Rumba Rapids was testing today, so hopefully they'll get it open this weekend! It does say on there website however it'll be returning in Easter, so I guess it could return anyday between now and then.
Personally find it crazy how on a Saturday they opened all their coasters on one train. They left them on 1 train till around midday making the Swarm reach 70 minutes, then told people of twitter they won't unless theirs demand?
Accroding to the queue times, Kobra, Rattlesnake, Skyway and Toadies are all open now.
Very poor start of the season from Chessington. Yes Thorpe had a lot closed, but at least only 1 was a main attraction.
Looks like they are planning on opening Tidal Wave and Saw tomorrow, as Rumba, Slammer and Samurai are the only ones planned to be shut. Let's hope they get them both open, especially Saw!
No one was complaining about one train op? There were no queues so there was no need.
Yes they aren't disney, but they're charging people 25 quid without telling people that 5 things are closed. If I was paying and find that amount closed, including a main coaster I'd not be happy. They at least need to post it on there website, facebook and at the entrance.
I personally don't think Slammer will open till April at least. But I think, and hope Samurai, Rumba and Tidal wave will be open by then.
It's obvious all these rides have had more done than usual, although I'm unsure about Rumba. Slammer was testing this time last year though.
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It's gone down to 5 rides down now. Tidal wave, Rumba Rapids, Samurai, Slammer and Saw.
Wonder what's wrong with Saw seeing as it was meant to be open last weekend?
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Fair enough. I like it, I mean I can never really hear it at the top anyway but it's good when watching. Also makes it more fun when they drop you early, or keep you up there for a while when it's quiet.
Towards the end of last season the speakers were sounding really weird, and then they ended up turning them off. Next visit it was playing but really quiet, they'd obviously turned it down as they were broken.
Shame they haven't seemed to of fixed it over closed season, gonna miss Detonators theme blasting out
That's what I was thinking, but the fact they're giving away tickets may attract more people to go. People who don't manage to get a free ticket may buy one anyway as they are there.
It's around double that aha. Most coasters get around 1000 people an hour, flats around 300/400 so 500 people spread around the park really won't make much difference at all.
Worth noting they're giving away 500 tickets each day for that weekend, the 14th and 15th of March. https://www.thorpepark.com/events-experiences/events/my-first-coaster/
May encourage people to go to get the free tickets but I doubt it will make much difference at all, seeing as no one really knows about it anyway.
I imagine it will be dead, especially mothers day.
Vortex opened around 1ish I believe.
Saw and Quantum have been closed all day, so yes I guess it does level out.
Loggers and Detty are in the same team as Saw, so I wonder if they're only open because Saw's closed, and the staff that are meant to be on Saw went on them instead?
Wonder why only certain parts of Colossus has been repainted? Anyone have any ideas why?
(Photo from TPM live feed - http://www.thorpeparkmania.co.uk/page/livefeed )
Currently the 5 main coasters are:
Colossus: 40 minutes
Inferno: 20 minutes
Swarm: 50 minutes
Stealth: 10 minutes
Saw: Hasn't opened yet.
You can look at the current queue times here: https://queue-times.com/park/thorpe-park
The current queue to get in, at this moment in time I'm glad I changed my mind on going. With people already in the park as well I can imagine it to be a very busy day. If they don't extend the opening time or get more rides open, I can see a lot of complaints coming there way.
(Photos from themeparkquides facebook page)