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School trip season has well and truly started today, with most coasters reaching 2 hour queues. I've seen pictures of Hyperias fasttrack queue overflowing today. I wonder if some trips got moved from last week with the heat wave? Unfortunately Vortex, Quantum and Zodiac were closed all day leaving that corner of the park very dead. Samurai has spent the last few days closed but they did manage to get it open for the last 90 minutes or so. Will be interesting to see what happens with Zodiac, its been closed a year now. Although there was clearly intention to open it has stopped testing. Would love for Thorpe to invest in some new flats though.

Good riddance, nobody touches my Stealth :'')

False alarm everyone. Sorry Aerie Force One, into the bin you go.

It was an air compressor leak, which is quite easy to fix seeing as the pipes are plastic

I’ve returned to Paultons’s Park for the first time since I was a kid, this time with my own toddler who has recently made the magic 1 meter + 4 years old combo, meaning we could go on early everything. It’s probably been over 20 years since I was last there, and the place is now completely unrecognisable. WHAT A PARK. And what a breath of fresh air! I have read reviews and watched videos etc, and had high expectations. But honestly I was blown away by just how good Paultons actually is now, especially when it comes to their newer things. Every expectation I had was exceeded. The rides, theming, food, staff, availability, atmosphere, overall experience, value for money, prices in the park, everything was spot on. Valgard is truly spectacular, and will be unbelievable when the new water coaster opens next year. The back to back large scale additions this year and next are an extremely positive sign of things to come. Can’t wait to see the park continue to grow over the coming years. It’s so encouraging to have had such a positive experience at a UK park, and to see it doing so well. I hope it continues to go from strength to strength as we gain Universal. The future of the UK theme park industry may be shaky across the board, but there are some real positives - Paultons very much being one of them.

Rest in piece. We can scrap it and Thorpe can buy Aerie Force One.

Loud bang heard today..

It's coming to the end of its life thank god. Hopefully Thorpe can send the spare anti-roll backs to Paultons to help them with their broken ones.

I'm aware, I'm friends with an engineer who works on it everyday...

Back open since 4:20

Not really, as they're planning to open it..

Well I guess it should have said either “closed all day”, or “closed today due to weather”, rather than “delayed opening”, it often causes confusion and delay. To be precise. Look at the sky ride at Alton towers resort.

I'd imagine it's the heat

Stealth has still not opened today. I wonder what’s wrong. Anyone who could tell me the reason, then I understand. It can keep on getting tucked on delayed opening. If it’s closed all day as said, then I’m not bothered.

He's lost his mind

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reliability, has spun round................... budgets have gone, bom and pom, parrrrrrrp, ggooonnnneeeee, the disc span round, and no maintenance can be found

My visit last week seen every coaster bar flying fish, have down time. SAW had the most, then Colossus, Nemesis, Stealth, Hyperia, Swarm and Walking dead. Swam and WD went down once, Hyperia went down a couple of time. Even the flats had numerous shut downs.

Though I love the beast, it failed again today, but not alone, with Swarm, Nemesis Inferno and Samurai all experiencing down times, it seems due to high temperatures. Needless to say no bleating about those rides going.

Haven't been to Thorpe yet this year but I can't wait to get in and see that fire effect finally in action! 🙃

Feel like pure sh** man, just don't need this Stealth negativity in my life. Therefore I am happy to confirm that Stealth will be operational for FOREVER. Anyway, Colossus will be the first coaster to go 'cos turquoise paint is very expensive now.

I mean playing devils advocate, what would be a good replacement scene? honestly, I can see why they got rid of it as the same effect is technically used earlier in the attraction. I mean maybe not a scare, but I liked the idea of the shop having a 'window' into the platform that you just came from and the train disappearing into a ghostly apparition in a more theatrical ending Maybe not a replacement but its a shame they could of replaced the effect with something that doesn't require a actor or staff, something automatic.

Yes, the fake shop was included at the Creative's decision. The Lead Creative was someone who worked predominantly on Dungeons attractions and liked the idea of the fake shop, which is why it was included again with a couple of extras. As mentioned, internally there was more hesitation about re-including it given it had been "done" before. The hope to change it in a future year, but that ultimately never happened, presumably because of budget. These days it's obviously completely bypassed, which is a shame.

Personal rankings of all of the 4D films at the cinema Angry Birds 4D Experience IT: The 4D Experience Ready Player One 4D Experience Time Voyagers ScreamPlexx Cinema Haven't Seen: Pirates 4D, Ultimate Horror Movie Bites (Universal & DreamWorks (not the animation studio)), SAW Movie Bites, Final Cut Cinema (The Walking Dead)

Even when I went on it in 2023, the fake shop wasn’t in operation. I’ve been on it three times now and no fake shop, it’s a shame since it was actually one of the best parts of the original.