I've been looking to see if the CHIP 7706 poster appeared early on in Zombie Hunt's existence. I found a video from the press preview day, which showed the full wall at the collection point. Interestingly there is a gap exactly the right size for the poster (highlighted with a red arrow).



Source: UK Theme Parks on YouTube.

So it's definitely something that was planned to go in this space and hasn't been there all the time. Doesn't give any more certainty on the meaning of it though, could be a staff code, although it would be weird to place it within the themed area and not just on the counter or the side wall if it were.

Hmm, well they've kept the poster up and added another to the theming. This is from today.



I've heard elsewhere that they're fairly certain it's a staff code. No idea why they would add it to the theming other than to wind us up! Given that the number is nearly unreadable, the whole things seem odd.

Also there is no visible sign at The Swarm any more.

AltonOperator wrote:

The system doesn't use a phone number to update queue lines. At Alton at least, the ops use an iPad. I've spoken to the staff about it.

I've seen the panels at Alton. There's one in the Nemesis station outside the control room. Haven't seen them at Thorpe but I would suspect it's a similar system.

Also, Zombie Hunt doesn't have a queue time! It's all ticketed entry.

Dom wrote:

If it is actually the queue time number than we have been massively trolled by Thorpe and its hilarious

It sure would be, but perhaps bordering on cruel now if they added the second sign and left them both up after they've been found.

Does also leave me questioning the other things that have been found. Sadly we could end up with a situation where no one believes anything, which lowers the fun of the speculation from cryptic sightings.

If it's using 0? then I would guess it has nothing to do with Thorpe at all and it's just the construction staff trying to have fun.

I'm starting to get the feeling they're just trying to play up to the "spotted signs" of previous Fright Nights, which turned out to be an advertisement for someone's idea for a new unrelated to Merlin business. How that got sanctioned by Merlin I don't know and looking back the whole thing seemed pretty amateurish by the park.

I really hope the whole thing isn't just some staff trying to have fun, as it would just highlight the fact that the park has nothing genuine that it can use to get people excited for the future. Potentially three trolls this season and nothing new to even hint at, makes me think the park would actually be trolling itself more than us at this point.