December 3, 201311 yr comment_172785 Don't try walking up the lift hill backwards or anything though! I wanted to brave it backwards though!
December 3, 201311 yr comment_172790 Is it better to do the lift hill walk and behind the scenes during season or of-season???
December 3, 201311 yr Author comment_172791 Thanks for all the interest guys! Has been a lot of demand, not everyone will get a place but it will be done on first come first serve, will PM you letting you know more as soon as
December 5, 201311 yr comment_172919 Gah - If it wasn't for the fact that Crimbo is fast approaching and I haven't even bought anything yet, have a water bill due plus a new nephew due anytime (literally) I would be so up for this. I wanna walk up the Swarm lifthill! Can't grumble though cos I got to walk up Inferno lift hill during the ERT (and that nearly killed me - I am so unfit)!
December 17, 201311 yr comment_173292 Meeeeee. I'm very interested. Well, cut that, I clearly didn't get a spot. Oh well.
December 17, 201311 yr comment_173295 I'd be very interested to see how Thorpe Park roll these out, so looking forward to hearing the details!
January 7, 201411 yr Author comment_174450 We are pleased we can open up some more spaces - There are not many so its first come first served! Please PM me interest.
March 6, 201411 yr comment_177731 Sorry to bump the topic, but is there any news in regards to the dates of group meet ups for this event?
August 7, 201411 yr comment_188215 Just want to say a public "thank you" to TPM and to Thorpe Park for putting on this deal for us - I had my VIP Day on Sunday and had a really great time. Unfortunately the standard Stealth backstage tour had to be shelved, because the ride broke down minutes before it was due to start (typical!) - so the engineers were having to spend their time attending to that, rather than giving me a tour. 5 minutes of quick thinking later, and the Park more than made up for it by sending the Head of Engineering over to give me a backstage tour around Nemesis Inferno's, SAW's and The Swarm's workshops instead! He was a great guy and more than happy to help out. As further "compensation", they also let me shut The Swarm down at the end of day, and guided me through operating the train transfer - very unexpected, but very cool of them. The lift hill walk at 7:30pm was also amazing (as others on here have already reported) - I was lucky to get a fantastic clear day, where from the top we could see as far back as Wembley Stadium and the London Eye - a good 18-20 miles away. Definitely gives you a different perspective on the Park from above, too. And we had a class sunset! I've posted more photos from the lift hill walk over on Total Thorpe Park. And thanks again to TPM and Thorpe!
September 9, 201411 yr comment_191486 'Cashed in' my Behind the Scenes Tour and Coaster Climb. Huge thanks to TPM for being able to sort out 2for1 deals and to Thorpe for giving TPM that opportunity and for setting it up the ideas in the first place! My Behind the Scenes tour was of Saw, and was really interesting. Got given a full tour of the workshop, control room, console as well as along part of the CCR route. The engineers' knowledge is unreal, and their ability to be able to answer any question in such depth shows that they have real passion for their work! Of course, I did the Coaster Climb on Swarm. Being such a nice day, we could around for miles, and it was a really nice being up there. Photos don't justify how amazing the views are. Afterwards, I was given a closer look at the helicopter - real nice bit of theming! If anyone wants a look at my pictures, they're here - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10204794539966380.1073741833.1324550230&type=1&l=81b6fdfe9a Again, thanks to TPM, Thorpe, my VIP host, the Saw engineers and the rides manager who took us up the lift hill! Will definitely be looking into doing another experience next season!
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