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Its being reported that Thorpe had an 8% drop in attendance last season, the highest drop on the list. https://x.com/ThemeParkWW/status/1981330874747531338/photo/1 Really concerning with that obviously being Hyperias opening year, and this season seeming quieter? The same thing happened with Swarm and then we had to wait 12 years for a coaster... Also strange to me that Towers seemed to have quite a lot of cuts throughout the season last year and Thorpe didn't, despite the difference in attendance.

Yeah, thats what blasted out at 9:20, followed by a load of other pop music after. I'm really not a fan of it either. Really doesn't fit in with Fright Nights whatsoever and completely killed the atmosphere for me. Yeah its very interesting. I knew it would be big but didn't realize they make nearly half of its annual profit at Fright Nights. Would love to know what that figure was pre covid when mazes were free too. Would also be interested to see how much events like Octoberfest have an impact on visitor numbers, especially Towers where the event was better received. Thankyou! They're actually just taken on my Iphone 12 Pro Max which I've had for 5 years now. Currently waiting on the 17 so should be able to get some better photos with that soon

Yeah, was certainly noticeable. Really struggling on that final corner. Planned to be closed all day today too according to the app.

I do get what you mean, and think a lot of people will think the same. I still think its well worth a visit for the general atmosphere and rides in the dark, but I do wonder if people in general will be put off visiting this year as there isn't a new maze? Will be interesting to see what they do next year to change things up. The IndependentOctober is the new summer for these major UK tourist attr...Halloween thrill-seekers are transforming October into a peak month for theme parks, with Merlin Entertainments revealing the period now rivals August for profitability. This article is quite interesting and really shows how important Fright Nights is to Thorpe now. Not sure how accurate it is, but Thorpe makes 46% of its annual profit in October and sees 20% of its yearly visitors in the month. It also mentions how October visitor numbers surpassed August in 2024.

Interesting they needed to do a cable replacement so close to end of season. That'll be why they're not having to open it later on now Was running fine pretty much all day yesterday just a few short shutdowns. It did seem to really struggle on the last corner into the offload and was making quite a loud squeaking noise.

The 12pm openings seem to have been scrapped. Opened at 10am yesterday, and the message has now been removed from the availability page.

Glad to see that they've now changed the soundtrack on a lot of the rides for Fright Nights, after not doing it for a number of years. They're in the same/similar voice as the advert for this year. Unfortunately no change on Stealth or Samurai though, and you can hardly hear it in Colossus' station as its very quiet. The park is looking amazing in the dark this year. Lots of lighting changes and additional smoke machines making the park look the best it ever has done at night. A lot of Swarms effects have been restored and Infernos mist is pumping. I love this smoke effect on Colossus. StreamableWatch IMG_3720 | Streamable Hyperia is lit up in red from 7pm, and the lights go off as each train goes down the first drop. Really not a fan of the music that starts blasting out at 9:20 park wide though, including in the Hyperia queue 🤣 StreamableWatch IMG_3747 | Streamable Also really not a fan of the new scare zone and just seems like that was added for the sake of adding a new scare attraction. Would love to see another Crows/Towers style scare zone. Why not use the old Blair Witch route from Trailers to the Nemesis Inferno exit like before?

.... back open today!

I love that they've gone through the effort of adding that, timed with the launch. Smoke effects add so much during fright nights. I quite like the one they've added on Colossus earlier in the season too.

Samurai testing today which is a good sign, just in time for peak Fright Nights!

Good riddance 🤣 In all seriousness, I hate seeing SBNO rides, but really wouldn't mind seeing the death of Ghost Train. Never liked it, doesn't provide much capacity to the park, costs a lot to run. If it does close at the end of this season, would be very interesting to see what the building is used for in the future.

Love that Hyperia is lit up red this year for Fright Nights, rather than bright white. Looks brilliant 😍 https://www.facebook.com/thorpeparkmania/posts/pfbid026Rwstrftd6WfrWixrpci43qLc6PCPfHZrQTEve5Dyyrd12rC2fFvyDURntJCsK6Cl

Yeah makes sense, definitely seems like they're trying to reduce the amount of launches for one reason or another Was closed today, but is open this evening for the press event

He no longer works at the park unfortunately

Seems to be a running trend on off peak days at the moment, was back on 2 at the weekend. So at the moments its; - Running 1 train off peak - Closed 2 off peak Thursdays - Opening at 12pm on Fright Night dates up until school holidays. I wonder if they are doing this purely for cost cutting or theres another reason for it, maybe a certain amount of launches left before a cable change and they need to get it through the season?