Ian-S Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 The guest services queues over Easter were ridiculous. Glad they've introduced the table outside for rap. Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk Where is the table? We went on the Wednesdsy so it might not have been there then, just curious. Went to Thorpe Sunday and were in and out of guest services inside 5 minutes, such a contrasting experience to Chessie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 The table is just outside Safari Skyway's old disabled entrance. Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk Ian-S and pognoi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk30 Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Rameses Has reopened was on it yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Saw this on TST, originally from TPR... Why Chessington, why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagineer Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Seriously. What the hell? Even if a fence is required (and I really cannot see why one would be) could it not be a more suitable colour or style? To match the rest of the fencing in Wild Asia? OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 I had my yearly visit to Chessington today and really wasn't impressed. Throughputs are a huge issue now, which for a park that suffers at the best of times really isn't good. A few examples are; Rattlesnake dispatching a car on an average of every 65 seconds. It was strange, as it was usually a minute gap every time, however on occasions it was only 40 seconds, yet at other times it was up to a minute and a half! That ride is capable of dispatching after a car has left the lifthill so to be running it that slowly is nonsense! Furthermore, the queue from the end of the cave took 55 minutes (advertised as 25 on the queue board when we joined it). I remember when it took 15 from there! Vampire was leaving a three minute gap between trains. Again, appalling when the queue time is advertised as 90 minutes! (Just to be clear, we looked at the throughput from Bubbleworks' queue and decided against going on it). Fury was dispatching a lot slower than it is capable of, it seemed to be roughly every 40 - 45 seconds from what I could tell. Tomb Blaster was running three trains but stacking all three at times, meaning that the queue moved slower than I've ever known it to! Elsewhere, Zufari seemed to only have two/three trucks running meaning that the queue hardly moved, Bubbleworks and Dragon Falls were shifting queues reasonably well as usual and other rides were understaffed, for example Monkey Swinger only having one staff member on the entire attraction, I remember when they had 2/3 people! This meant that throughput was horrifically slow even on that, as one person cannot do the job of more! One more point I want to make is that despite some areas having some new paint (Vampire, Sea Storm), the park as a whole still looks badly neglected. Rattlesnake and Tomb Blaster's queueline & surrounding area in particular stood out as areas that desperately require attention, which for the latter really isn't good considering that it has supposedly had an upgrade for this year! Didn't know it was a legal requirement to carry a stopwatch to time dispatch times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Didn't know it was a legal requirement to carry a stopwatch to time dispatch times. Fortunately the law extends to wrist watches. Ryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 The fence prevents vandalism & children climbing, and replaces the previous awful solution of having those planters around the base. But who knows why it's blue. A decorative fence should have been there from the start really, since the tree is not the most solidly built scenery in the world. (Wild Asia is already going rotten and falling apart) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Shame we can't trust people to ruin things thematically... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 That fence is shocking. Would it have been too much effort to paint it the same colour as the scenery if it has to be there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 If this was Beanoland, it would fit in generally well. Unfortunately it isn't Beanoland so it doesn't. Merlin's favourite sport is obviously fencing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Very funny chessington. We know we shall be ignored. A* for effort in caring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Very funny chessington. We know we shall be ignored. A* for effort in caring. Are you a local resident? All big projects / building developments have these types of meetings. They are not aimed at the park go-er but the old local residents who like to complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamminGamer Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 The use of the phrase 'Masterplan' makes me think Chessington are plotting world domination for next year........ Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 The use of the phrase 'Masterplan' makes me think Chessington are plotting world domination for next year........ ?? Mysterio Ka, Kerfuffle, Cian and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Saw this on TST, originally from TPR... Why Chessington, why? Oh Christ on a bike - that looks awful! Could they not have at the very least painted the fence grey to at least try to fit in with Wild Asia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Am I the only one who feels like they recognise this fence from somewhere else a couple of years ago, not sure if it was from cwoa or somewhere else but it seems similar to some old fences that were around somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Am I the only one who feels like they recognise this fence from somewhere else a couple of years ago, not sure if it was from cwoa or somewhere else but it seems similar to some old fences that were around somewhere? No, I'm sorry. I have awful fence recognition skills. Chaz and MattyMoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 The fence looks identical to the new ones in vampire queue, just different colour obviously, vampires black fences actually look decent. dragon2000 and Matt 236 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Safe to say Chrssongton bought fencing this year in bulk. Hence why most looks the same. It's a matter of time before Merlin open a B&Q at one of their parks (or is that wood for the new woodie). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Isnt it ironic that this year's only new fence not made from wood is the only one that would have looked good like that dk3, Mattgwise and TraX 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 That's just the Merlin way. This looks like a perfectly good theme park area, right? Well, not to Merlin. Its fencing time! Much better! In other news, just seen this. [emoji36] Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk Celia Mae, Whiteknuckle, Morgan.B and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Some unsuspecting members of the public are in for a shock when they will be met with this instead yeah, pognoi, Olivus Prime and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Some unsuspecting members of the public are in for a shock when they will be met with this instead A positive shock, right? RIGHT? Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk dk3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 If you say so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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