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Thorpe Park: General Discussion

Was thinking of going to Thorpe on Easter Monday as I’d heard it’s the quietest day of the Easter weekend (Merlin passes can’t be used, and the Sunday is far busier). Does anybody have experience on going on Easter Monday and would it be worth it or outrageously busy? I’ve only ever been midweek.
 
benpicko said:
Was thinking of going to Thorpe on Easter Monday as I’d heard it’s the quietest day of the Easter weekend (Merlin passes can’t be used, and the Sunday is far busier). Does anybody have experience on going on Easter Monday and would it be worth it or outrageously busy? I’ve only ever been midweek.
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Often bank holidays are far quieter than the weekends as people always think bank holidays will be busy. Pass black out days are also quieter
 
Smiley said:
About 9 months last time I remember them needing a new part 😂 Should be 24 hours. There should be one on the shelf ready to ship. Like in most other heavy industries.
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it really depends on the part, if it has had to be ordered it is down to intamin and where the part is from.

the rides aren't made anymore and they are declining in numbers, so intamin may not have many (if any) parts in stock depending on what has broke, it is more a problem of storing the parts will cost so much, if a park only needs them once every 10 years or so why store it when you could just make it to order (although that takes time)

if you were wondering why merlin dosn't store them, it is for the same reason you (or your local garage) don't have a spare engine worth of parts sitting in the back, the cost of storing all the parts for all the engines is so high, that without consisten demand it isn't profitable. merlin will have parts that require replacing often enough to justify it (brake pads, wheels, etc) and maybe some spare parts (e.g a hydraulic motor) but other parts which may not require replacing for 10+ years why buy a spair if it will cost £100,000+ and just sit on a shelf for 10+ years and may not be used (if the ride is sold inbetween those 10 years)
 
Yeah I've heard its a new issue, but they're in in contact with Intamin and it'll be sorted soon. Its just unfortunate timing with it being the start of the season but these things happen.

Some of the comments I've seen on social media about Stealth not returning are just ridiculous though.

The park know Stealth is loved and will continue to invest in it until its no longer viable. Its had a refurb over the last few years including refurnished trains and looks the best its done in years.

Its had just over a week closed, but its easy to forgot that Stealth is actually really reliable. Merlin in general are actually quite good at maintaining their accelerators.
 
Islander said:
Very bizarre to suggest Merlin would be good at maintaining some ride types over others - it’ll purely be down to the reliability of that ride type, not Merlin’s preference or skill set lol.
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I never suggested they're good at maintaining some ride types over others. My point was that merlins accelerators are reliable, compared to other accelerators around the world.
 
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