AJ Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) Good Afternoon all of you wonderful people! I'm very excited to officially announce plans for our Open Season Meet at Thorpe Park! The event will take place on Saturday 22nd March 2014. The Outline of the day will be as follows: Meet by the annual pass entrance at 09:30 am by the cash machine just on the off chance the gates could possibly open earlier than advertised such as a couple of seasons ago. As soon as the gates open we will go into the park, if by any chance you happen to miss this meet point due to travel arrangements or just plain lateness you can either a) phone or text so we can arrange to meet you or meet up at the second meeting point later in the day. This trip will have the return of the popular Ice Breaker game called Spooning. Those who have participated last time had great fun and if you do not know what it is everything will be explained on the day. The prize for the winner is an Easter Egg . This first part of the morning we will make the most of the quiet park and churn out those rides. Once the park starts to fill up a little bit more we will calm down slightly and then have a chill for 15 minutes around the stealth rocks so if for whatever reason you could not get there for opening you can meet us at 11:30 am if you had not arranged to meet beforehand via phone. Please bear in mind we will leave without you if you are late as it’s not fair on time keepers! Punctuality has improved dramatically in the past year so long may this continue. We will then continue visiting the attractions and it will be arranged beforehand that we will try our best to get on all the attractions people wish to ride. One thing that has been annoying in the past is the decision making on where to go next and then the group changing their minds if a queue is above a certain level. This just ends us up in the past riding less as we spend a lot of the time deciding where to go. I know not everyone will want to do some of the rides at THORPE PARK. If you decide to not come on please be polite and wait for everyone to come off and chat to other members whilst you are waiting. Or go off and do another attraction as long as you’ll be back after the group has finished riding the attraction. If you are going I will be talking to you beforehand to see what attractions you are most keen to do so I can make sure I can arrange the day so that everyone gets a chance to ride what they wish to ride. Please respect other people’s wishes who wish to ride certain things that you yourself may not be too keen with. During the day, around half 1, we will stop for a bite to eat where you can go and eat where you like and we will arrange where to meet after everyone has finished eating. (Who knows we might all want to eat the same thing anyway ) After lunch we will group together for the Official Group Photo for the meet and continue going round the park and riding the attractions people want to do until the park closes. I will be handing out my phone number for everyone who is attending the meet that day, should there be any problems. We aim to stay together as a group for the day, going from one activity to the next, enjoying getting to know people you share very similar interests with, the idea is to just go with the flow and enjoy the day with some awesome people. There will be many photo’s in the day being taken I’m sure and the possibility of a few video clips. Whilst we cannot force you to stay with the group, it is the general purpose of these meets! You will have my number (and some of the senior teams) if you become split so by all means use it. The meets are a fantastic laugh and everyone is invited, even if you’ve never posted before or been to any kind of meet at all. If it's your first meet, I understand it can be nerve breaking - but we were all there at one point so know how it feels, please don't let this stop you from attending - Once there you'll be part of the group in no time! Once again, everyone will have my phone number so please use it on the day If anyone has any issues or concerns or even nervous about coming, feel free to post here, or PM myself and I will get back to you as soon as possible. If you feel like my response is taking too long another member of the team will be more than happy to help. We will all try and help you out as much as we can. Please PM me or post here to say if you’re attending. If you are bringing a mate along with you, please also include who they are so they are not known as ‘Plus 1.’ The events with TPM have been fantastic this year and this one will be no different Attending Meet (25) Alpengeist Chris89 Cornflakes Dan9 DarkAdder312 EC! JoshC J.S217 LG95 Londoner Luke_A Marc Matt Creek Mer Mr. Fish Myk Mystery Package Peaj Phill Pritchard Ricky Ryan ScaryCoasterBoy Slender Man Jake Styles ThorpeLaw Let's make this meet great - and people spread the word! Edited March 27, 2014 by Peaj Showing Attendees Liam T, JoshC., Phill Pritchard and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Wow, can't believe it's this time of season nearly. In terms of dates, either weekend seems okay for me at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Regardless of the date chosen, I WILL be there! Phill Pritchard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 22nd I'll be there, 29th I probably won't. So fingers crossed for the 22nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 This meet I WILL be there for so for any new members you will be able to see my lovely welsh face :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamminGamer Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 If I had my annual passes at that point I would probably go but I won't be picking those up till June/July. Hope it's as fun as the trip reports seem to portray them as Maybe one day I'll meet some of you guys XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 If I had my annual passes at that point I would probably go but I won't be picking those up till June/July. Hope it's as fun as the trip reports seem to portray them as Maybe one day I'll meet some of you guys XD Not everyone that goes to the meets have annual passes - you could BOGOF with someone? JamminGamer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamminGamer Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Not everyone that goes to the meets have annual passes - you could BOGOF with someone? True......... even so I don't know if I'm ready to meet you guys yet XD The trip reports are encouraging and all but I just don't know yet. Besides It's too far in advance for me to know whether I'm doing anything around then yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Count me in ;D Phill Pritchard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddysLittlePrincess Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Depending on work now, I'll see if I can make it J.S217 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James & Co. Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Should hopefully make this one, depending on money, of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Pritchard Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Both of those dates are looking good at the moment. Really looking forward to this meet! J.S217, Matt 236 and DaddysLittlePrincess 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 So long as nothing vitally important comes up, I believe I should be able to make it for either of those dates. I am looking forward to having my first meet this year. JoshC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I'm gonna see if I'm off work so that I can come but I'll only come if I can be the big spoon! AJ and Mer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightNights04 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I should be able to go. both days are fine with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 I'm gonna see if I'm off work so that I can come but I'll only come if I can be the big spoon! Marc says that's ok, he's versatile EC! and Gary 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyNBZ Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Unsure if I can make this at the moment. But will try22nd March is very unlikely though as its Alton opening day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Mer!! Don't go giving him ideas Mer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I would LOVE to choose 22nd but unfortunately I land from orlando at 10:15am and would be so jet lagged! If it is 22nd I can try and pop in late afternoon but no guarantees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Well this has not happened before - currently the poll has the same number of votes for each date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Well this has not happened before - currently the poll has the same number of votes for each date! In that case then just use the provisional date originally said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Oh dear, Just as it looked like we may have had a winner recently, the dates are tied again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddysLittlePrincess Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Just looked now at it says 17 votes to 29th and 16 votes to 22nd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Just looked now at it says 17 votes to 29th and 16 votes to 22nd? Not anymore. Mer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddysLittlePrincess Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I thought the votes were closed before Saturday Night anyway... as we was discussing the dates at the meet and how it was the 29th... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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