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Fred

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  1. Fred replied to Dan9's topic in UK Attractions
    Considering the ridiculous amount of complaints they used to get when people couldn't charge their phone (Cos apparently it was ridiculous they didn't have them) - to then be criticised as "money making" is flipping stupid.
  2. Fred replied to MarkC's topic in General Discussion
    The event definitely makes money. You're overestimating how many people they need through their doors to cover their running costs.
  3. Fred replied to pluk's topic in The Future
    It needs to go back to having individual area identities.. further than what they have already. But yes the new branding.. as much as its fresh and clean.. is very bland and basic. Needs to be built upon.
  4. Fred replied to th13teen's topic in UK Attractions
    That'll be why it's called the Seeper Room then. Needs banners. Banners deffo will add to the experience upstairs.
  5. Fred replied to th13teen's topic in UK Attractions
    Yes they should. Maybe one day they will....
  6. Oh dear lord. Whyyyyyyy.
  7. Fred replied to Aarron P's topic in UK Attractions
    Love how Bounce has been fixed.. almost 2 years after it broke. Their maintenance budgets are impressive.
  8. They're missing a couple of items. Other than that, they're pretty much complete. These were meant to be entry level (so cheaper than Splash) when planned so don't expect the earth - but in my personal view they're better than Splash!
  9. Fred replied to Mark9's topic in General Discussion
    SAW gives me a headache on first ride, especially if I sit on the back row. The Smiler makes me feel sick if I re-ride after quick succession, but has never given me a headache.
  10. Did they go back to 10pm last year? It's nice to see that any cuts in Halloween budgets have pretty much been reversed and all the opening times have remained (Apart from Chessie's offpeak days, but at least the event exists during that time now!)
  11. Fred replied to Perks's topic in General Discussion
    Maybe it's margin of error programmed in is too tight - if they gave it a larger margin of error then the ride wouldn't want to try and correct itself so quickly and therefore not end up an unsynced (and broken) mess?
  12. Fred replied to Aarron P's topic in UK Attractions
    Glad I haven't been this year. I was gonna make my yearly trip however TripAdvisor reviews have completely put me off going - no point when nothings working.
  13. Fred replied to Sheepie's topic in UK Attractions
    Silverglade is Business Support - so admin services, call centre, merlin annual pass, finance
  14. Finally! Been thinking Hocus Pocus has needed a new name since 08ish. Return to 8pms are excellent too. New marketing director eh? The place seems to finally be going somewhere!!
  15. Fred replied to Sheepie's topic in UK Attractions
    I miss throughput challenge days.. the ones which were difficult to beat
  16. Fred replied to MarkC's topic in General Discussion
    No because the park closes at 7. Highly doubt the queues for the coasters will be anything more than 15-20mins at the end of the day anyway.. if they had a queue at all!
  17. Fred replied to MarkC's topic in General Discussion
    It's a good way of advertising how to stay on park for longer - 7pm comes and only people with wristbands can join the queues. Magic Kingdom did this for their Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween when I visited. Park closed for normal visitors, all attractions available wristband only with stations selling the evening event around the park.
  18. Fred replied to Marc's topic in General Discussion
    Don't think they do 2 for x amount anymore to be honest.
  19. Fred replied to Sheepie's topic in UK Attractions
    Probably not even operational. Mainly financial and financial alone. Which kinda goes towards the addition of mirrors. If someone didn't think they had to put them in ridiculously cheaply using no budget whatsoever then they'd likely have had decent quality mirrors which wouldn't need removing now!
  20. Fred replied to Marc's topic in General Discussion
    £10 per photo, 4 for £25!
  21. Air

    Fred replied to Dan9's topic in UK Attractions
    Sorry was thinking Alton Towers. You can add Swarm in (though that might be quicker as they really do love to sell their Fastrack there )
  22. Fred replied to Perks's topic in General Discussion
    Last few times I've rode it, the host has literally just tapped my restraint, with me having loooaaaddsss of space. Very very very fun! Probably not too safe though
  23. Air

    Fred replied to Dan9's topic in UK Attractions
    Air is the only ride where you go slower after merge points - crafts are sent every 3 minutes from one station if they're on 3 trains (that's time waiting for the craft to arrive, plus time waiting for the craft ahead to leave lifthill). Obviously before merge you have both stations, so you have 2 crafts every 3 minutes. Obviously Fastrack can slow it down, however it shouldn't do so too much (Fastrack for Air is 20% of capacity, and rarely sells out nowadays).
  24. Air

    Fred replied to Dan9's topic in UK Attractions
    Their average is 48 crafts per hour at the moment - due to better staffing and the fact the ride likes to actually work nowadays. That's 1344pph. Pretty good!
  25. They're very slow. These were raised over a month ago. It's actually cheaper to buy a Thorpe Season Pass than a full price day ticket - the season pass is £48 (or annual pass for £58!)

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