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- Man: "Oh just f**k off, Hyperia... you f**king flaky bast**d!"
- The man then stuck his middle finger up at Hyperia multiple times.
- Boy 1: "Look, there's Saw!"
- Boy 2: "I don't think that's Saw, mate..."
- Boy 1: "Nah, bruv; that's definitely Saw!"
- Boy 3: "He's right, fam; it's red 'cos of all the blood, see! That's gotta be Saw, init?"
- Father: "Come on, kids; let's get on the ride!"
- The kids expressed reluctance to leave the Lego play area.
- Father: *gesturing to the other adults* "Oh for f**k's sake... we come all this f**king way, and the kids just want to play with f**king Lego all day! I could have just stayed in me living room... wouldn't have cost a hundred f**king pounds and I wouldn't have had to wait in f**king queues all f**king day!"
- Father: "Come on, kids; let's get on the ride!"
- The kids expressed reluctance to leave the Lego play area.
- Father: *gesturing to the other adults* "Oh for f**k's sake... we come all this f**king way, and the kids just want to play with f**king Lego all day! I could have just stayed in me living room... wouldn't have cost a hundred f**king pounds and I wouldn't have had to wait in f**king queues all f**king day!"
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Funny things you've overheard people say in queuelines
delta79
TS Member
Did she describe it as a bit woof.Last week in Woodcutters, a woman kept telling her kids about "Nemesis Sub-Terrier"
#DadJoke
coasterenthusiast
TS Member
In the Thirteen queue I overheard a little kid saying “I don’t know if I want to go on; do you know it does 13 loop the loops!” 

blackholes crow
TS Member
O on Friday I heard one in the nemesis qué
(Forgot about this till now)
Apparently during winter and off seasons thay park 1 train on the lift and the other in the station
On the lift....really!!!
(Forgot about this till now)
Apparently during winter and off seasons thay park 1 train on the lift and the other in the station
On the lift....really!!!
coasterenthusiast
TS Member
I heard in the Nemesis Inferno queue that - “Nemesis Inferno is better than Nemesis Reborn” -
guy had no clue what he was on about! 


NuttySquirrel
TS Member
This was actually a genuine concept designed by a Lithuanian professor - purely as a thought experiment mind, I don't think there was ever any intention that such a thing would be built. It essentially involves pushing the rider into tighter and tighter loops exerting sustained high G-forces until they lose consciousness and ultimately die.I heard a group in Blackpool discussing a “spinning looping ride” that spun faster and faster, couldn’t be stopped and when they finally did stop it, everyone on it was dead.

A Ride on This Hypothetical ‘Euthanasia Coaster’ Sounds Like a Fine Way to Die
The ride is more of a thought experiment than a real proposal, but the underlying science of dying—joyously—is real.
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Zeock
TS Member
The first dialogue was in the queue for The Smiler. The second dialogue was in the queue for Sub-Terra.
'Didn't this ride have a crash?'
'Yes, but it happened in the 90s...or maybe the 2000s. Anyway, it was a long time ago.'
'Is this based on a film?'
'No, this is based on the Nemesis story.'
'What is the name of the creature in Nemesis anyway?'
'Nemesis.'
'Oh...I thought that it might have been the Loch Ness Monster.'
'Does that look like the Loch Ness Monster to you‽'
'I don't know what the Loch Ness Monster looks like!'
'It's supposed to be some form of dinosaur.'
'Didn't this ride have a crash?'
'Yes, but it happened in the 90s...or maybe the 2000s. Anyway, it was a long time ago.'
'Is this based on a film?'
'No, this is based on the Nemesis story.'
'What is the name of the creature in Nemesis anyway?'
'Nemesis.'
'Oh...I thought that it might have been the Loch Ness Monster.'
'Does that look like the Loch Ness Monster to you‽'
'I don't know what the Loch Ness Monster looks like!'
'It's supposed to be some form of dinosaur.'
Shaggy_Dog_
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I was at the park the other day and whilst I collecting our RAP card from the booth at the entrance my wife told me she saw a little kid look up at the remains of the Corkscrew and say to their parents “How do we get up on to that ride?”. That was a very cute thing to say.
Matt N
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I heard a few interesting candidates for this thread on my recent solo trip to Legoland Windsor and Thorpe Park...
When I heard this quote, I was exiting Thorpe Park over the bridge. Hyperia was in view, and as I was walking, a test train was cycling. A man was walking next to me.
When I heard this quote, I was exiting Thorpe Park over the bridge. Hyperia was in view, and as I was walking, a test train was cycling. A man was walking next to me.
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Secret Weapon
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I remember hearing somebody in the "Nemesis: Sub-Terra" queue getting confused when he realised that he wasn't queuing up for "Nemesis" as he'd expected. I felt sorry for him, as wasting time in queues is no fun - but part of me still saw the funny side!
pluk
TS Member
I have lived this pain.
NuttySquirrel
TS Member
I heard quite a few of these around the park during the refurb year, many people though Nemesis Subterra was the new Nemesis. I guess they'd have found themselves corrected when they got to Forbidden Valley and found a building site!I remember hearing somebody in the "Nemesis: Sub-Terra" queue getting confused when he realised that he wasn't queuing up for "Nemesis" as he'd expected. I felt sorry for him, as wasting time in queues is no fun - but part of me still saw the funny side!
flyingguitar
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in the nemesis queue line, someone was video calling someone and trying to describe the rides
"You know the wickerman they painted it to look like wood and it has flames"
also according to the same person nemesis a "water tunnel" (what ever that is?)
another time, a dad and kid (it was halloween) at alton (can't remember which ride)
kid: "Can I do pumpkin carving next week"
dad :"Like F***, we've all ready missed one match for this, we are not missing another one for F***ing pumpkin carving"
(great way to encourage your kid, who is defiantly not going to hate football in the future)
"You know the wickerman they painted it to look like wood and it has flames"
also according to the same person nemesis a "water tunnel" (what ever that is?)
another time, a dad and kid (it was halloween) at alton (can't remember which ride)
kid: "Can I do pumpkin carving next week"
dad :"Like F***, we've all ready missed one match for this, we are not missing another one for F***ing pumpkin carving"
(great way to encourage your kid, who is defiantly not going to hate football in the future)
Slightly off topic, but on the Blackpool prom...little kid, big ice cream, big blob drops out of cone onto the steaming pink concrete...
Little kid..."Cluck!"
Mum gives the kid the instant back hander of the nineteen seventies, the poor kid screams, and mum turns to dad and screams...
"That's your clucking fault for swearing in front of the clucking kids."
I love Blackpool me.
Little kid..."Cluck!"
Mum gives the kid the instant back hander of the nineteen seventies, the poor kid screams, and mum turns to dad and screams...
"That's your clucking fault for swearing in front of the clucking kids."
I love Blackpool me.
On smiler near the top of the stairs:
"What the f*** is wrong with this guy they are only letting one person through, the guy should be f***ing fired our queue is barely moving..." it went on like this for a while...
the reason the queue was moving slow? We were in the single ride queue!
"What the f*** is wrong with this guy they are only letting one person through, the guy should be f***ing fired our queue is barely moving..." it went on like this for a while...
the reason the queue was moving slow? We were in the single ride queue!
Severed_lime
TS Member
"You've got a really strong neck!" - one (early-teens) lad to his friend who were taking turns in attempting to single-handedly choke each other
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A group of people behind me in the Reborn queue couldn’t believe that the app stated a queue time of 20 minutes when the queue was at least an hour from where we were stood. They eventually realised they were looking at the Sub Terra queue times!I heard quite a few of these around the park during the refurb year, many people though Nemesis Subterra was the new Nemesis. I guess they'd have found themselves corrected when they got to Forbidden Valley and found a building site!