BenTechy66
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Congrats! My friend emailed them to claim it 4 days ago and hasn't heard anything back yet. But I suppose we shouldn't expect promptness from merlin!
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Skyscraper
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- Nemesis
Did he reply to the email he was sent?
BenTechy66
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Yes, got an autoresponse about it taking "a few days", whatever that means. Seems they're cutting the ticket distribution a little close to the wire to me!
There are 2 timeslots. 1pm-3pm and 3pm-5pm. We managed tickets for the 2nd timeslot.
Please dnt do anything to make it breakdown we are travelling over 3hrs 1 way lol.
Itll be interestin how that banked turn up the spike will feel as you are in that position a decent time.
Skyscraper
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- Nemesis
I'm travelling 3 and a half hours myself! Yeah I'm unsure as to how that spiral will feel. We'll find out soon, though!
Obviously id expect you will get some freebies being contest winners but do you think there will be either any freebies for the passholders or any exclusive merch.
Never ever been to the opening of new ride/area so no idea what to expect
Skyscraper
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- Nemesis
Not sure, but yes we get a goodie bag, £40 Magic Money and Ultimate Reserve and Ride on top of park entry and a ride on each of the new WoJ attractions (sorry to make you jealous!).
I replied yesterday evening and got a response at lunchtime today. Hope he hears back soon! What was the cutoff date and time for him though?
Plastic Person
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BenTechy66
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Odd; have you got tickets? I think they might have got a reply but they haven't been issued tickets/r&r yet.
Skyscraper
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- Nemesis
Not yet, got a feeling they'll email them as their reply says to enter the park via the explorer gate and find the meeting point.
AT86
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I have posted another quote from an interview with Merlin’s CEO in the Towers F&B topic. I don’t intended on spamming lots of topics with quotes from the same interview but one section did pique my interest regarding Chessington and Jumanji.
When referencing the new area about to open it states:
It has made me wonder if the new Waterpark at Chessington could come with a Jumanji IP? Towers has its Caribbean themed Waterpark and Gardaland has its Lego themed one. So it narrows down where this could be referring to a fair bit perhaps?
The artists impressions show a generic Jungle theme, so it’s not a huge leap.
Interview: https://www.attractionsmanagement.com/index.cfm?pagetype=features&codeID=36372
Waterpark consultation: https://www.cwoa-consultation.com/
When referencing the new area about to open it states:
It has made me wonder if the new Waterpark at Chessington could come with a Jumanji IP? Towers has its Caribbean themed Waterpark and Gardaland has its Lego themed one. So it narrows down where this could be referring to a fair bit perhaps?
The artists impressions show a generic Jungle theme, so it’s not a huge leap.
Interview: https://www.attractionsmanagement.com/index.cfm?pagetype=features&codeID=36372
Waterpark consultation: https://www.cwoa-consultation.com/
BooMT
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- Sucker for a B&M!
Media day for Jumanji today ahead of passholders preview tomorrow; the kids have been waiting for this to open since they heard it existed 
(Rocket is literally only just 1m at the age of 5 so he's got a long wait for MM ). Looking forward to reviews! MAP passholder community admin shared the Jumanji hotel portal, which looks pretty cool! I've always thought Merlin do well with the hotels aimed at children, especially the premium themed rooms.
(Rocket is literally only just 1m at the age of 5 so he's got a long wait for MM ). Looking forward to reviews! MAP passholder community admin shared the Jumanji hotel portal, which looks pretty cool! I've always thought Merlin do well with the hotels aimed at children, especially the premium themed rooms.Attachments
Skyscraper
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- Nemesis
Can't wait to ride it tomorrow, will actually be my first ever visit to Chessy as well. Looking forward to Vampire and Dragon's Fury.Media day for Jumanji today ahead of passholders preview tomorrow; the kids have been waiting for this to open since they heard it existed
Matt N
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- Favourite Ride
- Shambhala (PortAventura Park)
Intriguingly, it looks as though Mandrill Mayhem has a policy similar to that of the Monorail at Alton Towers, wherein guests are not allowed to stand behind the airgates until the train has been unloaded: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...K4C99ZrM15D-_2DAm9YeZ2oSrCEzbM2VE95UdAodI&s=1
(Go to the 13:31 update)
Guests are batched into a pre-waiting area and asked to stand on numbered leaves that correspond to a row of the train, and when the train has stopped and been unloaded, I’m assuming that guests go to the row that corresponds to their numbered leaf.
(Go to the 13:31 update)
Guests are batched into a pre-waiting area and asked to stand on numbered leaves that correspond to a row of the train, and when the train has stopped and been unloaded, I’m assuming that guests go to the row that corresponds to their numbered leaf.
Danscott22
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- Favourite Ride
- The Smiler
It looks very well themed as a whole package so credit to them, but Mandrill Mayhem just looks incredibly lacklustre, even for a family coaster
Skyscraper
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- Nemesis
Surely they could have gone for full-height air gates then? Would save the faff. I'll report back on the loading process after my ride tomorrow morning.
Matt N
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- Shambhala (PortAventura Park)
I could be wrong on what I said before, but that was what I gathered from TPG’s post.
It does seem like that would lower the throughput by a fair amount, but I guess that Merlin H&S could have thought that letting guests stand in a station where a coaster train is passing through at 45mph was a bit risky…
