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Does anyone know what Alton's rule regarding glasses on rollercoasters is these days? Last time I went they were not letting people ride with them on and since then I know of at least one person who was allowed to ride with them on, as they were on a strap.
 
A strap is fine. I've not been on Rita yet this season but can't imagine it's changed since last year.
 
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Alton yes, I once asked to see ID before letting my wife hand over her bag because the guy wasn't showing any and he begrudgingly got out his door security accreditation / license thing (white and blue thing like a MAP card) he also had one tucked in the back which was a HCEA one (old school bailiffs), big fat miserable bald guy if that rings any bells. It was a company called AL something Security, right miserable chump.

Chessington and Thorpe employ more what you'd call licensed security (VIP personal security) types rather than door noobs, they are infinitely more polite, you can usually tell the debt collector / nightclub bouncers because they look like they should be in the queue to get in rather than your first impression of the establishment.
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You can tell what they're licensed to do by checking their SIA licence. It will be a blue card with their mug shot on it with a SIA hologram. To the right of the card, there should be a colour strip. They should be on show and many of them strap them to their arms or have clear pockets on their coat jacket sleeves.

If this colour strip is sky blue, they are security guards.

If the colour strip is orange, they are doorman (bouncers basically). This is so members of the public and police officers can tell from a distance what level they are licensed up to by seeing the colour strip.
 
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Very quiet now!

Enterprise 0 mins
TH13TEEN 0 mins
Wicker Man 0 mins
Spinball Whizzer 5 mins
The Smiler 5 mins
Oblivion 15 mins
Nemesis 20 mins
Rita 20 mins
Galactica 30 mins
Battle Galleons 0 mins
Charlie and Lola's Moonsquirters & Greendrops 0 mins
Congo River Rapids 0 mins
Cuckoo Cars Driving School 0 mins
Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back 0 mins
Frog Hopper 0 mins
Gallopers Carousel 0 mins
Heave Ho 0 mins
Hex - The Legend of the Towers 0 mins
Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory 0 mins
Marauder's Mayhem 0 mins
Mr. Bloom's Allotment 0 mins
The Blade 0 mins
The Numtums Number-Go-Round 0 mins
Runaway Mine Train 5 mins
In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride 10 mins
Postman Pat Parcel Post 15 mins
Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride 20 mins
The Furchester Hotel Live Show 20 mins
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure 30 mins
Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure 35 mins
 
No idea, but if I was to guess I would say that they've just not finished the winter maintenance, or have come across an issue that needs fixing.

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Rapids are sat on 0 minutes on ridetimes but as far as I can tell have been closed all day. Boats all stacked at the bottom of the lift with no water flowing around the channel.
 
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