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Sounds good to us! Another thing - Reserve and Ride info is solidly in the prices section of the website. Definitely gonna charge for that eventually. Presume this is removing fastrack. Least they're hopefully sorting out the diabolical fastrack system!

The merge host should be watching out for this - it's obvious that people will eventually do this to skip a queue. However thorpe don't help themselves by installing this in the first place. Hopefully they'll eventually change it so there's a backwards queue system similar to that of a front row queue.

I'M SO HAAPPPYYYYYY!!!!!

Hope you're joking there. There's no reason why the park doesn't do anything to cater for families - they might be using marketing to show the hardcore side, however it doesn't mean they won't introduce something slightly calmer for those who want to experience the event but don't want something so full on.

The entire concept just works so well. Definitely one of the best childrens/family films around. I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE ITTT!

Depends how the parks tackle them - clean the place often, keep washing those bins, and put loads of those wasp trap things. Then you'll keep them down and occupied to other things.

Ah, they're asking for feedback after using the system. One of the questions asks how much you expect to pay for the system. So, basically, may end up replacing fastrack in the future. Don't mind this replacing fastrack if it leads to lower and more consistent fastrack queues really!

Ahh, so when you go to be allowed on, scanning your QR code, you have to show your entrance ticket as well to be allowed on? If so, can people who visited today (JoshC) confirm this? Otherwise you'll end up with the blatant abuse that the old virtual queue (Fastrack) systems got which is why they were eradicated in first place!

Glad you're responding to us thorpey, it's very useful. As end of the day approaches, how does this system work? Does it dump everyone left in the queue into the queueline at 6 (say park closes at 6). Or does it allow the 40mins or so potential amount of guests left in the queue come in as the timeslot appears? So, you can book your ride for swarm up to the minute to 6? As you say, you've thought of this (only highlighting old fastrack issue). Doesn't this still mean you can book 4 rides with 4 different smartphones and still use paper though? Although you can only use paper once?

Suddenly, I like this idea. 4 people - 4 smartphones. Book Swarm 4 times. Go to plaza, say you do not have smartphones. Get paper tickets. Ride swarm 5 times in near succession. Success!

I've had quite a few issues of people not being able to sit comfortably (or be able to ride at all) due to a big bum size. I'd strongly recommend using the test seats at the entrances to rides (as thorpe is pretty good at providing them). That'll give you a good indication really. The larger seats aren't a physical larger seat so you'd feel the same regardless of what seat you'd fit in. I don't know what measurements they were tbf, however if you were able to sit comfortably in AIR then you shouldn't have many issues at thorpey.. Hope this helps.

However, they'd lso like to be able to join a queue and ride a ride when they want. If they wanted to ride swarm now, they'd have to book it and wait 2.5hrs until they can ride. I bet you, if they had the option of either coming back in 2.5hrs and "not queueing" or joining a half hour queue, they'd do the latter.

Love those new queue boards. They need more of them. As long as they've got the advertising on the right correct.. Advertise ERT correctly, advertise where to go at beginning of the day to reduce those going to smiler, then use the rest of the day advertising Burger Kitchen or hotels or fireworks etc. Perfect then. Love it so much.

Always, always, always buy fastrack on the day. Wait until the park proves it's busy enough before buying them, as 85% of the time it just isn't. Yeah he'll get in ERT.

Always nice to see guests existing. This is actually hilarious, actually hilarious. This essentially works the same as Virtual Q.. a system they abolished because it doesn't work. It might work on paper, but in real life it's a complete logistical nightmare. This trial will remain exactly as it is, a trial which won't go beyond this. Why? Because it makes fastrack pointless. Because it's incredibly difficult to get right and because it'll never work anywhere near as smoothly as they may think it does. Find it extremely funny people seem to think it'll work, and that it'll benefit guests. It'll do sod all to help people. Love how they always do this to poor swarm, all the effort to make that queueline experience different to other rides always gets blasted by the park.

I doubt we'll see any lionsgate related items - I think that tie up has gone now. Just cos they've got SAW doesn't mean they need to use them. Plus, they've done SAW related stuff before and it was boringly crap. Hopefully dead silence, as long as that doesn't give them an opportunity to have no music or rides running on park

Ahh so polar bear was replaced with meerkats? I was trying to work that out! Loving the pictures, thanks! Fish and Chips being where it's always been. Love the inventfulness and changes of tastes in the past 20yrs.. . Also trans sponsored by Coca Cola with Kodak safari skyway going above. I totally do not miss those advertising days!

Scarefest never has ERT anyway. But even if there was ERT, sun tickets don't get any. No cheapskates get ERT.

4pms are ace. Noone turns up anyway, so who cares

Week before schools break up.. However, depends if you want to see Fireworks or not.

Lego generally tries for throughputs though, or at least everytime I've been there they have.. Unlike chessie, potential being way higher than their actual due to their laid back attitude to allowing guests onto rides.

Either side of that day is much quieter and you'll enjoy it more. Friday is the best, if you can make that.

Last few films I've seen (seen a lot recently) Despicable Me 2 - bloody ace. 8/10 Monsters Inc - Meh. Not needed. Didn't really enjoy. 6/10 Worlds End - Really really funny, really worth watching particularly if you like the cornetto triology. It's disappeared from all cinemas already up here (I wanted to rewatch with someone else). 8/10 Alan Partridge - Never seen anything Alan before, but the film is brilliant. Proper made me laugh, enjoyed it greatly. My sort of humour definitely! 8/10

That'll be their second busiest day of the year (well 3rd busiest after alton towers live). Expect manic queues for everything, but great fun. Usually get about 25k on park that day.

Banyan was being used to his proper usage when I visited earlier this year, on an off-peak day which was nice to see! I absolutely hate the Wild Asia announcements.. well, all the announcements at Chessie. They're all done by Graham so it's cheap and he's got professionalism about it, but it makes everywhere feel very bland and generic. Not enjoyable at all. As for Old chessie vs New Chessie. I can only do old tussauds era vs now, because I only first visited in 05. I prefer it now, far far prefer it. The old park used to feel incredibly generic or cheaply done (LOTD and hocus pocus, looking at you). The stage on market square. The branding. It was all.. tacky and eurghy. I think the parks going back to it's original form slowly but surely, hopefully we'll see this continue of focus with the refurbishment of pretty much half the park.