Coaster

The only rides that make me feel sick are KMG afterburners for some reason - I really don't know as I have a strong stomach for everything else. X:/ No Way Out definatley had no bad effect on me whatsoever, but I can understand why it might make some people feel sick. I hope they have kept the original Thorpe park logo on the trains!

It's a submarine I think.

I liked the ride going backwards, although I agree that it definatley needed to be refurbished. As long as this is done properly it should be good, but let's hope it's not a half hearted job like we have seen in previous years. They have (partly) updated the ride page. http://www.thorpepark.com/rides/x.aspx

The Sanctuary is officially confirmed to be returning in 2013. (I know it was a while ago, but it all went quiet about it since then so it's good to see that they have put it on the website. I believe that it will close when The Smiler opens.) http://www.altontowers.com/rides-and-attractions/thrill-rides/the-sanctuary/

How does this work?

No I know there wasn't one, I visit Thorpe park loads, it's just that it was posted in the trip reports section that there is one now.

How does the new front row queue on Saw work? (I saw about this in the trip reports section from Friends and Family day 2013)

Why on Earth are they playing that around Inferno? It's awful.

That's ridiculous, it would be horrendous having to book a backwards seat every time you wanted to go backwards. Very poor in my opinion

What about Valhalla at Blackpool then? That has very steep drops in the pitch black and a backwards drop yet has no restraints. In my opinion they could have replaced that section of tunnel on the cheap and nobody would have known, yet the way they have just left it is appauling - especially as they haven't even removed all of the walls etc...

What are they playing at the park entrance now?

How stupid, surely they could have just put in a small warehouse building, themed the side of it that faces the queueline etc and nobody would have even known it was a warehouse! Really bad descision to leave it like that, they haven't even bothered to remove some of the walls!

Ah I see, still not good though to be honest that the capacity of the main queue has been reduced - even though it won't be as long. How many trains is it running today?

Looks good in my opinion, and great to see that they are still using the fire Surely the main queue only having five rows really slows it down, or am I wrong?

Serves them right in my opinion!

Can we please get off the topic of the rope??! In the Loggers leap topic, really? We know you don't like it, most of us don't care because it is something that the ride needs to have to open! The Loggers leap tunnel is a different matter, it actually impacts on the ride experience and the ride won't be the same without it!

Looking good! A big surprise to see Oakwood theming an area this well

That looks awful.

I would like to see this theme music back in the queueline: http://youtu.be/_MVWOY9cRsI As for the music played whilst you are actually on the ride, what they use currently would be ok - but much, much louder than it was last year! There is no point in playing rave music on a ride if you can only just hear it.

I would hate to see it removed, it's a classic attraction and if refurbished well still has years left in it.

I really hope so, the indoor queueline as it was last year was awful - they did update it a bit before the beginning of last season, but only a tiny bit and it wouldn't have really been noticable to most people. Bring the robots back I say!

Quite like the changes, not sure what to make of it just being called X but I'm sure it will all become clear. It would be nice to have a map that can actually be used as a map though

At least their not advertising an intamin family rollercoaster with an indoor section (which I hasten to add is a great ride, but not what they hyped it to be) as the world's most intense, thrilling and terrifying rollercoaster!

Very poor if they haven't replaced it in my opinion. It was what made the ride and the drop actually felt reasonably big in the dark, in the light it's probably exactly the same as the first drop on Dragon Falls at Chessington.

To be honest I thought they had it all sorted for opening day/weekend because they were giving off that impression (kind of), obviously I was wrong. I should have known better