Marc

No major surprise - its the only major coaster without one!

From the looks of the video on Sky / ITV the lakes look high but thorpe park don't look flooded yet, I noticed they are also offering their car park to local residents so id guess theres no immediate threat to the park

Indeed it will, unless of course the park closes!

I'm not so sure on that! Ive no doubt in a month or so times Flappy Bird will be charts with games such as Draw Sometime / Songpop which were majorly popular at one point but quickly fall away.

http://www.thorpepark.com/summer-nights/ Summer Nights page for 2014 now up

http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/page/angrybirdsland - have updated the page with a couple of concepts we created of what we think the entrance could look like from the plans

Could be worse - could of just had it as a solid concrete box and stuck a yellow (Or brown in this case?) pipe on it!

Don't forget Summer Nights are also back every Friday and Saturday from the 11th July to 30th August

Open times have been updated on http://www.thorpepark.com/plan-your-visit/opening-times.aspx March 14th, 15th and 16th are now Preview days as are the 8th, 9th and 10th of October. The season has also been extended a week now ending on the 9th of November. Is this the first season that there are no 10-5pm closes on weekends at all?

It didn't really have a queue as such, it had show times and people only went when the show was on which even then did generate a queue of people. I do wonder if they will make it into a queue for this like Ice Age

I don't think its due to open till April so they have plenty of time.. need to decide pretty pronto though!

I like the first one, but the second as a overall concept looks great IMO would be somewhere everyone could chill in the evenings other than the dome

All references to "The Waterfront Hotel" have been removed so can only assume this wont be the name of the final hotel.

A new entrance / theme to the Crash Pad / Waterfront Hotel? (look like that in the background) Would certainly give the new Crash Pad an edge / some uniqueness which can only be a good thing!

I don't see why everyone makes such a fuss.. What difference does it make to your day?

People said the Saw was a dead IP... 1 new movie, 1 more planned and it being the parks most successful ride suggests otherwise

Id of thought 2013 was thorpes lower budget year (if they still have the 1 large, small and medium budget years!) Am looking forward to seeing concept art and plans to see exactly what they are wanting to do.

I don't think Thorpe are moving to far away from their thrill seeker market in all honesty. The problem is that it's a very targeted audience and since losing CCR / Time Voyagers there is really little new for anyone under 1.4 to really enjoy. X obviously helped but I do think a couple of years improving their family line up can only be a good thing, in the run up to what I can only assume will be a coaster aimed at thrill seekers

I guess that's fair - although I'm hoping this is more a Saw kind of thing rather than a sponsor. Say what you like about the ride, it has some of the UK's best theming IMO.

I don't get comments like this (I don't mean to pick on just you!) But we've not even seen plans for this area yet so I don't see what we are basing opinions such as this on?

Out of the 3 rides in the area, 2 of them will appeal to all and it will just be Detonator which is for the more grown up audience

Looking forward to seeing what they do with this. I wouldnt say they will ruin Detonator... its theme currently is abit "mish mash" and dont really fit in with whats around it at the moment, looking forward to seeing what they can do with it - none the less it will be the same ride!

http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/08-01-2014/Angry-Birds-Fly-into-THORPE-PARK - Full details here Please keep discussion to the forums for now until Thorpe Park fully announce the new area on their own social media channels

We are pleased we can open up some more spaces - There are not many so its first come first served! Please PM me interest.

I think Vortex was fully taken down (and actually sent to KMG) around 7/8 years ago now so maybe its getting the same kind of attention this closed season too.