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2 hours ago, Benin said:
I too like to post random things on message boards without sufficient evidence.
Ok?
Latest vlog, at Drayton Shawn saying how they were going back to the park to film official POV's.
If your statements in terms of the channels behavior, just go back and watch the old vlogs or perhaps Twitter from last year seems to have a lot or perhaps the fact I was blacked for asking a question< something to hide perhaps.
It's just a shame the parks and Merlin included continue to support this man when there are in fact 100's of other excellent vloggers out there. But I guess all that matters is the views.
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Very disappointing to hear Drayton Manor working with TPWW on a professional format.
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38 minutes ago, Mattgwise said:
Ah the nineties and early 00s, how I miss you more and more! Agreed. Maybe the most extreme of other cases could be part of it, but majority of RAP cases are not 'cannot queue cases'.
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.
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23 minutes ago, Benin said:
Like when Legoland changed theirs.
I think with Covid rules coming in a few of the exit access RAP have been changed to the Fastrack queue. That certainly would lead to some of the issues seen here (or for example, Thirteen at Towers, and Duel had zero disabled access last year).
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.
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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.
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13 hours ago, JoshuaWAH said:
Even the value nowadays at the pizza pasta places is bad- but here at Legoland the price point is extortionate. This is more expensive than Disney and Universal, which are overpriced in itself..
I'm blaming Merlin because it is a bloody Merlin park. Who runs it? Merlin. Lego is just a brand that happens
to bring in the people. There is being smart and charging a bit more, and then there is daylight robbery like this price point we see here today. Would you pay for this? Would you buy this meal and feel like you got a inch of value for money?
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.
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16 minutes ago, JoshuaWAH said:
This is absolutely stupid- I thought Merlin actually were pretty good with providing varied and actually not too expensive food. This makes Disney look cheap, for Pizza that is not even that high of quality. Not too long ago we could get unlimited for cheaper.. I'd rather order Pizza to get delivered to the car park for cheaper lol.
Honestly I will bloody pack sandwiches if I have to next time I visit a Merlin park.
Why are we blaming Merlin? Are we seeing the same pricepoint at Alton, Thorpe, Chessington? - Nope.
Its Lego, and its always been the case.
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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.
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40 minutes ago, JoshC. said:
Also, the park are charged £3.50 for a map. THREE POUND BLOODY FIFTY.
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PENCE
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.
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Anyone on park today, would be nice to get the yearly cattle pen queue line pic outside the dome.
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2 hours ago, JoshC. said:
It's an interesting premise, and with the "We value your privacy" tagline, it could suggest that throughout the experience you're 'tracked', or that things are a bit more interactive. Certainly a very Black Mirror type thing too.
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.
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Issues around opening times. Its a shame enthusiast sites can't wait for park confirmation before reporting.
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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.
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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.
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4 hours ago, JDann said:
Wonder if Fastrack / VIP will make a return at some point this season. I tweeted the park about it but they told me to just keep an eye on the website, which is a shame as I would have liked to have planned to visit in the next couple of months.
It will probably be announced at start of season. Remember most staff are on furlough currently.
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1 hour ago, 1729 said:
The tree cutting could quite easily be nothing, could quite easily be a diseased patch of trees and they have to be removed to stop it spreading/collapsing into other things
Though if Thorpe wanted a sure fire KISS project, a RMC Raptor either of the existing American layouts or a new one would probably fit in the Slammer plot or with a little bit of over spill onto paths
Yes it would probably have a very poor throughput, but it would be relatively cheap for what public and enthusiast would call a thrilling re ridable attraction and as a medium term stop gap, I take it over them re theming the Inferno maze/ Celeb/Jungle escape maze building again
Didn't Creek this year require a lot of wood themeing? Simple solution.
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On 3/7/2021 at 3:58 PM, JoshC. said:
I believe that the park have got the budget to sort out the themed feature that housed the fireball.
Of course, it's very unlikely that the fireball special effect itself will return. The gas lines had to be cut during Stealth's construction and to reroute them would be incredibly difficult.
But the actual ball feature (whatever the name of it is) should make a reappearance.
It's certainly fair to say they've done small improvements here and there. On a more blunt point, I think it's also fair to say that many of these have been done because they've needed to be done (ie: because Merlin's H&S deemed it necessary).
Equally, there's been small changes with branding, some refreshed food and retails outlets and so forth. In my opinion these are things that most parks should look to do regularly, but it's sadly the case that Thorpe didn't always do that in the past. So it is good to see it's been a common theme in recent years.
Perhaps change it from a gas fireball to a water fountain element.
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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. 😜
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Look forward to it. Well done to Nick for creating something for the enthusiasts community to look forward too in these uncertain times.
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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.
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On 12/20/2020 at 2:43 AM, SteveJ said:
Might be off topic but what were those things you mention Glitch? Just curious, I hadnt heard of either those
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.
The 'Definitely 100% Totally Going to Happen' London Resort
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I'm still in the corner of saying this is happening. I'm no expert but either its happening or its a money laundering scam. Will be interesting to see all the critics in the queue to get on the first public train of veliocercoaster when it opens.