Cal Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Just come back from a nice afternoon at Thorpe park. Pretty full for an off peak day according to someone at Thorpe park they had an unprecedented high gate number due to inset days .arrived at 12.00. ride count X- 1 Slammer-1 Detonator-2 The Swarm-1 Saw-1 Loggers leap-1 Depth Charge-1 Tidal Wave-2 Colossus-1 Stealth-1 Nemesis Inferno-1 (front row) Positives Nemesis was full of mist Saw was operating very fast (Q time said 45 mins at entrance and actually took 25.) Wild wongs noodle restaurant was extremely fast got the food within 30 seconds of saying what we wanted. Cola refill tasted like cola for once and not water with cola flavoring. Colossus and The Swarm were running on 2 Trains Negatives One train operation on nemesis inferno and stealth. In the wild wongs restaurant the box seems to have got smaller and the price has gone up. (I think) No Flying Fish! That's about it really as I say it was a nice afternoon and I'm sure it was marginally better than going on Saturday I'f we'd been there all day I'm sure we'd have got on all rides in the park without any problem. Thanks for the report. Was rush open today? I looked at the queue times to see what was closed as I'm going tomorrow and Rush, Vortex, Fish and Rumba were all closed? Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 13 rides for a day? I would be furious if I went and got that. That is worse than my trip in the height of summer. Looks like 1 train op made the queues rather large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 He got there at 12. Park closed at 5. Colossus and Swarm were on 2 trains. 13 is a decent number in 5 hours, that's over 2 rides an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Still that is 30 minute waits, some above some below. For offpeak with 2 trains that could have gone upto 4+ rides an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Stealth's second train does actually have a problem, otherwise it would have been on two, hopefully back tomorrow apparently. pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernoMartin Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Thanks for the report. Was rush open today? I looked at the queue times to see what was closed as I'm going tomorrow and Rush, Vortex, Fish and Rumba were all closed? Sent from my iPhone 5S using Tapatalk I looked to, Rush and Vortex reopened at around 4ish but Rumba didn't reopen and obviously fish is closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWOAfanMalcolm Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Rush was shut in the afternoon as was rumba rapids don,t know about vortex as I was not in that part of the park at all today. I also had lunch and took a few photos of studio 13 and walked rather than ran from ride to ride which is why my count is slightly lower than it could have been and had a quick browse in the shop. Cal and Mitchada04 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Stealth's second train does actually have a problem, otherwise it would have been on two, hopefully back tomorrow apparently. What, again?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Thorpe don't control when something breaks, they just fix it when it does. Not their fault if Intamin things break more than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Yes it is thorpes fault. 3 trains exist so 2 will always be avalible. However becuase of recent year mantanice scheduals that is no longer the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Still that is 30 minute waits, some above some below. For offpeak with 2 trains that could have gone upto 4+ rides an hour.  Not everyone rushes around theme parks in the way you do. pognoi, MattyMoo and Kerfuffle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 TR: Â Sunday 28th September 2014 Â CLOSED: Â Flying Fish BREAKDOWNS: Â None! Â (That I know of) Â RIDECOUNT: Nemesis Inferno x5 The Swarm x3 Colossus x3 Saw: The Ride x2 X x2 Slammer x2 Stealth x1 Samurai x1 Detonator x1 Tidal Wave x1 Loggers Leap x1 Rumba Rapids x1 Â TOTAL: Â 23 Â Â HIGHLIGHTS: Nice atmosphere on park today Fairly good ridecount Construction is coming on nicely for Fright Nights Dispatch times on Swarm and Inferno were pretty good (not perfect). Swarm and Inferno were running better than I've ever known them to! Â LOWLIGHTS: Stealth on one train all day Lots of people smoking around the park, and only one member of staff actually did anything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Staff haven't been told a thing about smoking zones unfortunately, so I would assume guests haven't either and it isn't actually an official rule yet. Hopefully next year it actually comes into effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Saturday 27th September 2014 Rides closed: Flying fish, Tidal wave until around 4:30 Breakdowns: Stealth, Angry Birds 4d One train: Stealth, The Swarm until around 12ish  Ride count- Nemesis Inferno x5 King Pigs Wild Hog Dodgems x3 Slammer x2 Detonator x2 Colossus x2 (1 front row) Saw the ride x1 Stealth x1 Rumba Rapids x1Angry Birds 4d x1 Rush x1 Mr Monkeys Banana ride x1 Vortex x1 The Swarm x1 Samurai x1 X x1  TOTAL: 24  PROS: - Operations on Slammer were a lot better in the morning, although they still aren't loading while the ride was in operation. - Better ridecount than I expected, wasn't too busy - Made good use out of ERT, Colossus with a re-ride, Saw, Inferno 3 re-rides and Stealth with no queue. - The Swarm felt very forceful today, and actually really enjoyed it! - Good atmosphere on park today, especially on Vortex - First time I've heard the entrance music playing with the video, sounded really good! - Infernos mist was the best I've seen it, was amazing!  CONS: - Stealth on 1 train all day - Awful ride on Saw in the morning, soo rough and soo jolty - Poor operations on the dodgems, mainly due to only 2 staff but there was no effort made by the staff - No queueline music for Slammer this season, making the queueline very dull  Other notes- - Flying fish's train only has 2 cars left already - Studio 13's exterior is looking really good! - Seemed to be a lot of work going on by MBV all day - All of Rumba's fright nights lights were on for some reason, testing them for fright nights maybe? - The Swarms fire was going of every train in the morning, but since they added the second train it wasn't going of for the rest on the day - Left the park just before 5, so could of got a lot more rides in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:22 pm   Post subject: I went to TP today . The park was nicely empty and most rides were only five minute queues. Apart from Saw all rides seemed to be on one train, the park was really quiet. Met a couple from another Club and we even rode the Tea Cups together, a Coaster Clubber takeover, well there were only the three of us on it. During a refreshment break from Stealth, I rode Colossus twice, Nemesis Inferno and Slammer once each, but the pull of my favourite won through. Funny incident, I rode on Stealth beside a young lady who told me her mum did not want to ride it as "well, she is nearly sixty!" (that's for those that know me). Did have to remind one ride-op that part of his job was to offload, they were waiting. Watched a "manager" do his "check" visit to the loo - signing the acknowledgement paper, and not noticing me standing near the sinks, at all, as he did not walk in from the doorway. The weather was as forecast, great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Mixed day today. Up until about 1:30 was dire. The park opened with, tidal wave, x, flying fish, Colossus, stealth, dodgems, rush, slammer, loggers leap and detonator closed. Then by 11 slammer, loggers leap opened as usual along with Colossus and tidal wave. X and flying fish were closed all day. Stealth was closed until 1 ish broke down repeatedly and ended the day on 1 train. Dodgems had 8 broken cars by the end and kept closing.  Detonator was on and off all day whilst making some very odd noises. Nemesis inferno was down for about an hour around half 2 ish. Swarm was on 1 train until 1:30. Rush opened with 1 swing at around 1 ish. However after all the break downs it wasn't too busy and became more enjoyable. Ride count: Swarm 7 Nemesis inferno 6 Stealth 2 saw 1 Colossus 1 (front row, walk straight on) Slammer 3 Samurai 1 Vortex 2 Detonator 1 rush 1 rumba rapids 1 Zodiac 1 Ride total: 27  Positives: - short queues in the afternoon - adding a second train after apologising to me on twitter - Nemesis started on 2 trains - slammer was working (most of the time)  Cons: - Swarm on 1 train until 1:25!!!!!!! Despite having a 120 minute queue - Everything broke down at some point (only zodiac and loggers leap didnt) - 20 minute delay at saw to retrieve someone's lost item (surely they could have waited until the end of the day like normal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Sounds like a load of rides breaking down today! Â Not sure if I believe that the only 2 things that didn't break down was Zodiac and Loggers though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Detty, vortex, inferno, swarm, storm surge and saw did break down. However I did forget about the existence of depth charge, rocky, and samurai. So I will change my statement to all rides which anyone cares about broke down at some point. Detty definitely opened late as we were turned away from it, loggers as usual people were not allowed in the queue until 11 and tidal wave opened late with no water on the drop all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hold on a minute... 10 rides closed at one point?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hold on a minute... 10 rides closed at one point?!! In an odd way it sort of paid off as we kept getting to rides as they opened. Also the park opened at 9:40 not 10:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 And there you were saying you weren't gonna visit again... Altitude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 And there you were saying you weren't gonna visit again... they offerd me a load of priority passes so I took them up on the offer. Also I wanted to get in a visit before RnR ruins the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 they offerd me a load of priority passes so I took them up on the offer. Also I wanted to get in a visit before RnR ruins the park. Â And yet the Priority Pass system is essentially the worst idea that Thorpe have out of that, Fastrack and RnR. Â You're complaining about a park then adding to the problems yourself!! Altitude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yes and I did tell them that when they gave them to me, however I wasnt going to say no was I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yes and I did tell them that when they gave them to me, however I wasnt going to say no was I. Â Â You could, I do remember some people who went to Thorpe for Saw's opening day refused such an offer (though it was return tickets as they had no MAP) and wanted tickets to go to Towers and they were not going to visit again anytime soon... Â If you dislike the park so much, don't visit, regardless of any bribes you might receive via complaining... Altitude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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