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Sorry for double posting, but looks like the Studio 13 sign went up last night!
 

(Photo from someones Instagram , guessing he works at Thorpe park)

Wow... I'm really looking forward to this!
 
(Photo from Thorpes Instagram)

Wow... I'm really looking forward to this!
 
(Photo from Thorpes Instagram)

Wow... I'm really looking forward to this!
 
(Photo from Thorpes Instagram)

They've posted a survey...
 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V83M26Q
 
Nothing exciting, just lists some IPs and asks about a festival... Just honestly, the fact that they're asking people if they'd like to see "Take Me Out" come to life at the park is probably the most hilarious thing I've seen all year...

Wow... I'm really looking forward to this!
 
(Photo from Thorpes Instagram)

Wow... I'm really looking forward to this!
 
(Photo from Thorpes Instagram)

Wow... I'm really looking forward to this!
 
(Photo from Thorpes Instagram)

Wow... I'm really looking forward to this!
 
(Photo from Thorpes Instagram)

It was just a joke!  Why do we live in a world where you can't say anything?

Depends what drinks they were having I guess!

Do you have a sense of humour? No.

I think people understand what's a joke...

Good to hear it's running great again, will ride it on Saturday. 
 
A couple of times I've been this year there have been great ops and hosts on this ride, one of them was singing down the pa

Happy Birthday Paige

Yup it has always been there, I noticed it the first time I went on. Thought the same as you though, it's pretty pointless having it at the back of a cinema where most people are unlikely to see it. It should be outside somewhere in front of the cinema maybe?

As you may have worked out from my name, I code stuff for the internet. One such thing that I made, is Theme Park Queue Times, which provides live queue time data for 11 parks around the world(more are being added). You might ask, what is the point, considering all of the parks already have apps, however these apps only display queue times within the park, my website allows you to view queue times anywhere. The site also has some interesting graphs and statistics on each ride, and I am adding more features every day. I hope you find it useful, feel free to make suggestions as to how I can improve it.
 
Park list
Alton towers Thorpe park Chessington Disneyland Paris Epcot Magic Kingdom Hollywood Studios Animal Kingdom Parc Asterix Silver Dollar City Liseberg Gardaland Walibi Hersheypark PortAventura ...More coming soon!

Construction updates from today and yesterday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dniFM2x30j0

Questions sent.. Sorry for the delay

Most likely, the same reason for samurai. So annoying on quiet days or in the morning when there's no one there.
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Thorpe aren't going to stop reserve and ride because they received 1 email are they? 
On Facebook I saw nothing but good reviews about reserve and ride, people asking if it's coming back and when. If it turns out to be a massive mess and them getting a load of complaints then I'm sure they'll change something.
 
I doubt they'll use it every single date so I'm sure you could go on a date where they're not using it.

Just got back from Chessington after visiting with my girlfriend today... I've been before in September and thought it was dead - but it seemed even more dead today! The most people I saw congregated together was for the Madagascar LIVE! show at 4pm!
 
All in all a very good day indeed - didn't exactly hammer the ride counts (too old for all that) but it's so nice to be able to walk round and go on anything without queuing AT ALL. Everything was walk on all day from what I saw.
 
Staff were good to very good - very friendly though some evidently a little bored (but I don't blame them on day's like today!) We had lunch at the Chicken Shack which wasn't too shabby at all to be honest - plus they had Stowford Press on draught so that scores major brownie points - was impressed with how well stocked the bar was actually!
 
Rides we went on:
 
Zufari
Ramases Revenge x3
Scorpion Express x2
Bubbleworks
Vampire x2
Tuk Tuk Turmoil x2
Kobra
Toadie's Crazy Cars x½
Lorikeet Lagoon
Hocus Pocus Hall
Shrimps at the Sea Life Centre
Dragon's Fury
Dragon Falls
Tomb Blaster x2
Flying Jumbos
Eclip... I mean Peeking Heights
Rattlesnake x2
 
I think that was everything! The park certainly looks in better shape than previous years. Shame Skyway is down but that looks permanent until next year it would seem. First time on Zufari and was quite impressed - Rhinos were very close indeed, and the driver was particularly good as he decided to "accidentally" reverse back into the cave to get us wet. The ride looks far more established now plant wise than when it first opened and was really rather good all in all! The Hotel looks pretty awesome I have to say, and the Wanyama Reserve around it is well presented still with plenty of animals.
 
As anyone on my Facebook will know - first time we went on Tomb Blaster, my gun wouldn't work at all - so 0 scored. We go again later on, and my gun works - but the laser doesn't, which makes it far more difficult! Still, just a grumble really - not fussed when there was no queue whatsoever.
 
Scorpion Express - first time on it. It's OK but I don't like the "openness" of it now. Feels less thrilling/scary. Good effort to rejuvenate an old ride but could've been better. Got a little wet from the scorpion.
 
Vampire and Fury seemed more fierce than I remember
 
We had a really long go on Tuk Tuk Turmoil in the afternoon due to no queue - and due to the fact, one of the bumper cars managed to get wedged/mounted on top of another so they had to push it off - sounds worse than it is, but I'm surprised there's the force in them to do that! That said - they do seem more powerful than Dodgems I've been at at funfairs etc. Lorikeet Lagoon was great as ever, the birds were obviously hungry - one of the birds feeding from our pots was the one with only one eye, as it had been attacked by another bird! Went on Kobra for the first time (I know right? So out of the game...) and I tolerated it...!
 
My girlfriend wanted to go on Toadie's but the op said it was closed as a car had left the track - not sure that's possible but that's what he said - we went on later, and on our go round, it stopped as the power tripped on one of the cars - so we had to walkthrough the circuit - can't say I've done that before!
 
Have to say that Falls really looks poor with no rocks, at least they've tried to jazz it up a bit with the banner at the top before the drop but I can't wait until the ride finally gets the refurb it deserves...
 
Now - my big bug bear for the day - was Ramases Revenge. That said - I was so pleased it was open after recent down time, but it took me 4 or 5 attempts to ride the thing. Why? The 15 guest rule. Apparently it can only operate now when at least 15 people are riding due to weighting issues. I asked a ride op late in the day, when I finally got on if this was a new thing (because I know it is, as I've ridden RR before by myself and no-one else on the entire ride!) and he said it's always been like that. Maybe since he's been there perhaps My first ride on Ramases, there were around 15 people, and after 1 cycle, ride op asked if we wanted to go round again... most people did, but a handful got off. So we then couldn't go round again, which I find crazy. We waited for a good 5/10 minutes but no passing guests wanted to ride, and by that time, the instant re-ride buzz sort of goes! Managed to get on later in the day, and had 2 rides. 2nd ride certainly seemed more spinny/forceful but I may have imagined it... anyone know the true story behind this 15 rider rule? My view is it's probably because Ramases is nearing 20 years old, so they want to make sure it's only operated as and when is worthwhile, but I may be wrong. Anyway - I managed to ride and rekindle my youth again so I was pleased!
 
All in all - thoroughly enjoyable day and I do honestly feel the CWoA "magic" is back to an extent... it's certainly getting there. Also, kudos to the Madagascar penguins for walking over to us to make us take a photo with them Just little things like that that make all the difference. Ride op on Toadie's was a particularly friendly chap, as was the lady operating the chocolate treats stand near Ramases, and we often got asked how our day was going by staff which is nice!

I just fear for the LC post really. That's more frightening then any Fright Night maze or event.

A Friday, not half term... So Friday 10th and Friday 17th I'm presuming would be the quietest, I've also heard the first 2 Sundays and the last Sunday can also be quieter as a late finish isn't always appreciated getting up early the next morning for work... My advice, avoid half term at all costs!

Great, so they are going to ruin Fright Nights sundays...