Mark9 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 25th Birthday Celebration 25th July - 18th August To celebrate Chessington' 25th birthday as a theme park, come along and join in 25 days of fun. http://www.chessington.com/plan-your-trip/events.aspx?tabname=july Any ideas on what they might do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Shame it ends the day before my birthday then... Now THAT would have been a present and a half... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Probably going to cost us money, thats all I can say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Jesus. Have only just seen that Jumbo's pic. Gotta love Merlin, yet again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Jesus. Have only just seen that Jumbo's pic. Gotta love Merlin, yet again! The imagination and creativity is unprecedented to anything on this planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Pretty sure the merlin way excludes CWoA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insider9150 Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 The jumbos is only staying like this for this year, they will be re-theming the ride in the closed season, to fit in with the new area opening next year. The management had 2 options at the beginning of this year, 1 to re-instae the jumbos into the new area unthemed or 2 remove it completely for one year and re-instate next year completely themed. I think they chose the right option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 The jumbos is only staying like this for this year, they will be re-theming the ride in the closed season, to fit in with the new area opening next year. The management had 2 options at the beginning of this year, 1 to re-instae the jumbos into the new area unthemed or 2 remove it completely for one year and re-instate next year completely themed. I think they chose the right option. If this is the case, then I would agree. It would surely cost alot more to remove a ride and then reinstall it, as opposed to simply relocating it. Plus, while it may only be Jumbos, it can contribute to eating queues, I say that loosely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 They still need to remove half the rides in the park and replace them with things with actual through-puts though... IF the safari thing manages 1000 an hour, that's one thing, but the actual park side of the thing needs to get rid of anything below 500 pph and get things above that figure... Wonder how people feel when they queue 45 minutes for Truckers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Wonder how people feel when they queue 45 minutes for Truckers... Well families will do it, because they want to see their children smiling, if their children are smiling then they will too be smiling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Well families will do it, because they want to see their children smiling, if their children are smiling then they will too be smiling I've seen enough families getting off trucks to know that isn't the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomglazed Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 And surely any child in a 45 minute queue will not be smiling, no matter what the ride is at the end of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAJiME Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Trucks is just insanity isn't it. Just actual insanity. Why do people get in a 45 min wait for it? Just why? I think the only reason that gets such a queue is because it's so exposed and it's easy for children to see what to expect. You don't see Toadies get that queue, though there's no reason why not, the rides are very similar. I think rebranding Toadies and opening up the front of it to draw attention to it would do wonders. But then perhaps that would have a queue it cannot cope with, too? Regardless, Trucks needs to go... But instead they take the action to cover it's queue, suggesting it's not going anywhere. Benin is right, they can't continue with these low capacity rides acting as staples. Chessington is not a premier park on paper, but it's dealing with premier crowds. They don't have a single attraction which can deal appropriately with the numbers they get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Maybe the queue cover can work to the advantage when it gets burnt to the ground? More wood to get the fire stoked and ready to melt the bloody thing... Personally, I would get rid of Trucks, Berries, Toadies, Madhouse, Playhouse and Capers and just fill the resulting space with a few more flats/assorted things that improve the park throughput... And it's likely that only two rides would actually balance it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 On Saturday, I was at CWOA and Trucks had the longest queue in the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Mainly cos it's got the lowest throughput on park and is on one of the main paths in the place.. HAJiME 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Less than 200 people an hour... Soul sucking doesn't even begin to describe the emotions felt operating it alone... And that was BEFORE Fastrack... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 On Saturday, I was at CWOA and Trucks had the longest queue in the park. Thats cause its the best ride innit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Less than 200 people an hour... Soul sucking doesn't even begin to describe the emotions felt operating it alone... And that was BEFORE Fastrack... Don't forget that 1 car is for exit riders and another is for fastrack, meaning only 3 cars are for the main queue Love trucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Don't forget that 1 car is for exit riders and another is for fastrack, meaning only 3 cars are for the main queue Love trucks Meaning the main queue eats less then 120 pph? Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Meaning the main queue eats less then 120 pph? Wow. Celebrating a rare occassion where you get all five trucks with four people on them. The rarity, the glamour, the shock. pluk, Luke_A and Fred 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Celebrating a rare occassion where you get all five trucks with four people on them. The rarity, the glamour, the shock. A moment that will forever stay with me... The staring people watching me dance in the control box after my first full load on Truckers... Memories... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Remember that time we prayed the rain would kill it. And then that first ride when the cars were all stopping. Those were the most beautiful of memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 The one car that didn't move had the kid in it... Bless his confused face <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 God almighty I miss CWoA pre-Legoland management takeover I honestly don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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