
Everything posted by MattyMoo
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Thorpe Park Trip Reports
I was saying elsewhere - my visit to Thorpe on Sunday was my first in a year and a half - which meant I actually was genuinely excited about visiting, I was like a kid driving up the A3 and M25 and then doing the usual looking-at-the-rides-from-the-road across the empty Thorpe car park Sure, there were a few niggles - Slammer she ded, Samurai unavailable (not that I ride it anyway ), Fasttrack oversell and E Stops on Saw Alive making the queue take ages and exaggerating of queue times on the mazes purely for Fasttrack upsell (no way was Cabin 120 mins, it was about 20 at 4pm when we went on) BUT.... all that aside - I loved being back on Stealth, and riding Stealth & Swarm in the dark was all kinds of awesome. Big Top I was very impressed by, thought it was fantastic... Fear It Alone Big Top even more so.... Containment impressed me greatly too and was enjoyable and different, and I commend TP for that! In short - I was pretty darn happy with my single visit to Thorpe Park this year!
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Park Operations
The only lowlight of yesterday was the Saw Alive queue - that barely moved because of effing Fasttrack. A couple of E-Stops compounded the issue, meaning there was a backlog of Fasttrack that then took precedence over the paupers in the standard queue. I still have yet to ever purchase a Fasttrack ticket and am proud of it
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Project WC16 - New for 2016
Bit off topic, so soz - yes you are right, it was room 3! I was very impressed with Containment. She was very good, telling me I should use my two brain cells, it's not difficult etc., how many people does it take to put a code into a keypad
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Official Scary Thorpe Park Meet 18-10-2015
I didn't even do any bag holding yesterday, I fail at life... bag retrieving, but not holding Still aching from my Brave It Alone Big Top experience. Brilliant stuff. Couldn't work out where the smell of talcum power was coming from when I went to sleep last night, then realised it was me... Brilliant day yesterday, great to see everyone again - really really enjoyed my day at Thorpe, probably because I hadn't been since early 2013 Stealth and Swarm at night is just epic Particularly enjoyed the Dodgems takeover too, and the least said about the roaming hillbillies outside Cabin, the better #mypoorcatears
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Project WC16 - New for 2016
Oh look, an evidently train related hoodie on sale... Goodness knows what the other two hoodies reference though. And yep - there was a tube map in Containment. I would've paid more attention in room 2 but the dentist lady was very distracting
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New for 2016 - Park-Wide Improvements
I'll go back into my hole now
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New for 2016 - Park-Wide Improvements
Jeez people have far too much bloody time on their hands
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New for 2016 - Park-Wide Improvements
So... a Sky Fly at Chessie for 2016 - that looks incredibly like Samurai (well, the main arm does), where Samurai used to be? https://www.facebook.com/ChessingtonArchives/posts/1025219724185147
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Official Scary Thorpe Park Meet 18-10-2015
I have purchased some suitably rubbish cat ears to wear tomorrow
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Project WC16 - New for 2016
The world first is the fact it's going to have a life-size Tube train carriage in there
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Project WC16 - New for 2016
I think you are right there reference being out of copyright, as there are loads of fruit machines with Alice plastered all over them - and that wouldn't be allowed if they were in copyright I'm sure. Bit off topic, soz.
- Fright Nights 2015
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Fright Nights 2015
Sounds as if Sunday instead of Saturday for the upcoming meet is a good shout then
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Fright Nights 2015
Just catching up on what's been going on. Amazing stuff. Sounds like the Sunday was better though.
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Park Operations
Wow, that is quiet. I know it's early on for Fright Nites but even so....!
- Slammer
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Official Scary Thorpe Park Meet 18-10-2015
Excellent Peaj, I'm up for Containment
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The Chessington Adventure Tree
This. You only have to look at the recent backlash from having lots of rides unavailable at once online. Bearing in mind that CWoA can't even get the car park situation right for guests, I can't see the park as a whole improving anytime soon.
- Slammer
- Fright Nights 2015
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Samurai
What, Vortex is down as well? I must've missed that!
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Official Scary Thorpe Park Meet 18-10-2015
Too late to edit so soz for double post - am defo coming now, bring it onnnnn. Checked my FB check-ins and last time I went to Thorpe was July 2013. Ooops. Also - I'd be up for Containment!
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Samurai
Seen that video before but still impressive Glory days of Samurai.
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Reserve n Ride
https://www.thorpepark.com/tickets-passes/reserve-n-ride/overview/ Goes to a 404 page.