nickhutson
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Re: Thorpe Park
They should do a 10pm - 12am for over 18s only. They won't - but they should.
They should do a 10pm - 12am for over 18s only. They won't - but they should.
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Thorpe Park: General Discussion
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Duckaphobia
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Re: Thorpe Park
I love the sound of the Lionsgate-Fright Nights partnership, but I have a feeling Thorpe will take the lazy option and just retheme the mazes from previous years
Fingers crossed I'm wrong though.
Also, a continuous conga style would remove any feeling of realism from the maze, and make it feel like a factory production line. Would not want.
However, the activity from Thorpe looks a damn sight more exciting then scarefest this year, and has real potential
I love the sound of the Lionsgate-Fright Nights partnership, but I have a feeling Thorpe will take the lazy option and just retheme the mazes from previous years
Fingers crossed I'm wrong though.
Also, a continuous conga style would remove any feeling of realism from the maze, and make it feel like a factory production line. Would not want.
However, the activity from Thorpe looks a damn sight more exciting then scarefest this year, and has real potential
djtruefitt
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Re: Thorpe Park
Maybe they will do a late night scare maze with an extra cost? Kind of like how towers did with the extreme Sanctuary last year. maybe 10-12, will get people to stay late and would be something that crash pad people could also take advantage of.
Maybe they will do a late night scare maze with an extra cost? Kind of like how towers did with the extreme Sanctuary last year. maybe 10-12, will get people to stay late and would be something that crash pad people could also take advantage of.
Oatcakedodger
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Re: Thorpe Park
Just back from our 1st Thorpe park visit, totally enjoyed it ! Swarm is quality,
Stealth is exhilarating, Saw was interesting
bit jolty and gives you a bit of a rough head, overall would score the park 10 out of 10, love the attention to detail on the ride themes, personally would say this edges AT off my theme park top spot !
Just back from our 1st Thorpe park visit, totally enjoyed it ! Swarm is quality,
Stealth is exhilarating, Saw was interesting
bit jolty and gives you a bit of a rough head, overall would score the park 10 out of 10, love the attention to detail on the ride themes, personally would say this edges AT off my theme park top spot !
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I went to Summer Nights this evening.
Great little event. Didn't seem very busy although there were plenty of cars in the car park. Mostly a one train wait in the station apart from Stealth which had about a 4 train wait (all on one train obviously).
The park was parked earlier in the day, pretty much everything over 60 minutes, until way after 6pm.
Rode The Swarm backwards for the first time. It felt tamer, although the first drop disorientated me a little. Forwards though, I absolutely loved it tonight. It's a great ride, the area atmosphere (especially at night) beats anything else in the UK in my opinion.
The Saw jolt is worse. I have decided that Eurofighters are just too intense for me to enjoy more than once.
First ride on X without the block - Infinitely better, but no smoke effects.
Looking forward to heading back for Fright Nights.
I went to Summer Nights this evening.
Great little event. Didn't seem very busy although there were plenty of cars in the car park. Mostly a one train wait in the station apart from Stealth which had about a 4 train wait (all on one train obviously).
The park was parked earlier in the day, pretty much everything over 60 minutes, until way after 6pm.
Rode The Swarm backwards for the first time. It felt tamer, although the first drop disorientated me a little. Forwards though, I absolutely loved it tonight. It's a great ride, the area atmosphere (especially at night) beats anything else in the UK in my opinion.
The Saw jolt is worse. I have decided that Eurofighters are just too intense for me to enjoy more than once.
First ride on X without the block - Infinitely better, but no smoke effects.
Looking forward to heading back for Fright Nights.
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Sounds like you had a good night.
Last night seemed to be one of the busier summer nights the park have had, it was quiet but the park wasnt a ghost town which made it a much better atmosphire and gives me more hope we will see them having longer hours like this next year too!
Sounds like you had a good night.
Last night seemed to be one of the busier summer nights the park have had, it was quiet but the park wasnt a ghost town which made it a much better atmosphire and gives me more hope we will see them having longer hours like this next year too!
smudge
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I think it must of been busier last night. I went Friday the 23rd, and no trains were going round even half full (including stealth). Don't know how true this is but apparently there were only 350 tickets sold. Sounds about right as I stayed on stealth for 10 in a row.... Everything was on one car (quite rightly) but never qued for a single minute the whole evening. Spoke to a guy on one of dozens of re-rides on inferno, and he reckoned he'd done 20 on stealth. We could of kept going for another half hour (left at 10) but was actually starting to feel dizzy, and being the white knuckle junkie I am, has never happened before. Probably close to 50 rides on the big 5. Just one on collossux (even poorer than I remember) and just one on x, couldn't bring myself to re-ride when stealth was so close.
Oh, apart from all the rides were later opening than half 7, nearer 8. All the faff with park guests having to retrieve their phones etc, was pretty badly organised, but other than that, awesome night.
Very eeery at night though, walked a good while by saw and the loggers leap entrance and not a soul in sight.
I think it must of been busier last night. I went Friday the 23rd, and no trains were going round even half full (including stealth). Don't know how true this is but apparently there were only 350 tickets sold. Sounds about right as I stayed on stealth for 10 in a row.... Everything was on one car (quite rightly) but never qued for a single minute the whole evening. Spoke to a guy on one of dozens of re-rides on inferno, and he reckoned he'd done 20 on stealth. We could of kept going for another half hour (left at 10) but was actually starting to feel dizzy, and being the white knuckle junkie I am, has never happened before. Probably close to 50 rides on the big 5. Just one on collossux (even poorer than I remember) and just one on x, couldn't bring myself to re-ride when stealth was so close.
Oh, apart from all the rides were later opening than half 7, nearer 8. All the faff with park guests having to retrieve their phones etc, was pretty badly organised, but other than that, awesome night.
Very eeery at night though, walked a good while by saw and the loggers leap entrance and not a soul in sight.
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The summer nights are weird, last nights was quite busy but the ones at the start were stupidly quiet so credit for them to bring them back actually. Theres for sure potential for the park to go back to its old days of open hours till 10pm throughout summer, the last week or so the parks been pretty rammed throughout the week and i guess will continue into the next few days before schools go back!
The summer nights are weird, last nights was quite busy but the ones at the start were stupidly quiet so credit for them to bring them back actually. Theres for sure potential for the park to go back to its old days of open hours till 10pm throughout summer, the last week or so the parks been pretty rammed throughout the week and i guess will continue into the next few days before schools go back!
KingNemesis
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Re: Thorpe Park
That micro-site has been up for a while I believe.
That micro-site has been up for a while I believe.
djtruefitt
TS Team
Re: Thorpe Park
It also seems mazes might not be free!
Someone Tweeted this to Thorpe earlier:
And Thorpe replied with:
It also seems mazes might not be free!
Someone Tweeted this to Thorpe earlier:
And Thorpe replied with:
Re: Thorpe Park
It wouldn't surprise me if they charged for the mazes, especially considering they're using an IP and overhauling a lot of them. I don't mind paying as long as the quality is there. However, charging an event fee (for standard pass holders) and maze entry isn't ideal value for money. I think Fright Nights would work well as a separate evening admission, in a similar way to how they ran Summer Nights.
It wouldn't surprise me if they charged for the mazes, especially considering they're using an IP and overhauling a lot of them. I don't mind paying as long as the quality is there. However, charging an event fee (for standard pass holders) and maze entry isn't ideal value for money. I think Fright Nights would work well as a separate evening admission, in a similar way to how they ran Summer Nights.
nickhutson
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Re: Thorpe Park
I think they may charge for an after hours "ERT" event, to be honest. From 10-11.30pm, maybe.
I think they may charge for an after hours "ERT" event, to be honest. From 10-11.30pm, maybe.
Rose Of Dawn
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Re: Thorpe Park
Ooh, anyone into doing this?
Ooh, anyone into doing this?
pritchardavid
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Re: Thorpe Park
Might be into doing it
Might be into doing it