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Thorpe Park: General Discussion
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John
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Take the first letters - it spells backwards
I still think the idea of turning (2 rows of) Swarm backwards sounds ridiculous but unless Thorpe are trying to pull off one of the biggest enthusiast wind-ups of recent times it looks like its happening.
Take the first letters - it spells backwards
I still think the idea of turning (2 rows of) Swarm backwards sounds ridiculous but unless Thorpe are trying to pull off one of the biggest enthusiast wind-ups of recent times it looks like its happening.
Lottie.
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Re: Thorpe Park
I pray that they don't turn the back row of Swarm backwards! It would ruin the ride completely, considering they are the best seats on the ride imo.
I must say though John, that is a great find to see that the first letters spell backwards.
I pray that they don't turn the back row of Swarm backwards! It would ruin the ride completely, considering they are the best seats on the ride imo.
I must say though John, that is a great find to see that the first letters spell backwards.
Tim
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This idea of turning The Swarms last row backwards makes no logical sense:
1) The ride is brand new. The only reason you would change a roller coaster this early in its life span is to fix a critical problem.
2) The station is already confused enough as it is because of it being a Wingrider, there is no space for a back row queue.
3) The trains can't easily be turned around as being a Wingrider you can't just remove the seats from the chassis and weld them back on the other way. Plus why spoil such awesome looking trains?
These are just the 3 main reasons why it doesn’t make sense, and I’m ignoring the fact it’s pointless and could spoil what most already consider to be the best seats on the ride.
If backwards is a reference to anything it is X.
This idea of turning The Swarms last row backwards makes no logical sense:
1) The ride is brand new. The only reason you would change a roller coaster this early in its life span is to fix a critical problem.
2) The station is already confused enough as it is because of it being a Wingrider, there is no space for a back row queue.
3) The trains can't easily be turned around as being a Wingrider you can't just remove the seats from the chassis and weld them back on the other way. Plus why spoil such awesome looking trains?
These are just the 3 main reasons why it doesn’t make sense, and I’m ignoring the fact it’s pointless and could spoil what most already consider to be the best seats on the ride.
If backwards is a reference to anything it is X.
BigAl
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Re: Thorpe Park
If this turns out to be the reversal of the back seats on Swarm, someone at Thorpe/Merlin needs a good talking too! A ridiculous idea!
Couldn't Thorpe relocate or sell one of their older flat rides with something more unique that will bring something different to the park and keep people interested for not a lot of money?
The UK still doesn't have a Gerstlauer Sky Roller.
Hint, hint!
How popular is the beach area near the park entrance? That takes up a decent amount of space and if Thorpe, Legoland or (somehow) Chessington got a water park (or at least a pool of some kind ) in the next few years, that outside area would be quite insignificant in comparison.
As much as trying to get more families back to the park would help, hasn't Thorpe passed the point of no return now? Families don't fit in with the atmosphere and day out that Thorpe Park has and promotes any more. Besides all that, they have Chessington and Legoland to choose visit instead.
What about the fact that it'd ruin head, leg and arm choppers as you'd only see them once you've passed them? Or the fact that you won't be able to watch the rows in front invert before the first drop? :/
If this turns out to be the reversal of the back seats on Swarm, someone at Thorpe/Merlin needs a good talking too!
A ridiculous idea!Couldn't Thorpe relocate or sell one of their older flat rides with something more unique that will bring something different to the park and keep people interested for not a lot of money?
The UK still doesn't have a Gerstlauer Sky Roller.
Hint, hint!
How popular is the beach area near the park entrance? That takes up a decent amount of space and if Thorpe, Legoland or (somehow) Chessington got a water park (or at least a pool of some kind
) in the next few years, that outside area would be quite insignificant in comparison.As much as trying to get more families back to the park would help, hasn't Thorpe passed the point of no return now? Families don't fit in with the atmosphere and day out that Thorpe Park has and promotes any more. Besides all that, they have Chessington and Legoland to choose visit instead.
Tim said:
What about the fact that it'd ruin head, leg and arm choppers as you'd only see them once you've passed them? Or the fact that you won't be able to watch the rows in front invert before the first drop? :/
Dave
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Re: Thorpe Park
I'm not that bothered by the backwards seats although they won't manage the queue correctly as Thorpe fail at queues. My issue is that the park just are not investing in any sort of filler attraction, even though a towers had the dark year of 2011 it wasn't planned and thy did 2 fillers the following year.
If Thorpe want to be more than a regional park they need to be boosting thir non-coaster years.
As for the rumour it's been around for a while, hinted my Thorpe and I believe it's correct.
I'm not that bothered by the backwards seats although they won't manage the queue correctly as Thorpe fail at queues. My issue is that the park just are not investing in any sort of filler attraction, even though a towers had the dark year of 2011 it wasn't planned and thy did 2 fillers the following year.
If Thorpe want to be more than a regional park they need to be boosting thir non-coaster years.
As for the rumour it's been around for a while, hinted my Thorpe and I believe it's correct.
Alastair
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I think the original rumour came from TPM and Ride Rater, and Thorpe have hardly discouraged it. Unless the 'backwards' initialism is talking about XNWO then it can only be deduced that it's either a wind up or it is the Swarm rumour.
Tim said:
I think the original rumour came from TPM and Ride Rater, and Thorpe have hardly discouraged it. Unless the 'backwards' initialism is talking about XNWO then it can only be deduced that it's either a wind up or it is the Swarm rumour.
Tim
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Well I'll believe it when I see it. I don't like these rumours that seem to crop up from nowhere and then get taken as fact. I saw this before when The Swarm hadn’t been revealed yet and most people were convinced it would be B&M’s first attempt at a 4D (which was also what some claimed SW7 to be) yet that never happened.
Plus it's a dumb idea. It won't encourage any more guests as most people haven't even tried it forward yet and turning things backwards stopped being cool in the mid 2000's. Then you've got all the logical reasons I pointed out above and BigAl's thematic reasoning.
Well I'll believe it when I see it. I don't like these rumours that seem to crop up from nowhere and then get taken as fact. I saw this before when The Swarm hadn’t been revealed yet and most people were convinced it would be B&M’s first attempt at a 4D (which was also what some claimed SW7 to be) yet that never happened.
Plus it's a dumb idea. It won't encourage any more guests as most people haven't even tried it forward yet and turning things backwards stopped being cool in the mid 2000's. Then you've got all the logical reasons I pointed out above and BigAl's thematic reasoning.
Have you seen what Legoland are adding this year? It's almost a carbon copy of the American Legoland Waterparks. I think you might be right with that theory.BigAl said:How popular is the beach area near the park entrance? That takes up a decent amount of space and if Thorpe, Legoland or (somehow) Chessington got a water park (or at least a pool of some kind
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I'm confident enough that this is happening, and just absolutely amazed that B&M are agreeing to do it; the fact that it'll surely have to be an official job is going to cost the park a lot, and if their massive sexy coaster investment didn't draw in the crowds enough I'm not sure exactly why they think a weird modification like this will help. Especially in the same year that they're taking away the one iconic feature of X:\ in its backward-facing-ness.
I would imagine this kind of decision is coming from the same department which authorised Storm Surge.
I'm confident enough that this is happening, and just absolutely amazed that B&M are agreeing to do it; the fact that it'll surely have to be an official job is going to cost the park a lot, and if their massive sexy coaster investment didn't draw in the crowds enough I'm not sure exactly why they think a weird modification like this will help. Especially in the same year that they're taking away the one iconic feature of X:\ in its backward-facing-ness.
I would imagine this kind of decision is coming from the same department which authorised Storm Surge.
Tim
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This just doesn't make any sort of sense, Business or otherwise.
Storm Surge at least made sense from a business perspective. It added a new ride to the park (therefore more guests) at a fraction of the price of buying new. I would have agreed to it too if it was my call, although I'd of obviously tried to fit it in a bit better.Magrathea said:
This just doesn't make any sort of sense, Business or otherwise.
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I'd imagine the amount of trouble Storm Surge has caused them in being a leaky, poorly-made and hideously-throughputted attraction isn't something helping the business side of things though... I understand that on paper obviously it's a far more sensible thing to authorise but when you look at the actual quality of the product and the impact it has on the presentation of the park it becomes about as sensible as switching a few rows round and billing it as a brand new ride experience
I'd imagine the amount of trouble Storm Surge has caused them in being a leaky, poorly-made and hideously-throughputted attraction isn't something helping the business side of things though... I understand that on paper obviously it's a far more sensible thing to authorise but when you look at the actual quality of the product and the impact it has on the presentation of the park it becomes about as sensible as switching a few rows round and billing it as a brand new ride experience