Marc

I really don't see why its being judged so much before its even near opening. Merlin get an awful lot of stick on here and I'm not too sure why, compare pre Merlin rides such Stealth and Rita to say The Swarm, Smiler and even Saw, there are massive improvements in terms of quality and effort. I see no reason at all why this area won't look good when it opens to the public which is what still over a month away?

That said I think its only one or two less than what towers have? Another problem seems to be are how people all queue for 1 or 2 barriers, I've seen times where theres a massive queue for the far left one and the one next to it is totally empty but people don't seem to like to pull out and use it. The car park could do with a re-design but I guess its quite limited to what they can do.

The problems really only start when Staines road queues all the way from Staines into the park. 4 barriers is probably enough when you consider cwoa'a main car park has just 1...

Think the buildings will look quite good once they are all finished.

Id like to see the track painted but I'm not to sure if it really needs new trains. Sure It could make loading / unloading easier but I don't think Colossus is really as rough as made out and if new trains would make much difference

They are more accurate now, one of the problems they used to have was when they updated the old ones the system wouldn't update the board its self for a while, sometimes never. These ones update pretty much instantly and link up with the App so it does all work much better.

That said yesterday Thorpe tweeted: @THORPEPARK: Hey guys, yes the Slammer is closed for the foreseeable future.

The 2 bits of the lost city theming on either side are back now, looked like one of them was quite damaged a few weeks ago, they disappeared and now are back looking all nice and new!

I'm not sure if its shorter but it is certainly struggling to get to full height and the swings are quite out of sync.

Its swings and roundabouts, is anyone going to cancel a trip to thorpe because Zodiac is closed? Id say its a safe bet they wont, If it was Stealth on the other hand maybe, and when a major ride is shut Thorpe do display it on their site.

No benches

No ERT as far as I know but their open hours are already pretty good. Would strongly recommend buying fastrack because they dont queue out there. For £40 for your entire stay its a no brainer.

Id say its very hard to judge if anything looks out of place / tacky until the area is finished and open..

The only thing detonator and inferno ever had in common was they are both red. Detonator has/had limited pirates theming to fit in with pirates 4d Not long ago people were crying out for themed lands - ok Angry birds may not be the first choice but it's the first themed land we have had at the park in years which can only be a good thing?

Disagree with this - the pirates theming whilst looked nice was totally out of place and made no sense atall since pirates 4d was replaced.And stealth half of amity has always been cut off from the tidal half, they don't even share the same music I don't think this will effect that much. None of Amity Cove will be destroyed, they are not going that far round to KFC etc.

Like you said in the CBeebies land topic, its not finished... I'm sure once Angry Birds theming has been added the buildings should start to look much better. They have started although its only one bit so far on the shop although I expect the majority will happen when the area is closed of in the last few weeks before it opens.

Yeah today it looked like it was being run by rides staff not engineers so I guess must be getting closer to opening

Agree with this. Can't see a woodie ever happening at Thorpe.

No it's not. It was testing with water dummy's all day.

It sounds like they've been trailing this a while, Annual Pass holders have been let in at 9:15 for what sounds like some sort of ERT. All rides are usually available.

I can't see a full new entrance till they eventually get a full scale hotel. Till then I think any investment which improves what there is at the moment as a good thing

Looks good - it all looks pretty dated now think this will brighten things up a bit!

Unsafe? If that was the case it wouldn't open. Slammer is just as safe as any other ride.

It seems to be some kind of rust from the track, Nemesis seems to suffer and I guess other inverts do too. If its happening Thorpe usually provide ponchos to ride with so it dont go over your clothing.

Its still playing in them places.