TPJames

As much as I hate to say this, I think the swarm will always keep a backwards section. This is because thorpe have put a lot of money and effort into changing the rows backwards for 2013 so I doubt they would spend another load to change them back. The only thing I could see them doing is what someone said on thorpe park's facebook, change every other row backwards so you can ride facing your friends! I actually thought this was a good idea but that's my opinion- and you wouldn't have too queue extra for the back rows!(This would mean that the front row goes forwards,second backwards,third forwards,forth backwards,fifth forwards,sixth backwards and seventh forwards- I thought this would be quite cool

Its such a shame, because with the effects on it can make the rides SO much better. I just hope they get them fixed soon because the rides are ruined without then.

I would just like to point out that most of the effects on saw the ride haven't been working recently along with the effects on swarm and nemesis inferno. When I rode saw, the axes were not working and the dead body on the floor was not squirting water when you do the barrel roll. Also the blades were stationary instead of rotating. On nemesis inferno, the mist and the lights in the tunnel both weren't working along with the water spray on the swarm. Does anyone know why thorpe's effects are barely working at the moment?

I hope they get fixed again as the rides are really downgraded without them! Let's just hope they are fixed soon.

Sometimes the weather is good in england you know I went on sunday last week and the sun was shining all day!

Yep, that's exactly what happened. Was closed for a while then and reopened and now it's closed again! Seems like its having serious issues...

No probs mate I jus hope rameses is fixed by the time I go to chessie next month

Yep, same with me. The axes on saw weren't working and also the water effects on swarm went working along with the mist and lights in the tunnel on nemesis inferno!

Just clicked on it and its definately still there- scroll down the front page under the blue box next to the zufari ad. The red bar is scrolling there.

I am sure X could manage 6 trains but then it would be stopping on the block breaks and that ruins the ride- on Sunday it went straight through them and it made the ride experience really good!

Yes, on empty days they only run the coasters on one train resulting in 30 minute queues anyway. Visited on Sunday, was open and running the whole day!Just to add on, a great trip report! Strange though as samurai seemed to be running very well on Sunday and tidal wave was open all day! Goes to show how things can change in a matter of seconds! I guess it was just a good day for me at thorpe, only ride which broke was saw and that was only for 10 mins. I can't actually wait to go back again!

http://www.chessington.com/Scroll down- red notice bar, this message has been there for a while now so my guess is there is a technical fault.

Rameses revenge unavalible AGAIN?!

Have a great time at thorpe park it's really great

I never hear the countdown on detty that's why the wait at the top scares me so much!Just to say, samurai was much better at parking yesterday and was really quick to go down!

The voucher is on the inside of the cover on the bottle! So just be careful when u take it off

I thought the report was a bit brief to be honest- I was in a rush We were suprised at how quiet it was aswell. I guess I am just lucky that we had such a good day! Wish I would have stayed until closing time though as we could have got on nearer 30 rides! I did tidal wave in the pouring rain last year so it didn't make much of a difference but this experience was much worse I reccomend you have a stab at those flat rides. Detonator is certainly the best followed by samurai and slammer. Then rush and zodiac and finally quantum and vortex. I reccomend you have a go as you will love them! They are really great, especially samurai slammer and detonator

Proabably will be empty but not as empty as today. Today had no queues watsoever because they had planned for a busy day to find it empty. Have a great day though

One word from today's thorpe park trip, WOW Today I was totally expecting it to be really busy as yesterday was apparently packed. We arrived at 10am to go straight in and went straight to swarm. It was a 10 minute queue, which in reality was 5, however we had a great ride on it and got the fire! After swarm we headed towards saw and decided to do rush. This was walk on and we suspected that the queues would get longer as the day went on. Great ride but not as good as I remember it to be. We then decided to do the new X. the ride itself is really good now and the fact that it doesnt stop on the block breaks makes it even better. It was walk on and I have to say that it is a big improvement. Next, it was over to saw. A 10 minute queue was in reality 5 minutes but the ride itself was good. We sat on the front row and when we were going up the lift I was so scared! After a good ride on that, we were suprised the queues weren't getting longer. We did samurai which had a 5 minute queue and got a suprisiling bad spin. Shame. We then did slammer which was a 5 minute queue. We decided to 'freefall' on it and although it was really scary it was a great ride. Off to loggers leap next, we got straight on and the ride is good, I didn't get wet but my friend got soaked! After that we headed towards nemesis inferno, the queue was 5 minutes and we had finally decided that today was an empty day. We were really suprised as we thought it would have been really busy. Nemesis inferno is great but makes me really dizzy. After nemmy inferno, we decided to head over to the detonator. Once again, a 5 minute queue was ahead of us. We deicded to repeat it again as we loved it. Detonator is really scary but a great experience! We then went over to stealth, it had a 15 minute queue but in reality this was 5 minutes. I haven't been on stealth in ages and I loved it! After that we decided to head over to lunch, we had a quick game of battle beam on the way I was really bad and lost 3-0 to my friend! We ate lunch at Burger King and then decided to do rumba rapids. We waited 10 minutes for this but I love the ride and they finally had the water jets back on! After that we headed over to Colossus, this had a 5 minute queue and we were extremely pleased. After a quick spin on Colossus we headed over to saw. Unfortunately it was broken so we decided to do samurai again! The wait was 5 minutes and this time we had a much better ride. I really do love samurai. Saw was reopened so we deicded to head back and wait 10 minutes for it. Once again it was really good! We then decided that we would go down into the lost city. We rode rush again. This time it seemed much worse than the first. I don't think it was swinging as high. We then did quantum twice as there was no queue and he let us stay on! We then did zodiac which I was regretting as I felt really sick after!' Vortex awaited us next with no queue. This was not a good idea after zodiac as I came off feeling even more sick than before! We decided to then head over to stealth and do it again. This time we waited about 10 minutes for the front row seats. The front row is much better than any of the rows and I highly reccomend it! We then did tidal wave which I really did not like as I got drenched! Afterwards we decided to do detonator as the final ride of the day. Time in park: 10-4:30(we left really early but did not matter as we had done everything) Key points: Saw broke for a period of time Saw queue being advertised as 45 minutes when in reality it was 5 minutes. No mist or lights in inferno tunnel All rides on 2 trains and great quick dispatching made queues short Tidal wave is a stupid ride to do Ride count: Detonator X3 Stealth X2 Saw X2 Nemesis inferno X1 Colossus X1 Samurai X2 Slammer X1 Rush X2 Quantum X2 Loggers leap X1 Tidal wave X1 x X1 Swarm X1 Vortex X1 Rumba rapids X1 Total ride count:21

Amazing operations today, had the ride running on 2 trains when it could have easily been on 1- 5 minute queue all day. Most times it had empty rows when going round, saying that the park was really empty today with no queues longer than 10 mins

YEY just in time for when I visit tomorrow. I thought this was the best way to go as now the ride can take less time to park even if you end up in a different place to where you started!

Hope it's like this tomorrow when I visit! Hopefully we can do nemmy inferno several times Shame about the mist and lights though, but it's not the end of the world and the operations ovbiously made up for it.

Is samurai open again yet?

HAPPY BDAY PEAJ!!!!

Hope it's open when I visit this weekend. Don't wanna be turning up with all the rides closed!