Well, I must admit that my Merlin VIP experience was not like this. I got my bit of scrap paper from Guest Services and proceeded to My Bloody Valentine. I was directed down the fastrack queue like it says and waited 35 minutes for a medicore maze.
I then went to Studio 13 and again directed down a long fastrack queue which ended up being 45 minutes, which again I found disappointing.
I couldnt be bothered doing the rest waiting in huge fastrack queues, so cut my losses and whored the rides.
So, I do wonder how or why other VIP pass holders managed to get straight on and I wasnt......