Fred

Squirrel has been beating most of the other rides for queuetimes this week. Brilliant.

Lego doesn't do discount in it's carts and stands, it used to be due to the till system.. now it's down to pure lazyness. Lego isn't fun without discount.

Ripsaw runs the longest settings when it's quiet, and it's shortest setting (which is the rameses 4 flips) when it's busy.

That burton travelodge is horrible - without a doubt the WORST one I've stayed in (beats uttoxeter by a fair mile). Now sporting closed little chefs, no wonder they're up for sale!

I don't think it is to be fair - they'll give money if it's argued for. Let's look at towers, this year alone they have: New ride (£20m) Repainting and refurb of entire X Sector (hundreds of thousands) Burger Kitchen units x3 (Just over £1m spent on that) 14 refurbished rooms over at ATH (tens of thousands) Beginning of building the log cabins (few million) If towers can get it, thorpe could easily get a few items in one year.

Not really, breach of contract would be to remove the stickers before a certain time. It's not merlin though, don't blame merlin (the only thing merlin has done is force the removal of majority of fanta sponsorship for oblivion). Towers contract with cussons ended exact same time as Bubbleworks - they went to the effort of removing and replacing all the signage, leaving a generic bathtime themed ride. It's only chessington to blame for not bothering to remove or replace anything.

Who knows - I imagine not, the systems are pretty ancient along with speakers etc. There was a zone for the break run pre-entering the building, with many speakers on the ground etc which weren't working from at least 2006, but I imagine that's just it dying rather than a change in zonal systems etc.

Christ are you a troll or a moron? Rameses - slow, incredibly slow, has 2 settings (either crap, or double crap depending - luckily you get to ride both as noone likes the ride). The operators cant play with the fountains, you only get water up your nose as it holds you waiting for the operator to stop fountains (do they not trust operators?!) before releasing the braking mechanism. Ripsaw - 8 settings (ask for a good one, you'll get it), about 3 times the speed of rameses, the operators can constantly play with fountains meaning you can get soaked throughout ride cycle rather than just at end. Shortest ride cycle on ripsaw (in public use) actually lasts longer than rameses, even with rammy dragging its sorry arse about trying to do anything. Actually know what you're talking about before speaking.

None of them are looking at swarm on the tv screen. THIS SHOWS THE RIDE HAS FAILED LETS DO A GIMMICK. As you were.

Bet it will one day. Why? Because in a world of a theme park, where rides are themed and are meant to display immersive experiences, having a product brand which has bugger all to do with said theme or immersion should not be happening. I don't want Dr Pepper sponsoring a tidal wave cos "it's for the lols/whats the worse that can happen marketing bullcrap".

Read the previous page, last post. They've happily quoted the bloody website T&C saying CLEARLY you can go with a thorpe park annual pass. Read before posting.

Mm yeah I have to agree, I prefer pop music to having absolutely nothing playing. Went one day last year where the link was dead. There was no music anywhere, bar inferno. Even the swarm tv's were paused. However, those who "enjoy" pop music probably don't realise what they're missing. It's like saying everyone enjoys a tesco value product, without them allowing to try the finest range.

Very good thing for the park! Wonder if it'll continue, with it getting a bit cold towards the end of the week.

The system died I believe, definitely wasn't turned off due to locality.

Cos this board is so rubbish, I cant just show the quote I wanted without deleting the quote box, so bare with. Towers had temporary, very big "show off" cutbacks instead of the entire season closed attractions like thorpe. But still, had extra money put into terry, and have more events than thorpey. Do agree with majority of what you said - merlin sets the budgetting, they agree to the entry prices (it's the parks decisions what they charge within guidelines - for instance, towers have put up their entrance prices but reduced the cost of the 2nd day to make 2 days incredibly appealing). Marketing is a seperate thing though, thank god for varney eh? EDIT: Ooh it posted your quote twice. Effort going to edit it and make it look nice, this is YOUR FAULT IP board. Edit edit: Deleted.

There's three different ones it seems - the station, the area one (unsure if it's different now, after they lacked it for a couple of years) and the one easily available to download. Either way, they're all bloody good.

Merlin Annual Pass holders get a preview day on Tues 24th Feb, in hourly timeslots. Anyone available to go?! I want someone to come with!

Should stop looking at this topic in the early morning, always always see those webcams at night (and therefore nothing)

I remember the days of running two trains, having to wait for the train to hit lift2 to dispatch, and then still getting the other train out before it stopped fully in the brake run

The ride doesn't need announcements, no ride needs announcements. They just decide to do it. Don't see Nemesis or Oblivion having continous PA announcements, which surely they'd need to being a same product ultimately. Coaster at a theme park. Turn down the microphone volume, it's very easy. Any manager can do it at that park, heck even a host could if they wanted to and could access it.

The roll-back was more likely due to cold or new wheels haha. The concentration since merlin has appeared has gone from throughputs to a heavy push on customer service. Some rides, you just cannot do that customer service without affecting throughputs. Stupid really, cos half the staff just end up doing neither. Seeing as they're all paid minimum wage, they'd much rather race against each other and smile at a guest than do a full on happy conversation with a guest and not much else.

You know what I prefer? No sponsorship.

Useful, thanks!

No that's just chessington. They've done it for a couple of years with both F&B and retail outlets. Don't allow AP/Staff discount on "offers" - sometimes makes it cheaper to buy them seperately, with the discount. Have to watch out, chessie is a bastard for it. It won't be spreading to the other parks, thank god.

You couldn't get any more in your face than original source. Dr pepper has done just as bad. None of the cussons rides did well. Awful blatant advertising.