Mattgwise

These aren't necessarily a bad thing. It could mean that rides actually have some time spent on them during the season making reliability better in the long run.

These aren't necessarily a bad thing. It could mean that rides actually have some time spent on them during the season making reliability better in the long run.

Wasn't its main reason for closing was the cost of fuel to run the train? Those costs are currently 25p a litre less roughly compared to 2011. I still don't understand how the whole thing hasn't been taken out if there are firmly no plans for it to return. The only part removed was literally the small section beside saw that was damaged by the cherry picker being stored on it for a couple of years. The ride does suit the demographic as they have gone for a more family friendly approach since last year.

So slammer was open again today despite them saying it was closed for the rest of the season only two days ago. Strange.

Haha. Apologies if I sounded like I was having ago. Not how I meant it to sound, was Just surprised to see it open and thought it odd that the social media staff still thought it was closed.

Haha. Apologies if I sounded like I was having ago. Not how I meant it to sound, was Just surprised to see it open and thought it odd that the social media staff still thought it was closed.

Strange as a post on twitter two hours ago says slammer and tidal wave are the planned closures in response to a ride availability tweet. It was also completely dead yesterday with no work being done. But nonetheless if it is open then great news.

Is it this?

Some of the " film director" announcements used in 2014 and the couple of years before can be found here for those interested... http://www.wimbledonsound.com/fright-nights-at-thorpe-park/

Yeah I just read this too. Would be a good choice for the park as they are high capacity at 48 riders per ride, something the park lacks in.

Unlucky. It was being operated efficiently last Sunday on two trains and that was with virtually no queue.

It seems that zeroing is such a common problem with the ride. It only has this issue as the ride lowers at the exact same place it starts. All other topscans I've ridden lower wherever and don't have this issue.

Great video of the Scenic railway before opening. Includes some commentary about the ride and how it works.

Yep they showed up around 5. All dressed as if they were going to a party or club. To be fair they didn't really cause much trouble from what I saw.

Surprisingly upon arrival no random checks through the security scanners or bag checks either. I did think an event like this would have had that like previous years.

I have to agree there too, I have enjoyed myself today but the acting and costumes definitely not as good as previous years. Park music is not great either, I miss the days of every ride having a different track, and them all playing loud. There is little atmosphere with the volume being as low as it is in most of the areas this year. As an example. the whole of the Stealth area for instance has one speaker playing music near the shop, and the platform playing its circus theme fairly quietly I actually really enjoyed Big top, I saw at least 7 actors and got placed into a dead end with just two others in the mirror maze, to then be chased out.

It still hasn't begun testing yet but engineers were still working on it early afternoon today. It doesn't look quite ready for testing yet as there are still some panels missing off of the back of some of the seats and the area the parts were stored, near the exit ramp still looks quite a mess. Hopefully it won't be too long and lets hope they use this week to sort out the final bits and bobs.

Vortex was certainly running well today as mentioned by Dean. Was a nice surprise to see it open. I have to say I didn't feel the cycle was any shorter than when described above.

Most queue times were wrong today, but mostly in favour. Saw at 11:30 said 45 minutes and we walked on, and even allowed to go under the chain back on as it was so quiet. X has remained at 20 - 25 mins almost all day and on all my rides it was 5 minutes. Colossus, stealth and Swarm once advertised as 15 or 10 minutes but again virtually walk on. The only ride we waited a long time for was Nemesis Inferno at 25 minutes, but it didn't dispatch a train for 10 minutes during the wait. My Bloody Valentine was 10 minutes at about 4pm and looked only slightly longer around 7pm. Big top took 20 minutes (see pic of queue below). Cabin was about 20 minutes and Saw seemed much longer so we didn't bother, but heard someone say they waitied just under an hour, so likely that was the longest maze queue. Fast track sales were low too which helped. Also worth noting all rides at full capacity. It was so quiet at times, look at some of the queueline pictures I took...

Well so far I haven't seen a soul queue up at the fast track buildings so fingers crossed not many have been sold.

Well a lot quieter than yesterday. Just been on saw twice without leaving the station area due to the great chap in the bag hold phoning through to get permission for us to get back through the gap. Oddly saw was walk on but advertised as 45 mins. Hopefully the park stays quiet into the evening.

Samurai was only just being put together on Thursday. The post saying "it's back" on the live blog meant its back in the literal sense as it has been in pieces for a long time.

It had maintenance at the end of last season when it gave up before fright nights. It also had maintenence when it was closed several weeks around easter so I wouldn't count on it. But then again it was completely stripped down this time suggesting something major was changed or replaced. Fingers crossed

Good riddance in my opinion, it was the one thing I was dreading about FN. Caused complete bedlam on all visits I made whilst it was being trialled over last 2 years, mind you that was because a lot of the coasters were on one train and having three queues (normal, fastrack and reserve & ride) simply didn't work.

For those thinking it may reopen a note has gone onto the tidal wave page of the official site. "Please note: Tidal Wave will be undergoing essential maintenance for the remainder of the season and will reopen again for the 2016 season." https://www.thorpepark.com/rides/tidal-wave/