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I went to fright nights last night, and it was an excellent trip! Defo the best FN I’ve been to (I’ve been doing it for 5 years now). I didn’t get to go on every maze as we were too busy getting multiple re rides on the coasters (did anybody say three consecutive goes on inferno?) but I felt they were all pretty decent, except for that Vulcan peak one. The only sort of actor we got was someone going past with a megaphone yelling various growls at us. I’d say we were blindfolded to avoid us realising that the maze was essentially IAC without the challenges or Ant and Dec. Or maybe it was so they could avoid accusations of racism- if we ever got to see the ‘locals’ of the jungle and not just hear them, there could be accusations not too dissimilar to those that came out after Thorpe’s portrayal of mentally ill people in Asylum but rather about stereotyping and cultural appropriation instead. Who knows. The actors doing the ‘terror at Amity High’ thing were all really good sports - my friend got to dance with them and then got fist bumps from the American football players- but they must have chosen the oldest actors they could find to play high school students! Considering that the majority of FN actors are very young, I had no idea why they’d chosen mostly people in their thirties and forties to do this one. Living Nightmare was excellent- we went on at about 8:45 and the girl playing Neegan was really good and intimidating. We literally walked straight into it too- despite the queue being advertised at 45 minutes. (The queues for Sanctum, which I did not try, looked huge though) Platform had had to be my favourite maze of the night. The bloke playing our tour guide was amazing and had some good banter with the guests in our group, who were a little disgruntled after having the maze being down for a while before we went on. The tunnel was scary as ever for me, as I don’t like confined dark spaces- and I was at the front of the conga line! We managed to get the whole group to sing the ‘baby shark’ song, which was a feat in itself. Dead Creek woods was decent, but the experience was almost the same as Blair Witch from previous years, bar the shed. Once again, the introductory actors was great, but there wasn’t much story to it. For both this and Platform, we must have queued 20 minutes maximum each. Saw was actually my first maze of the evening and had a very short and quickly moving queue. It was pretty much the same as previous year and I feel like the actors could have been better lit so we could see what they were doing more. So so an excellent evening for me! I really enjoyed it and all the main actors were great in my opinion!

That was sarcasm.

Firstly- well done! Secondly, if you can do Rita, you can probably do Stealth, inferno and Swarm in terms of sheer scariness.

Loving the contrast between the rotting zombie face and the Peanuts characters there.

Pissed cos I got 2 8s, 3 7s and the rest 6s. Mostly really upset about my English because I expected at least 8s in both and I got a 7 and a 6, the same that I got in science, which is a subject I despise with a passion. All of my English teachers have said that they are confused and I’m having my paper remarked for there’s something clearly wrong.

That picture itself is a dead meme dude, come on

This is like coming face to face with the terrible incarnation of myself when I first joined this website (that I can only continue to apologise for). It’s Karma I guess. But it seriously though? Double posting, no quoting, no use of grammar... how old are you?

That guy ‘dissed’ vortex in 2008. Ten years ago. A decade ago. You cant even remember the names of the rides at Chessington and Thorpe and you call yourself a fan of theme parks?

Depite being plonked next to the gobbiest little sh!te ever on my first ride, I somewhat enjoyed it, which I didn’t think I was going to do. The queue outside in the heat was absolutely agonising as I could barely move or sit. I found the horn of the lorry to be way too loud on my ears but this could just be me for I’m a little sound sensitive. It was actually an ok revamp to X that we didn’t need nor want.

Oh I'm so very sorry. Please accept my sincere apologies for pointing out that it was busy, but well organised due to there being lots of schools there on a school week. CRAZY AF!

Got asked along on a rewards trip from my school (despite having left weeks ago) but it turns out every other school in the planet is also here. Queues to get in are colossal but seems to be well organised so far.

Speed at Oakwood is blimming boring after you’ve done Saw. The queue is agonisingly long even if it’s a few people and it’s just not a hugely thrilling experience. The loop is admittedly good considering Saw doesn’t have anything similar to it. Provided Rammy actually works when you go on it, it’s not really a big deal. You’ll get wet, ranging from splashes to a right good soaking, depending on where you sit, but it’s not too bumpy. It runs tamer than it used to though according to people that have been on it for many years.

Not gonna lie, my inner child thought it was pretty cool that they slept in that lighthouse. But yes, he’s an idiot for doing stuff like that, but at least they weren’t breaking stuff. It was surprising how many places him and his mates could just waltz into.

Saw some quite good marketing from Legoland yesterday at the royal wedding; they were handing out Union Jack flags for people to wave but they had a big fat advertisement for the park on the back. Nice to see many of them trampled into the ground of the Long Walk after most people had left too. Humans are so considerate.

Sometimes I feel like I'm on another plane of existence when reading this guy's posts because I cannot even begin to comprehend what they're trying to say.

Still think that the Tigers' enclosures could have be been more lavishly furnished. They look so sparse and bare. The fences and bridges look so garish too; surely could have been done in a nicer manner.

I'm sorry, what?

What is this 'Planet Snoopy' that you've mentioned a couple of times now?

Holy ****, that looks terrible. They seriously opened the park knowing that It looked like that?

You won't know you don't like them until you do it. I don't like Detonator or Rush, but I know that I don't like them because I've tried them (but I'll go on them if someone dares me to bc I know I won't die) Go on the Smiler, or get someone to dare you to. That's what got me onto swarm. My mum went on Colossus 10 years ago because my cousins dared her to. She hated it but at least she knows she hates it.

They've shut off the path between Boating School and Atlantis with big billboards advertising this madhouse either side. The city express train is also not running; it goes past that area by the looks of it. Does that mean it might close for good?

Has to be a letter from within the last twelve months now. His last one was from his diagnosis which was five years ago. I do entirely get what you mean about RAP exploitation. You can qualify for it with nearly nothing now, and no one is happy in a long queue, whether neurotypical, neurodivergent, able or disabled. I feel a lot of people wouldn't be any worse if there were no such thing as the RAP.

I don't know if this is the correct thread, but I visited the park yesterday and it was rather hellish. In the picture (at the bottom of this post) you can see the queue for guest services. It goes as far as the eye can see, not to mention also past the left side of the photo and up a ramp. We had to queue for near enough an hour with a twelve year old boy who can't queue very well to get a pass so he does not have to queue. Do you see the problem here? I'd like to mention that the staff handling the queue were very friendly and understanding, and I have the biggest respect for all of them because they were having to deal with children and annoyed parents (who were behaving worse to be honest). There were even two zookeepers bringing round a friendly goat for the children to pet which was very sweet. From the parents, I heard quite a few 'I'd like to speak to the manager please', as if we weren't all going through the same thing. I feel a lot of parents feel so entitled that they don't have to queue or respect the staff or anything. It must be a generational effect. But I understand somewhat how annoying the queue was. My mum then got pissed when we finally saw someone to get the pass, as he said my brother was no longer entitled to get one. I wasn't listening because I was embarrassed of the way both parties were speaking to one another, but it had something to do with either needing a letter from the doctor or SENCO about how my brother could not queue well (which isn't easy. What do they know specifically about his ability to queue?) He also said that there were plenty of ASD people that go in the normal queue, and I'm sure there are, and I'm sure my brother would queue for longer if he absolutely had to, but it's not my decision to make because I'm not the ASD child. It's him that knows whether he can queue or not. Yes, the way the Guest Services guy spoke to my mum was a little condescending, but I remembered that this poor bloke probably hears the same arguments day in, day out and is probably underpaid for it too. It's not even his fault; he's just at the front of it. It's another thing I can't bear about older people (sorry mum): they take out their anger at the receptionist, the cashier or the waiter, when the real problem usually lies with the men in suits higher up in the corporation. Be polite to them for god's sake. My mum also threatened to the guy to withdraw her prepayment for a new annual pass. As if it makes a difference to him. (I still want a pass because most of the time I visit with friends and go in the normal queue anyway) I'm not entirely sure where this was going and this post was all over the place but basically, I'm stuck in the middle of this and I'm not hugely siding with anyone. But step up your game Merlin, because your staff at the bottom are suffering because of it.

I saw loads from the cobra queue yesterday- most people were quite oblivious to the fact there was a HUGE tiger pacing behind them! They must have only arrived recently as all she/he seemed to do was pace and check out the area. The enclosures look very spacious, Though I thought that they weren't as nicely furnished as the Sumatran Tigers' living space in Trail of the Kings. It seemed a bit bare. The big new tiger head does look impressive and hopefully willl look even better when finished!