Marc

http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/30-03-2014/Weekly-Roundup Latest news from the park over the last week!

Thorpe have now got a new ticketing system on their website - much nicer and easier to use than the old one The FAQ's suggest it supports tickets to mobile phones too which will be nice and could save a lot of time from people collecting tickets if people take advantage.

Hope you have a great time!

Echoing what has already been said Vortex has been running very well over the past couple of days, the juddering seems to have been fixed and its getting to its full height swings very quickly. Not enjoyed Vortex so much since the 2004 days!

£5 for a digital download isn't all that bad IMO. TBH if I buy a photo I usually scan it and it then collects dust in a draw, so the digital only option suits me personally.

It was testing this morning, also has water dummy's in the seats now.

It was testing a lot today and properly testing too which is the first time I've seen it test this season. Not open yet though

Yeah it has, now they've fixed the waterfalls they are much easier to spot!

The page has been changed and it runs from 18th till 21st - does make sense!

This new concept art is seriously nice!

I can kind of see why you would get a TP pass over a Merlin one if you really only visited TP because of the price, I think if you was say considering spending £120 on a Alton pass it would be crazy to not pay the extra

Its an interesting concept - we saw them play with something like this during the summer last season with their £48 "Season Pass" too. I may be wrong but I think its a similar structure which the american parks do too. I think its quite a good idea personally and when you compare to say a MAP (£159) its quite well priced for just the one park.

Fingers crossed then its getting closer!

All of them things on your list were fine on Saturday, (apart from the backwards seats obviously!)

I believe Swarms water uses chlorine to keep it clean, so its possible that at the start of the season they need to adjust the levels to make sure its right before using it and potentially getting people wet? As for the water effect near the fire engine it seems like this one has been changed as to not cover the fire engine, That was done at the end of last season.

They were on all day Saturday (both of them) along with every other effect when I was on the island.

Was working Thursday, the loop water effects and the waterfalls were also all working fine. Hopefully they can get the mist sorted again

The advert heavily features the thrill rides just as much so I don't think it's anything to worry about. Thorpe park are just going for a more family friendly image, family's can enjoy thrill rides too but important to make sure there's rides for those who may not be so keen!

I expect we will see one soon, with a new one for Angry Birds land closer to the time

I don't think the new musics bad - more people seek to get into it on the trains from what I've seen!

No need to worry - it wouldn't open if there was any slight chance of any problems!

Why spoil the surprise looking forward to seeing it on Thursday!

No one knows for sure, its mainly based on rumours from back when it was refurbished.

There have been some changes in Bar360 over the winter, the bar has been moved to the far side and its now table service, your allocated a table and order all taken from a waiter. Its a nice idea and worked well when it was quiet and hopefully will work well when its busy too

Yeah was surprised to see zodiac open with a hour or so to go. Inferno also went up to 2 trains at around 2 ish - apparently one was making a rarther loud noise yesterday! Noticed it seems to have new lights on the back of the cars to do with the restraints I guess - not seen them before ! Really like the changes on X - thought it was good last year but think its even better now - really liked that!