My trip report of my 4 hours at Thorpe Park, Monday 4th October, 2010.I was on a school trip, but traffic was so bad we got there late and missed our lecture on Physics, luckily the park agreed to hand our teachers the materials so we could go through them in our lessons. This aggravated me as although I have an annual pass I had to pay for a ticket because of being given the lecture. We arrived at around 11 and headed straight for Nemesis Inferno. Although it was almost a walk on, one train operation all day made the queue move excruciatingly slowly. I was on the back row and although there was a one train operation I did enjoy my ride, walking off feeling fantastic. I then walked towards Stealth, again to my dismay it was also running one train, and a 5 minute queue for the front row took 10 minutes. This was by far the best ride of the day, despite the queue. I then headed towards X:/ No Way Out. I was told by a cast member that the lights would be on today and was extremely angry to find out she had lied to me, I had been lied to. Halfway during the ride the lights suddenly flicked on, but as I left I was told it had broken down, so I'm guessing they were emergency lighting rather than just X:/No Way The Lights Are On LOL. I left feeling angry and upset, so I stormed to Colossus where yet again only one train was operating, and so what could've been a 10 minute queue was a half hour queue. I was not happy about the attitude THORPE PARK: The Nation's Thrill Capital were showing today. I felt as if they didn't want me to have a good time and wanted to ruin my day, after all I had to leave at 3, so queueing unnecessarily was not an option. Ignoring Colossus I headed towards Saw - The Ride, this was a good experience for once as all effects were working and I was on car 2 so I even saw the pre-show. But they were infuriatingly slow at loading and checking bars. I was not impressed with the throughput at all. Loggers Leap had no queue and the ride was as it always is, although I didn't get wet enough. I missed out Rocky Express due to time concerns and headed straight for Burger King between Ranger County and Canada Creek. Outrageously there was one person taking orders and getting drinks and getting fries, and one in the kitchen. With a queue of 6 people this was not at all on, and to add to this the fries were cold and I was given a gram too much ice in my diet coke. Suprisingly I felt fine after eating such filthy food, and headed over to Slammer. To my disgust it was closed, I was furious, 'they cannot close an attraction so early before the season ends just because of a low gate figure, how dare they?' I said. I then walked to Lost City where I went on Colossus front row with a queue of about 20 minutes, the ride was mediocre. All the other rides in lost city were a walk on, and all mediocre. Didn't get a high spin on Vortex, was given swing B on Rush, it was awful. After then partaking in Depth Charge and Flying Fish I had to leave the park.Overall my day was below satisfactory and I wouldn't recommend Thorpe Park to a friend or Family Member.
