April 16, 201213 yr comment_136395 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?
April 16, 201213 yr comment_136399 Shame it ends the day before my birthday then... Now THAT would have been a present and a half...
April 17, 201213 yr comment_136482 Jesus. Have only just seen that Jumbo's pic. Gotta love Merlin, yet again!
April 19, 201213 yr comment_136565 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.
April 20, 201213 yr comment_136610 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.
April 20, 201213 yr comment_136616 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.
April 20, 201213 yr comment_136619 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...
April 20, 201213 yr comment_136627 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
April 20, 201213 yr comment_136629 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.
April 20, 201213 yr comment_136651 And surely any child in a 45 minute queue will not be smiling, no matter what the ride is at the end of it...
April 20, 201213 yr comment_136666 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.
April 20, 201213 yr comment_136667 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...
April 23, 201213 yr comment_136779 On Saturday, I was at CWOA and Trucks had the longest queue in the park.
April 23, 201213 yr comment_136780 Mainly cos it's got the lowest throughput on park and is on one of the main paths in the place..
April 23, 201213 yr comment_136782 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...
April 24, 201213 yr comment_136793 On Saturday, I was at CWOA and Trucks had the longest queue in the park. Thats cause its the best ride innit.
April 24, 201213 yr comment_136794 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
April 24, 201213 yr comment_136795 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.
April 24, 201213 yr comment_136800 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.
April 24, 201213 yr comment_136802 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...
April 24, 201213 yr comment_136806 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.
April 24, 201213 yr comment_136807 The one car that didn't move had the kid in it... Bless his confused face <3
April 24, 201213 yr comment_136819 God almighty I miss CWoA pre-Legoland management takeover I honestly don't.
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