think it's great that Thorpe have bought back rollbacks on Stealth. 
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    Han30 reacted to pluk in Thorpe Park 2023   
    WTF were they thinking with the BK destruction? Just as they put in a highly themed railways station coffee shop, they tear out a highly themed burger bar and turn it into generic shopping centre?
     
    Spending money to make things worse is my biggest hate in Theme Parks, especially when getting funding for anything that isn't a big new thing has been neigh on impossible for decades, but with this and the teacups we have two big lumps of that here.
     
    Who the hell is running this place, and can they be sunk with the Thorpe Belle?
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    Han30 reacted to StevenVig in Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon   
    SBNO is a Thorpe Park favourite, they love those. 
     
    If that happens, all they'll do is what they've done here and replace the sign and pretend it never existed 👀
     

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    Han30 reacted to coasterverse in Rocky Express   
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    Han30 reacted to Stuntman707 in Hyperia - New for 2024   
    I will not be contempt until I see JK SLKSTN in a neon Thorpe branded T-shirt riding a wrecking ball into Loggers Leap shouting “EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS EXODUS…” 1000 times.
    I hope Shane Sandwich gets first dibs on the obsolete signage. 
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    Han30 reacted to MattyMoo in Hyperia - New for 2024   
    This is all very well but we are straying from the elephant in the room - is Rocky Express coming back for 2023 or not?
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    Han30 reacted to JoshC. in JoshC. to appear on Countdown!   
    I'll be making my television debut and appearing on classic quiz show Countdown! My debut is this Friday (Oct 28th), airing at 2.10pm on Channel 4, and of course available on catch up after.
     

     
    There'll also be a bit of geeky chatter and roller coaster puns, because of course they run with me being a roller coaster enthusiast and turned it into my entire personality (not far wrong tbf).
     
    Would be lovely if anyone gave my episodes a watch!
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    Han30 got a reaction from planenut in Things You've Overheard at Parks   
    I love your Stealth stories 🤣
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    Han30 reacted to Mark9 in Park Operations   
    I was impressed by operations yesterday. It's very rare to see a B&M inverter dispatch the train and having to actually wait for the second one to arrive back at the station. The fact this happened multiple times made it all the more impressive.
     
    Great work
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