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See that is the thing, back in the day it would of been a case of parents taking you in queue lines to learn skills such as patience, you want to go on that ride, well you are going to have to wait patiently for 30 mins. Nowadays diagnosis is much more common and perhaps that's just the way we are going as a society.

Operationally though, wouldn't this create an issue in itself. I thought you were only allowed 1 RAP group per train due to evacuation procedure etc. Doesn't this mean they will all just get merged at the merger point of the queue and no longer seen by station staff as a RAP guest.

Seeing reports of 1hour+ long RAP queues. It all seems to be getting a bit out of hand now and I feel sorry for those who need to use it. The bar has been set too low and doctors are more than happy to write a note for anything nowadays. Personally I think there's only one way out of it which is to abolish queuing all together and have time slots. However thats failed in the past. Also seeing a lot of comments about fast pass being prioritised etc, I thought that wasn't possible with only 1 RAP group allowed per train due to evacuation reasons.

And who owns Merlin? - Lego, they will, always have a premium price on their products plus the extra cut they want to take on top of the normal theme park revenue. With prices so high however that may prevent people from buying Lego in the first place, the reason why the park is even there in the first place.

Why are we blaming Merlin? Are we seeing the same pricepoint at Alton, Thorpe, Chessington? - Nope. Its Lego, and its always been the case.

Perhaps they are just doing a pay it backward scheme. To pay for all the wasted pizza MAP holders left on their plates in previous years.

TBH it was bound to happen. The fan page quoted above sell them on eBay in bundles. Nowadays enthusiasts will just abuse and take a pile to sell in future years.

Anyone on park today, would be nice to get the yearly cattle pen queue line pic outside the dome.

Rather ironic, when Thorpe's Cookie consent policy is not GDPR compliant. In today's day and age you can't track a user until they have have specifically opted into cookies.

Issues around opening times. Its a shame enthusiast sites can't wait for park confirmation before reporting.

Gosh, I didn't know you were allowed to go right up to the park gates and into the security plaza! In fairness what's the obsession with driving from afar to go down a path.

Are we still in the medium term will we get that flat ride by Stealth any time soon?

Lego will also have good investments as the main goal is to sell merchandise and increase brand awareness. Keeping content fresh keeps the guests coming back. I look forward to trying the flying cinema, if there's not a stupid height restriction.

It will probably be announced at start of season. Remember most staff are on furlough currently.

Didn't Creek this year require a lot of wood themeing? Simple solution.

Perhaps change it from a gas fireball to a water fountain element.

From my opinion, this is a quick fix from operations / health and safety to increase the visitor numbers without going over the maximum capacity insurance has stated. A bit of a loop hole if anything to get more people on park.

So funfair rides have gone in. I like the idea, each extra ride will help increase their capacity limitations and perhaps therefore allow more Map holders in. logistically though I can see this being nightmare. For example will we see a RAP queue? the only way I see it working is with an up charge but apparently Towers have hired them out. Merlin have done this before, Heide park for instance had the WW haunted mansion for a 4 euro up charge. Also will the showmen have to go through the training requirements of a usual staff member, will be interesting to see how this app works out and who knows if it does work, I think it will be a good idea. I guess this also confirms the new world won’t be opening anytime soon. The park maps may be rare though so if anyone gets one with the funfair rides, grab me one too. 😜

Look forward to it. Well done to Nick for creating something for the enthusiasts community to look forward too in these uncertain times.

The Florida Project For any Disney fan I would recommend: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-florida-project/on-demand/69116-001 Free to watch on 4OD, the Touching drama about a six-year-old girl's adventures living in a motel near Walt Disney World, while the girl's single mother struggles to make ends meet. A real issue for Disney Florida, which the tourist may not see on their vacation to Florida.

Mainly Twitter enthusiasts love drama there. So the 'Merlin banning vloggers from vlogging' was a rumor started from someone who had "official Merlin sources" stating that Merlin would stop vlogging within weeks as a result of the TPWW incident. Merlin then invited Shaun to multiple media events and everyone has been free to vlog their hearts out ever since. The person a few months later deleted Twitter, due to their being too much drama on the platform. Returns a few weeks later........ The Blackpool one happened last off season I believe where a source 'leaked' that Valhalla was going to be refurbished and closed for the entirety of 2020. People once again on twitter were unhappy that, a source had leaked this to a small creator in the theme park fan base, and were sure the source was wrong and the information untrue. Spoiler alert, he was correct. Despite the informant wanting to leak the information, others in the community had said that jobs would be lost as a result and marketing campaigns ruined. Well I guess rollercoaster construction updates do the same thing but nobody complains about those. There are just some mean people in the theme park community who just want to create drama.

Yes it's his work but is it right for taking the GF along for the ride too, working in retail which I assume has lots of contact with others..... Also just delve through the old videos and you shall find, convicted pedophiles and some very creepy call outs / sexual innuendos for women within the community. Now it seems as he has blocked the whole of Theme Park Twitter and will just continue to do his own thing, which is fine, I'm blocked personally for asking a simple question. I guess we will need a new Rob Alvey eventually. On the no win situation thing, I believe the same happened to Coaster Studios in the US and one of his friends. I believe a FB response/ support group was set up very promptly. Either way this community is clearly very toxic, perhaps my jabs at TPWW add to that but I believe they are justified. However we can't go a week without one form of drama or another. Remember Merlin allegedly going to block vloggers or people leaking Vallhalla's new retheme ruining an entire marketing division. There's only one way to best describe Theme Park twitter:

Just a casual rhetoric jab at Shaun, his channel needs to be gone and its a shame that its still around. I would visit if in the area for work purposes obviously.

Won't be heading here anytime soon, can't call yourself Covid secure whilst allowing those from Tier 3 in. Remember to stay safe people.

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