Marc

Zodiac queue line audio is working today

Rush, Zodiac and Colossus will close at 4pm on Sunday / Monday for the X Factor Filming - the park will be open till 7 to compensate for this

It's nothing to do with Loggers - if it reopens or not will not be linked to these rides.

Of course they have - which is why they are adding rides smaller guests can go on. Since 2012 we've had X (from 1.4m to 1m), Angry Birds land, Timber Tug and Lumber Jump which are all there to appeal to younger visitors.

http://www.southparks.co.uk/2017/07/05/mystic-east-refresh-planned-for-chessington-world-of-adventures-resort/ Very intersting - looks quite good actually!

That will be for the schools over the next couple of weeks - very busy around now!

Looks like it's filming this Sunday and Monday evenings - https://www.applausestore.com/book-the-x-factor-thorpe-park-experience

Pretty clever idea TBF - thrope park all over the TVs of millions of viewers - no doubt it will have plenty of ride footage in there too!

Wonder what's up next?!

I expect it was a low priority - as far as I know it was originally not planned for this season (wasn't on the early maps etc) - hopefully it's open soon and gives some much needed attractions for smaller visitors!

To be fair the company who operates these rides day in day out are in a much better position to determine what is and isn't required. Hopefully this is a more short term thing - it's not the first time we've seen this sort of thing on Rumba certainly.

I hope so - I wonder if they are waiting till there's enough to justify a cd of some type - they could do a merlin one I wouldn't say no to the galatica track! Some of the new imascore stuff in this video

Damn merlin for reacting following the DEATH of a young girl on the same type of ride!

Thorpe does - all were replaced and working this season

https://www.thorpepark.com/resort-information/opening-times-and-travel - interesting - noticed a couple of added 10-10 days at the end of September could possibly mean a longer event?

Heres a short recorded clip of it! 2017-06-29-AUDIO-00004289.mp3

Sounds like Lost City has had it's imascore treatment - looking forward to hearing it!

Judging by this I'm not sure...

From the Parks Official FB: ☀️THORPE PARK RESORT PRESENTS A SUMMER OF THRILLS!? It's officially the first day of summer and we're celebrating with our Island of extremes! The wettest, the fastest, the scariest - you can find them all right here on the Island Like No Other. As if that's not enough, this summer we're also dropping: - An exciting new World's First attraction - Extreme challenges - The Transformers Tour - And loads more! So don't miss out - summer is finally here and it's going to be the most extreme yet! #IS7NDXTREMES http://bit.ly/2hXZjcf An exciting new worlds first attraction?! Let the speculation begin!

I agree loggers was in need of work -and it even got a fair bit of work to its supports not too many years ago - as for the anti rollbacks I’m sure this has popped up before - they were designed to pop out when the lift stopped. Of course - but if at the time / now they have no intention of keeping the ride for a long time - what would be the point in spending money on its long term future (being a totally different debate as to if it should be within the parks long term future or not I’ll add!) Also let’s not pretend Europa isn’t a multi million pound company! This goes back to the point i made as to if the rides in the parks long term future - of course I’d love it to be and do hope we either see it return or be replaced with an equally good log flume. These rides (maybe with the exception of Depth Charge) all attract huge ridership - people are willing to queue 90 minutes + for the likes of Storm Surge and Tidal Wave - I’d say the park easily has enough water rides for our climate although agree I enjoyed riding loggers more then them!

The thing is - you say they are not telling me the truth but i still wouldn't be surprised if Loggers Leap reopened at some point. They have been very clear with rides which have closed in the past - just this year they've announced Slammer is closing and not coming back - all traces removed from the map / website where as Loggers Leap is still acknowledged - all be it in a small way and the official line is they "hope for it to make a splashback soon".

Loggers was probably my favorite water ride on park too - but i've no doubt its popularity had dropped of over its final years in the park - rarely would you see it gain much of a queue over 20 minutes where as "back in the day" it would attract huge queues. I disagree it was one of the most popular rides on park in its latter years. That maybe true - but its just like taking your car to the garage - if they tell you your 20 year old car needs this much spent on it - at that point you decide if its worth the investment or if its time to bite the bullet and make a change - this is obviously a much bigger scale of that. It wasnt long ago Loggers had alot of work done to its support structure and foundations on the main drop - im sure they had an idea of how long the ride would operate and what up-coming work was needed. As for Black Hole - it probably is a similar situation - but Towers had got the use out of The Black Hole what they wanted and made the choice to instead invest elsewhere - the same year opening Rita and then numerous installations since then- sure they could have no doubt kept the Black Hole open if they had wanted, but the powers that be decided it didn't wasn't worth the investment

As Baron said - Behind the scenes planning is just as much as part of redeveloping something as the construction work its self. I know you like the "left to rot" statement - but if loggers needs X amount of £ to remain operational, but the park had plans for that area in the near future, why waste the money on keeping a ride going what has no long term future? Its not like they are short of water rides.

Just the Thorpe Sharks standard logo isnt it? Always quite liked Shark's brand tbf - some nice touches within it! Got some pins on Sunday - I was shocked to see how bare the shelves were by the end of the day - good to see these things selling well!

In the grand scheme of running an event like Fright Nights, id expect the money paid to IMAScore wouldn't be a huge factor on deciding if a maze was to stay / leave. The fact that it was there and now has been removed would suggest to me its return isn't certain.