Marc

I can’t see Saw Alive having many / any changes, don’t forget it’s open over Summer so would leave little time to do much with it before Fright Nights starts!

Nice to see Tidal Wave able to run 3 boats again!

Sounds like he’s moving abit more than that now though Good news!

Park has been very busy today - even now there’s still a lot of people here (more than I’ve seen for late nights outside of Fright Nights before) fingers crossed it’s a sign of these later nights starting to work and we can see more of them in future!

Walking Dead - I actually really liked X but the theming for TWD:TR is different league, it’s the first time the things had a full transformation since the beginning and I think they exceeded the expectations of most!

The dungeons are always something they do pretty well, so I could see this working especially at a park like towers which had the history / setting perfect for it. Would be interesting to see if it’s an up charge of part of the day ticket, could also potentially be another thing for hotel guests when the parks closed.

Moved to UK Attractions which is probably a better fit than Thorpe now!

Thanks for the updates - good to see the new rides going in now, may have to visit over Halloween again!

Love Island contracts would have been negotiated a long time ago, much before it became current again, just makes sense to start advertising it when the shows a big talking point.

If the work it needed needed a cherry picker or something to get to part of the track they would usually close of the area - hopefully that’s all and it’s back up tomorrow!

Sure - we all know your there for the Love island I think it’s just standards who don’t get entry on Friday - Sundays during summer anyway?

It seems to be a uk culture thing, I remember back in 2006 when they opened till 10 throughout summer, despite the park being rammed throughout the day it was dead every night, events seem help with this hopefully making it more sustainable in the long run.

Unfortunately Colosuss was way before the time of bag rooms, there’s just no way it would work, they could always try universal style lockers at the entrance, I remember they trialed it with Slammer back when it opened with free lockers,not allowing anything into the queue, though unfortunately people seem to want their stuff all the time!

Love island isn’t something I personally watch - but it’s clearly popular so can see why they’ve done it. The problem thorpe have had in the past with their late openings is there’s nothing much else’s to entice people to stay into the evening, summer nights whikst obviously great for us to get loads of rides was obviously unsustainable. A name like this will no doubt help get more people to these late nights, so for me it’s win win, we can enjoy the park till 10pm through summer, whilst the park (hopefully) attract enough people in these evenings to continue them into the future.

Redevelopment *

Unfortunately a company trying to recover from a serious acident really can’t afford “hiccups” like that - imagine the headlines if that was a Merlin Park!

I beleve actors are meant to be there at all times now

Rush has been running 2 swings when I’ve been there this year - so unless there’s a random technical issue no reason why it shouldn’t! Vortex is an odd one - usually very reliable but it has been closed quite a long time now. Coasters do all run 2, still will go to 1 when it’s quiet though.

Had this last week - was very fun, interaction from the actor was great good on ride picture too!

It won’t be official, If / when marketing see it it will be removed.

The budget for running LN will be a drop in the ocean for what it would take for Loggers to return (The only ride SBNO which has any chance at all or returning in some form) No idea on queues, when i went on Saturday late afternoon it was quiet but before that was advertised at an hour i think.

Saturday June 30th hours are now 10 till 10pm

It’s definitely been open this year - it’s probably safe to assume it’s just awaiting a part which may not be so obvious.

I’m not sure a few days will make much difference after months of testing surely? It’s probably more that your more used to it now? It very much sounds like it’s significantly better towards the end of the day rather than at the start. Am looking forward to trying it out soon!

Had a real great time at Thorpe last night - the idea of keeping the whole park open for everyone till 10pm again was great, MOS guests then got the coasters between 10 and 11pm although they may have closed early with the storms! Park was quiet, especially after the rain but, all rides stayed open till 10pm as promised and was a great evening!