James6

Just think , even if you don't like it ( you definatley will like it though ) It's over in what , 15 seconds? . And if you can do SAW which In my opinion is a much more intimidating/ scary ride then Stealth should be easy peasy lemon squeezy ( do all the cool kids still say that ??? )

Just got back from having a fantastic day at THORPE. Was there from about quarter past 10 till 3Was slightly disappointed to begin with as the same time last year was walk-on almost everything and the business surprised me today. Anyhoo went straight to Colossus and really just couldn't be bothered with SAW, After Colossus went to Stealth to find its down so did Nemesis Inferno which was a lot better than I remembered it , then went back to Stealth and then detonator which is still the only ride in the park that gives me the exact same rush everytime and the only one to scare me. The rest of the day was made up of Rush, Loggers Leap, Tidal Wave, Rumba Rapids, and re-rides. A brilliant day but once again the best part was probably the company I had and wasn't because of the park. One thing that annoyed me was the incredibly slow dispatches the second time I qued for Nemesis Inferno , This was due to guests to the park consistently trying to take off trainers to ride and people trying to ride with there bags... , The board advertised 30 mins but turned into about an hour which wasnt great as I needed to leave by a certain time and this meant I was cutting it seriously fine. Also Rush's loading was quite slow with quite a long amount of time in between each ride which I think was because there wasn't enough staff working on it with the staff actually working on it having to do multiple jobs. Ride Count:Stealth x 1 average Que ( about 30 mins I think)Nemesis Inferno x 2 ( about 30 mins again)Detonator x 2 ( 20 mins)Colossus x 1 ( went up to 80 at one point but averaged at about 50 I think)Rush x 2 ( 20 - 40 mins) Loggers Leap x 1 ( only saw it once at about 12 when it was 15 mins)Tidal Wave x 1 ( 20 mins) Rumba rapids x 1 ( 10-25 mins)A couple of others but cant remember. Overall a great day but how is one ride bringing in SO many people to make a day that would usually be all ques below 15 mins at least to a relatively busy day.Was an absolutely swealteringly hot day today

I wouldn't say that! , Oblivion is World class I agree and I love it. But I do prefer SAW. Although I really wish that with SAW they had made either the coaster part of a higher quality or made it a dark ride (Something I feel Thorpe is desperate for) that doesn't try to be a coaster , maybe a few drops like the first "hidden" one.

Looks like theres still life in Mighty warrior . Fingers crossed there's no more holdback's which delays opening till past friday !

This Yorkie challenge.... What exactly is it? Something about bluetooth? It said on the poster if I remember correctly to activate, I tried this and nothing happened. Anyone been successful with it?

Damn that doesn't look good . and I'm going friday aswell , again with a few people who've never been to Thorpe and I told them that Samurai was the Best non-roller coaster ride

Sensational is the only word I can think of describing it. I've been on Sheikra in America and that didn't give me the rush Oblivion does every time. It's intimidating, even after you've been on it a lot. But you'll regret it if you choose not to ride. I went with a friend once and he just went whiter and whiter as we went through the Que and he really was soiling himself. But half way down the drop he smiled and laughed the most I had ever seen anyone and straight after he wanted to go on again. ( for your information my friend was scared of going on Air!)

I thought that but in pictures I've seen it before last year I think. and I may be wrong but wasn't the rock itself always there, they just added the "water" part to it last year?

Ha . (For your info If you can do Rock 'N' Roller coaster you can do Rita easy and I think Rock 'N' Roller coaster is 60 mph) Anyway sorry for going off topic . I know Oblivion has a stupidly high throughput like 1,900 pph or something like that , But whenever I've been lately it seems unpopular, In the Easter holidays Air and nemesis were between 45 and 60 ( Rita was at least 60) and Oblivion was walk-on, Great for me but just made me a feel a bit sorry for old "Blivvy"

Just a guess but maybe for the same reasons as the power shower? But then again if that's the reason then you cant really have any water effects as there's always going to be people who stand up to avoid them, unless they added lap bars!

Your scared of Rita ? I've always thought of that as a family coaster ( and also don't look forward to it otherwise you'll be disappointed)Out of interest have you been on Stealth ?

When I went the other week Yes both trains were in operation but loading was painfully slow at times

I agree and I can see why you are shocked, I was aswell when I saw it happening and yes Thorpe park is probably the only place it would ever happen , especially with a 2hour+ Que!

Just been reading the Vampire topic and it has reminded me of something that happened on my disastrous day the other week. After queuing for about 50 minutes for Colossus a group of about 5 people (chavs) just jumped in through the Colossus fastrack without fastrack as there wasn't a member of staff manning the point where the Ques merge (By the way this happened when the Que for Colossus was completely full and back to the entrance, Maybe 2 - 2 and a half hours?) . Throughout the day I saw a few other groups of people attempt to do this but I am unaware if they succeeded. I was furious about this as wouldn't this mean even if you had fastrack you could just go through as many times as you want as noone would be there to rip your little ticket thing?

Awesome Trip report :PI am praying for it to be like that in the 1st may (this coming friday) :(Dont think it will be though

Oh . Thanks very much. I thought because a few people have said its been running better than before and thought maybe mondial had done something but looks like it was "good" ol' Thorpe .

On the blades improving the experience, My first two rides on SAW neither the Blades or blood squirting thing were working the last two times I've been on they were and they really do improve the experience, My friend on his first time on SAW , looked at the blades and just freaked out like "whats gonna happen? , where do we go there's no track? , we're not going through them!" . Was amusing to say the least

ah ok , thank you . I was wondering what did mondial do to Samurai over the closed season this year? I know it went away but I wasn't sure what was done.

Yes I just saw! , First time I think I've EVER seen it on the Thorpe website! I think its the only ride I've never seen down when ever I've been at the park.

Vampire is an instrumental part of Chessington and a must-ride for any visitor to the park. I feel it would be a catastrophic mistake to remove it. It does need some little things tweaked though. I also Love the Vampire to bits ( also my first Coaster )

Oh , need to go to specsavers . how did I miss that ??? ha , just made it even better

That's awesome, I love it . Only thing is , you've missed off Thorpe's Icon Ride!! anyway its still amazing without it well done. Makes Thorpe look a lot nicer, a lot friendlier, a lot greener and just a lot better than it is. The Colossus bit is great with it twisting towards you

Had the reliability been better of the first 2 I think it would have been a lot more popular. Also though its a very intimidating ride and its not the sort of ride for the whole family,which is most parks target audience, its in a thrill seekers park and still most people are afraid to go on it!

Me too actually , Theres no ride I've ever sat down on and thought "woah this aint safe "