Marc

I'm not sure, I'd say the problems on annual pass day were very different to problems on other days

1. Colossus2. Stealth3. Nemesis4. Thirteen5. Air6. Oblivion7. Saw8. Samurai9. Detonator10. Rush

Neither personally, the iPhone 5 should be out soon, at the very least meaning the 4 will drop in price and the 3gs phased out.

The speakers play sound effects, theres usually an actor in the area trying to climb the fence, warning people that Thorpe are hiding somthing with "police" there moving him along.

I do think people are somewhat jumping to conclusions here... its not unusual in anyway for work to start on the construction of the mazes in September, to get rid of the beach and make it look presentable would cost a large chunk of money, I cant see that being around with The Swarm being built, so yes whilst the message could be taken as its being removed, id be more inclined to read it as they are simply getting it ready to build the Fright Night attractions...

Or maybe they are preparing for Fright Nights...

What rides that?

Went to alton again yesterday for what must be my 6th trip of the season.Altons really doing it for me this year, not sure why but last year I always left feeling slightly let down, living down south it seemd such a huge effort and it never really seemed like it was worth that effort, but thats certainly not the case this year.Left here around 7, stopped of for an expennnsive burger king brekfast and got to the park for just before 11, being open till 7 thats no big problem for me. The park was quiet, much quieter than you would expect but I suspect its just suffering the same as the rest of them at the moment, but obviously for us this was a good thing.Ride count:Air 1Nemesis 2Thirteen 2Oblivion 2Rita 1Hex 1Congo 1Flume 1Duel 2Sonic Spinball 1Runaway mine train 1Other bits:Breakdowns wernt too bad, Air opened early afternoon, Thirteen seemed to have a queue line evac but we arrive just as it reopened so got on there twice with no queue, Rita had a failed launch whilst we were in the station, reopened but seemd to close not long after Oblivion staff were pretty slow in the morning, took far longer than it should, was much better in afternoon despite running only 1 loading car in the afternoon it was much quicker then when it had 2 in the morning..I liked the marketing campaign across the park, tvs at all the rides showing their adverts and why to vote for them "4 Inversions"

Half that and your probably quite close..

I dont think they will do anything to Stealth, The Swarm will be very much within its own area away on its island, Thorpe Park dont really do "themed areas" as such any more so there wouldnt be any real need to do anything to Stealth.

I must of mis-read the posts a few pages back, thought people knew thats all

Plenty of track is onsite Its under canopy's at the moment

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Maybe due to the boats flooding, people complaining when there feet get wet, complain when they tip the boats to empty them so getting rid of the biggest contributor to flooding is probably an all round good idea, shame though was fun!

Who said there broken?

Along with the construction fence with barbed wire / CCTV theyve added speakers for them sound effects I presume, its playing from that not Stealths area

The few videos which could have pointed at anything? They have jumped ahead here and we are about where we were at in October with saw (Name / Mini site release)If I remember correctly the name was released along with the announcement of the connection to the movies, I dont see how they could release The Swarm with no details of an IP if it was going to be so..

Why does anyone think its an IP? It says no where on the site it is so id assume it isnt... !

Probably a fair bit of demand on there.. Its working on the site for me now, looks great!

I have heard that Sunken Gardens has been cordoned off now with LC12 fencing around it.... So there will be more than one way to the island I guess.. Cant wait till tomorrow

Popularity of the park / ride which I guess is the ultimate aim for Merlin.I guess we will see on Monday!

Whats wrong with Saw? Its the parks most successful rollercoaster to date... surely thats a good thing?

True, but 10 years on that level of investment seems to continue at Thorpe with LC12 round the corner, a hotel and no doubt another coaster just after that.I'm sure the next few years will be interesting for both thats for sure..

When you consider how quickly THORPE PARK has caught up in such a short space of time, along with the actual physical size and capacity's of the parks, its not really that impressive is it surely? But then its not all about gate figures..I'm on the fence with this one, for me, over the past couple of years altons lost its "magic" for me, the place has the same flaws which you see at any merlin theme park, and like the others look past them its possible to have a decent day out.