Marc
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What with previews starting last night and press night tonight this is the perfect opportunity to create a topic containing spoilers. Saw some reports last night and its sounding promising - also from this picture from Cupcakes and Coasters looks like Platform 15 has seen some pretty significant changes!
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Theres a new 1 minute or so mix which plays as the park opens now and includes a countdown. Sounds imascoreish with a mix of music from across the park including Stealth, Saw, Swarm, Colosussus and Inferno - Theresa also a video on the big screen which plays along with it, was a nice touch!
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Try get there for 9:30ish and get through the security queues as soon as possible - hit what ever major coasters open first whilst keeping an eye on Ghost train (it usually opens before 11) and if i was you id ride it as early as possible. This way ive managed to get all the major coasters done within the first hour and in the queue for Ghost Train by just gone 11. As for mazes its hard to tell but id expect Walking Dead Living Nightmare to be the busiest, often people will start to queue up to an hour before they open so that maybe a good option (will be shorter than the queues later on!) Platform 15 / Walking Dead Sanctum will likely be better done at night.
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Lumber Jump also has been added!
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As I said - I live around 15 mins from the park and it was very windy here yesterday - fence panels blown in etc so I’m not too surpirsed the park was badly effected - they also had a message on their website stating they are expecting ride availability to be affected by bad weather the night before - not sure what more could be done. For me it’s all about how they try rectify this for the affected guests - hopefully everyone affected is able to claim free return tickets for the inconvenience.
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Stealth has stalled at the top before. It was empty but it has happened.
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High winds have always caused abit of an issue at thrope - it probably don’t help how exposed the park is with the lake all around it. Im around 15 min drive from the park and fairly high up and thought it was extremely windy today so I’m not too surprised there were issues today - that said you should be now eligible for a free ticket on their bad weather guarantee.
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Was great to be back here - it’s probabky one of my favourite parks (despite the operations shortfalls!) Red Force was really good - especially front row, Shambarla as good as ever and as always I loved Baco - even after my 2 hours of constant re-riding! Thanks to Ryan who did pretty much all the arranging before / during the trip - good to hear people enjoyed! Photos in abit of a random order!
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https://www.thorpepark.com/bad-weather-guarantee Glad to see this is back and improved - should help a lot with the recent complaints.
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I agree that rush is a bigger loss over Fright Nights than rumba - Rumba has always closed at 4 ish when it gets dark anyway which is when the park is hitting its peak capacity. That said the fact that the mazes open 3 hours earlier on peak days will by far mitigate any loss of Rumba Rapids
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I don’t see why thorpe would joke about a ride being closed till next Season!
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Rush is closed for technical reasons - they’ve clearly started work on it early as I assume what ever is wrong won’t be repairable in time for the end of the season. Shame but I don’t think there’s any suggestion of them removing it!
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I think the fright night pricing goes up along with demand but i could be wrong..
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Its upto you on the reservation - if your traveling a long distance it maybe best to reserve - its simply there to stop abuse of the system where as if it was free people would reserve without any thought / potentially stopping people who intend to go from being able to.
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IP's were around whilst The Asylum was TBF - i think unfortunately with all the bad press they got The Asylum had to go. I agree that Towers have improved year on year - I'd also say Thorpe improved (2016 was better than 14/15 IMO) and ive no doubt the 2 new mazes will be of high quality. As for premium pass holders - i think its like last year, you dont have to reserve and if you turn up early before the park hits capacity you will be fine to get in - or if you planning to head to the park later for example £1 will guarantee your entry - even if the park has had to close its gates due to hitting capacity
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I Wouldnt expect any more from whats been announced!
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Whilst I love original ideas (and happy we still have them) you could never have the pull of something as massive as The Waking Dead based on solely original ideas - I’ve no doubt this will be the biggest Fright Nights to date.
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Im not sure we can say Walking Dead Sanctum will be a “support” attraction when we kmow so little about it. Willing to give platform another chance - a lot of scare attractions grow year on year when they learn what worked and what didn’t. Weve also got the Cinema - which no matter how small it may feel will no doubt get a few hundred people off park for the duration - every little helps, Fright Nights have been getting more and more popular over the last 2/3 years - I get the feeling this will be extremely busy and every little will help!
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Aha like Saw Movie bites!
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Website also states we will have "THE FINAL CUT CINEMA"
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With the popularity of The Walking Dead id say its by far the biggest in that respect even if not in the count of mazes. Also mazes will open at 3pm this year but will open at 12pm during half term which will help queues!
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https://www.thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/05-09-2017/The+Walking+Dead+Invade+Thorpe+Park - full details from the press release here!
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Not quite all season - certainly the majority of the summer though.
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I guess it’s a natural evolution to pop badges.. Just the pins cost! The pins merlin have released over the last year or so are going down well so will be interesting to see how this goes!
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^ This - the Fright Night meet topic is set to go up very soon - hope to see you there!!
