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  4. 2019 Season

    in The Past

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    10 minutes ago, JoshuaA said:

    I still enjoy Thorpe Park to a extent but its crystal clear the park currently lacks a direction or much of a image.

    I still have a bit of fun when I visit the park- Inferno has aged well, Swarm and Stealth are fun, but when you have so much crap being added into the park you start to feel like the place you once used to love is losing all its charm and character. When I visit the park presently its bitter-sweet, sure the rides are great, but all the little touches and details such as Swarm's station or Inferno's station feel like they are slowly peeling away and its depressing.

     

    Its also sad that the last solid investment was 2013, and that was X.. 

    Don’t get me wrong, im not saying the park don’t have its problems, but I wouldn’t say it’s quite at the soul destroying level!

     

    I do disagree though - personally think The Walking Dead retheme of X was executed brilliantly and was their last solid investment!

  6. 2019 Season

    in The Past

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Jack95 said:

    In the latest video Thorpe Park have shared on their social media platforms it appears to show the Swarm ‘brave it backwards’ three times throughout the duration. 

     

    Could this his be a final teaser or just generic stock footage? Guess we will find out tomorrow. 

    Nope - this is just the video which was shown on the big screen at the start of the day ?

  9. 2019 Season

    in The Past

    Posted

    53 minutes ago, Loggers Creek said:

    The difference between DLP and Thorpe’s problems is basically the difference between a house that needs some redecorating and one with subsidence.

     

    Thorpe have closed two popular rides in the last few years and whilst some things may be out of their control, I can’t see either replaced for at least two years.

    I’ve heard slammer described as a lot of things but popular certainly isn’t one of them!

  11. 2019 Season

    in The Past

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, StevenVig said:

    Slammer, The Loggers Leap scandal, Fright Nights 2018 was a disaster, Rumba Rapids is beyond fixable now, Saw Alive is sinking and outdated, DBGT was the biggest waste of money in Merlins history

     

    Yeah no you're fine....

    Rides close, they don’t last for ever (especially slammer..) Ghost train was added, as well as 2 rides for kids, Rumba is rumba agree it needs work, Saw alive isn’t “sinking”or it wouldn’t open.

     

    As I said, Thorpe has its problems but I think people can be abit extreme...

  12. 2019 Season

    in The Past

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Coaster said:

    Yeah but is the rest of Disney falling apart and removing rides left right and centre?

    (Genuine question as I've never been).

    No but neither is thorpe so I’m not sure what relevance that has ;)

     

    (I won’t deny it has its issues - but “falling apart and removing rides left right and centre” is quite extreme!)

  13. Parking price hike.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Coaster said:

    I remember at the end of a rainy Fright Nights day last year, the car park being waterlogged and having to retrieve my car from a huge puddle (meaning wet shoes were the only option).

     

    Horrendous that they charge £15 for a car park that can't even drain properly.

    The whole park does that to be fair I’m not sure what they can really do - you only need to dig a few foot down till you hit water (I remember the holes for the TVs were full of water!) it’s just the land the park isn’t on I guess.

  14. Parking price hike.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Loggers Creek said:

    £15 for a gravel pit to park that has barely changed since they introduced park is frankly embarrassing. I know it’s £8 in advance but it has honestly got to be one of the worst parks to park in currently. 

     

    Surw the American parks charge a lot too to park, but at least they probably maintain their parking areas properly.

    There are much much worse car parks around than at Thorpe!

    4 hours ago, Coaster said:

    How long before they remove the perk of free parking for the premium MAPs?

    Probably a long time - expect it’s one of the major attractions of the premium upgrade to many!

  15. 2019 Season

    in The Past

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, Benin said:

    You won't have to pay for park entry though? Would assume it would be in the Village (Conference Centre maybe), and I think a dedicated game event (rather than a hodge-podge of... things?) will likely attract more interest...

     

    It's not that it IS a gaming event, it's HOW the event is run... I doubt you'll only be limited to 45 minutes of DotA action at DLP...

    The point was more that there’s clearly a market for this kind of stuff within the industry rather than the logistics between the 2 ?

  18. 2019 Season

    in The Past

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Coaster said:

    So they've brought back the fast track kiosk near Inferno?  Or was that brought back ages ago and I just didn't notice?

    It was the one where depth charge is which was removed for last season - was used as booth to collect Ride Access passes towards the end of the season.

  20. 2019 Season

    in The Past

    Posted

    I’m not sure why it would push anyone away? It’s a small scale thing in the marquee as an add on to a normal day, those who are interested will be in there those who aren’t will be on the rides, much like Love Island Lates.

     

    I can see them wanting to try stuff like this more, similar to what we saw last year with events throughout the year, this time just less zombieish!

  21. Annual Ultimate Fast Track

    in Quick Questions

    Posted

    On 2/22/2019 at 5:09 PM, Stuntman707 said:

    Indeed, it would be better value to buy a Blackpool Season Pass, Europa Park season pass and/or a Disney season pass if you've got £400 to dispose of. If people want to spend £400 to queue at Thorpes Fastrack booth on busy days instead, then that's their choice I guess.

    If you visit often enough and don’t want to queue £400 is a good price for ultimate fastrack all season to be fair!

  22. Logger's Leap

    in The Past

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, Wumbamillio said:

    That's true for most of it, but I'm almost certain a lot of the mechanical plant would need replacing or heavy servicing by now. Machines don't work well if left unusued for so long especially out in the elements. That's why every year they left it, the less likely it became. The alterations being deemed "not worth it" is highly debatable. That was always the way Merlin were going to see it and it's their cynical policy towards any attraction without 'new PR' value, which is (let's be honest) sadly all those holding the pursestrings care about, not guest experience.

    I'm sure Thorpe Park wanted it back and wanted the money to get it up again, but couldnt convince Merlin.

     

    Yeha your right actually - didn’t think of them parts things like water pumps etc will almost certainly be no good by this point.

     

    I didn’t mean the alterations were not worth it - personally believe they would have been and it’s a shame it’s not to be.

  24. Logger's Leap

    in The Past

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Loggers Creek said:

    Whilst Thorpe’s announcement has (finally) put closure on Loggers Leap’s, the communication and manner they went about this has been appalling. If it wasn’t coming back, they should have been completely honest during the 2016 season and confessed it then. 

     

    Dont think it’s that simple - think the park genuinely did want it to return, but were not able to to secure the budget for it to do so. A lot of people talk about how it’s been “left to rot” but in reality apart from a few overgrown trees it’s probably not in much worse state than it was on its last day of operation - just the modifications which it requires are deemed not worth it unfortunately.

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