WickerWonder18
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Gotta get the Bluey Cred mate
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[2026] Bluey Coaster in CBeebies Land
Matt N
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If I do, I’m waiting for a nice midweek day when the kids are all in school and the queue is short… I’ve ridden worse than Bluey in terms of size, so I’m not saying I’ve never ridden a kiddie cred, but those were on short queues.Gotta get the Bluey Cred mate
When I only get to Alton a couple of times a year, I have better things to do than wait 2+ hours for a kiddie coaster!
Islander
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Do you though, or would it be better to leave the young kids' ride to the kids to enjoy on opening day?Gotta get the Bluey Cred mate
This community does depress me sometimes lol
Secret Weapon
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Are you able to share the photo online? It sounds funny!My friend is at Towers, said the CBeebies queue is gigantic. He sent me a photo… interestingly no children in the queue
AT had the foresight to anticipate this (as did I, sadly), and so they specifically asked adults to let the children ride it first!
To his credit, Coaster Dad said that he will wait a few weeks / months before riding it, for the same reason.
WickerWonder18
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Yes it was just a joke all. Agree with Matt
coasterenthusiast
TS Member
What’s the queue like today? Towers app says it’s closed!
Dave
TS Founding Member
Bigly big
Skyscraper
TS Member
Hail storm apparently.
Secret Weapon
TS Member
Bluey is now showing in Ride Times as "Not scheduled to open" at all.
The other rides are only showing temporary downtime / weather delays.
[EDIT: Bluey is back open, and so it was probably just a mistake]
P.S. Now that Bluey has launched, should this thread be moved out of the Future Discussion section and into the General Discussion area?
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The_bup
TS Member
But it blows my mind that they all feel the need to do it on opening day!Gotta get the Bluey Cred mate
Getting on the Bluey coaster day one is not a feat thats going to impress anyone.
Saying you queued over two whole hours, however, will turn some heads.
Not in a good way.
Secret Weapon
TS Member
Maybe they should enforce a height restriction, so that only people under 1.4m can ride before 5 p.m. (unless accompanying a child) * ...
...and then reverse the policy for Alton after Dark, so that only people over 1.4m can ride, and play loud techno music (similar to X at Thorpe Park) and use strobe lighting
(*I'm not sure if anybody remembers this, but - in the days before the 12A film certificate - a lot of children were unhappy that they were unable to watch the 12-rated Mrs. Doubtfire at the cinema and so Live & Kicking ran a competition for under-12s only, as compensation
FYI: The film was later downgraded to PG when it was released on VHS cassettes)
Plastic Person
TS Member
A VHS cassette that happened to feature a 1994 Alton Towers advert as one of the promotions before the film.
Back to the park, then. And er, Bluey. I won't be riding this for the foreseeable future, but it looks fairly charming and true to the spirit of the show from photos, although the station seems a little boxy and exposed on the inside.
I still maintain that the Bluey brand is oversized for a small children's coaster, and wonder if we could expect a dark ride or show in the future.
Bert2theSpark
TS Member
There’s been a show in Big Fun for a couple of years now, although it wouldn’t surprise me if Bluey got a permanent space for meet & greets. The Furchester Hotel is a pretty dated attraction now and has strong access to backstage facilities, so maybe that building could be rethemed.
A ‘dark’ ride is exactly what CBeebies Land needs next though, even if it’s just a new version of Postman Pat that’s indoors and outdoors, it’ll certainly be something to hedge against poor weather conditions when they do occur. In fact, I heard once that Pat’s ride system was actually intended to be used indoors (not sure how true that was though).
Matt N
TS Member
With a queue that didn’t drop below 90 minutes at any time I saw it, I did not partake in a ride on Bluey today, but I did briefly stroll into CBeebies to see it.
Having seen it in the flesh, it looks quite nice, to be fair. And also bigger than I expected; it looks a fair bit bigger than Octonauts!
Having seen it in the flesh, it looks quite nice, to be fair. And also bigger than I expected; it looks a fair bit bigger than Octonauts!
Secret Weapon
TS Member
Even though John Burton has left Merlin, does anybody know whether he was there for the launch of Bluey today, considering that it was a ride that he presumably designed?
(As I said before, I personally think that he should have delayed his resignation by 2 weeks so that he could have at least launched Bluey first - unless there was a specific reason why he couldn't)
(As I said before, I personally think that he should have delayed his resignation by 2 weeks so that he could have at least launched Bluey first - unless there was a specific reason why he couldn't)
evilcod
TS Member
Good news, Long Dog spotted!
Squiggs
TS Team
Was it in Oblivion's tunnel?
It's quite the length they've gone to, to keep it under wraps until opening day!
Poisson
TS Member
The only reason they closed Oblivion is because somebody spotted Long Dog in the tunnel so they had to bribe them with access to the influencer event for Bluey.