MattyMoo

I spotted that Quantum rose from the dead late last night and attracted a 20 minute queue.

It should really be as simple as that, but budgets say otherwise!

I've corrected the last sentence for you

Fingers crossed the beast can survive two hours of solid operation.

I'd love to say that will happen - but I can't see it happening myself, ever. Flats and theming don't go together at Thorpe - Samurai's paint job looked a right state the other week, for example. Rush's signs and queue numbers etc are looking pretty damn shabby too.

I note Samurai and Quantum have been down for a couple of days now, with Vortex seemingly a bit under the weather too.

Two words. Top Spin.

I don't have a Merlin Annual pass but is there anyway of claiming compensation because I am entitled and really annoyed?

You can't even read most of the posters now as they've all been vandalised. Appreciate they were supposed to look ripped when they were first put up but now you'd do well to see the "F" word anywhere in the queue line.

This was supposed to be top secret!

Who remembers the last time time Thorpe Park had a new permanent addition that wasn't some second hand rides? It's getting a touch ridiculous now. DBGTROTD has evidently emptied their pockets and left them with their proverbial pants down. To keep it on topic - good to see a dead area of the park having some investment at Towers.

Did someone say Top Spin at Thorpe?

It was a great meet - my highlight was spotting a wild Jack Sickstone in his natural habitat whilst filling up my water bottle. Also spotted the legend that is POWERS TOWERS PRODUCTIONS too. I suppose it was alright spending time with people from here as well, in a way.

Ahahaha that's incredible.

Where did that comment from @Jack go? Care to elaborate and what you saw on the Island Like No Other last night? (perhaps with a careful choice of words regarding the clientele)

BREAKING: SAW Alive, Slammer, Loggers won't be removed/demolished until Thorpe have something to replace them with. So expect another couple of years of them gathering dust/"themeing" When does the Angry Birds IP run out I wonder? Such an odd - and pretty pointless - IP that was, even by Thorpe's standards. That area is starting to look pretty tatty now to be honest, from visiting the other week....

I had to ask @JoshC. to explain that one to me, I confess. Good work indeed.

Congratulations on the success of your campaign.

From the plans is it safe to assume there'll be a new crocodile themed area as such, that will include the new Croc-Tower.

Chessington have just posted on their "socials" that Ramases is indeed leaving the resort this closed season.

One day Thorpe Park will have a planning application submitted again, sigh...

Blimey. Am I missing something as to why it's so difficult to fix it? All about the little details...

I can't help you I'm afraid mate as I get free VIP for being an influencer with nearly 300 followers.

Thought for the day: How long does it take to fix a light? 4/5 on the green scale.

Agree entirely with the above. Similarly with our experience it took a long time to move in the queue, and once we were batched it was a good 10-15 minutes until we were in the preshow. Seeing one group enter every 10 minutes implies to me that it's either on one or two train operation? The theatrics comment is spot on, and ties in with my comments about the walkie talkies. Talk about not giving a flying fig about the guest experience on a multi million pound ride when you can hear staff conversations over the ride audio. It's difficult enough getting "immersed" in it anyway without trying to block out staff messages about preshow, batching yadda yadda. The middle section for us made no sense either, I don't recall seeing the projection of the demon - does that even happen now? - and the staff member didn't explain what was going on or what the rush was. As I understand it, the demon outfit is broken and not coming back, for this season at least. Pitiful really.. a new addition that doesn't even last 2 seasons. A bit like the old middle section that stopped working too. I overheard a couple behind us when we rode discussing it - "Well that makes no sense" and "I don't even know what's going on, I'm confused" was the main gist of the conversation. I suppose the fact the anti fracking posters in the queue line have never been replaced/repaired doesn't help matters at all. Who knows what the 2020 holds for this experience that is "the future of theme parks". I'd take a stab at even further reduced hours or opening on peak days only...