Inferno

Thanks for posting these pics Josh! I vaguely remember riding Wicked Witches Haunt when I was a child with my Dad (mum & little sis waited outside!) and being absolutely petrified the whole way round! I must have been about 6 or 7 I think. The thing I remember most about it was the suspense in the station. If you look here you can see how it is today - even where the buildings suddenly get "chopped off" where the old building used to be.

Cut out Norfolk and the Isle of Sh*te from the bottom section and you're not far wrong

It makes a lot more sense to keep all the ERT rides in one area. I agree though that there should be more than one big coaster. They managed to open 2 major coasters at a time before, so there's no reason Air shouldn't be on the list.

ScareTour yesterday posted something rather interesting on Facebook.... Thorpe Park seems to fit the bill perfectly. TP's take on HHN anyone?

A popped bolt is one thing, but a gap in the track is a different story tbh. The 2 track pieces obviously don't naturally sit together - the bolt is constantly under a massive amount of stress in order to force the track in to a position that it doesn't want to be in! Surely a single bolt shouldn't be responsible for forcing those 2 pieces of track together... Maybe they'll have to re-align some more of the track?

Please, for the love of all that is holy, let Thorpe refurb Colossus and give her these trains.

I love it! Looks like it's now all about selling the park as a great day out with family and friends. MUCH BETTER!

or Extreme Terror Rides (btw this Youtube channel has loads of these programmes if you're interested )

I think I saw that a while back! Building the Biggest I think it was called. You should definitely be able to get Quest on Freeview. Channel 38. If you can't then just re-scan for channels

This is now a sensible price! Nice one Thorpe They seem to have changed the website though, and removed the music on the beach and something else (I can't remember what it was). Maybe they're going to cut prices but also cut some of the content from the event, and maybe up the number of tickets available? This is definitely a massive step in the right direction though

I always hoped that they would open in the dark more often, Thorpe is fantastic at night! But this very typical Merlin approach is not what I had in mind... £16 for Standard Annual Passholders? Are you joking? I assume Premium Annual Passholders will get in to this for free though under the "no exclusions" feature, as advertised in Merlin's marketing? http://www.merlinannualpass.co.uk/new-passes/at-a-glance.aspx

This is great news and it shows that they actually making improvements, I'm very happy they've sorted X now!! It's such a shame about Tidal Wave and Saw's queueline speakers though. The atmosphere is not the same when they're switched off. That said though, maybe they'll get around to it. They seem to be gradually sorting the little things out this year.

I found the old system unfair, because if you were picked out then you actually had to stand in a queue away from everyone else to be searched. If they're now searching all bagholders then it takes the "why me?" factor away from it, and makes it a lot more fair. If they're removing alcohol and drugs from more people then that can only be a good thing for Thorpe. Some days can be quite bad for that tbh.

Fright Nights every time. Skype or FaceTime ?

Go to... Control panel > Programs > uninstall a programme. You will see something that looks like this... Click on "turn windows features on or off". You'll then see this... Find the section marked "Media Features", open it up and check to see if Windows Media Player is checked. Let us know if this helps, but if you are using Windows 8 then god help you....

Damn, forgot all about Sum 41! I loved them when I was in Primary School!

Totally agree with this. they have been wildly inaccurate on all of my visits this year too. Thorpe have always been poor at updating their queue boards, but this year has been terrible. I just assumed that they aren't bothering to update the boards because most rides have been walk-on all year, so all guests know that there are no queues so updating the boards isn't really important.

Just because something is new doesn't mean there is an acceptable excuse for it not to work. These signs should have been accurate from day one if implemented properly.

I'd like to know who this 'spokesman' was Probably a hotel cleaner knowing Sky's slapdash approach to things. So I am guessing Rameses Revenge will be SBNO now for the remainder of the year, maybe getting replaced in time for next season if we're lucky. I really can't see it being repaired, it's just too past it. A new intense flat ride would be good in its place... They're really lacking in thrilling rides now!!

Aero every time. or

The ever reliable Sky News has reported this "A spokesman confirmed the attraction would be open tomorrow." http://news.sky.com/story/1104480/chessington-ride-all-people-rescued Haha!!

So this means that every single restraint on the ride is now cut in half?! Something must have gone seriously wrong here. Chessington really is rotting away under Merlin isn't it....

I'd rather see one or the other: All backwards facing or all forwards facing. I don't care which. Swarm has proved that Thorpe can't handle having a 2 option train. I would rather they didn't try it again on X!