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I don't think you can blame the public for misunderstanding this one, Thorpe Park themselves market it as one of the most terrifying experiences out there.
 
 
 

I would sell my soul for Exodus to open tomorrow just so we never have to listen to this nonsense ever again. 

I would sell my soul for Exodus to open tomorrow just so we never have to listen to this nonsense ever again. 

I would sell my soul for Exodus to open tomorrow just so we never have to listen to this nonsense ever again. 

I would sell my soul for Exodus to open tomorrow just so we never have to listen to this nonsense ever again. 

I'd agree if that was true. But it isn't. Each time we've lost a flat ride over the last twenty years, we've gained empty space not a new rollercoaster. 
 
Ripsaw - Nothing
Boneshaker - Nothing
Dynamo - Empty space for 9 years, it's replacement lasting only 2 and a half years
Mushroom Swinger - Nothing (although I'm still not sure if that twister is a permanent addition or not).
Enterprise - Nothing
Submission - Nothing 
 
You can count the temporary retro squad if you want, I don't as they are literally desperate additions to spread the ride line up.
 
Towers is full of these empty holes where rides used to be. None of the current rollercoaster line up were made possible because a flat ride left the park. 
 
 

Is there a particular reason people are angry about a non compulsory add on? It's not even fastrack which actively impacts everybody's visit.
 
It's literally a 'you have too much money' tax. So why is this angering so many?

I'll take the entire right paddle for £50

Icon, Speed and Megafobia are up there. I like Shockwave but it isn't a favourite. I'll go with Icon just because its fun and accessible to a lot of people. 
 
I like the directions that Paultons and Drayton are heading in, if they could add something like Juvelen that could easily become my favourite non Merlin rollercoaster.

Just wanted to say something really positive about Nemesis Inferno. it's lack of dead spots. I was just thinking about rides of similar sizes like Talon, Flight Deck, the Batman clones and Great Bear and they all have really boring bits in them where the train is just repositioning. 
 
Inferno doesn't have that. Even the upper turn after the last inversion, it has some nice power to it. All hail our volcano themed queen.

What is currently relevant but won't be in a years time. Thats probably the best clue if Angry Birds was to be rethemed.

I'll take the entire right paddle for £50

I'll take the entire right paddle for £50

I think it should be called Prime. 

I think it should be called Prime. 

It must be an absolutely fantastic ride if it's already being overhauled. 

I think it should be called Prime. 

I think it should be called Prime. 

In a pretty swift move, track has arrived for Seaworld Orlando's new rollercoaster which has the code name 'Bobsleigh'. And what is perhaps more surprising is that this family rollercoaster will be yet another B&M. Track has arrived on site and white track has also been seen at B&M's production facilities. 
 
It is rumoured that a lot of the ride will be indoors.
 

It's purely irrational but I hate it when parks leave their obsolete crap all over the place. And that includes Saw the Ride. 😱
 
 

It's reach surely. DG95 has 1.32k subscribers, Coaster Studios 234k, many of whom are American and even before his visit to Thorpe, he was referring to Exodus a lot in his content when talking about any Mack ride. Also, why are you acting like Coaster Studios is new to the scene. He's been producing videos for a decade.
 
DG95 seems more more interested in pushing Prime drinks at me frankly..

It's reach surely. DG95 has 1.32k subscribers, Coaster Studios 234k, many of whom are American and even before his visit to Thorpe, he was referring to Exodus a lot in his content when talking about any Mack ride. Also, why are you acting like Coaster Studios is new to the scene. He's been producing videos for a decade.
 
DG95 seems more more interested in pushing Prime drinks at me frankly..

Yeah she is getting on a bit now, almost 35 years old. I would love for it to get a bit of love now that Mandrill is open. 

I can ride Peter Pans Flight in 5 minutes time for only 13 euros so I guess it is exactly the same as Disney.

I'm finding Chessington really frustrating at the moment. According to the park app the queues for things like Kobra, Tiger Rock and Dragon's Fury have been around two hours, Vampire, Rattlesnake and Tomb Blaster hover at 90 minutes and everything else is between 30-50 minutes.
 
I believe none of this is related to Land of Jumanji as the park was just as busy well before the new land opened. Yesterday may have been the perfect storm of good weather, new land and last day of half term but I think the problems are far deeper then this. The park is operationally damaged. Fury, Rattlesnake, Monkey Swinger, Tomb, Zufari,  Rock and Vampire do not run the capacities that they should be or can do. The downtime across the park is worse than it's ever been. Scorpion will be reopening this month but that cannot do enough to spread people. The sheer amount of Annual Pass holders with RAP passes is having an enormous effect on just shifting numbers through stand by.
 
And there is no magic answer here. The way the park is run, the staff just do not care. The only exception being the Jumanji staff who to there credit, are playing the characters and trying their best with compromised rides. Everywhere else though, you can tell the staff just aren't trained to the standard required. They do not give good service, they do not do good operations. There's no passion, there's no drive, there's no energy. And this comes from the top. The managers do not care.  Not to the level that a family theme park requires. 
 
I think sadly, a lot of the efforts to make the park look better over the last two years has been wasted as the sheer basics of running a theme park have completely collapsed. If Merlin are to make Chessington a destination (which seems to be the intention) then some radical thinking needs to take place. Rattlesnake and Fury need to go and be replaced with rides that have capacity. Rattlesnake does not fit in this park anymore. 1.4 metres with a 1.2 metre B&M wing rider a few metres away, no sorry.
 
Let's be real, Tiger Rock and Tomb Blaster are dead in the water. It's time for them to be replaced with modern tech, something like Chiapas and a newer slow moving dark ride, natural successors to what is there now. 
 
I love Chessington and I want people to have the same level of enjoyment and love that I had when I first visited in 1992. It's horrendous to hear the horrible days out people are having and I want this park to turn it around as it's the closest we have to a Toverland or a Nigloland in the UK.