planenut
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Sorry! Wow! that was close, I got in for night shift tonight to find they had re-arranged the shifts and given me another night shift for the Wednesday to Thursday; lots of texting and one of my colleagues luckily will now do tonight's shift, phew! Ah, I never considered the weather forecast, oh!
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Did you not see this on page one of this thread " If you want to come but cannot due to not having a ticket please do not worry! THORPE PARK as an incentive to come due to the early hours mid week are offering priority passes for the day for those that come, which will include your entry." Chin up, there's hope!
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EC, won't she be lonely by then, as the park will have closed some hours previously?
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Thank you; I don't normally leave until I'm thrown out.
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Okay then, parade time 0700, correct? and the ticket, would that take care of the car park fee? Just thought I'd ask.
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I would say that the SWARM queue is easiest between 1.30p.m. and 3p.m., well it always looks like a lull around that period. Problem with the Colossus queue is that once you are in it, it is very difficult to hop out; I would generally check the length of that queue by observing from the path/bridge over it. Saw's queue can be observed beyond Samurai, alongside the Saw building. Nemesis Inferno is all in sight, but they open the overflow rat-run sometimes, so that is another good twenty minutes on it's own. I always say that if you want to do Tidal Wave, only on a very hot day, and before 11a.m.. Have a great day.
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Odd world we live in - this was a seventy year old lady!
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Absolutely under height - she's slipped under - restrictions are there for a reason, and where properly trained staff are employed, this should never happen.
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Is there any consideration by TP to utilize the large area of water remaining? though boats have smaller capacity, there always seems to be a need to build on land and as recently, reclaim water areas to build. Even a ride going into the water area?
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"Annie won't be racing to the front of any theme park queue......" well don't be daft, flog the ticket on eBay!
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Perhaps that's because on a more negative G section it will not be subjected to the stresses that other parts are, similar to Heineken?
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Nice write up... having a "fear of heights" doesn't seem to have put you off having a great day and venturing onto a few of the higher rides.
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The first time I went over there was a shock; I always thought 130 miles west of the River Severn was call "Ireland"!
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whoops, the trains look like a cross between Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Millenium Falcon; short ride lots of turns, hmmm!
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I've wanted to go this park for a couple of years now; the rides and location appear great and now with this to arrive... and it looks great....and apart from that, the "Airport" that one lands at is a former military base with a museum in it's underground hangers, how cool is that? well for a Plane Nut, very cool!
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As most of you know the youngsters these days, finish the exams, and this is at the local colleges as well, then do "trips" to TP for various reasons, the main one is to stand in the queue in front of me. I met some kids last week who told me that they were on a bonus school trip for "full attendance", they didn't understand when I told them to go back to school to maintain that record. The half term to the end of the summer term is worst, then as suggested the earlier part of the main summer holiday is best if you want to go. Someone did suggest a Sunday is good, but I have always tried to avoid them too.
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Doh!, any sheep he sees!
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What a day, mine anyway, but to finish of with meeting so many of the TPM group, what a bunch of nice people; nutcases! but very nice. I hope that you all had a great day!
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I'll see if I have time to say "hello" as I aim to be in the park but not necessarily on the same rides. I'll probably be wearing a shirt with an aeroplane on it, then you have to guess the age group, etc.etc.. Hope you all have a good day, and especially the ERT.
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There must be some logic in it somewhere, but for the life of me I can't see it? If the people have already paid, then Merlin have the cash and a pass would only bring that body back in without any financial gain in the future. If the person normally only attends a few days a year, then they would possibly have been willing to pay the ticket again; however, if they've now been given a free ticket for the future, then still no financial gain for Merlin.
They actually bought equipment to manufacture parts for some of the rides; historically, there is nowhere better for large rides. Like most parks, some areas need TLC whilst some are recently refurbished or new. It is a great all round family entertaining park.
I don't think safety is the question; the fact that the supposed fail-safe systems which allow "manual extraction of riders" didn't work is questionable. I like this type of ride, so long as you don't get soaked on a cool day.
Though it is of short duration, and it never ceases to amaze me that some people queue for quite a while, then ride it and ask if that was it? - what have they been watching whilst in the queue? I digress; Stealth has everything except a loop; fantastic turn of speed, sudden change in direction and Positive G, that fantastic view, if you're quick, with the negative G of the tophat, then that wonderful freefall , to the pressure in the bottom gully, followed by another float over the bunnyhop, with the added pleasure of watching people's mobile phones flying past us - Doh!
