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Oh go on then, my B&M list, although it isn't limited to Europe (as I am yet to ride them all) 1. Nemesis 2. Superman de Acero 3. Katun 4. Oz'Iris 5. Tatsu 6. Shambhala 7. Kumba 8. Dragon Khan 9. Medusa 10. Manta 11. Scream 12. Sheikra 13. Oblivion 14. Black Mamba 15. Raptor 16. The Swarm 17. Riddlers Revenge 18. Batman The Ride (Backwards at MM) 19. Silver Star 20. Kraken 21. Montu 22. Nemesis Inferno 23. Chinese Fireball 24. Air 25. The Incredible Hulk 26. Dæmonen 27. Hungarian Hungtail 28. Silver Bullet 29. Batman La Fuga

Agree with the top five, such a fantastic group of rides (even if I am partial to a bit of Superman de Acero myself). After them, the rides are solid but not outstanding and yet perfectly acceptable.

Am I missing something here? I mean, it's £10 if you book after the 1st October for people owning a standard pass and it's £5 if you book before then. You've got four weeks to plan a trip(s) with some friends and if you don't book before hand, then you have to pay the extra. By enticing people to book early, Thorpe have a better idea on attendances and can plan accordingly. It all seems very JUMP TO THE WORST POSSIBLE CONCLUSION in here to be honest. Thorpe will push it as far as they can in terms of what people will pay to get in. If attendance drops massively over the event, then I bet the £10 charge disappears.

I think it will be very busy. I'd go the week after to guarantee a quieter trip.

I really like this trip report, so thanks for that Matt. Even though it looks pretty much like a permanent funfair, for some reason I thought it looks really picturesque, particularly with the mountains surrounding the park. =)

Silly question Benin, Europa Park just care that much more about the guest experience then the majority of the parks out there. Common knowledge surely

Yeah about that, if you want to throw the grammar card out, you might want to make sure your own post is perfect first. Pot kettle black and all that.

Wouldn't that be more appropriate then to go flying off towards Storm Surge.

Thorpe Park Mania does not condone such actions as having your bar as far up as possible. That sort of action, could lead to serious consequences...

People enjoyed Rodeo, Boneshaker, Dynamo, Vampire with its classic trains, Big Bad Wolf at Williamsburg was adored, Samurai at Chessington was a force to be reckoned with. I even used to love a pulled pork sandwich which Waitrose used to sell. It doesnt change the fact that Slammer has been on borrowed time for years and it is only to Thorpe's credit that they have put up with its reliability for so long.

No they won't. Whats with this Merlin will do this, Merlin will do that rubbish people keep spouting. It didn't save the worlds first blackwards roller coaster being turned to face forwards, what makes you think Slammer will stay if it becomes to expensive to keep.

Just a reminder of this people, I'm going back to this policy, as some of the posts on TPM at the moment are borderline spam. I'll be moderating the Thorpe Park part for the forums a lot more harshly for the next few weeks, so before you post think about the relevance of the post before hitting the add post button. Thank you for your time.

It was amazing the first time I was told theres a Goodfellas Pizza. Five mentions later, it isn't quite as woah.

Oh me, me me please

You won't upset the fanboys here, Detonator is one of the best drop towers out there.

Virtual Q - First post - Thank god thats gone, I mean whats the point having a queue line that can't be used or having set times that I have to return to the ride at. It will never work.

Didn't realise you were a moderator either so we've both learnt something new today.

Well Bubbleworks is kind of excused, it's more a dark/water ride hybrid then a pure water ride. So that leaves Falls which always gets me wettish on the first drop and sprayed on the second. Yeah it's not Florida, but the British climate isn't well suited to super wet water rides.

If this system bothers people so much, you really should think about just not going. If genuine concerns are being ignored because of the odd positive tweet then Thorpe's position is clear. I'd rather encourage people to go to Europa Park or Efteling then to continue to visit and be disappointed by Thorpe.

This, although I still haven't renewed my pass and haven't visited Thorpe since March AP day. The rollercoasters are the only things really worth riding at Thorpe and I won't be queuing 2 hours for Rush or Zodiac to fill the inbetween time. Has anyone told Thorpe (Or Merlin for that matter) that the way to get a queueless theme park is to have excellent staff, high through put rides, maximum capacity at all times and no fastrack clogging up the system.

I can only go by my experience with it's throughput, sorry if its not dead accurate Turtle.

It's probably not representative as a whole but at Radiator Spring Racers at California Adventure, when two of the cattle pens are full and fastpass is running, the queue takes 40 minutes. When we queued at the same point before fastpass begun, it took thirteen minutes for our first go and ten minutes for the second go. Now thats a ride with 3,600 people per hour so I would never say Thorpe's rides queues would be so much less, but I do think the British culture is far more into these lousy fastrack schemes then Europeans certainly.The experiment wouldn't work because people would rather pay then be patient.

Your comparison to Six Flags and Cedar Fair doesn't hold as much weight because those passes are extremely limited and are priced appropriately. Otherwise, everything you say is spot on unfortunately. I applaud Thorpe for trying something different but a queue less theme park doesn't exist in the peak of summer.

It's at a point now where Thorpe aren't overselling fastrack, they give so many of the bloody things out for free that no matter what the queue to fastrack ratio is, it's always going to be wrong. And now £15 for ride and reserve? Is that confirmed? If so, ridiculous that they are running both systems at the same time.

Majority of reviews of Leviathan (which is the only real comparative for a B&M here) suggest that Fury325 will be a very good ride. Leviathan for reference was rated 13th in the Mitch Hawker 2013 poll (Which is actually up 5 places on its 2012 placing). Besides, we've got a high and long roller coaster being built by a company that three years ago said would never go over the 300 height barrier. I'm excited for it even if I never ride it because this along with Thunderbird and the kiddy Inverter in China, shows B&M are coming out their shells a lot more then previously.