MattyMoo

What a brilliant and informative post Diesel, thanks Always good to know more about how my favourite ride behaves!

I've asked this before, but - will we ever see the back of the "road" (as seen in the photo above) Never understood why there's any need for it, the light vehicles at Thorpe are fine to drive on brick paths etc... and as to why there is a single yellow line on it is beyond me. Assume it dates back to the RMC days?! Just seems a bit odd

I see the new website links to their Tripadvisor page... if they are going to do that, it might be an idea to employ someone on the social team to reply back to reviews/allegations on there...! http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g642238-d216468-r204553280-Thorpe_Park-Chertsey_Surrey_England.html EDIT: I see they do have someone who replies back on there, they must be a few days behind

I took great joy the other day at tooting some 10-12 year old cyclists who were meandering all along Clarendon Road, riding 2 or 3 a breast, cycling like utter idiots - little pleasures eh! (Not insinuating that you are a bad cyclist Sarah, not at all - just reminded me of the incident ) Agree though - there are certainly some "interesting" characters in Portsmouth - moreso central Portsmouth than Southsea I think. My bugbear is people who think the WHOLE of Portsmouth is a 20mph zone... so infuriating

£16 for a red Angry Birds plush? I won one of those for 30p in a claw machine at the bowling alley last year, maybe I should put it on eBay and retire And yes, I concur - Fastrack and Dodgems is a bad bad thing...!

It seemed to have a pretty steady stream of riders on Monday afternoon, was certainly popular! Even had a queue forming!

As per my Facebook status yesterday - Rock Rage was down on Southsea seafront (I was 99% certain it was Rock Rage when seeing them set up from a far during the week but couldn't be sure as they normally advertise when Rock Rage is in attendance) - anyway, we missed the cheap rides on Friday (99p! Bit different to Winter Wonderland ) - went down yesterday and it was £3, but I had to chicken out, getting too old for the spinny churny vommy rides. It does fascinate me to watch though

Who'd have thought a few years ago that there'd be all this love for 17-year old X! Just goes to show what you can do with a bit of effort. Can you finish the ponds off properly in the middle of Flying Fish now, Thorpe?

Yep, thumbs up for the look of Amity Fish & Chips. Interior looks great too.

I'm always of the mindset that transparency of information to guests is a good thing. You never know, little Jimmy could be a massive fan of Zodiac, and since Thorpe are going for the family appeal approach again they have to bear that in mind If Jimmy's Mum and Dad know before they set out that it's closed, they can buy him a McDonalds on the way to make up for it!

Lucky they didn't check Thorpe's tone of voice in 2013 or it would ALL BE VERY SHOUTY AND IN CAPITALS!

Rumba, Bubble Works and Dragon Falls all fit in the same category - don't ride them now, and keep your memories from 15-20 years ago (when they were decent, maintained rides) in tact.

Ah, SAW Alive, a particularly well used area of the park currently.... I will also withhold judgement on Angry Birds land until it's all in place - keeping things positive though, I'm pleased that P4D appears to being renovated well with this mention of seats - good to see a SBNO ride being redeveloped, SAW Alive next plz? As a side note too, since there was a photo or two in the TPM update, the more I see of the new Thorpe Park branding the more I like it (I've said that before, but I will say it again) - you could argue it's boring, I personally think it looks slick and modern and even if you aren't enamored by it, it's a vast improvement on cheap and nasty misbehaving big-heads in-yer-face everywhere.

Unfortunately I'm not one of those people Agree though - it's been in desperate need of a refurb - and reroute - for quite some time. It was pretty boring and tired looking when I last went in 2011.... can only imagine what it looks like now!

Weclome Tarin Good to see new names on here!

Yep Rocky Creek saved me from a complete wipeout of £0 back too!

Pinch punch first of the month...

I remember the batching door, yes! Certainly added suspense to the ride (especially since I was younger) - plus of course, you wouldn't see anyone getting off the trains so they were mysteriously empty when you got on!

I don't think there will be any conservation orders in place for a humble magpie... more probably get killed on the M25 each day, whilst they are gorging on some roadkill themselves, ironically

Thanks for that video, appreciated! Makes you realise just how small the ride is and how having the rocks made RMT seem much more of a ride than it actually was. In short - it looks rather pathetic without the rocks

Apologies for the slightly naff quality of these videos that I've just rediscovered - it was very very cold (as TPM members will testify) hence a finger or two in the way at times, and I was on my spare phone as my Xperia Z had been drained of battery after being on the go since 6am - but that aside, thought they may be appreciated You can play spot the TPM member, and also enjoy a particularly non apocalyptic soundtrack in the Swarm station... (have set these videos to public on Facebook so even if we aren't Facebook fwends you can still watch ) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152239367963592&l=8924597793659564464 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152239363868592&l=8611346375747456768 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152239352313592&l=6899957456724649276

That's shocking that they make Dragon Falls look like that in that ad. I mean, yeah, it looked like that when I went in 1995 when I was 12...

Sounds like a recipe for disaster, someone could end up with a face full of pigeon...

Blimey, I didn't realise quite how dirty Colossus is....!

Ha I thought I got away with it I was pretty sneaky in doing so as everyone was chatting after the ride and I just snuck off round the corner