Ryan Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 @OverloadMusic , @Harvey and @CharleeDrew are performing at the park on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 @who? Inferno, Benin and Han30 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Overload actually have a fair few followers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Overload look a like a One Direction doubles act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 heavy metal please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 heavy metal please Absolutely not. Get the fudge out.... NOW c1hrisin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 This ERT for AP holders is great! Got on Swarm and Stealth in the 15 minutes provided today. I think if the park is to open at 9:30 (weekends and school holidays) ERT is at 9:15, for actual 10am opening days it is between 9:30/9:45. Still great to get in and go on any ride that is ready (all rides opened on full capacity today for the 9:15 ERT. Something I did find odd though, once the gates did open, lots of people ran to the Fastrack kiosk. Whilst I'm not against this as it keeps ride queues at a minimum for the first 30 minutes and it's at peoples free will, it just shows how the perception of Fastrack is. Those queueing could have gone to the ride/rides they were buying tickets for and done them in the first 30 minutes. And then buy Fastrack for when there really is a queue. I was there from 9:15-10:30 (to test my new car out really) and did Swarm, Stealth, Nemesis Inferno, Saw, Colossus, Rush, X, Detonator and Samurai. All the big coasters and 2 large flat rides done in just over an hour. This is how this part of the park looked at 9:45. You'd have thought it was a term time weekday to begin with! EC!, JoshC., Matt 236 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Looking forward to Friday now! It'll be a weekday, so hopefully a quieter park! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy3112 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 That is exactly what I'm hoping for on the 13th! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Shame about the rusted supports for it... Then again, the Dome hasn't been reference as Atlantis for ages by the park has it? Makes sense really... Its in the process of being re-painted AdventureRyan, Matt 236 and JoshC. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 This ERT for AP holders is great! Got on Swarm and Stealth in the 15 minutes provided today. I think if the park is to open at 9:30 (weekends and school holidays) ERT is at 9:15, for actual 10am opening days it is between 9:30/9:45. Still great to get in and go on any ride that is ready (all rides opened on full capacity today for the 9:15 ERT. Something I did find odd though, once the gates did open, lots of people ran to the Fastrack kiosk. Whilst I'm not against this as it keeps ride queues at a minimum for the first 30 minutes and it's at peoples free will, it just shows how the perception of Fastrack is. Those queueing could have gone to the ride/rides they were buying tickets for and done them in the first 30 minutes. And then buy Fastrack for when there really is a queue. I was there from 9:15-10:30 (to test my new car out really) and did Swarm, Stealth, Nemesis Inferno, Saw, Colossus, Rush, X, Detonator and Samurai. All the big coasters and 2 large flat rides done in just over an hour. This is how this part of the park looked at 9:45. You'd have thought it was a term time weekday to begin with! I went last week and that's what it looked like at 11am. It was weird. As for fastrack, yes. The amount of people who queue to buy fastrack when everything has 0min queues is absolutely insane. Buy them when there are queues, you numpties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Entrance improvements ahoy! - http://thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/10-04-2014/Entrance-Improvement-Plans Hopefully this is the first step to a totally new entrance structure; would like to see the main ticket section given a bit of TLC soon too. Looks like this is starting to happen! A friend was at the park the other day and apparently all the signs on top of the roof (day tickets here, annual pass and hotel guests here) have been removed and they are digging in front of the turnstiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 From TPM's Facebook. Being able to see it in context reaffirms my thoughts that it will look quite nice when finished. Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomglazed Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Looks like they are trying to cover a big ol' heap of ugly with an over sized TV. Let's call a spade a spade... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I won't judge it until it's finished, but at the moment it looks horrible.Why can't we just have a nice entrance? That section has the potential to look really nice, but it's just been neglected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I won't judge it until it's finished, but at the moment it looks horrible. Why can't we just have a nice entrance? That section has the potential to look really nice, but it's just been neglected. Do you have anything good to say about anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 To be fair, the entrance plaza/buildings is easily one of Thorpe's worst attributes... A giant screen isnt really something that will help in particular... Especially as it's not built-in the building but plonked on top... It's all a bit meh... Decent idea (for queuetimes/park info), but once again it's poorly executed... paige 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Do you have anything good to say about anything? Yeah! When something's good, I'll praise it and say it's good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge2002 Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 It seems like anything that Thorpe add that doesn't fall in to the cliche of all things theme park, it instantly makes it a write off. There is more than one way to create escapism, and at the moment, their target of becoming a modern, sleek park is probably the most creative thing going on in the industry right now. Yeah, things like this aren't exactly top class, but the park is HUGE. You can't just reinvent the park overnight. The crooked foundations run far too deep. Merlin are clearly actually investing some money and interest into changing their ways, but it's gonna take time for changes like this to make sense in the bigger picture, in my opinion. JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Yeah, things like this aren't exactly top class, but the park is HUGE. You can't just reinvent the park overnight. The crooked foundations run far too deep. Merlin are clearly actually investing some money and interest into changing their ways, but it's gonna take time for changes like this to make sense in the bigger picture, in my opinion. I think you and I have been going to different parks... paige and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 It seems like anything that Thorpe add that doesn't fall in to the cliche of all things theme park, it instantly makes it a write off. There is more than one way to create escapism, and at the moment, their target of becoming a modern, sleek park is probably the most creative thing going on in the industry right now. Not really, when there are a fair few amusement parks around the world with giant screens on their entrances... I wouldn't call this exactly being creative, more going for the complete opposite view of the park in comparison to the chav filled dump it had become... It won't change overnight that is correct, but is sticking a giant TV in front of the entrance building answering any underlying issues with the park? Seems that the priorities of fixing the park up are rather askew... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 They're turning the park into more and more of a styled park, more like Blackpool. Sure it looks.. clean.. and sleek.. but it's not theme park in any shape or form. It's exactly what BPB have been doing the past few years. I hate how every area looks the same due to this signage nowadays. Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 They're turning the park into more and more of a styled park, more like Blackpool. Sure it looks.. clean.. and sleek.. but it's not theme park in any shape or form. It's exactly what BPB have been doing the past few years. I hate how every area looks the same due to this signage nowadays. The difference is that BPB do it properly, I don't call sticking a massive TV screen over the entrance stylish. What signage are you expecting around the park? All coasters have their own logo, which is displayed on the signs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 I'm holding judgement until it is actually finished... Cal and Marc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalvinstweart Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 I Am going to thorpe park on 4 of june 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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