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Thorpe Park: General Discussion

owenstreet7 said:
Hmm.... If it's unlimited fasttrack including Hyperia that is worth nearly £200

I wouldn't blame people for taking advantage of this as it's fantastic value and it's not right to expect them to sacrifice that so everyone can stay together.

It's not really a fair situation as I wanted to highlight as the options are pay up, split up or don't use the FT. Whilst your point is ideal in theory, in practice it's just not realistic
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How this is in any way an "unfair" situation? You've literally just described the fundamental concept of purchasing a premium product.

If my partner and I book First Class tickets to Edinburgh, and our friends book standard because it's cheaper or First Class has sold out, we don't complain to LNER that their pricing structure is "forcing our group to split up". We also don't expect the TOC to upgrade our friends for free, just so we can all sip tepid coffee together.

The options are exactly as you've laid them out. Pay for the premium experience, split the group, or forgo the perk so you can all stay together in the standard queue. These are entirely realistic choices that consumers make every single day across the entire leisure, travel and hospitality industry.

It is not the responsibility of any park operator to manage the socio-economic disparities, or the varying levels of pre-planning, within your friendship group. If some of your party booked the Thorpe Shark Cabins and secured unlimited Fastrack, they paid a premium for that privilege. If the rest of the group didn't, they didn't.

Suggesting that the park is somehow at fault for offering a highly lucrative perk to its hotel guests, simply because it might cause a minor social dilemma for a mixed tier group of visitors, is an astonishing level of entitlement.

Your comparison to RAP is also a false equivalence. RAP is a reasonable adjustment designed to provide equality of access for those with disabilities. The strict limit of a user plus three companions exists to ensure the system remains operationally sustainable and doesn't completely gridlock the merge points. It's not a free Fastrack system for an unlimited entourage.
 
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