Marc

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.

Nice idea.. only problem being ive never had any decent signal up there for it to be any use!

Seemed to start abit earlier this year.From the TP site: Good of them to warn on their site.

Whats wrong with that? Is it not a good thing they are asking their target what thye would like at their event?

I guess this is because the operator couldnt see that everyone was sitting in the correct position so them not to get trapped when the bars come down on them.

Thorpe Blast looks like it will be returning this year, just not under that name , I guess we will see the event confirmed quite soon.This dont really bother me as I cant go, but its an intresting idea and quite reaonsably priced, I guess its just a trial to see how it goes, if it goes well great if not theyve not lost much trying.

Thorpe park have released some details about "Reload" a under 18s club night planned to be held on parkFrom their facebook event: What are peoples opinions on this? its just £10.20 for Annual pass holders, will you be heading down?

Just a heads up the parks been packed over the past week and I guess it will be now untill the school trips are over.