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Harv
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Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
Just out of interest, have you seen the show? I think if you watched it/read the books you'd agree that it is actually very in touch with the style of the programme. It's very "scrapbook" in terms of its animation; I think the building looks great and really in tune with the theme of Charlie & Lola.
Sam said:
Just out of interest, have you seen the show? I think if you watched it/read the books you'd agree that it is actually very in touch with the style of the programme. It's very "scrapbook" in terms of its animation; I think the building looks great and really in tune with the theme of Charlie & Lola.
djtruefitt
TS Team
Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
Today was the media day for CBeebies Land (I guess over the next few days there will be plenty of articles in the papers about the area). And here is a photo of Mr Bloom, Nina and Justin that Alton Towers have posted, it also shows the new CBeebies Land uniform:
Today was the media day for CBeebies Land (I guess over the next few days there will be plenty of articles in the papers about the area). And here is a photo of Mr Bloom, Nina and Justin that Alton Towers have posted, it also shows the new CBeebies Land uniform:
djtruefitt
TS Team
Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
There are holes in the ground for a queue line outside the entrance to the area, so I imagine they will add poles in when it gets busy and then remove them (those who have been to Europa will know what I mean!). That will look much better than the mess that was the Smiler last season!
Tom.B said:It'll be interesting to see how they go about the queueing system, for actually getting into CBoobies Land. I have a horrible feeling it'll be those ugly industrial barriers with a pathetic CBeebies Land logo cover.
There are holes in the ground for a queue line outside the entrance to the area, so I imagine they will add poles in when it gets busy and then remove them (those who have been to Europa will know what I mean!). That will look much better than the mess that was the Smiler last season!
Burbs
TS Team
Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
Oh absolutely. Does it look like it might be those stretchy/retractable queue rope things, if you know what I mean?
Like these?
djtruefitt said:Tom.B said:It'll be interesting to see how they go about the queueing system, for actually getting into CBoobies Land. I have a horrible feeling it'll be those ugly industrial barriers with a pathetic CBeebies Land logo cover.
There are holes in the ground for a queue line outside the entrance to the area, so I imagine they will add poles in when it gets busy and then remove them (those who have been to Europa will know what I mean!). That will look much better than the mess that was the Smiler last season!
Oh absolutely. Does it look like it might be those stretchy/retractable queue rope things, if you know what I mean?
Like these?
N
_nemesis_
Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
Whilst I think this whole area is a great addition. I can't help but feel that it could have been thought through better. The fact that people are going to have to queue to get into the area, then queue for the attractions it ridiculous! It will undoubtedly filled so that every attraction is on a 60 mins wait time, before they close the area, whilst that is a very good idea, maybe for a theme park as popular as Alton Towers they could have replaced the ride system for all the attractions to that they all have a capacity of at least 800 rides per hour.
Postman Pat's theoretical as far as I'm aware is 350 pph and that's with filling all the vans to full capacity. ITNG is 600 pph?? And we all know about Squirrel Nutty's old queue times! :/
I'd actually prefer them to just let people free-flow into the area, other wise some rides may be on two hours, whilst others are walk-on. Oh well, I'm sure 90% of children will love it.
Whilst I think this whole area is a great addition. I can't help but feel that it could have been thought through better. The fact that people are going to have to queue to get into the area, then queue for the attractions it ridiculous! It will undoubtedly filled so that every attraction is on a 60 mins wait time, before they close the area, whilst that is a very good idea, maybe for a theme park as popular as Alton Towers they could have replaced the ride system for all the attractions to that they all have a capacity of at least 800 rides per hour.
Postman Pat's theoretical as far as I'm aware is 350 pph and that's with filling all the vans to full capacity. ITNG is 600 pph?? And we all know about Squirrel Nutty's old queue times! :/
I'd actually prefer them to just let people free-flow into the area, other wise some rides may be on two hours, whilst others are walk-on. Oh well, I'm sure 90% of children will love it.
djtruefitt
TS Team
Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
I think the issue with just letting people in to the area could mean that it is just so rammed it will become unsafe, especially as the area is fairly small and only has one entrance and one exit. I have no idea what the area capacity is, but they really could do with some higher throughput rides, however very few young children rides have high throughputs, and children and parents don't help!
I think the issue with just letting people in to the area could mean that it is just so rammed it will become unsafe, especially as the area is fairly small and only has one entrance and one exit. I have no idea what the area capacity is, but they really could do with some higher throughput rides, however very few young children rides have high throughputs, and children and parents don't help!
Scott
Former TS Team Member
Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
Interesting point - I wonder what they will class as 'full'. It will no doubt be based on the number of people who can safely fit in the area but I wonder what queue times they will cause. It's possible I suppose that queues will be spread between all attractions when the area is full thus keeping waits bearable.
As for an external queue I would assume they are going to use the old pole and rope variety that Disneyland Paris use for everything when it spills out of the entrance.
Interesting point - I wonder what they will class as 'full'. It will no doubt be based on the number of people who can safely fit in the area but I wonder what queue times they will cause. It's possible I suppose that queues will be spread between all attractions when the area is full thus keeping waits bearable.
As for an external queue I would assume they are going to use the old pole and rope variety that Disneyland Paris use for everything when it spills out of the entrance.
James
TS Founding Member
Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
As a comparison, when SesamoAventura opened at PortAventura that was free-flow and the area was unbearable in the summer. To the point it was difficult to walk around and admire the area. If I had kids I certainly wouldn't have enjoyed taking them there.
Towers have made a wise decision to limit how many people can be in the area at one time. It'll be interesting to see what limits they have planned though. I do think they'll ram the area as much as possible while keeping it bearable to walk around and enjoy.
As a comparison, when SesamoAventura opened at PortAventura that was free-flow and the area was unbearable in the summer. To the point it was difficult to walk around and admire the area. If I had kids I certainly wouldn't have enjoyed taking them there.
Towers have made a wise decision to limit how many people can be in the area at one time. It'll be interesting to see what limits they have planned though. I do think they'll ram the area as much as possible while keeping it bearable to walk around and enjoy.
Rob
TS Team
Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
There is a set capacity although I cannot remember what it is. I'm not sure if they are actually going to count people in though, that could get a bit out of hand. Guess we'll find out tomorrow, although I wouldn't be surprised if the awful weather forecast makes some people postpone their trips until later in half term.
There is a set capacity although I cannot remember what it is. I'm not sure if they are actually going to count people in though, that could get a bit out of hand. Guess we'll find out tomorrow, although I wouldn't be surprised if the awful weather forecast makes some people postpone their trips until later in half term.
Danny
TS Contributor
Re: 2014: CBeebies Land
I've always expected that the system to permit people into the area will be almost, if not, identical to Thomas Land at Drayton. I can't imagine it being too busy tomorrow either due to the weather forecast, but we'll wait and see.
I've always expected that the system to permit people into the area will be almost, if not, identical to Thomas Land at Drayton. I can't imagine it being too busy tomorrow either due to the weather forecast, but we'll wait and see.