Kiino

Plenty of one train runs today, Colossus and Inferno were spared but Swarm and Stealth were not at all. Colossus was really slow, then got entirely rebooted by someone holding a gate open. But the really interesting thing about today was the closing time - today was a scheduled 4pm close time but the staff started advertising that they were going to stay open until 5pm, and they followed through. Not sure who's decision this was, why it was made, and why the park never mentioned it on any social media at the time, but it's of course very appreciated. If anyone's had a precedent of this happening before, fill me in.

Shoutout to the guy that managed to reboot the entire ride just by holding one of the gates open as it tried to close today

These are TWD spoilers but are relevant to this ride's changes

They were always doing it for Swarm but there was literally never signage or measurement on Stealth the multiple times I visited last year and the sign in the annual passes room that listed all height restrictions only included one for Swarm - if it existed for Stealth then the park were not communicating in any meaningful way.

Can someone note if there's any maximum height signage or sticks on Stealth or Colossus? The website says these are new restrictions but the map doesn't.

I went twice last year, once summer once very late in the season. Absolutely no signage to suggest this or attempt to measure in any way whatsoever away from Swarm. I'm kind of convinced these are new. The stick you're seeing on Google is the minimum height one which has always existed (note that it's red under the point but there's nothing above it)

Stealth and Colossus have 1.96m restrictions that they didn't have last season listed on the website. As someone who's over this limit and has been riding these for years, this is an extremely, extremely confusing move. https://www.thorpepark.com/rides/stealth

They appear to have just added those new height restrictions for Stealth and Colossus for the other rides as of this year?? They weren't in place last season and I think it's extremely strange that they're in place now, I'm not sure anyone has noticed this yet. Can't give you any advice for those personally.

I've ridden on Swarm more than anything else at the park personally. Sometimes people haven't noticed, other times I've been jokingly told "not to put my arms up", sometimes I am measured and I have to just make the argument that I've ridden it before many times and fit in the test seat and they've just given a "go on then". It depends on the day and the people there, and generally busier days are ones I am more likely to be measured during. It's actually been much more of the comfortable rides in the park once I'm there - out of a little bit of paranoia I try to duck my legs up and don't raise my arms and it's been a fine experience. I do just have to recognise though that, as per the rules, I am no means guaranteed to get on, ever, and if they want to reject me, they have the right to. It just hasn't happened from the people I've ridden with. Other rides with no listed restriction have never had any fears or measurings. The sitdown ones are tricker to fit your legs into but it's always totally doable. Keep your heads off the back of the two sitdown ones with lift hills (Colossus, SAW) to avoid headaches.

I am 6'7, solidly over the Swam limit at 2m with most of my height in my legs (this matters as I'll explain later) and can consistently make it onto both it (the ride with the height rule) and everything else in the park perfectly fine. In Swarm's case, sometimes you do get measured but often, even if you do, if you can prove you can fit comfortably in the restraints (this is what the size limit is for, not the near miss scenery) there will typically be leeway - although the staff have exchanged kind requests for me not to put my arms up and I've obliged. Ultimately it is at the park staff's discretion on the day and I've just happened to run into a string of them who understand that I personally can make it on and off the ride safely and easily. Whether you can fit is dependent upon your ratio between leg height to waist height, and while mine is lucky enough for me to feel absolutely fine on it, for some people even shorter than me it is genuinely uncomfortable and unrideable if a lot of the height is in their torso. It's case by case and there's a chance you get staff that are less nice to you (not happened in my experience but obviously not impossible), so try the test seat to avoid disappointment, make *sure* you feel comfortable in them with the restraints all the way down, and then when you're queuing, do be aware you're by no means ever guaranteed to get on, even if it's sometimes more likely than you think to get on. One other note for your day is that if you're tall, you should probably keep your heads off the backrests on Colossus and Saw. They're extremely bumpy in the first place, and worse with additional height. I have been able to fit into everything with restraints down personally though - the more height is in the torso, the worse fitting in the rides gets for you, and while tall legs can feel uncomfortable in the sitdowns, I'll take that over not getting on at all.

I'm going tomorrow too and I would not get your hopes up for a quiet day - if I'm not mistaken it's the first Fright Night of this season to get into the second-to-last price band.