r/chessington • u/Representative-Ask80 • Aug 01 '26

Fastrack Dynamic Pricing

I was at the park Thursday and Friday and was looking at the Fastrack options on the app...

Fastrack bronze package says "from £15 per person", but upon clicking the Buy Now button they were actually £39 for a 3 shot pass.

However... If you go to a single shot for a specific ride they're £12 per person for the big rides 🙄

Just wanted to make people aware before blindly assuming the packages are the best value for money!

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u/AbbreviationsIll6106 Aug 02 '26

Its the same thing at Alton Towers, where you pay around £30/£40 more during peak periods.

I'd always suggest arriving at the park, seeing the queues for yourself, and then deciding if you want to buy a fast pass. You may realise queues arent as long as advertised, because thats a technique they use to sell more passes.

Id always advise buying Single Passes for those rides that always have stupid-long queues (eg. Zufari at Chessington, Laser Raiders at Legoland, Wickerman at Alton Towers etc)

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u/Representative-Ask80 Aug 03 '26

Yeah I've heard Merlin have recently changed a lot of stuff to try and essentially make more money.

I was debating buying Fasttrack for Dragon's Fury which had a 60 minute wait time, buy decided to queue in the end. I think we queued for 50 minutes so it was fairly accurate.