RubyRed95 Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 1) There is a 'standby queue' for the mazes, which is just normal queueing. They'll let a small number of people from the normal queue through, but priority is given more to those who have virtually waited with RnR. 2) If the park is busy enough, a straight reride is unlikely (ie, getting off and going straight back on), but there's nothing stopping you virtually queueing for the same maze twice in one night. 3) Yes and no. You may have to wait longer virtually in some cases, but that will also depend on when you do what. However, whilst you're waiting virtually with RnR, you can still do other rides. Once it's your time to ride, you can join the queue and it shouldn't take long before you're in the maze. 4) Not too sure when RnR stops allowing people to make bookings. However, there's nothing stopping you joining the standby queue just before the park closes. Thanks!! just trying to work out some sort of contingency plan for visiting this weekend haha xD Hoping things go okay, never done RnR before so it should be interesting to see how things go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Its not may have to wait longer, you will have to wait longer virtually. Everyone in the park will be waiting for rides and mazes at the same time instead of what would have been a split between rides and mazes. I can gaurentee you that the virtual wait for mazes will be longer than they normally would. RubyRed95 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 not sure if it has already been mentioned but RnR won't be used on The Blair Witch Project maze / scare zone / walkthrough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkadder312 Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 I would like to see at hand myself how good RnR is suppose to be and if it works great I think it should only be used on Weekends/High Captacity times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyRed95 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Anyone know how to reserve for more than one person from one phone? Maybe I'm being dumb but I can't figure it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Anyone know how to reserve for more than one person from one phone? Maybe I'm being dumb but I can't figure it out When you login and activate your reserve n ride for the day you tell the system how many are in your group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Say there is 6 in your group on all 6 phones and then you can be in 6 places at once, another great part of the highly thought out and well executed system of RnR. MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Say there is 6 in your group on all 6 phones and then you can be in 6 places at once, another great part of the highly thought out and well executed system of RnR. Don't you have to register the entry ticket for each person, and you're only able register each ticket on one device? If so you can't cheat it that way, if not... oh dear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 You don't have to register any kind of entry ticket meaning the system can be 'played' to your advantage easily. I was very happy 'reserving' mazes from home yesterday without a ticket and I will be checking out the system on park today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 They are trialing it with a standby queue? Fear for those who don't use it... Although it does just help the positive spin from those who are using it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyRed95 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 When you login and activate your reserve n ride for the day you tell the system how many are in your group Yeah I can't figure out how to do that :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Trialling a system with a standby queue isn't a true representation of what a 'queueless theme park' will look like really. I still find this whole thing somewhat laughable. Cal, kinnaird, Kerfuffle and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 I dont see how it is a trial in anyway. Its in a completely different set up to how it will be used, the dynamics of the people in the park is different. All this trail has shown so far is that the system has no idea what the throughputs of the mazes are resulting in long queues for the RnR guests and anyone in the main queue to have a really really bad day. I guess it has also shown that if you don't have a smart phone Thorpe park don't care at all about you because of the loss of the card system. I knew full well that they would remove the card system to save costs and they reassured me that it would be in full use across the park whenever RnR was in use. Once again thy have lied to me. As per usual they are ignoring the hate they get on social media. Seems to be much more this time. I guess that is down the to the 3 hours of virtual waits. And as per usual the people who like the system like it because of the faults in the system making there day better. Like the lack of people using it at first, the glitches saying the queues are full and then empty. If anyone believes that there day would have still been good and that they would have gotten on all the mazes if the system was working perfectly then please do explain it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyRed95 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 RnR currently saying per 3 hour queues and it's not even 1 yet surely that's a glitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 No you seem to be able to reserve. Must be part of the trail. I can see today going down even worse than yesterday. 3 hour queue before its even opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Trial is to test the computer system, ensure it works and so forth, and how to communicate it to guests. You shouldn't be able to reserve rides until the queues open at 3pm, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 WOULD PEOPLE SPELL TRIAL CORRECTLY PLEASE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! The lack of correct spelling on this place at times... paige, pluk and JoshC. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 I hadn't even noticed that one, it's going to annoy me every time now. DAMN YOU BENIN. MattyMoo and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Its the way I type in why it becomes trail and not trial. You have been able to reserve for all the mazes all day, Thorpe mentioned this in a comment on facebook. Its just that now they are full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Very, very high wait time for reserve and ride today. All queues are now above 4 hours, and the highest being cabin with 5 hours and 5 minutes. At least it seems to working today seeing as studio and saw both had 0, or 10 minute wait times all night. Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 I dont understand what benefit the ride n reserve system is having anymore. This is the thing with all these systems like fastrack and ride n reserve. Theme parks should be simple, you enter the park, you go queue for something, you ride it then you rinse and repeat as you go around the park. All this faffing around gets away from the actual problem at Thorpe, capacity is too low for its attractions. 5 and a half hour wait for a maze is too long in anyones book. Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Cabin became so high its now full. 5 hours 5 minutes would bring the allocation times to 10:15 so maybe that wont be opening up again to RnR anytime today. Seems a bit stupid to have it so you cant go on a ride 5 hours before the park closes unless you join the very slow moving main queue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 5 hours, virtual wait time or not is disgraceful... Cal, Coaster, pluk and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkadder312 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 How can I reserve rides from home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 How can I reserve rides from home? Reserveandride.com Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk darkadder312 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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