J.S217 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Really Sneak Peek not Sneak Beak HermanTheGerman, Matt 236, pognoi and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I'm just glad they didn't accidentally spell it 'Sneak Peak' pognoi, Cal, Mad Coaster Man and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 The 4d cinema looks a lot bigger than I expected! Does anyone know how many people it holds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusty Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Any ideas when this is going to open, or at least when detonator is going to close? Planning a trip in the next couple of weeks and don't want to miss out on a ride, or come when everything is boarded up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 The 4d cinema looks a lot bigger than I expected! Does anyone know how many people it holds? It used to have about 630 seats I think. So I should think around the same, as the seats don't look any bigger! Any ideas when this is going to open, or at least when detonator is going to close? Planning a trip in the next couple of weeks and don't want to miss out on a ride, or come when everything is boarded up. I think it's planned the open quite late in May, probably in time for Half term at the end of the month. There's no official date as of yet. If they only plan to close Detonator for about a week before opening, I expect it'll close sometime in the middle of the month really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 DAMMIT! I'm going on the 9th! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitchada04 Posted May 5, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 The first dodgems car has arrived! This is going to be good J.S217, EC!, Mad Coaster Man and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 DODGEMS ROAD RAGE "They didn't take my bag on Colossus that's it I'm taking the Steamroller" kinnaird, Mad Coaster Man, pognoi and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnaird Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 damn I hope the dodgems wont be week and would love steam roller cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 On the topic of the Dodgems, and maybe I should be asking thorpe themselves this, but do you think there will be fastrack sold for them ESPECIALLY on opening day? I just have a feeling there are gonna be ridiculous 4 hour queues for a Dodgem ride as the queues at thorpe seem to be getting longer and longer these days! On top of that, if thorpe decide to sell fastrack I can see it all being a disaster. I think the land itself will be good but if they sell massives of fastrack I will certainly be unsure about it all. However, when I'm next visiting I probably won't even ride the Dodgems as it's likely to be quite busy and I'm not prepared to wait ages for Dodgems which you can get at the fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 I think on the map it shows that Fastrack will be sold for both the Dodgems and the 4D Cinema... So yeah, it's going to be burdenous, but who needs guest satisfaction to make money? pluk, pognoi, Matt 236 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 I think on the map it shows that Fastrack will be sold for both the Dodgems and the 4D Cinema... So yeah, it's going to be burdenous, but who needs guest satisfaction to make money? It is going to be absolutely ridiculous, especially on the opening weeks. I hope if they are actually selling it they make it a ridiculous price like £20 per person so not many people buy it. Otherwise it will undoubtably be like the mazes at fright nights with ridculous fastrack to queue ratios with fastrack being let in three times for main queue once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Otherwise it will undoubtably be like the mazes at fright nights with ridculous fastrack to queue ratios with fastrack being let in three times for main queue once. I remember seeing My Bloody Valentine with an 140 minute queue, and they were doing two groups of fastrack then one normal, possibly even worse than that (can't remember completely). I suppose from their point of view, the longer and slower the queue the better as more people will buy fastrack... Fastrack on Dodgems is just wrong though. You could ride better ones at a fair for less! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1hrisin Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 I'm sensing a general theme... JamminGamer and FrightNights04 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Ironically, it looks no different to some of the other park shops these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 £16 for a red Angry Birds plush? I won one of those for 30p in a claw machine at the bowling alley last year, maybe I should put it on eBay and retire And yes, I concur - Fastrack and Dodgems is a bad bad thing...! pognoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1hrisin Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 The big ones are £40 tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 To be fair, I've been to shops in Westfields, Shepherds Bush - They where around £50 there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 That's 'business' for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 As a minor update more of the 2D visuals were being added to the wall facing Tetley Teacups today. Also Dodgems queue line is in the process of being built Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 I've seen those sweets being sold for the region of £3 in a shop in Addlestone. Oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 As a minor update more of the 2D visuals were being added to the wall facing Tetley Teacups today. Also Dodgems queue line is in the process of being built Brace yourself for a Merlin style cattlepen. If the dodgems have the same throughput as Chessington's that'll be 350pph, then add overselling of Fastrack and you'll get a queue that moves slower than Saw would on one cart... FrightNights04 and pognoi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukefamz Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Opening May 24th HermanTheGerman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Brace yourself for a Merlin style cattlepen. Samurai has a cattlepen queue and that was moved while Tussauds branding was still on the park not Merlin, also how else would you fit a queue to dodgems, Chessington's has a cattlepen type switchback queue too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Merlin style ones are maze-like though, rather than the classic switchback getting closer and closer to the ride itself... It could even have a dreaded hidden one, like on Swarm MattyMoo, FrightNights04 and HermanTheGerman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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