Ringo Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Also Merlin have confirmed MAP VIP will have fastrack right from day one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 minute ago, Ringo said: Also Merlin have confirmed MAP VIP will have fastrack right from day one. Oh joy... L7123456 and JoshuaA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Honestly by the time you get out of the queue you could of took a two hour flight to Rust and ridden a better operated and paced GCI.. Mer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, JoshuaA said: Honestly by the time you get out of the queue you could of took a two hour flight to Rust and ridden a better operated and paced GCI.. Have you ridden the ride yet? Could you refrain these thoughts until after riding? Matt A, Kerfuffle and terrortomb 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 29 minutes ago, Coaster said: Oh joy... Yeah it's not like the entire UK population have VIP passes is it? Those things are a fortune for good reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marhelorpe Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Will there be a single rider queue for this does anyone know? Despite it being good if there is one to fill in any empty seats, if it accompanies a main, disabled, priority and fastrack queue like most coasters across Merlin do today, there will likely be some pretty hefty waiting times for guests when this opens I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringo Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, Marhelorpe said: Will there be a single rider queue for this does anyone know? Despite it being good if there is one to fill in any empty seats, if it accompanies a main, disabled, priority and fastrack queue like most coasters across Merlin do today, there will likely be some pretty hefty waiting times for guests when this opens I reckon. According to talk over in Towersstreet SRQ are a thing of the past at Towers. Rumours are they’re all going. https://towersstreet.com/talk/threads/single-rider-queues.4679/ Marhelorpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringo Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Merlin have also added Wicker Man to the fastrack options for those staying at the hotels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 For the money VIP passholders pay, I'd fully expect them to get Fastrack for Wicker Man. Not exactly like there's lots of them either... Introducing it for hotel guests presumably shows they're confident with what throughput they can achieve, and so they know what numbers to allocate. A bit of a risk, but I'm sure they know what they're doing with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringo Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 It’s actually changed and Fastrack for Wicker Man is now available from day one for anyone willing to pay for it. Fastrack site has been updated. https://www.altontowers.com/theme-park/extras/fastrack/#packages Gold - £55 one shot on all rides Platinum - £95 unlimited fastrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Glad I'm not visiting until April 20th so the crowds will have subsided - that must be a quiet week as the park isn't open all week - have double checked it's not a school holiday obviously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 17 hours ago, TallGuyDom said: Have you ridden the ride yet? Could you refrain these thoughts until after riding? People express their excitement months before riding rides all the damn time- everyone at some point makes a judgement before riding something (whether it'd be bad or good) Project LC and Mer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Good front-facing picture of the entrance feature. Image from Merlin Magic Marking's Instagram: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPC Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Couldn't that metal rod be painted or something? It doesn't fit in whatsoever and in that picture, I was more focused on that rather than the ride logo. Ringo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrortomb Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Old silver fencing from Thorpe Park’s entrance gate: hopefully temporary (like it’s functioned to be). Ringo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringo Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 1 hour ago, TPC said: Couldn't that metal rod be painted or something? It doesn't fit in whatsoever and in that picture, I was more focused on that rather than the ride logo. Give it 10 years of complaints and they’ll do a Rita and theme it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 2 hours ago, TPC said: Couldn't that metal rod be painted or something? It doesn't fit in whatsoever and in that picture, I was more focused on that rather than the ride logo. They might paint it. I'd also imagine the main entrance/EXP signs will be hung from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Towers rides aren’t complete without scaffolding and bare steel beams by the ride entrance. Ringo, Kerfuffle and JoshuaA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrortomb Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 34 minutes ago, Stuntman707 said: Towers rides aren’t complete without scaffolding and bare steel beams by the ride entrance. Maybe it could become a new mascot? Steel Beam the 'fun' fence... a world's first! Ringo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Merlin making quality, world leading attractions. It's not like the entrance is important enough to hide that stuff right? Just want to put Wodan's entrance here for comparison: Europa Just look at them Merlin. That is how you build a proper theme park. Ringo, pluk and CharlieN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 ^And the entrance to Blue Fire is just divine too... Benin, alexander, Glitch and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 I assume we are joking and not comparing unfinished entrances to those in Europa park to try dig at Merlin right? Glitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Well, it’s one of their nicer ride entrances. I’ll say that. Just needs less corrugated Steel now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 13 hours ago, Ringo said: Give it 10 years of complaints and they’ll do a Rita and theme it We're still waiting for that surely? Also that's not the ride entrance for Wodan, since the queue starts in a random wooden shack... All for Merlin bashing, but let's do that when they actually deserve it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringo Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 The photo MMM posted to Instagram is old, the supports have been themed now. photo from TowersTimes, Robert.W 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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