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[2026] Bluey Coaster in CBeebies Land

The official opening day video has been uploaded to YouTube

The guests ranked it 10 out of 10

The guy on the back row looks suspiciously similar to Emmerdale's Matthew Wolfenden, who attended the opening day of Gangsta Granny...

(I maybe would have avoided highlighting this, as I remember that he was involved in a minor scandal with Paige Sandhu a few years ago)


From: https://youtu.be/r308fET0kiI
 
Secret Weapon said:
The guy on the back row looks suspiciously similar to Emmerdale's Matthew Wolfenden, who attended the opening day of Gangsta Granny...

(I maybe would have avoided highlighting this, as I remember that he was involved in a minor scandal with Paige Sandhu a few years ago)
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What is it with Alton Towers and unintentionally having scandalous figures in their park?
 
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Secret Weapon said:
The official opening day video has been uploaded to YouTube

The guests ranked it 10 out of 10

The guy on the back row looks suspiciously similar to Emmerdale's Matthew Wolfenden, who attended the opening day of Gangsta Granny...

(I maybe would have avoided highlighting this, as I remember that he was involved in a minor scandal with Paige Sandhu a few years ago)


From: https://youtu.be/r308fET0kiI
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It is indeed Matthew Wolfenden. 9 seconds in looks like rugby player and strictly come dancing contestant from this winter Chris Robshaw. At least they came with children I suppose!
 
Ok sure, uh anyway about the ride, I wonder what the chances are for the ‘Dance Mode’ song from the show playing in the ride area?
 
Jb85 said:
Makes sense but inept capacity is shot
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Indeed, but it makes the ride experience a bit more "complete", given how short the layout is.

Bluey's batching process is the same as the RMT's, with guests being sent to the bays after the train has started the second lap.
 
Bluey doesn't have particularly tall airgates, they're probably similar in height to the original Mandrill Mayhem ones that were deemed too small to have people waiting behind them whilst the ride was running.

The ride is probably on the cusp of being big enough to get away with running a single lap, I thought they might have done that today to minimise queue times but apparently not. I've also noticed a design quirk that introduce operational inefficiency similar to RMT - the ride has "lap bars confirmed" buttons at the front of the station but the hosts have to then walk to the back of the station to enable dispatch, it would be faster if they just had a single button that could be pressed as soon as the checks are complete. At least they got a decent sized train, unlike at Chessington.
 
John said:
the ride has "lap bars confirmed" buttons at the front of the station but the hosts have to then walk to the back of the station to enable dispatch, it would be faster if they just had a single button that could be pressed as soon as the checks are complete. At least they got a decent sized train, unlike at Chessington.
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This is probably for saftey, by having the staff walk down the train they can ensure nothing is stuck in the air gates, sticking out, etc

something which could be difficult to notice on a train this long
 
As in with RMT you'd put the confirmed/presence buttons at the back so walk the train, get to the back, send it.

No idea where they are on Bluey
 
There are two sets of buttons - lap bars confirmed at the front, presence/dispatch at the back. It's clearly to force staff to actually do the checks rather than just stay at the back and press dispatch when the button lights up but I don't think it's unreasonable to allow staff the tiniest benefit of the doubt by just having the buttons at the rear of the station and trusting people not to cut corners
 
John said:
There are two sets of buttons - lap bars confirmed at the front, presence/dispatch at the back. It's clearly to force staff to actually do the checks rather than just stay at the back and press dispatch when the button lights up but I don't think it's unreasonable to allow staff the tiniest benefit of the doubt by just having the buttons at the rear of the station and trusting people not to cut corners
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Wouldn't the op refuse if the train hasn't been checked? Or do they not trust the op, despite trusting them to have overall control anyway? Also the staff would be at the front considering they're at the front of the train to allow both queues to board and shut the exit gate.
 
The Bluey ride does look like a great addition to the park. But I think as others have stated that the Bluey IP is bigger than cbeebies and after seeing Paw Patrol world come together at chessington i feel this is a missed opportunity for Towers.

We know Walliams world is in need of a refresh and I can't help but think turning this part of the park into a full Bluey IP land would have been better for the park. Horizon could have been the Bluey coaster, the driving school could of had a Bluey makeover. Then there is the opportunity to update gangsta granny, have Bluey episodes in the cinema, turn the old nick building into a softplay. Its a big risk going heavy on Bluey but I dont think it's going away soon. It also appeals to an older age group than just cbeebies so could have created more of a 3-8 year old area for the park with cbeebies continuing the 1-5.

All in all this will be highly successful for the park and probably do more for visitor numbers and profit than a £15 million coaster.
 
MrTowers said:
The Bluey ride does look like a great addition to the park. But I think as others have stated that the Bluey IP is bigger than cbeebies and after seeing Paw Patrol world come together at chessington i feel this is a missed opportunity for Towers.

We know Walliams world is in need of a refresh and I can't help but think turning this part of the park into a full Bluey IP land would have been better for the park. Horizon could have been the Bluey coaster, the driving school could of had a Bluey makeover. Then there is the opportunity to update gangsta granny, have Bluey episodes in the cinema, turn the old nick building into a softplay. Its a big risk going heavy on Bluey but I dont think it's going away soon. It also appeals to an older age group than just cbeebies so could have created more of a 3-8 year old area for the park with cbeebies continuing the 1-5.

All in all this will be highly successful for the park and probably do more for visitor numbers and profit than a £15 million coaster.
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Can’t say I disagree with you. Feels like the park are again being landed with a ride they don’t need or want as opposed to a carefully planned expansion solving several issues in one go.

That said - I hate IP’s and much prefer originality. Whether it be film or video game - let’s face it - the standard we will see from Merlin is nothing like Disney or Universal and will never feel truly immersive
 
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