Ringo
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18 minutes ago, Mega-Lite said:
When I visited a couple weeks ago Oblivion had the longest queue in the park, as Matt said it was down to only using one loading section. Add to the fact they were also batching and bar checking at let's say Chessington speed, it was rather frustrating, good thing I used my freebie Premium Merlin Annual Pass fast track on it. Does anyone know the reason for only using one loading section in recent times and why they are so slow at dispatching these days, did something happen that's caused change of operations or are they just being silly? As I don't really care for Oblivion these days I'm not really prepared to queue 60 minutes (while Nemesis is 5 minutes) just because operations on it are a shell of what they used to be.
Less staff needed on just one station. Also more potential to up sell fastrack if people see a 60 min queue vs 10min...
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3 minutes ago, BaronC. said:
Probably not, but that's because the gravel part of the car park can't be fully tarmaced as it's used a flood relief zone (I think). Probably similar rules for the grass part too.
The money could be reinvested into staffing the car park, better signage, etc. There has been money pumped into moving the pedestrian entrance to make that safer too, for example.
The change in locker price is largely down to the new £1 coin being introduced. The lockers cannot take the new £1 coin and I believe there is currently no way to retrospectively allow them to. So it was easier to make it accept only £2 coins rather than have many people waste new coins in there and subsequently complain.
The lockers at Legoland (same make) were updated to take new £1 coins.
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Doubt it, they want you to use public transport instead.
Not forgetting lockers doubled in price to £2 this year as well
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Parking has been increased to £7.
QuoteIt is not unusual for major attractions to charge for car parking and we believe that our charge is reasonable.
THORPE PARK Resort’s objective is always to offer our visitors a uniquely exciting and value for money experience. The revenue that will be raised from car parking will be ploughed back into the Park, enabling us not only to continue to open superb new attractions but also to improve the attraction infrastructure ensuring the overall attractiveness of the environment, and high quality of the services on the site.
That said, as part of an ongoing relationship /community programme, THORPE PARK Resort is also working closely with Surrey County Council in an effort to encourage our guests to choose public transport as their primary means of getting to the Park. With quick and easy transport links to and from London, as well as a dedicated bus service from the train station, it is hoped that more people will use public transport which ultimately will help the Park and our guests reduce their carbon footprint. -
Wonder if Containment has been themed to an IP. Would link to extreme challenges
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So the only music it plays is the IMAscore now? With all the pop music gone from the island and now the ride I wonder if some accountants realised they’d save money by not needing to pay the PPL fees? Genuinely change for the good though.