Marc

I know that, the point I was making was the amount of paint taken off on that one bit of section quite quickly! Some parts of Colossus look less aged that!

The queue line looks awful now, you cant really blame H&S for it, even if they did advise them to cover it they wouldnt specify they have to buy the cheapest rustiest metal they can find. About it being rough, it does look abit rough in moments but maybe thats just the videos It seems to have lost alot of paint from this section of track though.... (From TT)

Nice to see the park getting some recognition for all the hard work which has gone in over the last couple of years, theres no doubt the parks improved drastically over the past couple of years.

The fact there are diggers digging up land around it and workers hammering bits and bobs on the lift hill I guess its more than H&S.

I think we need to remember this twitter is run by people, you me and everyone can make mistakes, no matter how "stupid" you think the mistake is...

Stealth dont have enough blocks to run 3 trains, X can run 5 trains but it dont really need it anymore.

http://www.thorpepark.com/plan-your-visit/events.aspx#pleaseBand Another event heading to the park. Whilst there no one particualy famous I do like the amount the park are doing to become a a venue more than just the theme park.

Yeah should be able to get them in any supermarket/ news agents

Pictures of people stuck on the ride with staff going up the lift. Sounds much like Saw's media night! Maybe theres some clever trick here to get more news paper coverage!

I expect it will be the worlds first self dueling coaster maybe? Untill of course a camera drops and hits the other train and Alton cover the ride in scaffolding / stop it from dueling

It's open again yeah

And to the majority of its guests Thorpe is a very decent park... And are europa not owned by Mack anyway? So I'm sure they get a "good deal" on the majority of their rides and enable them to spend the rest on other things!

Any park could be like Europa park depending how much money is put into it to be fair!

Its no massive deal really, Saws done this since 2009, its just happened a couple of times when the parks open now so everyone can see!

I noticed yesterday on one of the cars the second row had some kind of lap bar, not sure if this is new or what. The loading is quite painful on this thing, guests in the cattlepen were actually cheering when they sent a car.. not good.

Yeah it's open now

They got the car back in the station I'm sure it will be open

Its not unusual to go to a visitor attraction and have to pay for parking, for example a football match parking will be atleast £8 unless you find some dodgy street to park down. Then of course across the states they charge for car parking (and much more for that matter). Whilst its a little annoyance, when you compare our parks (especially when you have a MAP), they are actually pretty good value for money. No they dont work, She probably had a staff pass printed on the back of a Standard card.

Since Merlin took over theyve been quite good at general upkeep IMO. Things like Tidal wave pool getting repainted every year never used to happen. Along with Park Wide Wifi and the new Queue Line systems I think the parks in a much better shape now than it has been before.

To be fair at thorpe half the park has been repainted, Stealths had parts of its track repainted, Inferno has had an awful lot of work to it, Stealth had its trains repainted all for this year alone. Along with them spending a substantial amount on installing the new Park Wide Link system last year, Park audio is probably at the best its been for a good few years also. Repainting an entire ride is a different kettle of fish mind.

To be fair it kind of made sense, with the Crash Pad being there the parks now a 24 hour operation so saying the parks now closed wasnt really needed. (The new one was kind of more to the point (Saying the rides are now closed) but no one really liked that lol

Atleast it fits in the the Thireteen theme...

End of day musics now gone. Around 10 mins after park close "The Noise" plays park wide, and then later on just in the dome / bridge for Crash Pad guests.

In their defence wasnt Saturday a Ministry night? Maybe they just got there abit early lol

They have (or have had) boxes of trainers there in the past. I guess the chances of 28 riders of flip flops are unlikely, but would be interesting to see!