Graeme
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Having visited Thorpe today for the first time in 2 years, the park is in need of a refresh throughout the whole park. It's falling into a state of disrepair. Instead of investing in a new ride, buy some paint and get new restraints on Stealth, Inferno and Rush at a minimum. Sort out the quelling fences and paint some of the facades.....sort out the inferno volcano and the Colossus track.
It was so un appealing. Apart from the rides, its a horrible place to be. Don't build a hotel yet, sort the rest of the park out.
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I fail to see how "the hub" is much of an event space.
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So let me get this straight....The opening was delayed so that they could get this ride completed to the standard they wanted. 7 months later, they're changing it. Riiiggghhhtt then. Why can't they just build a decent experience straight off the bat?
This stinks of Stealth 2.0 and the Swarm "Brave it backwards". Just build a decent ride from the outset and you don't have to keep recycling it for marketing purposes. In fact, build a decent brand that has a good reputation and your marketing costs will go down anyway, but that's for another topic.
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Winter Season in Europa Park has longer hours....
With days during summer season or open season as we know it here being a MINIMUM of 9 hours.
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Are you staying at the EP Hotels?
The shuttle is €180 euros each way. I always book this option just for peace of mind and the fact it's booked through the park means if something goes wrong then there is some kind of comeback at the hotel reception.
If staying at the hotels you can email them at hotel@europapark.de to book.
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3 hours ago, Marc said:
^ To be fair - credit where credits due Merlin bought us what is a very unique new idea - back when this was announced people were expecting little more than an immersive tunnel - in the end we got an if not perfect, unique new dark ride experience. I know its not everyones cup of tea but it does prove Merlin will look into new ideas and not just stick to the safe bets - I'm pretty excited to see what this new element is and hope it addresses alot of issues people have with the ending of the ride.
I can come up with lots of unique ideas, about 10 years ago, I had lots of unique ideas on RCT......these all ended badly.
The ideas seem to be there but never work in practice, that's the issue.
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On 31 August 2016 at 9:06 AM, Graeme said:
Dispatching a train early on Colossus......
You should do stand up
My point was that I have never seen a train on Colossus actually ready to dispatch early.
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19 hours ago, RobF said:
If a train stops on the lift..... Doesnt mean its always the lift at fault.... It could be an issue with a popped bolt happens allot on hot days.... And you have to park the first train on the lift to clear the second train, or the ride blocks out where the train has been dispatched to early or the system thinks there maybe a train on the track or in breaks still
Dispatching a train early on Colossus......
You should do stand up
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5 hours ago, ThorpeAddict said:
Doesn't this happen every day?
I think they were referring to the ride not being ready!
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17 minutes ago, Celia Mae said:
Not the way they're going at the moment...
That was just a motor lock up, not as drastic as it looks.
I have thought for many years that Thorpe should get a woodie. I think it would compliment the park well and offer a variety of coaster type.
I dream that Colossus will just be bulldozed and a mack mega put in it's place but that's a pipe dream.
If a woodie is built, please be a more exciting layout than Towers appears to be.
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33 minutes ago, Mark9 said:
Shouldn't you only be calling Vampire your baby if you rode the original interpretation.
Sorry guys, that limits it to a handful of members.
And I am one of those members. She is MINE.
I'm calling shotgun! 91 was my first ride!
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EVERY (at least 10 visits) time I visited last year, the swarm opened after 10.
I would never count on thorpe opening rides on time, they just can't seem to achieve a 100% success rate
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5 minutes ago, CharlieN said:
It's not about the numbers in this case. It's about the fact that a succesful theme park requires cooperation from the guests. (If you write spoilers, when they asked not to, then you clearly aren't cooperating)
Take WDW for example. It's renowned for being a world class park with a great atmosphere. This atmosphere is due to gu
WDW is a park that it way beyond anything that Thorpe can ever dream of being. That atmosphere is created by many elements that is lacking at Thorpe.
The question is why should we co operate?
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5 minutes ago, CharlieN said:
I never said we owe Thorpe anything. Nor did Marc.
All I said is that it would be good for the company if we respected them and did as they asked. They're given us a multimillion pound dark ride that TP fanboys have been asking for for years and yet you're still not happy.
Keep it a secret and then it will help Merlin. Helping Merlin wil give them more money. More money will mean more investment into parks. More investment will mean more rides. More rides will mean better parks. Better parks will mean happier us!
More rides don't always mean better parks. For a park to be "good" in my eyes, it requires more than just rides. Thorpe is run far from this.
As for helping merlin....I feel no brand loyalty to them what so ever. First time in 11 years I haven't renewed my MAP! I hardly think for one second that they put the ride in for the fanboys, they did it for more money!
What I would say, is out of respect for Marc and the site that he has built, keep spoilers off. Not because Thorpe asked us to!
People will not just "stumble" across spoilers, they will go looking for them. It won't impact on Thorpe parks numbers.
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Yeah because Merlin respect their guests like that, we owe it to merlin to keep their ride secrets a secret.....NOT!
Paying guests have given away a rides secret? So what? They don't owe Merlin or Thorpe anything!
They'll still get guests going specifically to ride it.
Edit: Marc, I see your point as you have an interest in keeping a good relationship with the park, as individuals though, we don't owe Thorpe anything!
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If we didn't get spoilers on this site we would guess them elsewhere.
It's ONLY a ride after all, hardly matters of national security!
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On 29 June 2016 at 11:08 AM, pluk said:
On the plus side my work can get back to normal instead of having a town full of drunks on random weeknights.
AMEN!
I used to get frustrated at England losing games they should've won. now, I just laugh. They are an embarrassment to themselves, was anyone really surprised they went out, I mean REALLY?
The French have just knocked in their 4th against Iceland.....it's not even half time yet.
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On 23 June 2016 at 2:58 PM, Mark9 said:
If I was an AP user still, this would definitely be the day to avoid.
It will be just like every other Annual pass holder preview day that has ever been run in the history of Merlin ever!
Only it'll be 4 hours of hell instead of the usual 7 or 8!
2019 Season
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Wheelchairs don't define disabilities.
Ultimately like Joshua said, I think a limit on the amount of people you can take on needs to be implemented.
My understanding was that the pass should give you a time where you can do your next ride? Is that nit the case now?