Mark9

I first rode Vampire in 1999 and this has always got to me. People always say Chessington is well themed, Chessington is reliable, Chessington is amazing. And yet here is a ride that makes an even greater sin then Inferno, it's front end is pure corregated steel, Vampire wasn't reliable at all, hence its big retheme. I mean even as an 11 year old kid I thought "why is this themed to a castle when its just a steel shed outside"

I got a job at Waitrose. Yeah it's the same company as John Lewis but Waitrose is fantastic. Everyone has been so welcoming and helpful and the last week has been fantastic.

Am thinking of going Chessington in two weeks, anyone decent still work there?

Totally agree with Keith. Vampire just needs safety announcements and perhaps some kind of dispatch themed spiel. What it doesn't need is an operator laughing or going on and on and on.I don't have a problem with people having a bit of a laugh if the situation calls for it. A birthday announcement for instance or getting all guests to put their arms in the air, scream loud, but it only works on rides like Runaway train or Black Buccaneer. When staff start playing guess the disney film with other staff members, not fun.

I don't because I don't want to be stuck on the bloody thing for 10 minutes while engineers twaddle over to reset it.Want to go backwards? Ride No Way Out.

Why not?For instance, at Europa Park each ride has its own themed uniform to compliment the ride. I think things like Dragon horns would work well on Fury or the Chinese hats on Falls would go down a treat

It's a health and safety requirement for the operator to say "place all bags and loose items on the exit platform". Even if people don't listen the ride would fail an inspection or a mystery shop if he doesn't say the required stuff. Trust me having to say "once again, bags and loose items are not permitted on the runaway train" over and over until people listen isn't fun.I agree that all the pointless stuff though, some operators love the sound of their own voice so unfortunately kind of stuck with it.

I voted it excellent and it is Thorpe's only ride since it was installed, that I could continually give that score. With Stealth you know it's going to be fast and intense because of the size and speed of it. but Detonator, despite looking pint sized is so much better. I've been on 200 and 300 foot drop towers and none of them compare to the force, speed and power of Thorpe's little gem.Detonator may not have that amazing soundtrack anymore but its a sublime ride and one I will always make the effort to ride.

Thats the gamble of purchasing Fastrack then. It's why I never purhcase it and would rather queue for the rides then waste money.

Continuing the series, vote for what you think of Detonator. Detonator, was one of three new rides for the 2001 season. Initially it seems small, especially when compared with Stealth, but first impressions can be deceptive!Vote and Discuss your vote here!

I know a lesbian. Compared to about 100 gays. So yeah....As for Tub's question... wouldn't change it for the world. An important thing for me is that being gay isn't my personality, it's just one aspect of me. I guess I'm lucky that I didn't 'discover' myself until the end of school so I didn't have the jeering and bullying side of it which may have made me ashamed... However the boyfriend is so open and so "pro-gay rights" it's rubbed of on me slightly.

When you say queue for the ride, is that when Colossus, Inferno, X no way out and Tidal Wave have zero queues making fastrack irelevant anyway...

Oh you've missed out on nothing. I mean I rode it when it wasn't a golf buggy and it was still trimmed to hell and boring.

Wow.. those two haven't won for like ten years have they?

The fastrack packages are £9. One of them has Colossus, Nemesis Infero, X No Way out and Tidal Wave or Loggers Leap. The other has Stealth, Vortex, Rush and Samurai.The Hydration package is £6.00 and has Rumba Rapids, Tidal Wave and Loggers Leap.The one shots are either £2.50 or £3.00. The coasters are three pound and the other rides are £2.50. Saw fastrack I believe is £4.00 but I may be wrong :S

And just hope they don't lose your passport details!

What we are saying here is that there is zero point riding Vortex until the music comes back.

So is the Iceland volcano attack effecting anyone on here? The boyfriend is currently stuck in Sardinia. Supposed to fly back today.. but erm.. well I'll try not to ruin Doctor Who for him.

I disagree to be honest. Black Buccaneer is what a Thorpe Park queueline would look like if it was on a hill. It's got well.. a cannon and part of it goes under a waterfall but that's really it. Compared to most rides at Chessington it's pretty poor. Pirates Cove in itself is such a weak area.

Does it make a difference if the park is open then.

So theres pressure on Facebook to add security alert buttons onto every page, and yet this site which in my view just seems to encourage rude remarks and bullying has slipped through the net completely.....

They expect it to be busy. But it may not be.. but then there may be inset days...

People that say "If you don't vote you have no right to bitch"Seriously, I live in a majorly Conservative area. Even if I vote Labour or Lib Dem, Tories will win by majority. According to one site my vote influence on the election is 0.0001%So don't tell me I have no right to bitch because my vote means absolutely nothing anyway.

The photo area used to be there.And this is what it used to look like.