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Thorpe Park: General Discussion

Thorpe has always been a dreadful experience on Halloween, I would never go back again after my experience 6 years ago where we only achieved 2 rides, 1 maze insane crowd levels and suffocating spaces a lot of chavs alongside angry parents! Not really the vibe I want to pay for? I would pick AT any day even just for the setting to escape the madness and being able to sit down somewhere with some food.


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I’ve combed the page and have found nothing on it. Was it Thorpe saying that it some random ass guy? If it’s the latter, I mean what do they know?

I’m going on that day too, and found out while booking tickets you can only buy one discounted package per annual pass. I get it, but like… do they need more money to whips their bums with? Even with the sponsors?

please go better then last time please go better then last time please go better then last time I really want to enjoy this event because the mazes are actually really good
It was someone asking a question on the Facebook MAP page....along the lines of was family day today but a few said it's next Sunday

We're staying in the shark hotel...the park is closed Monday so it was a deal that included all day fast track plus mazes in afternoon....was only about £140 for 4 people

Belting deal but not if it's said day...and will also mean no alcohol on sale if anything like at towers
 
It was someone asking a question on the Facebook MAP page....along the lines of was family day today but a few said it's next Sunday

We're staying in the shark hotel...the park is closed Monday so it was a deal that included all day fast track plus mazes in afternoon....was only about £140 for 4 people

Belting deal but not if it's said day...and will also mean no alcohol on sale if anything like at towers
Does Thorpe Park's Family Day usually happen at the same time as the Alton Towers Family Day?

If so, the 2nd Sunday of Scarefest is the 20th October (which lines up with Uttoxeter Gentleman's Day) as Scarefest started a week later than Fright Nights this year 🤔

I'd advise avoiding both 13th and 20th anyway as it could easily fall on either date?
 
Does Thorpe Park's Family Day usually happen at the same time as the Alton Towers Family Day?

If so, the 2nd Sunday of Scarefest is the 20th October (which lines up with Uttoxeter Gentleman's Day) as Scarefest started a week later than Fright Nights this year 🤔

I'd advise avoiding both 13th and 20th anyway as it could easily fall on either date?
I'm expecting it to be 20th as there's racing at Ascot on 19th. No guarantees though.

It also might be fine, I've been on one family fun day albeit at Easter and it wasn't that awful. At Thorpe you can still buy non-spirit based alcoholic drinks (whereas Towers is alcohol free). Thorpe tends to have an edgier atmosphere than Towers anyway so I found it less noticeable. No idea what Fright Nights might be like though!
 
Sorry if I’m missing something but is “family day” what was previously known as “travellers day”? And if so is this typically the same day across all the parks or does it vary?
 
Sorry if I’m missing something but is “family day” what was previously known as “travellers day”? And if so is this typically the same day across all the parks or does it vary?

Yes …. To the first comment
Not sure on the second one
Hopefully it’s not the 27th for Towers
 
As per when this comes up for Alton Towers, it's been covered over and over again many times and as a team we feel there is no merit in discussing it further. I'm not going to remove previous posts, but if we can get back to Thorpe Park discussion that would be great. Any further posts on the subject may be removed.

Thank you!
 
I hope nobody from Merlin is reading this but I would even pay extra for something that lets actors who normally can't touch you do so, in the mazes and around the park
 
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I hope nobody from Merlin is reading this but I would even pay extra for something that lets actors who normally can't touch you do so, in the mazes and around the park

I dont know about Thorpe but Towers did offer something like this several years back in the form of very little advertised ‘Extreme’ versions of some of their mazes after park hours. Was an extended and largely one on one experience with touching, licking, being tied up, you name it.

Was great fun.


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I dont know about Thorpe but Towers did offer something like this several years back in the form of very little advertised ‘Extreme’ versions of some of their mazes after park hours. Was an extended and largely one on one experience with touching, licking, being tied up, you name it.

Was great fun.


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I think Survival Games has potential to have something like this happen where the actors go further. 🤔
 
As i mentioned in the Hyperia thread, looks like i'm going to Thorpe Park today for the first time in 15 years!

1. The evening is a Merlin Employees event, has anyone been to one of these? Is it likely to be very quiet or a normal sized crowd? Will food places be open?

2. If it stops raining (which looks likely) i think i will go down for the afternoon too. Presume i will be kicked out at 5pm before the event for an hour? Is there anywhere nearby to eat (if the aforementioned food places are going to be closed)?

And any general tips i suppose? Guessing i won't need single rider for other attractions on a day like today...

The park is quite small from what i remember, more like Chessington than Alton? Don't want to exhaust myself too much, i'm past my prime. Is there a best route to take? My main draws are Hyperia and Swarm plus scouting what looks suitable for my son next year as he will (hopefully) be 1.3m at some point.
 
I’ve been to most of the staff preview nights for Fright Nights since 2016. There’s often a huge ticket faff at the start where they either start letting people in late or there’s so few staff checking ID and tickets that it takes a while to get everyone into the park cutting into the 3 hours you have so my advice would be to get there at least half an hour early.

Once in the park it’s never dead but it’s probably the quietest 3 hours of fright nights the park will see. Expect to wait between 10 and 30 mins for each maze depending on when you hit it. The newer mazes get busy at the start but everything evens out towards the end. I’ve always managed to do every maze during the event but it takes a bit of strategy and gunning it as the hours are so limited. Coasters are always walk on throughout the night but it’s tricky to work out how big the Hyperia queue will get tonight what with it being on one train.
 
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