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Ok, so I've just had a two day extravaganza weekend at thorpe with the wonderful members of TPM and my first ever lift hill walk (more to come on that later). Day 1 (TPM meet & MOS) Busyness- moderate Ride count/ Colossus Inferno Stealth Saw Swarm X 2 Rush Vortex Detty Fish Teacups Dodgems Rumba Loggers Rocky 2x Depth Charge I'm a Celebrity Banana boat Mos Colossus Saw 2x Inferno 3x X 3x Swarm 1x Stealth Pros Operations were generally very good Colossus paint up looks better The new added theming a bits in the park look great WC16 TPM fun Fish & chips were better than Chessie's Thorpe at night is lush Saw reopen Rush's cycle being slightly longer Being held on Detty longer (getting good wc16 views) I really liked the ministry part Tpm being drunk (was great fun and worth a round of applause) Amity kebabs are ok (much nicer than quite a few of your typical town centre late night ones) SNAKEBITES! TPM being drunk Cons Saw not having its effects on at the start of the day (they were on later though) I bashed my head on the slide of IAC (giving me yet another headache that weekend) Colossus night was incredibly rough (my first ride on saw was quite rough but this was worse) X's music was a bit too quiet Inferno was not quite as reliable as it normally is Samurai was dead The pathway near vortex being closed No discount for alcohol for MOS Iac's throughput is dire Losing 80% of my chips (kebab) due to bad handling (I still ate them though) Day 2 Unsurprisingly I woke up with a fair bit of a headache (which wasn't at all surprising). Most people would probably just take it easy and watch TV all day. But me? Of course not, as I was going to have another epic day Thorpe Park! (Not to mention my lift hill walk) Doing inferno, saw & Colossus at the start of the day (because you can tell I take it easy after w night drinking) I had lunch at Fin's before meeting the remaining Tpmers on park who quite a few I think we're a lot more hungover than I was where we had a few relaxing rides together before most went home and I did a bit of my own thing then rejoined the few around before then going my lift walk. Busyness Moderste Ride count Inferno 3x Swarm 2x Colossus Stealth X 2x Saw 2x Quantum Loggers Storm surge Detonator Pros Operations generally good My 'relaxing' Rapids ride with 'hungover' tpm Inferno burger at fins was great (today was inferno day by the looks) Saws effects worked I'm getting in to the teacups new music gradually Cons Storm surge's views of WC16 weren't as good as I had hoped Inferno's mist was noticeably weaker than it was Saturday Vortex loading Having a headache Sunday morning (somewhat expected though) Samurai still dead Rumba in its current state is quite a disappointment I really enjoyed thorpe park last weekend and despite the Sunday headache (which was gone by 12 anyway) was one of my favourite trips do far. Don't think I'll be leaving it four months for my next visit.

I'm sure it'll still be ten times better than Bakken's Rusty. Regardless, it'll be a significant ride regardless of being a top 10 ride or not for the history alone.

It's definitely a park I want and hope to go in the near future and I think with Walibi Belgium's new coaster next year it's becoming ever more tempting

Slightly drunk? Understatement of the year I could't have been too out of it as I never talked about sausage or mash nor did I start impersonating Harry Potter characters (seriously)

Yeah, I've heard and done some research and Tover does seem pretty difficult to get to without a car (and taxi no doubt would cost me an arm and leg each way) so this will likely be got another trip (or when they get another big thing), besides I don't think I'll have time to do it anyway as the earliest flight I. Can do arrives 10:30 and by the time I'd get to the park (Google) it would be around 2:15pm and even with 6pm closing, just over three and a half hours for a park that's already hard to get to and from doesn't seem worth it.

Ok, so as (most) of you guys know I'm going to Efteling for two days early November this year (whether I hype it up like my first Disney trip is another story) Ill be flying to Eindhoven via Stanstead & staying in the NH Wasijik hotel (it's impossible to remember the complete name) for the trip, but just have a few questions I'd be extremely extremely appreciative if answered. 1/ which rides are best done at the start/end of the day? 2/ is there much else around the park to do in the evenings (park closes at 6 both days) 3/ which places would you recommend to eat? 4/ what's the cheapest way of getting tickets? Also I'm considering doing Toverland on the Friday (which is open 10-6 (according to the website)). How easy can this park be reached from Efteling or Eindhoven by train or bus?

Wow! Somepeople do some ridiculous things sometimes, at least it didn't end badly and he was banned (it's people like this that result in over the top rules in our parks). I too was at Thorpe yesterday (and got Stormed by the Surge)

This is great and exciting news! I've always thought Air has been lacking the potential of some of their coasters there (Nemesis, zoblivion & Thirteen respectively) especially on the the arid side so hopefully this will bring the ride a notch up in greatness especially since the theming for the ride was cut back when it opened. Makes great sense here too especially with the food loop being next door as well. Hopefully we'll see Towers doing these moderate improvements to existing rides from now on (Nemy,Katanga & towers street are calling for face lifts.

It was closed both days I went on the weekend and I didn't see anyone working it during my time there.

Four months late and I've finally experienced this random attraction for he first time. When I first heard this addition announced, I was very skeptical on it, as it felt like a rather last minute shoehorned and den as a new attraction for the sake of new attractions especially when some of its older rides (notably Rumba & Loggers) are in a state where much needed TLC is needed! Then once the theming and previews appeared, I started to warm up to the attraction seeing that quite a lot of effort had been put in to the addition. However when it opened though it came to generally negative reviews with descriptions of "it's a waste of time" and "then I came out wondering what it was all about" which didn't give me much incentive to visit the park between the open meet and MOS. So I've finally experienced it. What did I think? I think it's a very interesting, very unique attraction in the park and something very different from the coasters & flats (which generally headline the park currently), you can tell a noticeable amount of effort has been put in to the attraction and for once it does actually feel like you're in a jungle'ish area at times. The challenges are interesting such as finding the stars in the holes, answering the quiz question and then running through the cyclone (which is quite fun). I came in expecting it to be the worst attraction in the world; so what did I think when I had finished? It's ok, but just Ok. It's not the best attraction but certainly not the worst (although probably still on the lower end of my favourite rides in the park). I like the thematic elements there and the prospect they are trying to make this more of an experience based attraction (which in some ways works and others doesn't. criticisms I have on the attraction are mainly aimed at the throughput. Whilst it was quite clear it wasn't going to queue muncher or even a queue eater (as I haven't heard of ir seen a high throughout maze), but one is clearly a queue dribbler as it takes a very long time for people to get in the maze and even then, the groups were bit bigger than 8 and with these groups entering every 5 minutes or so, I can't see this receiving more than 100 PPH which is extremely low for a park of this position and makes even some of Legland's rides look like queue munchers. We waited at least 15 minutes at the start of the day and the during the weekend the queue averaged at 55 minutes. To fix this problem, I could possibly say what they could do would be to either increase group sizes, I.E make it go from 8 to 12 people or even to play the ant and deck video before the ride begins, but that might detract the experience a but however. Matt Creek rating 6/10 Ok attraction with many flaws, however is still a better ride than Storm Surge

Seriously can't wait for this ride to reopen, definitely plan to head down there later this year.

If it's already visually stunning now, imagine what it'll look like when it's finished! Really can't wait to see the result of this ride looks and runs (and as Benin said) as long as the restraints aren't too heavy (I.e Helix) this will be an amazing ride! I think I'll have to plan a visit here for 2016!

Banned for not winning biggest ban boy

Disappointing but somewhat not too surprising. Hopefully the park will get enough demand to extend closing to 7pm most of the time anyway. I do think most of the UK parks could do with longer operating, so that it insures longer days and more time to complete guest's ride bucket lists. Thorpe's hours are perfectly fine for the things they do as are Legolands (one must remember it's a kids park). Towers and Chessie though could definitely add an hour or two to their closings in busier times and would make a great positive impact to both parks. I just hope Howl'Oween doesn't go back to 7pm as that wouldn't offer much over main season except scare attractions and the very limited night riding too.

Still hasn't given an answer as to what's the better B&M; The Swarm or Baron1898.

Music has definitely been quiet. On another note, I'm sure more lights have been added to the queue plus I'm sure there used to be more ceiling in the slope cattle pen area of the queue before.

Great meet again, really enjoyed it. Let's all give a big round of applause now Professor drunk made a brief cameo but there were more exciting characters on site too.

Is a happy dolphin

From previous experience after the parks closed at 6pm, we've normally just hung around he car park for a bit because there's been no point going anywhere else due to just two hours between park close and MOS beginning, things could be different this year with the Staines creams, but that's somewhat unlikely. Most have changed in the loos from last experience. We tend to leave the event around 2am to the hotel and then return there the next day by taxis again because drivers tend to leave their cars here during the night and it makes things easier for everyone generally.

I haven't been to Thorpe park since March

Very interesting maze themes, the first two remind me of The Woman In Black & Hunger Games for some reason, good they've managed to cover up the Sanctuary though (which was too Smiler based to carry on and will probably be gone forever now). The new scare zones sound very exciting especially the first one. Scary Tales wasn't popular or successful then? This could be the best Scarefest we've seen for a while and it could make up for the mid season's unfortunate events to a fairly large extent if done right. I think Towers needs 3 scare mazes (and other things) since having two mazes last year didn't work too well and the loss of the Smiler to the lineup.

Things appear to be finally looking/creaking up Aside from several trips to Lego & Chessie, I will be doing a two day trip to Thorpe this weekend with MOS on the Saturday and my first coaster lift hill walk which will be on the Swarm. I will also be visiting Pleasurewood Hills next weekend for the first time (and possibly Great Yarmouth too) Returning to Oakwood again inAugust, where I shall hopefully get to re-ride the beauty who I lost my (wooden coaster) virginity to Megafobia. There also be numerous other attractions I'll be seeing in Cardiff as well. Plus! I will also be returning to Disneyland Paris in September where aside from the 'amazing' rides I got to experience on my first trip which were 'amazing' I shall hopefully finally get to experience Space Mountain which sounds 'amazing' not to mention the other rides I didn't do which are probably 'amazing'. Will likely do several fright nights for October plus. Chessington Howl'Oween (finally) and maybe even Legoland fireworks. I probably won't do scarefest or Tulleys this year due to a heavily committing final year at university (on top of a big birthday in the family) but never say never. 'HOWEVER' One thing I'm very excited about is I will visiting The Efteling for the first time in November for two days which I can't wait to experience and I shall hopefully finally get to ride Baron There could well be more trips on the way, but let's wait and see!

I do wish Six flags would stop RMC'ing rides for the sake of RMC'ing. By 2020 there won't be any proper woodies left in their parks, just a whole load of hybrids. I so t get why they can't just built a new outstanding one without converting an existing woodie in to one, the earlier ones looked good but I think they're starting to go a bit overboard on these things now.