dubaidave Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Does anyone know if parks in the UK operate single rider lines? Especialy Thorpe and Alton towers? Just wondered as they saved me hours in Japan so I wondered if the UK does the same. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorisTF Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 When i was at Thorpe in april last year, and Alton alos has single rider lines for various rides, however i have heard quite a few cases of the Single Rider Lines not being used on busy days, so it's kind of a lottery from what I've heard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinb Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Alton Towers now uses a single rider que on: Rita, Oblivion, Nemesis,Air and Spinball Whizzer, Spinball has the worst que, it may not be longest looking ques but it has the longest waiting time!!!Quiet days you'll que for Spinball for about 1 hour!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulosthejackal Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Yeah Alton used these extensively last season but they sucked because people didn't understand them. I did an experiment with Rita at AT and it took me less time to get on than my buddie Rob (not 'that' Rob) in the single rider Q! I think that the opps just forget about the single riders on this ride. On the opposite side while my friends were on subbmision (lame flat I don't like) I manage to get in 4 rides on Oblivion in about 15 mins in the single rider Q when the main Q was one hour:-) So in answer to you question dubaidave yeah they do. Just don't bother with the Rita one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinb Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 ^Yeah the Rita single que line was full when I went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulosthejackal Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 ...Spinball has the worst que, it may not be longest looking ques but it has the longest waiting time!!!Quiet days you'll que for Spinball for about 1 hour!!! just noticed this, Yeah martinb why is this, it's really wierd there seems to be loeads of cars always being dispatched and their are loads of bloack brakes and stuff so lots of cars on the move at once. The only thing I can think of is that its like one of the only coasters that EVERYONE goes on your mum, gran, uncle, little brother. You can go on a quite day in April/September when Nemesis/Air/Oblivion is walk on and Spinball is at least 30 mins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinb Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 I have no idea why, but the Black Hole was exactly the same, on quiet days it had about a 45 minute que, but Spinball is probably the only coaster at AT that I don't go on on every visit! I can also remember whn I got in the park asoon as it opened and the que was already ful, this at about 9:31am but when I went straight to Nemesis I got on it twice and Air twice before 10am, but the funny thing is everyone runs to the Forbidden Valley!! It just confuses me!! Also never que for the front seat on Colossus, I waited an extra 1hr45mins and there was only about 3meters of que!!!!! Don't bother even LOOKING at X:/No Way Out, it's just depressing and very BAD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Single riders can go to the "exit" of most UK coasters and wait for a spare seat once the train has been filled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Insane Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Really the Main Parks in England Alton, Thorpe and Chessington have SRQ and that basically it no other parks I’m aware of have srq. The Best working SRQ are Inferno and Nemesis which move pretty well most of the time . Only bad thing Nemesis srq is open when busy but close when quite, Inferno is open most of the time. Chessington only have SRQ on Tomb Blaster and that’s it (not sure if there add anymore but would be nice if vampire had it ), srq used to be on Dragon’s Fury too but was removed due to the exit being clog up. (Wish that was added back thou so many empty seats now days) p.s Oblivion doesn’t have srq anymore as they remove it (no idea why thou) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterCrazy Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 I will be taking advantage of the SRQ at Alton, Thorpe, Chessington during my visit this June. SRQ=More riding, less waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark9 Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Chessington only have SRQ on Tomb Blaster and that’s it (not sure if there add anymore but would be nice if vampire had it ), srq used to be on Dragon’s Fury too but was removed due to the exit being clog up. (Wish that was added back thou so many empty seats now days) Chessington won't be running any single rider queue's now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinb Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Oblivion did have a SRQ at the exit, but then the made it parallel to the proper que line, this was when I went in October!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usf geek Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Alton towers Is the worst for SRQ. When I was queing up for Rita, I thought 'Yes!!, A single rider line' (I used these extensively ot ROTM back In October) So I got In line and waited for about 15 minutes before anyone from the SRQ got on, So then It started to rain (Rita has an outside queue, with no roof) And the ride broke down 2 times because of It, So after about 1 and a half hours!! of waiting In the SRQ I FINALLY get on (Great coaster by the way) and by the time I got of, We had run out of time and couldnt ride Oblivion. So In my experience American parks are MUCH better and organized than English parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterjon Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Well when i went to AT last year me and my friend decided to go in the single rider queue for Spinball Whizzer. It turned out that we would have been on it quicker if we just queued up in the normal queue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Now Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I used the Single Rider queues at Alton Towers in June. With the exception of Nemises and Oblivion, I ended up waiting more then an hour. It was especially fusterating on Air, because I saw empty seats on every train that was dispatched, yet they rarly loaded people from the SRQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubaidave Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 WOW Thanks everyone for all your replies. I think I wll just take a look at both ques on the day. It sounds like its the ride ops that dont know how to run them properly. Universal Japan runs SRQ`s but the public dont know what they are for so they are always a walk on. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Herbster Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I'm off to the US this summer. We're going to Cedarpoint, Geauga Lake, Paramount Kings Dominion, SF Great Adventure and Hershey Park. Do any of these parks have SRQs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark9 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 WOWThanks everyone for all your replies. I think I wll just take a look at both ques on the day. It sounds like its the ride ops that dont know how to run them properly. Universal Japan runs SRQ`s but the public dont know what they are for so they are always a walk on. Thanks again Its not that UK park's can't run them its just that Rita and Spinball are low through-put rides, and becuase so many people use the system (by that I mean groups), it means the queue is longer then it needs to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Just make sure that when you go to Thorpe Park that you pick up your single rider wristband from Guest Services. You are not allowed to queue up in the SRQ without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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