Mattgwise

Please don't kill me but.... Time for the annual, hated, despised, detested and loathed Thorpe Park Rides and Attractions Game! As annoying as this now is it wouldn't be the same going through a closed season without this game! As ever, very simple rules: Each ride starts a round with 5 points Must give a ride +1 and -1 every go Before having a second turn must what three turns (other replies) Once a ride hits 0 it is removed and points reset to 5 for every ride I have not included Walking Dead, Jungle Escape and DBGT as they did not open this year. Will we have the same ride as the last few years end up victorious again this year and lead to tears and tatrums once more? Let the game commence! Amity Beach (5) Angry Birds 4D Experience (5) Colossus (5) Depth Charge (5) Detonator: Bomb's Away (5) Flying Fish (5) King Pig's Wild Hog Dodgems (5) Lumber Jump (5) Mr. Monkey's Banana Ride (5) Nemesis Inferno (6) Quantum (5) Rocky Express (5) Rumba Rapids (5) Rush (5) Samurai (5) Saw - The Ride (5) Stealth (5) Storm in a Teacup (5) Storm Surge (5) The Swarm (5) Tidal Wave (5) Timber Tug Boat (5) Vortex (5) Wet Wet Wet (4) Zodiac (5) Nemesis Inferno +1 Wet Wet Wet -1

Hello and welcome Yep, having it still standing makes it even more of a kick in the teeth and it's very sad to see such a loved attraction continue to just be left to rot more and more.

So sad! Take us back to the 90's / early 00s

Seems fitting! RMC's have great airtime, Loggers was a flume with great airtime!

Certainly looks to be another solid coaster from Intamin. 2021 is definitely Intamins year. Will certainly be interested in a Belgium trip if things allow it.

The ship has finally arrived. Image courtesy of CWoA Social media. Looks to be the same size (or very close) as before. I know many had worries it would be smaller model.

Welcome RobertA. You'll hit 100 before you know it and be aiming for 200!

It is going to be a capacity nightmare if it does a similar cycle to Magma or even half the time TBH. With slow loading times often and 20 seats available, with propably half allocated to RAP and fasttrack I see this regularly have a 90 to 120 minutes queue. Yes it is nice that they are (sort of) 'adding' a flat although it's more a replacement. Still, at least no loss in number of attractions I guess.

Don't Look Down

Just a few for me too. Thorpe x3 Towers x1 Chessington x1 Fantasy Island x1 Adventure Island x1 Missed out on planned trips to EP, Energylandia, Legendia, Liseberg and BPB. Can't really moan, didn't expect to go to most!

Admittedly checking of tickets at Thorpe has been rare, despite Towers actively checking. However with it being what they expect to be the busiest part of Fright Nights they may well check tickets. Its a 50/50 gamble really TBH.

Reopened last week Matt. Odd I know.

That's hilarious! Not the image I had seen so my mistake there. I don't really know what else to say there! 😂

Seems odd that all the signage referencing fish and chips was stripped and it now simply states Ben & Jerry's. Does the new Ben & Jerry's addition look temporary? Maybe they kept it for now to get through the stock and then do the full change over closed season. Of course it could stay as it is and just have been a "too good to miss" advertising deal hence the huge, hideous, unfitting Ben and Jerry's styling around the building.

Sounds like a decent lineup actually based on circumstances. I am for the up charge tbh as its going to likely be really restrictive in what they can do and could be the future for managing horrendous queue times during the peak of the event. Maybe £8 each or a combo of both for £15 would have been a better pricing structure.

Completely agree with your opinions there. Wish the other two parks had a Chiapas style ride though as that's certainly the best water ride there is!

Agreed, completely inevitable. Sorry to not be mr positive, just my opinion, but I think big events are still gonna have issues next year as I can't see a vaccine until at LEAST this time next year, probably later. I think a lot of 2021 and big events will have similar fate to this year. I think 2022 will be when we really see events make a comeback.

Another testing video. This time aerial view. Looks to be quick and forceful! Certainly going to be another fab coaster!

As expected the event has been cancelled for this year. Tickets already booked will be revalidated for 2021...

The irony is they reintroduced them on a troubled day of many ride closures, excessive queues and a now 60% capacity which is higher than it was before. If that was their way of 'reducing queue times' then they haven't got a clue!

But a lot of those rides have been updated over recent closed seasons. So the future is still looking good.

Thanks for bringing the updates to here Josh. Looks better and better as time goes on. Can't wait to ride this next year. A large space for the mine train. Intrigued as to how it will be themed given how great Aqualantis will look when done.

For those wondering it is now back in operation.

Must just be unfortunate as I think all coasters were being run very well on the two visits I've had. I was mostly impressed with Inferno getting the trains out within seconds of hitting the final brakes following a few seasons of dire operations.

Maybe. Seems logical in that sense I guess. Just glad it isn't another park going under anyway.