Recent content by T0M

Fabulous design. Mack look to have truly excelled themselves.

Exactly. Once it's begun testing, creatives will only be given as much time as testing takes to complete. Think it will look pretty American 'car-park' style to some extent.

I see no other funding model other than taxation that would see its impartiality preserved. The left think it's right. The right think it's left. Conservatives think it's Labour. Labour think it's Conservative. Brexiteers think it's Remainer. Remainers think it's Brexiteering. Seems the truth...

It's more about the inevitable rust not showing up as quickly/obviously...

These media reviews are fine, but it might take the general public, weeks, months or even years to get the varied experiences it reportedly offers with this throughput and queue management?

How amazing that would be to be a thing in the UK! Not sure if this covered by an existing agreement, general development order (GDO) etc. I'm sure someone can advise!

Do we definitely not need planning permission for this?

Believe it will be popular with the youngsters that are often at Chessington and wider families; but I am not sure that is necessarily a good thing when capacity could realistically be about 600 per hour.

Ultimately it is a 28-seater train. I don't believe that fact it is wing means it will load faster than another 28-seat design. You could also have more seats in a different train design. No real sense in John's comments for me.

Would say barring a disaster it is as nailed on as it can be to open on 18 March. The ride page invites you to 'book now' with not caveats around an opening date. Big difference to the approach at Thorpe with Ghost Train and Chessington with Mandrill.

Does it include a Madame Tussauds?

With the Smiler they claimed to have responded to market research and feedback that rides were "too short"...this seems to be a government-esque u-turn on that.

It's more about the incompetence of the planning team, surely.

Jets probably, and then they can turn them off after a couple of months, as per Merlin's policy on ride effects.