Fred
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Has the queueline got audio again?
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When visiting, I realised... the entire launch way has huge fencing either side underneath the launch track - the only bits guests physically go under it is near the station and the tyre entrance, both are covered appropriately. The only part of the launch not covered is the section to sunken garden, which is fenced off.Yeah I think this is it, I sitll dont get this though.. its not as if the first leg of the queue isnt right next to the launch track, along with thorpe still let you queue under the launch unlike at rita... odd
Rita on the other hand, has nothing like this whatsoever.
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Shouldn't have to be vouchers which can be related to benefits, but more like Morrisons Gift Vouchers or something similar?
I dislike that everyone is scared to offend/upset a very very tiny minority to stop the majority abusing the system. Same with everything in walks of life, any other country and this wouldn't happen. Least we have a benefits system.
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Love Chessington, absolutely adore the place.
Being able to just stay on fury countless times, on a friday, and being able to just relax and have fun is fantastic. Monkey Swinger 5 times, my friends found their new favourite ride!
Yes, the place is falling apart a bit, but hopefully they'll get those areas sorted eventually. The Zufari is coming along thick and fast and that has high prospects. I think staying in the hotel also completely changes your feelings about the place.
The ride opening is awful though, even though there's no guests it is a bit messed up (some rides opening at 11, some at midday, HPH at 1pm.. Tomb Blaster shown at entrance to be open 10-5, bit weird considering thats the parks opening hours). Really have to concentrate on staying in a particular area until the others open to not get distracted. Both Rameses and Dragon Falls were shown as not operating at the entrance, however the park had full availability yesterday.
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I like seeing peoples first visits to a new park - OMGWTFBBQ that park is amazing/cant do no wrong/10 out of 10 for coasters/best thing about it is its size.
We need to get Liam on park often, then see how his reports change
- Cornflakes, MikeC, Liam T and 1 other
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Does he? He had a seat saved and he was on it continually when I visited.
Edit: Someone beat me to it, damn!
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Wow. They need to really sort out fastrack operations on days like this.
Towers is selling fastrack on these days, however they're selling no screams (Nemesis, Oblivion and Air packages), so you can only buy seperate rides. Air has 16 allocated per hour, for example.
It's a disgrace that thorpe doesn't communicate or act in anyones benefit over this.
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Today is my... fourth visit this year.
Compared to a massive zero last year, this is bordering on ridiculous.
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Have they not made any changes then, unlike rita which has a temporary tunnel and cannot queue under launch track, until they make a permenant structure this winter?Its been like that since Ritas cable snapped.... even though you walk straight past the launch track in the queue and then queue under it.
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Yay construction at chessington!
This has been.. well.. ages. Liking the rocks. If only they could blast deep down with explosives, could get some mighty rocks to decorate your entire park, and maybe find a good ride in the process.
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Just to say, I've booked chessie hotel with MAP discount recently. My stay is cheaper than that.
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My flatmate used to work at sundown - it is most definitely themed. Probably one of the best themed parks in the UK.
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Whatever the bloody dr pepper events called. Their names are so god damn similar that they mingle into "thorpe park" in my mind.
Anyway, last week of summer holidays are always very busy. Always. So why did thorpe have lower opening times for that week?! Surely they remember, or can look at previous years to see that thats what bloody happens?!
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I really don't. They're a nightmare to work with at legoland, and they'll definitely go down the route legos already done and make it a ridiculously expensive fastrack option. Hate Qbot - far easier to up fastrack prices and reduce limits.A Q-Bot system, arguably does not do this. I wish they would go down the Q-Bot avenue!
At least they've only got two places to buy fastrack (apart from on-the-door sales). Far prefer this to a few years ago.
Anyway, thorpe closing at 6pm?! What happened to the ride and rave event? Or does that finish just as the busiest week of the summer holidays start (and therefore longest opening hours needed)?!
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When I went during schools weeks, they had topless male models taking up an entire 8 seats of the ride. They went around 4 times. Rest of train was empty. Queue was 2hrs.Filming crew? In the middle of the day?
Weird that they didn't advertise this fact... It's quite poor show really, could they have not done it before ride opening? Or indeed after park close?
I love how thorpe do not give one solitary **** about their guests.
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Double Post.
Audrey said on Coronation Street that Nick shouldn't have gone to towers on a bank holiday because of how rammed it obviously was.
How wrong she was. Maximum queue 30mins, everything 0mins by 5. I think Nick just decided to bugger off in the evening instead of returning home.
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Merlin Magic Making at their best
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Golf is positioned exactly behind the play area - so it makes sense.the bit that confuses me though, isn't the golf a little bit of a distance away from the rest of the stuff? I guess the golf didn't exactly become a runaway success then.
The golf is a complete shambles, it's not owned by lego and the owners don't care about it and put no investment into it - don't even care if its open or anything. Hence why they wanna get rid, lego hate it basically.
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I can only imagine it is - the only addition merlin have put in which counteracts this suggestion was Storm Surge.
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And the rides look run down and awful. Not towers run down, just downright dirty.
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Chessie is piss awful over the summer. Seriously awful. Doesn't help that they don't generally care about operations too much anymore either.
It just doesn't cope with busy days. Poor park. Needs investment.
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How're they gonna keep guests off the rest of the park, and only those staying over in that area?
Presume it mentions that somewhere?
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People who cannot tell the difference and spell it incorrectly are morons
(this is completely aimed at Liam, noone else)
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Not particularly - even if they had no bag drop, you'd still need multiple lanes per side to have a properly working front row and singles queue.
If they didn't have front row queue, and position the bag drop just slightly better, it'dve been perfect.
Chessington Howl'o'ween
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Clocks go back the first weekend of their halloween event, so it'll be dark by 530ish most of the event. There'll be an entire one ride or so of night time riding (sounds so similar to my visit to oakwood a couple of weeks back!).