July 10, 201213 yr comment_138914 Sunday wasn't too busy, did all major rides. Going next thursday, day before the last day of term... school trips galore I'm guessing!!! Anyone know how big queues will be that day? hi I'm also going next thursday with the school and on thorpe park's website "Advance Park Tickets for Thursday 19th July have now sold out!" so I'm guessing that day will be very busy I think. school trips galore indeed! I know I'll be buy ing fasttrack.
July 10, 201213 yr comment_138915 Actually.. do you think the Friday will be any less busy? As it will be the last day of term and I doubt schools would host a school trip then.. it might just be me trying to be hopeful but is it a possibility?
July 10, 201213 yr comment_138916 Doubt it, it's always busy the last weeks running up to end of term, chances are it will still be packed!
July 12, 201213 yr comment_139015 I'm secretly hoping that the combination of a bad forecast and Friday the 13th will keep people away tomorrow. I'm glad I'm not going in the last week of term though; fairly certain it will be mental then.
July 18, 201213 yr comment_139252 Does anybody have any trip reports from the past week? I'd be interested to know if the lousy weather has affected the number of people visiting the park
July 18, 201213 yr comment_139253 From what I've heard (and seen of the car park), it's been packed. As a large amount of visitors will be on school trips which have been planned for a long time, the weather isn't going to put people off. I'd expect the rest of this week to be heaving. I dunno when schools break up, but presumably it's this week / next week; so there's bound to be a fair few school trips going on into next week. Then, after that, it's summer!!!
July 18, 201213 yr comment_139255 Some schools have broken up already, but for most this is the last week. /random contribution
July 18, 201213 yr comment_139257 I am planning to go on August 14th will it be very busy and will we be effected by the olympics
July 24, 201213 yr comment_139387 Hopepro186: - Probably will be busy as it is the middle of the summer holidays, however, as it is a Tuesday, it will be slightly less busy than the weekend. Also, travelling to the park may be affected because of the Olympics. I'd suggest you look on Thorpe's website for directions as they have Olympic related diversions on there. Ibwoody: - Probably will be averagely busy still as most schools don't go back until the Wednesday or Thursday of that week. Should be a little quieter than the end of August though.
July 24, 201213 yr comment_139389 Ibwoody: - Probably will be averagely busy still as most schools don't go back until the Wednesday or Thursday of that week. Should be a little quieter than the end of August though. How long do you think I will be queuing for more popular rides?
August 19, 201213 yr comment_140092 Hey there, In your opinion, which Sunday do you think will be the quietest, Sunday 2nd September which is the last weekend of the school summer holidays, or Sunday 9th September which is the weekend after the schools have gone back? Advice is much appreciated.
August 19, 201213 yr comment_140093 I'm hoping to go for either the 8th or the 9th, mainly because the school kids should be back in school by then. Sundays in my past experience have been quieter than most other days anyway.
September 5, 201212 yr comment_140801 I'm back to TP on 13th September hoping for it to be v.quiet being the second week kids/students back at school etc!
September 7, 201212 yr comment_140893 Just thought I'd point out, the park was surprisingly busy on Wednesday. It'll probably still be a few more days until we hit that 5 minute for everything queue time period. I'm guessing a lot of schools don't go back until a bit later...
September 12, 201212 yr comment_141027 It was very busy on the 10th too with stealth hitting 90mins and the swarm filling the whole queue line
September 12, 201212 yr comment_141035 Probably not. Schools and colleges are back now so you'd only have Uni students and random visitors going. Add to that the weather is predicted to be pretty naff that day, you're looking at probably 15-20 mins wait for the most popular rides.
September 12, 201212 yr comment_141065 Just to let everybody know, I have literally just got back from Thorpe Park today (12/09/2012) and it was RAMMED! I've never been to Thorpe before and it to be so busy. Colossus had a 90 minute queue, Saw had a 75 minute queue (Which then went up to 90 whilst in the queue) Nemesis Inferno had a 40 minute queue, as did the Swarm whilst Stealth had a 60 minute queue. It was ridiculous. Only walk on rides was Loggers Leap, Mr Monkeys Banana Ride, Quantum, Zodiac and Rocky Express! Everything else had an oversized queue line. Just to add, Samurai was closed for the day.
September 13, 201212 yr comment_141104 Wow! Are the Sun still doing that offer?! Don't suppose anybody knows when the suns off is valid for, between what dates?
September 13, 201212 yr comment_141105 The promotion has now finished I think, and people are recieving their tickets. The date bands run from september to early october.
September 13, 201212 yr comment_141115 I don't think The Sun's offer was all that popular. I sent my application form off a week after the closing date for applications (which, in the T&C, said "strictly no applications will be accepted after this date"), and I received them in a couple of days. Couldn't see that happening if the offer was extremely popular... But hey, I could be wrong about this.
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