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But.. the old system was just estimates as well. All queue boards say "the queue time is approximately __ minutes. It was never an exact system. This new system only makes things more accurate because its way to vague. You could have 1 as 0-60 minutes and it would mean just as little as what they are trialling at the moment.

Right so say if we say 3.. then who is to say what queue time that is? an hour, 3 hours, 2 years? That's an immeasurable length of queue time and to be honest with you, is to vague.It needs some work and could work but I don't think there was anything wrong with the old system. Ok, it may have got complaints but only if the staff don't update it regularly.

(My friends gun was broken, hence the 1200 *)*And my unbeatable score

Well yeah.. although in a same sex relationship, the funny looks you get from the public makes me laugh really. I actually had some homophobic abuse the other week, I was on a train going to London from Dartford and I was just holding hands with the boyfriend when this group of.. I don't like the word Chav so we shall call them, cavemen, walk past, throw newspaper at us and then said "we don't want to be on a part of the train with the gays." They then walked off...It was probably the most surreal moment of my life.

I guess it depends on what you take. On my first attempt I was taking Geography, Psychology, Photography and Art and failed miserably, dropping out of Psychology and getting three U's.On my second attempt I chose Film Studies, Media Studies and English Language and Literature and got two B's and a C and found I enjoyed it much more.Anyway.. as a rant, I'm getting so pissed off with going on facebook whilst pissed. I sent a really random message last night. Luckily it arrived at the wrong person :|

BRING IT!

The DoubleThorpe Park - 8th September and Alton Towers - 9th SeptemberClosed Rides (or ones I never saw open)Chief Rangers CarouselColossusMr Monkeys Banana RideRipsawRide CountAir X2Nemesis X2Nemesis Inferno X2Runaway Mine Train X4Flying Fish X1Saw: The Ride X1Oblivion X1Duel X2Blade X1Stealth X1Congo River Rapids X2Log Flume Unplugged X2Heave-Ho X2Spinball Whizzer X1The Bear Hunt X1Rita: Queen of Speed X1Charlie and the Chocolate Factory X1Twirling Toadstool X1Loggers Leap X1Maurauders Mayhem X1Beastie X1Squirrel Nutty Ride X1Samurai X1Points of NoteThorpe Park's downtime was.. well bad. Colossus didn't open during my entire time there, Samurai opened at about 2, we saw Detonator also go down. Banana Ride and Carousel were down all day.Alton Towers downtime wasn't as bad, but at one point both Ripsaw (Which was down all day.. something to do with the motor) and Air (which had been evacuated) were both down making Forbidden Valley very quiet.Thorpe Park was a lot busier then Alton, however what was weird was the queues. Whilst Stealth had a 10 minute queue, Detonators queue was 20 minutes. Saw's was 30 minutes, whilst Rush's queue was 15. In comparison, whilst Nemesis's queue was only 5 minutes, Oblivion had a 30 minute. The rapids was walk on and yet we had to wait 15 minutes to get on the Flume. Bizarre..Both parks seemed geared towards the future. Thorpe is very Fright Nighty now with the Asylum sign already up whilst giant holes have appeared all over the old Corkscrew site. Favourite ride of the trips was definitely the Runaway Mine Train. Choo Choo lady!

Those roadworks on the M25 at J17 are an absolute bitch and have added queues to where there were no queues before. When I last drove to Alton Towers it took me 2 and a half hours to get from Junction 9 of the M25 to the M1... Usually it takes half an hour.. so yeah watch out for the roadworks.Shame on you Themeparkbloke, not taking a driving break

They are put on the back because if the ride was to break down at any time with the trains on the lift sections, they are the first section to be evacuated as they may not understand a break down or are likely to have the most distress and so would be the first people taken off the ride. It has nothing to do with the ride being less/more intense on the back rows. The same procedure happens on Nemesis Inferno, Nemesis and Air.

The only reason (if any at all) it was extended was because the new land is not 100% confirmed yet. It needs approval to be granted, so there is no point in the park closing Beanoland and starting demolition if it is not actually allowed to proceed with its plans.

Small question.. why? The power cuts would have no bearing on the parks future.

Vampire has a longer queueline then Dragons Fury so holds more people. Vampire's throughput can be up to 1000, whilst Fury's maximum is 700. Hence why Vampire can have a much longer queue, especially if it is only on 2 trains.

I personally think that along with Billy's Whizzer, Black Buccaneer is Chessington's best ride. I find it quite odd that at Buccaneer the staff are encouraged to interact with the guests whereas on Blade at Alton Towers, the operators just look so bored and depressed.But yeah, love the Buccaneer, that low height restriction really disguises how intense the ride actually is.

Now now, Thorpe has done really well with its reliability this year, in fact all three of the old Tussauds parks have improved on ride up-time. It was probably for the best you didn't wait around for Vampire, lets put it this way, the park closed at 6:15 and the ride was still running with guests on at 7:30. We could hear it from the Monkey Puzzle.

Ah yes... yeah that's wrong I'm afraid.

Who said someone was coming down from Alton Towers.

I'd say Fury and Vampire are equally as important to be honest. Neither was set out to be THE ICON and yet both rides are iconic for the park in their own right.Besides, it re-opened today around 3 o clock.

It re-opened yesterday. It actually swapped places with Vampire as that is currently unavailable.

LOL... no.

You'd be amazed at how often the race card is played..

Bins or rubbish left all over the floor.. you decide.

It's really refreshing to hear some Chessington trip reports full of praise. I'm glad you guys had a good day and that the park is impressing people this season.

Dragons Fury is far more intense then a lot of people give it credit for. Just get the right weight combination and well.. I've seen grown women cry after it.

There is such a huge number of Annual pass holders that instead of queues going down at Fury/Vampire, the queue times were getting longer. 30 Minutes for express pass queue and 90 Minutes for the main queue between 5 and 6 is beyond stupid.

It's only been decided in the last two days that Ap entrance between 5-6 will no longer happen.