Aaron G

Thanks for all the replies everyone . I personally found R&R a great system, no queuing at all on my last visit. I can however see the counter argument of those that don't use the system, having to wait longer in the queue. However that isn't a flaw of the system, just people not wanting to use technology or not enough communication of the system by Merlin. I'm not sure on everyone else views, but I definitely see a future with no queuing necessary and a well made application that can do everything, from tracking live times to booking into a queue for a ride and perhaps also being able to contact staff via live chat easily within the application - say to ask whether a certain ride is closed, ask what the hold up is with a ride, or to check on something quickly - would definitely improve customer experience. I feel that Merlin aren't willing to invest in these type of applications or technology improvements however... I mean even the mentioned attractions.io built apps above look a bit half hearted. It looks like a company has made just one app and will rebrand as and when necessary to be honest. Does anybody know, whether Thorpe Park support contactless payment throughout the park? - I assume so, will be wanting to leave the wallet at home on my next trip and easily grab a drink with the apple watch

Hi, I haven't posted before on TP Mania - however have hovered on here for a while. I wonder if anyone can shed some light on the official Thorpe Park application for iOS, which disappeared a year or two ago. I know the application was very poorly made and could have been better, but the live tracking times of the rides were useful enough to use whilst at Thorpe Park. I know Merlin have released two applications in recent years, the first being in 2010 and the second a 'revamped' app in 2012. Both we're not updated regularly and eventually disappeared from the relevant app stores. I am very disappointed to see this still has not been replaced by Merlin - What is everyones views on this? Does anyone know any further details on this? In 2014 (I believe) thorpe park launched a 'mobile' website which included live times for all of the main rides and FREE fast track. All you had to do, was register on the way in at the dome - then register for the next ride you want to go one on the mobile website, a few minutes later (depending on queue times) you would get a notification with a QR code which you could scan on the way into the fast track queue to the specified ride. This was a brilliant system, it was essentially a 'virtual queue' for Thorpe Park.... I can also not find any information about this at all. Does anyone have any information at all on this or have you used the mobile site also? EDIT - Found the virtual queueing system - https://www.reservenride.com/# Thanks