Bobby

Thanks for the tips. Was busy and hot but not horrendously so, and managed to get on all the coasters which is what we were aiming for. Got to the gates just after 10 although I think the park had opened a bit earlier as quite a lot of people were already in the park. Went straight to Swarm as anticipated it would be busy most of the day. Went in forwards queue, advertised at 40 minutes but took about an hour because they put the 2nd train on halfway through queueing (not sure why they didn't have it on before though). Backwards queue looked a bit of a mess though, they were only getting sent to one side of the train and the left side kept on sending empty backwards seats around. Anyway, enjoyed the ride. Smooth and reasonably thrilling. Some of the misses were quite good like the bottom corner of the billboard. Did Flying Fish for giggles. Man got kicked off the train for not wearing a shirt lol. Next went to Inferno. Queue was a bit of a drag because we ended up held in the cattlepens before the icecream shop and everyone was buying icecream and they were waiting ages between sending batches up the stairs. Ride was ok, although definitely prefer the original. Layout just seemed a bit unimaginative for the height it has. Then went to Stealth because queue was short-ish. Really enjoyed this, definitely felt faster than RITA although expected the drop to be a bit scarier but wasn't too bad. On the other hand, it was over in about 15 seconds... On to rapids, though they were a bit meh. Got to Saw because the queue was advertised as only 20 minutes. However it was much longer than this and dragged because they only let so many people in at once. Did seem to give the impression that the theming hasn't been looked after so much. My impression of the ride was a bit mixed. On one hand I think it was probably the most intense and thrilling ride at the park. On the other, it was ridiculously rough. There was a massive jolt at the bottom of the drop and then I whacked my head probably 3 more times even though I was trying to hold it still. I don't normally complain about roughness - I would be one of the first to defend the old Corkscrew at AT about roughness - but Saw was just insanely rough. I don't think I could have ridden it more than once even if it was a walk on. Queued a bit for Colossus. Again, holding the queue before the fast track merge made it seem longer than it was. Was expecting this to be rough but it was nothing compared to Saw. Actually really enjoyed it, the pacing was good and didn't realise that the heartlines actually go downhill which was quite a weird sensation. Finally went on X because it was a walk-on. Very 80s, not quite sure what it was meant to be but ok... After this we gave up and went home but was a fun day Plus points: -Was busy but not insanely busy -Got on all the coasters -Didn't get sunburnt Negative points: -Queueline batching/fastrack merging made some queues a bit frustrating -Saw gave me a sore neck -I know this is Britain but queues could do with more shade

Thanks, great advice. I guess we'll have to suck it up but we'll definitely try to be there before opening and hit as much as possible in the first hour. That surprises me about Stealth having a more reasonable queue though, RITA at AT always has a nightmare queue even on quiet days. Not a massive fan of spin and spew rides, and I imagine the water rides are fairly similar to ones at other parks (although would quite like to get on Tidal Wave) so our priority will be the coasters. Oh also, is anything broken/being unreliable at the moment?

Hi, I'm going to Thorpe tomorrow with my brother. We've been to Alton Towers a fair few times but he's bored of there so wanted to go to Thorpe. We're going on a Sunday because I read in a few places that it's generally quieter than Saturdays. However with the weather and school holidays I expect it to be busy so looking for any tips to get as many rides as possible! Am I right that there are no SRQs and they push fastrack quite hard? We object to the idea of fastrack so will avoid it. At Alton it's fairly predictable which rides will be busy early morning/quiet late in the day etc. Are there any rides at Thorpe which stay busy all day? Recommendations for rides to get out of the way early? Anything to leave until last? We'll bring food to eat in queues, any good rides to hit at lunchtime? Thanks!