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Looks like training to me in that video.

Much prefer this Boris video.

As true as that is, they wear Chessington uniforms so for all intents and purposes they are Merlin staff to a normal guest. A few of us who have commented on the slow loading have been in that situation, having worked for Chessington in the past. Even with all the new staff to the park to the years, there must be returning staff or managers who know that the ultimate way of pleasing guests is short queue times and efficiently run rides. If staff are by themselves, doing rides for the first time then that also concerns me as staff should feel confident in running a ride or attraction. No one is denying that there are some hard working staff at Chessington. But on rides like Fury and Vampire, one staff member can completely ruin that balance.

After a trip to Europa Park you'll wonder why any park actually bothers with tamed down funfair rides.

All those throughputs are still damingly slow. In my first season at Fury, when throughputs was the thing and there was 8 cars going around, 700 was our target and during that summer we achieved it. It was incredibly hard work but it was rewarding keeping that queue as short as possible. It's a shambles that 400 is seen as a realistic target. I was reading up there by rygr that Skyway had five trains outside the station. Back when I operated it, the idea of two trains waiting outside the station was something we completely warned against as more then then that and the trains start waiting on the hill next to Seastorm. The chance of the trains crashing is more likely. They really need to get their acts together. Queues are what people hate the most and the idea of waiting 15 minutes just for Kobra to start sounds awful. To bring this back to Vampire, I really don't understand what they are doing to it with this batching business. Just get the damn train out and keep the queue low. It's useless saying it increases fastrack sales when the same fastrack people are being kept waiting for ages as well.

Slightly niave opinion there. Hurarkan Condor is much faster and higher then Detonator and yet Detonator is just better in everyway. Nonetheless, Stealth is better because Rita tries to kill you straight after the launch whereas Stealth just goes up and down. Both rollercoasters suck compared to Blue Fire, Shock and I-Speed

I've been at Waitrose for three years now. It's amazing to think back in 2010 when I was unemployed, I was on Job Seekers Allowance and so depressed. Trips to theme parks were a luxury I just couldn't afford, the idea of going to Europa Park or even Chessington was literally a pipe dream, not a chance. Not even being able to go to hotels, train travel, alcohol even being able to afford food was a real struggle. I'm in some ways an example that if you really do belief and fight with determination that you can get yourself into what is effectively a career, earn a living, can move in with your partner and still afford the odd luxury without living off the benefit system. When I was on JSA I really felt like the lowest form of life. It is what will always encourage me to work hard and appreciate my employment because when it comes to it, being at the very lowest ebb, inspires you to become self sufficient and reliant. Something I am all the better for.

Are all your ride options going to be flat rides?

I dreamt the other night that I was working at Chessington again, operating Fury and deliberately going against the parks policy of only dispatching a car every 5 minutes. I then walked through the queueline and got every staff member on the ride at closing to litterpick the bushes thoroughly and properly. Sadly there wasn't a thing in the dream that was surreal or strange. Just a normal day at work.

Are you deliberately being silly here? Stealth is designed with rollbacks in mind hence why the magnetic fins come up as the train passes through the launch section. A hasty reset can occur and the train can go back into the station to be relaunched. If a Colossus train decides not to make it around the final turn around, it will rest between the inlines and the corner that goes over the pathways. Instead of it rolling back into the station (which would be impossible for Colossus to do), a crane is needed to hoist the train over the turnaround.

We could go back to Dragon Khan as well which held the 8 inversion record for 7 years, or Goudurix which kept the 7 inversion record for 6 years.As you said the record market is pretty dead now, a lot of these world first things are play on words or trivial things.

It has had the odd it of downtime (which is normal) but it hasn't had its epic breakdown that it inevitably has at some point in the season.

People aren't excited for an inversion record.. you have seen how mental this ride looks right? Surely thats enough if a record doesn't whet your appetite.

It's motor just won't start is all. The ride would be able to make it fine as it's pretty fast ride and not very trimmed.

Every ride is different. Sonic Spinball was going in the snow and yet Fury was closed in just cold temperatures.

Inferno is like the coaster equivalent of a best friend. Sure it has its faults but its always there, open and ready to go (aside from when its cold and it's forgotten its winter jacket) Inferno

You'll have to use my exclusive knowledge or the fact it ran on the 4th April for Annual Pass holders for an AP day to get to the conclusion that the 4th is its official birthday

Anyway... Happy 10th Birthday to Nemesis Inferno today.

It's okay, you have over 900 days to get to grips with that. I have faith in Pixar

You've got the next 20 years to get on the thing, I'm not bothered about a 2 month further wait when Nemesis and Oblivion are still roaring away in all their brilliance.

Might go just for Wallace and Gromit tbh. Good old British sense of humour.

Once cleared up some sick that looked like an egg. Another time this little lad had obviously had a good amount of chocolate, took a spin on Fury and well... the car was more brown then yellow when it returned.

So lame that you had to ask Ryan to explain what he meant.

Even if Thorpe did get this, it would be run so badly we'd all hate it. Like Vortex, Quantum, Zodiac and Samurai it would be completely neutered and would completely miss the point of the ride.

Shame really, Colgate would really fit with the Smiler