Mark9
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Rita's interesting in that it is clearly not the best ride of its type with a very swings and roundabout lay-out, not much height, a slower speed then its Southern counterpart and a far less important then its B&M sisters. However (and this is a big however), I really think this makes it a better ride then Stealth. Being less important then Nemesis, Air and Oblivion makes Rita a far more fun ride to go on.And thats all I'm saying.
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My Tr from the day (Or Mark goes to Thorpe shocker)Thorpe's rather boring isn't it? Lucily there was some awesome people there to have a laugh with but other then that Thorpe is incredibly boring. Rides I probably enjoyed the most was Nemesis Inferno, Flying Fish and X:\ No Way Out. Yes thats right. And yesterdays trip made 4th trip in a row that Detonator has been closed for 90% of the day, stopping me from getting a ride. Apart from that though there was a nice atmosphere on park with staff happy that they get to leave, and guests happy that queues were quite short. Allowing that the firework dispaly was ok, although a distinct lack of red and an announcer who couldn't manage to rile up the 8000+ crowd.
No. Thorpe Park's crap, Chessington's misguided and Alton is to far away.
I have a larger feeling Mcdonalds will be replaced by Burger King. BK were in a few weeks ago. (bugger!)Skyway was closed because of the construction work over the childrens zoo.
The hills on Seastorm are far more exaggerated then Rocky Express - along with that the entrance and exit gates are on opposite side of the circle and not next to the control box. The operator has to unlock the bars, open the exit gate, make sure everyones left the ride, close the gate. They then have to run to the other side open the gate, make sure everyones paired up and all boats are full. They then have to lock the bars and run round making sure everyones safe. Takes a lot longer then Rocky.
Shut the hell up Marc. If you think thats the best thing you can think of that the park needs to improve then you really are to obsessed with watching staff.What I think needs to be improved, by Mark Gilbert.- Rides. The rides are either in a diabolical state or heading in that direction. If I was in control of Chessington's budget I would really thnik about a repaint of just about everything. Skyway in particular really needs something because the trains with their faded yellow bodies just look awful. Runaway train's rockwork really needs painting, Rattlesnake needs new cars with new restraints to bring down its height restriction. Bubbleworks just needs to be redone completely, Vampire is in an ok state but it really needs the lighting to be toned down. This is supposed to be a dark, gothic ride but its lit up like a late night gay parade. Beanoland, in particular Billys Whizzer and Madhouse need a repaint along with Trucks, Carousel and Jumbos. Berries needs to be burnt down and replaced by something interesting.-Animal land. I love the animals at Cwoa and I really feel that the animals need larger enclosures or more in the enclosure itself to keep the animals entertained. Creature Features last year was a really interesting way of changing the interactivity between guests and animals and I hope this continues way into next year.- New rides. For the love of god Chessington needs this. We can argue either way about Thorpe down the road for ride lovers, but Chessie needs ride investment. The current line-up is full of diversity but with only two rides really catering for thrill seekers, this needs to be bulstered up. There are some prime locations such as Rodeo's old site, the grass outside Land of the Dragons or removing Peeking Heights. But this needs to be done fast.- Staffing. One thing I realised this year was that the staff don't care enough about the people coming through the gates. This needs to be altered if the park wants to keep up its good reputation with guests. Older, more "mature" staff need to be bought in because as one guest wrongfully put it "they close the rides just so they can go get drunk."-Restraunts/Healthy food. The park needs a more diverse range of restraunts. Ritas chicken/rib bar and the Glasshouse that people will pay more for better food, and it is something that needs to be considered at Chessington. At the moment the only real proper sit down restraunt is the pub. I've eaten there and I don't think the food is that good to be honest. Something like Alton's restraunt would be awesome, I would certainly eat there.-Toilets. A strange thing to put down I agree but I will say it... CWOA needs more toilets. The ones there are in quite bad conditions and are not in good ways. The Market Square one for instance has only 3 cubicles and 7 urinals. Considering this is the centre of the park and a main meeting place this really needs to be improved. More toilets need to also be added to Animal Land, Toytown and Mexicana. -Theming. Chessington's theming in some place is awesome (The Buddha and Dragon), average (LOTD) and sometimes down right appalling (Peeking Heights, Bubbleworks.) The park needs to become more consistent with what it adds. Thorpe can get away with it, but Kids like to be immersed in a different world. I've seen many delighted faces at Runaway when they walk in and under the track like a real mine. This needs to be continued with new additions to the park.These are just a few ideas bouncing my head currently though.
Fury's immelman is good... but not quite as good as Walking through Runaway Train's tunnel or in-between Rattlesnakes main drop track... saying that its not as scary as walking onto Fury's second break platform. All shakey, although its easy to slap people as they come spinning past
Nemesis is an awesome ride. Number 3 in the world
Like when your out and about and you like see a boy and girl holding hands, I mean I'm ok with straight people but why do they have to show off about it all the time. (I really hope people are seeing the irony)
But I don’t care what they sayI’m in love with youThey try to pull me awayBut they don’t know the truthMy heart’s crippled by the veinThat I keep on closingYou cut me open and IKeep bleedingKeep, keep bleeding loveI keep bleedingI keep, keep bleeding loveKeep bleedingKeep, keep bleeding loveYou cut me open Leona Lewis- Bleeding Love :'(
I'm bi.I don't mind straight people though, just as long as they don't keep chucking it in my face.
Last time I looked Alex isn't a theme park attracting 1.6 million people a year.
Runaway Train BABY. Omg that is the best ride to operate ever. Although I had a few problems pakring it today.. so dark barely saw the line. Although we played a trick where we stopped the train in the tunnel and pretended it had broken... then sped it off again. woooo!Glad you rode it 4 times, it reeks of awesomeness!
Even the straightest road meanders.....