Aaron Tuckwell

I still maintain that I just don't get how Thorpe think this is acceptable... Is it because they seem to attract the "younger generation" and take on a whole "put up or shut up" arrogant stance on the matter, because they know that the "youngsters" would never stand up to them due to lack of experiences etc?

The whole advertising the ride as 40 / 50 / 60 etc mins and being a walk on really grinds my gears.. Who up in Thorpe Towers has told some-one that this is acceptable? This is at least the second season it's happened? Are they looking to over-sell the ride? Avoid having people go to it? Sell more fast-track? I just don't get it..

Don't forget Stealth with the whole wind issue.. That's always suffered if the wind is coming from the wrong direction

Unless you use a theme or concept that people are already familiar with... For example, you didn't need it explaining about a Swarm attack... It just happened and although the queue TV's give a story while you queue, if you happen to have a quiet day and miss them, you don't miss anything because you already understand the concept of alien invasion... The only one I can think of that you NEED to have seen the queue-line footage for a back story, otherwise there are some plot holes is Nemesis Sub-Terra... But then again, this was something shoehorned in to a theme to lengthen the life of the Nemesis brand Slight detour of that point... Do you think that the Dark Ride we are seeing in 2016 is in any way related to the Swarm Extension Dark Ride that we didn't see in 2013, just in a different location due to land settling etc?

Don't Pizza Hut have the agreement / lease for 150 years? Which is why it's not been ditched as part of the Merlin Re-allocation?

Just so I can compare sizes and not to add any speculation - how big is Nemesis SubTerra in comparison to this?

Wouldn't be surprised to see a woodie hybrid thrown in to the mix.. They're ultimately popular over the pond at the moment...

I don't think I've ever seen Oblivion operate on less than 4 (it might even be 5).. It's usually a throughput monster!

I've seen this on Swarm too... Selling fast-track when the queue was quite obviously empty. Then, when the member of staff was asked why they were selling fast-track when the queue is quite clearly empty at the merge point (as in, you can SEE it), the staff member simply said "Dunno, targets to hit, innit". Whether these are determined by Merlin HQ or by Thorpe's local budgeting, it's still simply wrong and quite frankly disgusting. To the point that I'm surprised Trading Standards have not gotten sniff of it yet... I'm sure they'd be very interested... But then you have to question whether Thorpe would then publicly "denounce" the practice but secretly behind the scenes be saying "just don't get caught doing it again". As for the 1 train operations, this is clearly about money saving. In the times we are in where people (incorrectly) think that we are in a recession, they are looking for value for money. The bottom line here is that if guests don't think they're getting value for money, they simply won't go back... Thorpe's time may be limited (more than they can ever imagine) if they carry on the way they are. This is coupled with the fact that apart from a few selected diamonds in the rough, the staff are just downright rude and aggressive - To the point that as a pass holder I'm reluctant to go, and I technically don't pay to get in... If you pee off your customer base, they will not be your customers any longer. Thorpe need to stop managing their bottom line for the benefit of today and start to manage it for the future - while there is still one. I'd love to see what an independent Thorpe customer satisfaction survey would reveal. I wonder if Merlin HQ know how people felt about it? It's all good complaining on a forum, but the reality of it is that Thorpe won't care what a group of fan-peeps are saying on a forum when they're just seeing poundsigns and numbers on a spreadsheet (and it appears to work... I mean, why change it if it's working?). Who-ever is the one in charge of operations at Thorpe is either so tied to regulation and requirements from above or clearly has absolutely NO clue what they're doing. Either way, Thorpe is broken and it needs to fixed.. Fast.

Could we maybe see a Woodie Hybrid? They seem to fit the profile of Thorpe well...

I swear it launched with "Brace yourselves" too... Weird... lol I've never heard the "Looking Good" launch audio though...

Swarm opened (and remained open for some time) on 1 train operation yesterday... Ending up in a 2 hour queue within 2 mins of it opening.. Any ideas why?

Slammer went down for quite some time yesterday, with people seemingly stuck at the top for about an hour...