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Thorpe Park: General Discussion
Poisson
TS Member
Shetland Ponies as the horses?
Call_um
TS Member
Something I've noticed with Zodiac testing is that its actually reaching the full 90 degrees height and staying at full height for a few seconds before it starts to lower again.
Haven't seen it reach full height in years! Will be interesting to see if it does that when it opens or if its just engineers running it in manual.
Haven't seen it reach full height in years! Will be interesting to see if it does that when it opens or if its just engineers running it in manual.
BarryIsAnIsland
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Come to Belgium when UK is on Easter holidays because Belgium isn't. Walibi today: Tiki Waka on an advertised 15 minutes (actually 20), Mecalodon advertised the same (didn't test it, bit much for my daughter, but getting there!), everything else 5 minutes. Beautiful day too. Yesterday without daughter did Kondaa 4 times in 20 minutes including a front row, only stopped because needed a break.
Bowser
TS Member
Lots of Belgium is on school holidays from this week. I presume Walibi is in the French speaking region which doesn’t have holidays yet?
None were last week (which is why we visited Plopsaland).
BarryIsAnIsland
TS Member
You are right Flanders is off, Walibi is actually in Flanders I think, but on the edge of Brussels and the overall effect is not everyone is off and the park is quiet.
BarryIsAnIsland
TS Member
God I'll be shot for that, I thought about editing but that's dishonest, Walibi is in Wallonia, the French speaking bit (I had to check). But since I am in Flanders and a 20 minute drive away, that's not really why it's quiet, it's just that a lot of the country is not on holiday.
GooseOnTheLoose
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We're not THAT bad... Editing posts to make corrections you've noticed, but others haven't, is completely fine. Editing a post after the record, however, and pretending you didn't is definitely a no no.
BarryIsAnIsland
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More that I'll be shot by the Walloons for saying Wavre was in Flanders 
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Matt N
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If by “how to tackle” you mean “how to navigate them”, I’d personally recommend starting with either Saw and Colossus or Stealth and Inferno. I’ll admit to being unsure on the efficacy of Saw and Colossus as a starting pair following the addition of Hyperia nearby, but Stealth and Inferno are a pretty sure bet for being quiet(er) in the morning, in my view.I'm off to Thorpe Park tomorrow (1 day) and I'd appreciate tips on how to tackle the biggest ones! Thanks
Basically, I would historically have said that anything bar Swarm (and now probably Hyperia) would be fine!
But if you mean something else, I’d be happy to try and help you with whatever else you mean!
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Call_um
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I'm off to Thorpe Park tomorrow (1 day) and I'd appreciate tips on how to tackle the biggest ones! Thanks
Its going to be a busy one! Get there early so you can get through security and in the park before 10.
I like to do Colossus and Saw first, then over to Inferno and Stealth. Or alternatively go straight to Inferno and Stealth.
Swarm tends to drop off later in the day.
Hyperia will be mad all day. Make use of the single rider queue, or get in the queue at 6pm just before the queue closes. The queue will move quicker then as you won't have Fasttrack and ride access.
SAW also has a single rider queue.
Enjoy!
MrCoaster
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As I said, I'm there today so I'm happy to have a look!
Skyscraper
TS Member
Can you check Saw the Ride as well? I've heard that a couple of trains have been fitted with the new-gen restraints.
jon81uk
TS Member
Its the groups choice to split up. The group can all stay together in the main queue if only some have Fasttrack. No one is forcing those who stayed in the hotel to use the fast track, they have the choice to stay with their group if they prefer.
owenstreet7
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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
jon81uk
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But it’s not the theme parks fault that some people in a group stayed in the cabins? The other option is that the whole group stays in the cabins.
MrCoaster
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Zodiac did not operate at all today- not even testing! Work is going on at the upcoming Launch Pad/Beach replacement and operations were good, with all rides bar Zodiac being open at some point! Hyperia was nuts all day, but we had two rides in our group thanks to Parent Swap, which helped us a lot! We managed to ride every roller coaster except Saw - sorry Skyscraper! - and we finished the day with Colossus and head injuries all round (!) Thanks to Parnet Swap some of us got to go in the 4D cinema, which was great! Is there anything else people would like to know?