Islander
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Issue fines?? I don't believe so lol.
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jon81uk
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It’s private land so they can’t fine you, only send an invoice
Bowser
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Been over a month since my visit and I’ve not had a fine but then the barriers were open anyway.
Now you see, and it has been mentioned on here before, there is a legal right to free access to the footpaths in the area for leisure use, and driving access to them, around the old quarry.
This was specified in the original "planning for leisure"...how the quarry would be put back into public use.
Including, specifically the site of the car park.
Open public access for leisure around the site was a condition in the original planning for the area.
They can not legally charge you for parking, as it is open public access, and that was the designated area for "leisure parking, open and free for all".
This from the wife of one of the locals (Virginia Water) on the original steering committee...the lovely Lizzy of Longridge who I gardened for for a decade.
You only have to say..."I am a walker, let me out for free"...and they have to...allegedly.
This was specified in the original "planning for leisure"...how the quarry would be put back into public use.
Including, specifically the site of the car park.
Open public access for leisure around the site was a condition in the original planning for the area.
They can not legally charge you for parking, as it is open public access, and that was the designated area for "leisure parking, open and free for all".
This from the wife of one of the locals (Virginia Water) on the original steering committee...the lovely Lizzy of Longridge who I gardened for for a decade.
You only have to say..."I am a walker, let me out for free"...and they have to...allegedly.
If you are a pass holder - and want to ride Hyperia all day with fastrack and stay in hotel.
For reasons which will become obvious, need to clarify - I do not work or have any affiliation with Merlin!
Just had an email from Merlin and booked, what I think is a fantastic deal, "related" to Hyperia.
If you're a passholder, there are dates available in March, April, May and September 2025, to book an onvernight stay in the Shark Cabins at Thorpe Park. However(!) you get an all day, unlimited fast track including Hyperia, but actually vaild on most of the rides. It has to be for a minimum of 2 passholders per Shark Cabin, but the best bit is its between £30 and £40 per person for the basic cabins, and obviously more for the themed ones. You also get breakfast thrown in. When you consider that unlimited all day fasttrack is at least £100 per person, your getting a fantastic offer - basic cabins give you circa £60/70 off of the unlimited fasttrack price, with overnight stay and breakfast effectively free. The best bit, unlike this year, Hyperia is included in the all day fastrack they are giving away.
There are two "catches". Firstly the dates available straddle when the park is closed for one of the days. So you only actually get one day in the park with the overnight stay - but that day has the unlimited all day fasttrack with hyperia and most rides. The second catch is its a Black Friday deal and ends either when they sell out the Shark Cabins, or on the 2nd December.
You can get it, byt visiting the main Thorpe Park front page, and half way down you will see:
"Passholder Black Friday Offer"
For reasons which will become obvious, need to clarify - I do not work or have any affiliation with Merlin!
Just had an email from Merlin and booked, what I think is a fantastic deal, "related" to Hyperia.
If you're a passholder, there are dates available in March, April, May and September 2025, to book an onvernight stay in the Shark Cabins at Thorpe Park. However(!) you get an all day, unlimited fast track including Hyperia, but actually vaild on most of the rides. It has to be for a minimum of 2 passholders per Shark Cabin, but the best bit is its between £30 and £40 per person for the basic cabins, and obviously more for the themed ones. You also get breakfast thrown in. When you consider that unlimited all day fasttrack is at least £100 per person, your getting a fantastic offer - basic cabins give you circa £60/70 off of the unlimited fasttrack price, with overnight stay and breakfast effectively free. The best bit, unlike this year, Hyperia is included in the all day fastrack they are giving away.
There are two "catches". Firstly the dates available straddle when the park is closed for one of the days. So you only actually get one day in the park with the overnight stay - but that day has the unlimited all day fasttrack with hyperia and most rides. The second catch is its a Black Friday deal and ends either when they sell out the Shark Cabins, or on the 2nd December.
You can get it, byt visiting the main Thorpe Park front page, and half way down you will see:
"Passholder Black Friday Offer"
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owenstreet7
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I have stayed solo at the Thorpe Shark Cabins this season and had no issues.
There's nothing on the site or the Black Friday email saying that there's a minimum amount of people staying in the cabins either way.
Thorpe Park charge the total price for the room so it's the same price for one person as it would be two people in total.
Somewhere in the blurb as you book, says the offer is based on minimum of two people.
Thing is, you get fast track and breakfast for who ever stays, as long as pass holders. So if mates don't mind sharing, cost of unlimited fast track is ridiculously low.
AT86
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If you mean this bit of the blurb, they are not saying it’s a min of 2 people needed per cabin. It’s simply saying the price they are advertising this deal at is based on 2 people. It’s standard marketing speak to explain the price.
You’ll be fine as a single occupancy.
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owenstreet7
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I was about to say the same thing as AT86.
It's based on the price being shared between 2 people - it's not a minimum occupancy requirement.
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otterly_mischievious
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I think the OP was simply saying it was a really good deal of getting substantially reduced unlimited fast track tickets.
If say 4 of you go, the better the deal it is split between you
for unlimited fastrack for the entire day.Considering unlimited fast track is normally around £100 each, and if there is 4 of you it would cost £400. If the room
only costs approx £60 and you get a room for the night, breakfast 🍽
️ each and unlimited fast track (including Hyperia) 
it's a no brainer for me Even for 2 mates going. 
Apologies, my excitement was badly worded. You are correct, it's the number of expensive fastracks I was pointing out. The point about based on 2 people sharing confirmed to me BOTH would get the FTs. Before I booked I was unsure, thinking only one person would get the FT.
Sorry for confusion.
jon81uk
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Not sure it is that great a deal. Those weekdays are likely to be fairly quiet, hence them being closed on a Wednesday and fasttrack wouldn't normally be needed to get a decent number of rides. As an annual passholder you could normally attend both days anyway. So instead of getting two days in the park on fairly quiet dates, you get one day with fasttrack. You'd likely get on a similar number of rides both days anyway, the only advantage with fasttrack would be for significant amounts of repeated re-rides, but you would probably get a decent ride count without it anyway.
Bowser
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It's probably good if you want to go on Hyperia a lot, i imagine even on quiet days next year that queue won't drop under 30min.
Had the same thought. Hesitated booking with same thought process. My decider was it included Hyperia all day. Even on "quiet" days this year, Hyperia as expected had longer queues. I see it as a way of getting many rides on Hyperia with minimal queuing. The overnight stay and breakfast just a bonus. Plus can use it on other rides like Nemesis IF it got busy.
As a passholder I choose my days carefully, so try and go on the quiet days. However, been caught out this year with school trips, inset days, elections closing schools etc. Even on quiet days, the Hyperia queue line has been understandably busy.
The offer in effect gives me, and whoever goes with me, free all day fast track.
jon81uk
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Also, I'm not a passholder but was just curious on pricing of the hotel on those days when the park is closed one day and discovered they offer the unlimited fasttract to everyone staying those dates. For one person on the 14 May (park closed that date, so you are in the theme park on the 15th) its £110 for a stay, breakfast, entry and fastrack, or £149 for two people. Therefore even without an annual pass its a bargain to go on those dates, although its not clear if that fastrack includes Hyperia?
Just realised I am wrong with "It's only a 6 coaster FT, but does include Hyperia. Though it's one use only per coaster, NOT unlimited all day. Those FTs are much cheaper, so the cost saving is arguable."Also, I'm not a passholder but was just curious on pricing of the hotel on those days when the park is closed one day and discovered they offer the unlimited fasttract to everyone staying those dates. For one person on the 14 May (park closed that date, so you are in the theme park on the 15th) its £110 for a stay, breakfast, entry and fastrack, or £149 for two people. Therefore even without an annual pass its a bargain to go on those dates, although its not clear if that fastrack includes Hyperia?
Just as I was thinking Merlin have given us passholders something special, I realise, yet again its a "deal" everybody can get. Great for all NON passholders yes. Oh well, for a brief moment, I though Merlin loved its passholders
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jon81uk
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Thats a different offer, you get the coaster fasttrack on all dates.
But on the dates when the park is closed one day you get unlimited fasttrack as in the screenshot on my previous post
AT86
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I know, realised a few minutes before you replied and updated my post - not a happy passholder now