Fred

Majority of rollercoasters dont cost £10m, none of the merlin ones have.Remember, merlin add theming, paving and most importantly marketing into their overall cost of their coaster

Not law, manufacturers recommendations.. and it'd be a tiny bit silly if they didn't follow those recommendation. Otherwise they may have a slight problem should something occur

It's brill that its gotten to the time when the parks feel they can open all week during september. Let's hope it works out for them!

No mate, I'm just saying it how it is.You also touched on another point on what makes alton towers special - where else in the uk can you board a monorail which previews some of the parks most impressive rides to get to the entrance? That in itself is magical.

Yeah, that sums up my view on your post! (However I'll add that I'm confused about your queues thing, the queues are rarely over an hour.. whereas if you visit thorpe at the same time, they'll have at least a few rides with at least an hour queue!)

Smoking areas is nicer for non-smokers. Majority of people tend to stick by them, makes walking around the park nicer.Plus it makes smoking in queuelines easier - Yeah you cant smoke anywhere but designated areas.. Easy!

Charging for fastrack was probably one of the best ideas they have ever had. Huge money maker for the parks, absolutely massive.I like looking up and seeing the variable tickets and prices from the previous seasons!

Huss enforcing it has changed both blade and buccaneer - however towers don't have row restrictions. To answer mark, its seemingly been closed more than open after the changes!Legolands been following these restrictions since they installed their ship, and yeah it takes forever to load, but the airgates bloody help!Wonder if they're restricted to the middle on buccaneer due to the height of the ship at full swing?

Airgates make it so much easier. Especially for a busy ride like it is at chessie.Dunno if anyones noticed, but its height restriction has changed. They need to be a minimum of 1m, and guests between 1m and 1.3m need to be accompanied - so no more tiny kids on the ride!

Chessie always oversells their fastrack. I thought it would've been easier to handle now its £10pp! Obviously not, people just have that sort of money.As for the quote of 1750? Seriously? Thats not even the same amount as towers do for their main fastrack option AND the solo for one ride!

Fastrack would not affect it like that, unless they had about 800 fastrackers in that time. Either that is a very very lying board, or they had like one shuttle thing on

The ride is big, its not like people can miss it. Doesn't need advertising.

I was talking to my hairdresser the other day, and he mentioned thorpe park and X.. and asked why the lights were on, making it completely pointless to ride.And he's just a general member of public, so I can only presume most people think the same . It's ****!

New logo looks amazing. Though when I went, not all the signage had changed (ie, the smoking signs, the batching signs, the this way to falls sign).. which made the place look a bit shabby. ALL the signs please!

My problem was that they wouldn't wait to the side, they'd stand in the sodding way. And they'd do it all the time, to the point where it was easier just to force people to ride (though only with queues of 10mins+)

When bubbleworks floods, it leaks down into vampire station, making it very messy

It was an epic stunt, I loved how they actually made the effort to have limited edition merchandise as well! Plus, the logo is pretty well thought out and it was quite fun hearing fourteen all day.

Yeah towers stops their rides to collect phones etc, as they're considered loose articles and must not be on the ride.Much like vampire lift stops to give shoes

The point being? Why do people do it? How's it add to anything? Gaahhhhhh.Looks like a hippo more than a lion.

I used to see ice cream cone with <3, infact I still do. But meh, its love init.:3 ... I never know what thats meant to be. A cows face?

Pretty much do not care, as long as you're being sensible!

They had a spider infestation in 2008, where huge spiders would just drop down from the ceiling and skuttle along the floor, so much so that some staff refused to work on there. Got the exterminators out for that

Yeah he is talking about it. Dragon has three trains, but they haven't upped the staff properly, so the train now stops on 2nd lift for a brief moment, or longer if they didn't dispatch quickly.. and will always always stop on 3rd lift. Fun.

Would like to see charlie being relocated as well.. that definitely is mind boggling

To add, most of legolands rides are zamperla or WGH transportation.To add to your list, tractor ride, riverbank eye spy and I *think* doodle doo are WGH. What on earth is space adventures?!