Coaster

Maybe if Colossus learns to drive properly it'll be smoother?

Stop moaning.

My goodness that warehouse looks absolutely abysmal. Completely destroys the illusion the ride is supposed to create before you even enter the building!

It's a shame Chessington seem to only be capable of putting quality into rehashed IP attractions, and not general standards of maintenance around the park. Like, they did a decent job with Gruffalo and this looks okay (interior) but they have their signature ride with a poorly maintained station and everything feels disjointed and bland now.

Blimey. *Books visit to Phantasialand*

Yeah but is the rest of Disney falling apart and removing rides left right and centre? (Genuine question as I've never been).

I remember at the end of a rainy Fright Nights day last year, the car park being waterlogged and having to retrieve my car from a huge puddle (meaning wet shoes were the only option). Horrendous that they charge £15 for a car park that can't even drain properly.

How long before they remove the perk of free parking for the premium MAPs?

Storm Surge would be fine if; 1. The theming had been finished and a better attempt made at hiding the ugly parts 2. The ride was in a better location The current location of the ride ruins the skyline of the park, it used to flow perfectly when you looked from the exit of the dome but Storm Surge now sticks out like a sore thumb.

Ah okay, thanks for clarifying - not sure why I remembered seeing it closed!

Wait so £15 if you pay on the day or £15 if you pay at the barriers?

So they've brought back the fast track kiosk near Inferno? Or was that brought back ages ago and I just didn't notice?

Neither was Walking Dead The Ride though...

Turning the screens off if it's a poor day probably helps with those guest satisfaction ratings.

I'd personally much rather spend £400 experiencing a new park with different rides, rather than skipping the queues on Thorpe's rides for a year. ...that said, this time last year I hadn't ventured outside the UK in terms of theme parks - but the idea of a year-long Fastrack ticket just seems wrong to me.

It's excellent to hear that the park appear to have improved since last weekend. In my opinion, there is one key issue with PB that needs resolving now. Speedy Pass needs to be removed from PMBO, it's absolutely ludicrous that PB have allowed it to drag the throughput of their signature ride down for so long, on 2 trains without stacking it can shift a queue well but once you factor in an additional 2 minutes to load Speedy Pass holders and stacking on the brake run it becomes a complete farce. Instead of being able to open the airgates as people start to leave the train, therefore being able to fill and check a train in a minute, they have to wait until everyone has passed the exit rope (30 - 45 seconds), then scan and load the speedy pass holders (I've seen this take over 2 minutes but I'd suggest on average it probably takes 60 seconds), then open the airgates and load the rest of the train from the main queue (another 60 seconds), then get onto the belt checks. By this point the second train will have got back, stacked and the riders probably fallen asleep waiting. This has been an issue for years now and I've never seen other parks allow their fast pass system to jeapordise the physical operations of their coasters to such an extent, it's insane that it's allowed to happen at PB to be frank. They either need to adjust the station to run the system properly or scrap it from the ride, IMO. Footage on Saturday showed the queue past the cans (outside the extension), yet they allow the operations to be dragged down by a fast pass system? Avalanche is much the same, though arguably even worse considering the ride already has a low throughput on 2 trains even when it doesn't stack. The park could choose not to run Speedy Pass on these rides and improve guest experience for everyone. Instead they prioritise short-term money and allow their main queues to become unbearable. They simply do not care.

Looks slow.

It's of my bucket list coasters due to it being the original hypercoaster and the inspiration for The Big One.

Excellent move by the park.

Stunning.

That's a disgrace. The only reason it lost its magic is because they left it to rot and didn't maintain it properly! Even now they still show complete disrespect to their customers by saying things like this.

Bit of a hectic year for me; Definitely Cedar Point King's Island Six Flags Great Adventure Kennywood Coney Island Efteling Toverland Walibi Holland (before Untamed opens... grr!) Duinrell Blackpool Pleasure Beach Alton Towers Thorpe Park Adventure Island Maybe Phantasialand Parc Asterix Oakwood Adventure Island Chessington Expect there'll be a few other UK parks joining the list.

A terrible decision. Loggers Leap was, as has been said previously, a very popular family ride which filled a much-needed gap at Thorpe. It was of a far superior quality to the likes of Storm Surge and had a much higher throughput to match. The loss of this ride further displays Thorpe's absolute lack of direction, when they prioritise IP attractions over maintaining key staple attractions you know there is something wrong. Furthermore, the communication on social media regarding this over the last 3 years has been absolutely unacceptable. Saying it's closed for maintenance (at the very first stage), then that it'll make a splashback, saying the area was under redevelopment (looks like that's gone well... 3 years?!). It's a joke. Thorpe is in a dire state and this further highlights that. 3 years to announce that it'll never return, that's 3 years that they could've been refurbishing it or rebuilding its replacement. Also, remind me why we have to have one-in, one-out with things like this? Like, Wicker Man at Alton is great but now the park only has two water rides (one of which is broken, the other has only worth doing on the hottest of days). Why not build a new coaster, and keep the water ride? -- In other news, Pleasurewood Hills have announced today that their Rattlesnake roller coaster (closed in 2016) will reopen this year. Isn't that nice.

Can someone edit the title of this topic please, as it is not technically a completely "new" attraction as it uses the old Hocus Pocus Hall building. #petty

Any season includes 2019 though so...