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Thorpe Park: General Discussion
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Re: Thorpe Park
It will be interesting to see if they have disabled some of the blocks, I dont doubt that coaster will fly around the final section if they have, however will that lower its throughput?
Very much looking forward to getting back on the coaster anyway, I've always liked the ride but felt it hasn't ever hit its full potentail for whatever reason.
Ash
It will be interesting to see if they have disabled some of the blocks, I dont doubt that coaster will fly around the final section if they have, however will that lower its throughput?
Very much looking forward to getting back on the coaster anyway, I've always liked the ride but felt it hasn't ever hit its full potentail for whatever reason.
Ash
joelpagett
TS Member
Re: Thorpe Park
If the block sections were taken out I am sure the ride would only last about 30 seconds. When they talk about "tunnels of light" I can imagine that they will use those sections for the tunnels?
If the block sections were taken out I am sure the ride would only last about 30 seconds. When they talk about "tunnels of light" I can imagine that they will use those sections for the tunnels?
Scott
Former TS Team Member
- Favourite Ride
- Nemesis
Thorpe Park
It says 'speed forward into tunnels of light' which obviously tells us it's going forward but could it hint towards the blocks being disabled so the kickers could just 'speed' the trains through?
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It says 'speed forward into tunnels of light' which obviously tells us it's going forward but could it hint towards the blocks being disabled so the kickers could just 'speed' the trains through?
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Re: Thorpe Park
Looks like they might finally be doing something to sort out the 1.4m height restriction then (I imagine purely turning the trains round will contribute to this).
Properly gutted about this development, especially the turning forwards and disabling the blocks, but that's all for purely selfish reasons and hopefully this'll make the ride (which still pulls the crowds as it is) even more popular with park guests
Looks like they might finally be doing something to sort out the 1.4m height restriction then (I imagine purely turning the trains round will contribute to this).
Properly gutted about this development, especially the turning forwards and disabling the blocks, but that's all for purely selfish reasons and hopefully this'll make the ride (which still pulls the crowds as it is) even more popular with park guests
BigAl
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- Forbidden Journey
djtruefitt
TS Team
Re: Thorpe Park
So me and Sammy had a day at Thorpe yesterday for opening (with an appearance from Dean, Diogo and Ted during the day). The park was very very dead, I have never seen a theme park so quiet, but that means we had done pretty much all rides by dinner which meant plenty of re rides and time to relax. Overall there were no issues during the day, slammer had a few issues and so did rush but all rides opened and most were on full capacity (most really didn't need to be), the only exception was swarm and collosus which were on one train. The staff also seemed happy and were all friendly and chatty.
We did backwards swarm a few times, its a interesting experience, but I wasn't really a fan, the drop was good but the rest wasn't,and being backwards it just felt so slow compared to forwards. I certainly wouldn't queue more than a few minutes for it, give me normal Swarm anyday!
A few minor updates I don't think have been posted, park entrance was playing its usual chart music, but its now more like a radio with talking I between, adverts and Thorpe jingles. Pre-recorded im guessing? Also staff have new jackets! Last year they all had horrible cheap looking red rain Macs, now they all have proper black coats with the Thorpe logo on the front. There has also been quite a few areas re painted or sorted, most ride stations smelt of paint.
So me and Sammy had a day at Thorpe yesterday for opening (with an appearance from Dean, Diogo and Ted during the day). The park was very very dead, I have never seen a theme park so quiet, but that means we had done pretty much all rides by dinner which meant plenty of re rides and time to relax. Overall there were no issues during the day, slammer had a few issues and so did rush but all rides opened and most were on full capacity (most really didn't need to be), the only exception was swarm and collosus which were on one train. The staff also seemed happy and were all friendly and chatty.
We did backwards swarm a few times, its a interesting experience, but I wasn't really a fan, the drop was good but the rest wasn't,and being backwards it just felt so slow compared to forwards. I certainly wouldn't queue more than a few minutes for it, give me normal Swarm anyday!
A few minor updates I don't think have been posted, park entrance was playing its usual chart music, but its now more like a radio with talking I between, adverts and Thorpe jingles. Pre-recorded im guessing? Also staff have new jackets! Last year they all had horrible cheap looking red rain Macs, now they all have proper black coats with the Thorpe logo on the front. There has also been quite a few areas re painted or sorted, most ride stations smelt of paint.
Ted
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- Kondaa
Re: Thorpe Park
To echo some of the stuff djtruefitt said, Thorpe was dead yesterday. At one point all of the coasters had one train but even then the queues were still very short. However despite saying that, Nemesis Inferno and Stealth both one two trains on around 1PM yesterday afternoon. To give you an idea on how busy it was, here's Nemesis Inferno's queue at around 4PM yesterday:
Colossus also had a similar queue at around 3 or 4, only difference was that there were a few more people queuing at the front. Stealth at one point was also a walk on and the queue was no more than 10 mins at around 2PM. Saw was also a walk on when me, Sam, truefitt and Diogo went on it. As for the other rides we also did Quantum and Rush, plus I did Rumba Rapids twice by myself.
As for the Swarm backwards, I thought it was great. The first drop is fantastic when going backwards and I personally enjoy it just as much when going forwards. The billboard near miss is great in appearance and effect (when going forwards) and I thought it was a nice little addition.
Overall, I had a great day yesterday. The amount of rerides and walk on queues made it a very enjoyable day at Thorpe.
My total ride count:
Stealth x8
Nemesis Inferno x6
Rush x5
Swarm x5 (2 Backwards and 3 forwards)
Saw x4
Rumba Rapids x2
Colossus x2
Slammer x1
Quantum x1
=)
To echo some of the stuff djtruefitt said, Thorpe was dead yesterday. At one point all of the coasters had one train but even then the queues were still very short. However despite saying that, Nemesis Inferno and Stealth both one two trains on around 1PM yesterday afternoon. To give you an idea on how busy it was, here's Nemesis Inferno's queue at around 4PM yesterday:
Colossus also had a similar queue at around 3 or 4, only difference was that there were a few more people queuing at the front. Stealth at one point was also a walk on and the queue was no more than 10 mins at around 2PM. Saw was also a walk on when me, Sam, truefitt and Diogo went on it. As for the other rides we also did Quantum and Rush, plus I did Rumba Rapids twice by myself.
As for the Swarm backwards, I thought it was great. The first drop is fantastic when going backwards and I personally enjoy it just as much when going forwards. The billboard near miss is great in appearance and effect (when going forwards) and I thought it was a nice little addition.
Overall, I had a great day yesterday. The amount of rerides and walk on queues made it a very enjoyable day at Thorpe.
My total ride count:
Stealth x8
Nemesis Inferno x6
Rush x5
Swarm x5 (2 Backwards and 3 forwards)
Saw x4
Rumba Rapids x2
Colossus x2
Slammer x1
Quantum x1
=)
djtruefitt
TS Team
Re: Thorpe Park
Last year the majority of staff had horrible looking red rainmacs, which all seemed to large and didnt have any Thorpe logo.
These are either black or dark blue, and have a small thorpe logo on the front, but nothing on the back (which I think there should be). I dont know if they are the old ones, but pretty much all staff had them this year and they all looked very clean and new.
thefatone said:
Last year the majority of staff had horrible looking red rainmacs, which all seemed to large and didnt have any Thorpe logo.
These are either black or dark blue, and have a small thorpe logo on the front, but nothing on the back (which I think there should be). I dont know if they are the old ones, but pretty much all staff had them this year and they all looked very clean and new.