Cal

I do agree. The buzz we had with Hyperia and the Passholder Group has certainly gone, and we're technically 2 rides down with Rumba Rapids permanent closure and Zodiac being SBNO for over a year. I'd love to see some new flat rides to bring some excitement back into the park, but there are also some pretty significant issues that need addressing, such as the security/entrance procedure and the Ghost Train. One thing I will say though, is that although we've had nothing new and not much excitement, it's still the best run Merlin park in the UK by far in my opinion, and it continues to have the best opening hours. Operations are always on point whenever I go, and I always have a pleasant day. I can't say the same for most other parks in the country. I usually avoid the park most of July and August but will certainly be going to a couple of the 9pm closes in August.

Not sure whats up with it, but it has been testing on and off so hopefully nothing too serious. Personally my favourite flat at the park in recent years so hopefully be back soon!

It has now been removed from the app, and still no sign of testing since May. It has now been closed for over a year.

Hopefully the weather plays ball. Feel like they were unlucky with the weather in the past causing less attendance. 2024 the weather was crap and more recently in May it was too hot.

4 ‘Thorpe Park Lates’ dates have been announced for 2 Fridays and Saturdays in August. 14th / 15th and 21st / 22nd once again staying open till 9pm. Sounds like they’ll be making use of launch pad with live DJ sets. Great to see!

Glad you enjoyed it! I love Asterix. It has a great selection of rides, great operations, and a bright future. Their Halloween event is also top tier, some of my favourite mazes there. Toutatis is also my number 1 coaster. Will never get bored of that swing launch 🤣 One thing that really annoys me about the place is that they seem to hate operating the SRQs. I'm not sure why, as they seem to have the staff for it. When I was there last in October, Toutatis' single rider queue was closed all day, and OzIris' only opened for about 15 minutes before closing again.

School trip season has well and truly started today, with most coasters reaching 2 hour queues. I've seen pictures of Hyperias fasttrack queue overflowing today. I wonder if some trips got moved from last week with the heat wave? Unfortunately Vortex, Quantum and Zodiac were closed all day leaving that corner of the park very dead. Samurai has spent the last few days closed but they did manage to get it open for the last 90 minutes or so. Will be interesting to see what happens with Zodiac, its been closed a year now. Although there was clearly intention to open it has stopped testing. Would love for Thorpe to invest in some new flats though.

With phase 2 of festival world planned for 2030, I don't think there'll be any replacement before then. Shame they couldn't keep it going until they're ready to replace it. Glad they're planning on a replacement rather than new trains though.

Yeah, couple more failed launches this morning but once they took that train off it ran fine for the rest of the day.

You'll be pleased to know they sell Haribos and packets of crisps too 🤣 But yeah I agree. Would be a good location for some food, a bar and some comfy seating.

They've done quite a lot in recent years which has collectively improved throughput. - Increased the amount of bag storage - Pretty much always have 4 hosts checking restraints rather than 2 - Pretty much always have someone batching to fill empty seats - Pretty much always on 2 trains - New PLC means all restraints don't have lift all the way up - Queue line announcement with boarding instructions - Boarding instructions/screen before entering the station

So, anyone know anything about Zodiac? Its just under a year of it being closed. All the signs were there for reopening. Continuous testing since the start of the season, new rap signs at the exit, pods all cleaned up and old logos removed, added back to the app. But now, nothing? Haven't seen any sign of movement for a good month or so now.

I've always had a soft spot for Colossus, massively over-hated. Its looking and running better than ever. I love that they seem to permanently have 4 hosts checking restraints now too, used to be very common to see 2 off peak. Noticed the smoke machine has been off the last month or so. Hopefully it'll be back for Fright Nights when it looks its best.

Stealth still seems to be struggling with reliability unfortunately. A few failed launches today causing it to be down for around half the day in total. On another note, I love loud audio but the station pre load and dispatch was wayyyy too loud today. Could even hear it loudly on Swarm island 🤣

Love Walibi Belgium. Its a great park with such a good mix of rides. Solid water rides, dark rides, a drop tower, flats, Kondaaa. And a new RMC for 2028 is finally official now too... Walibi Belgium gets world-class rollercoaster: wooden roller coaster is converted - higher, faster and longer than Untamed - Looopings Can't wait for this. I've never been a huge fan Loup Garou, and having anther headline coaster to go with Konda is going to make the park even better. I thought it would use a lot of the same structure and expected similar to Untamed, so quite surprised to see they've gone for 160 ft. Not complaining though!