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Thorpe Park: General Discussion
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jon81uk
TS Member
I've always thought of Valhalla as a flume first and dark ride second.
Matt Creek
TS Member
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- Steel Vengeance
It's a great shame to see the UK's most iconic Flume rides meet the bulldozer, assuming its highly imminent Thorpe just haven't plucked the courage yet to confirm Loggers is not returning.
The UK has lost no fewer than five log flumes since 2005 and as a result has not built any new ones since. As a result Storm Force,
Pirate Falls and Dragon Falls are now the only major flumes operating in the UK, alongside the one at Great Yarmouth at a push.
Whilst flumes seem to be a dying breed these days, parks like Phantasialand have shown us with rides like Chiapas that modern variants of Flumes can still be popular attractions amongst being spectacular experiences too.
The UK has lost no fewer than five log flumes since 2005 and as a result has not built any new ones since. As a result Storm Force,
Pirate Falls and Dragon Falls are now the only major flumes operating in the UK, alongside the one at Great Yarmouth at a push.
Whilst flumes seem to be a dying breed these days, parks like Phantasialand have shown us with rides like Chiapas that modern variants of Flumes can still be popular attractions amongst being spectacular experiences too.
Skyscraper
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- Nemesis
you forgot Valhalla!
jmc
TS Member
http://www.interlink-lg.com/form/uploads/occasion/pdf/102_rc77.pdf
Anyone fancy putting together to buy the Stealth clone and show Thorpe what real throughput is like?
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Anyone fancy putting together to buy the Stealth clone and show Thorpe what real throughput is like?
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KingNemesis
TS Member
KingNemesis
TS Member
They will link it to the Ghost Train some how!
"New for 2017, Two new kids rides available, especially useful after you wet your pants on DBGTROTD"
OR
"New for 2017, for those too scared to ride DBGTROTD, two new kids rides!"
And a video of Derron Brown on the Rockin' Tug
KingNemesis
TS Member
What if the rides are the DBGT expansion :O You get walked with your headset on (with a pc in a backpack on your back) and put on the tug boat then the action really happens!
Skyscraper
TS Member
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- Nemesis
no one would fit on the boat with a backpack on!
KingNemesis
TS Member
The Raspberry Pi would never provide a stable frame rate for the current VR footage. Would cause a lot of amusing vomiting though!
jon81uk
TS Member
Thorpe Park has a different approach to winter maintenance, painting and cleaning. Get the office staff to do it!
https://www.thorpepark.com/blog/8-hours-for-thorpe
https://www.thorpepark.com/blog/8-hours-for-thorpe
Skyscraper
TS Member
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- Nemesis
Well, as they said, it frees up the maintenance staff to get the rides ready.
Scott
Former TS Team Member
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- Nemesis
jon81uk
TS Member
Poole
jon81uk
TS Member
I smell a marketing gimmick...
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Low scale one maybe as only promoted on social media rather than a big press release.