I'm not. Insider Accesso knowledge there.

 

Still dont have a clue why they're running it. Still makes no sense to me, all it seems to be doing is pissing people off whilst reducing revenue streams. But hey ho!!!

I feel like you're going to get in trouble for this

Don't know how RNR will work out with the mazes, but if it does happen I will be using it as it seemed like a MUCH better alternative to the main queues when being run on the coasters during the summer...

Agree with the comments above...but all I know is that RNR is likely to cause a complete queueing nightmare for the mazes!

yes the clowns were in it last year!

Thanks, I remember it now!

Will they be using the main queues for the mazes as well or just only have Fast track and reserve and ride? If there's a main queue as well, I could imagine this turning into a mess, especially with the amount of Fast tracks the mazes have. Although I would like to try out reserve and ride as I've never had the chance to before.

I hope they don't have a standby queue for the mazes - make it RnR or Fastrack only.  It's the way the system was designed to work, and it needs to be given a chance to work in that way.  Previous trials have proven the system can now cope with the demand, let's see it in practice!  

 

Must say, brave of the park to do it during their busiest time of year though.  Surely that must mean that they're either really confident with the system or guest feedback has been mostly positive (or, hopefully, both!).

I just fear for the LC post really. That's more frightening then any Fright Night maze or event.

I don't mind RnR trails at fright nights, I spend my time at Alton who realise rides lower queues not stupid gimmicks. Anyone who is fooled into thinking RnR makes them queue less overall I'm afraid is too stupid to realise what is actually going on. 

But it will work at FN on the mazes. The park rarely sees more guests at FN than the last week of August where R'n'R was in use also. And if it's only on the mazes and not the coasters then people will have high capacity rides to queue for as well as the flats so it won't horribly affect the flats like so many people worry about. It will work as long as there's no standby queue. The one thing people complained about at FN was queueing for the mazes (and it's not just Fastracks fault, mazes generally have low capacities yet are as popular if not more so at FN than the coasters).

 

I'd much rather queue 60 minutes for Inferno then go to a maze and get on that without queueing then another 60 or something for another coaster while queueing virtually for a maze. R'n'R is a decent system hardware wise, it updates exceedingly quickly to breakdowns, higher throughputs being achieved and so on. I'm all for it if it means I don't have to queue 2 hours physically for a maze! I also think enforcing R'n'R will be easier on the mazes than coasters as they can just build the queues without standby in mind

I said my comment in the general sense, RnR only on mazes and being the only way to queue I think will work. You may struggle to get all of the mazes done as the wait times will be longer than if they were a standard queue but I guess people can put up with that.

If there is a standard queue. Good luck to the people queuing for Valentine...

Quid were horrendous on that last year, without Reserve and Rise!

MBV was awful if you were in the standby queue. I might consider getting a fastrack for it this year.

R&R will be the death of Thorpe...

R&R would work fantastic for mazes I mean there will be no queue there for it will be amazing with so many times going in and out of mazes and re doing mazes yeah I'm excited if you can not tell

You wont be able to re ride the mazes because of RnR what was a few hundred people per queue is now 100% of people among the mazes vitually. The Virtual waits will be hours long, if a single maze wait with RnR is below 1 hour 30 minutes I will be stunned.

MBV was awful if you were in the standby queue. I might consider getting a fastrack for it this year.

 

That's the only I didn't queue for last year. Just get too it 15-20 minutes early and you'll be the first one on when it opens

If R&R was being used on mazes instead of a regular queuing system I'd be very happy, one of the great things about Scarefest is the fact that you don't have to wait to long because you have an allotted time.

Which will be less busy?

 

The first Sunday (12th) or the 2nd Sunday (19th)?

 

Thanks Jake

That's the only I didn't queue for last year. Just get too it 15-20 minutes early and you'll be the first one on when it opens

I got to MBV 15mins early and was first people in... Saying that it was a ridiculously empty Sunday so don't think it ever went over 20/30mins throughout the evening.

Yeah I went on a saturday last year, arrived at CITW 20 minutes early, and still had to queue 40 minutes after the gate opened.

Can't wait for Sunday the 26th, last year come half 8 the park was empty, and come half 9 everything was walk on, they let us re-ride Stealth without getting off at least 4 times, I didn't even think they were allowed to do this

You are not allowed to remain in your seat while the train is in motion with the bars unlocked. Pretty sure that is in the regulations.

You are not allowed to remain in your seat while the train is in motion with the bars unlocked. Pretty sure that is in the regulations.

Agreed. Whenever I've re-ridden Stealth I've always had to get off then go through the gate on the platform.

Same on X, get off and go through the disabled entrance (door at the left of the baggage area) and go on again.

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They then shut Stealth down because the rain was immense, front row was unbareable - had to duck/flinch the whole way!

Well I've emailed Thorpe about this. What an awful idea on such a busy and big event to use a system which has not been perfected and will actually vastly increase queue times. What about us that actually want to get there early and queue to get on it quickly? Too risky, will actually void any date that plans to use this.