March 9, 201312 yr comment_152358 How busy do we think it'll be for the MAP day tomorrow? Busy because of the 10,000 people limit which was originally 5000...
March 9, 201312 yr comment_152375 Busy because of the 10,000 people limit which was originally 5000... How do you know this?
March 10, 201312 yr comment_152437 How busy is it likely to be on Sunday 24th March, if I rocked up at mid-day, do you think I could do all the extreme rides by 6pm without purchasing any fast track?
March 10, 201312 yr comment_152449 Thank you, but that means 6 hours to do 7 or 8 rides... so that is roughly 45 minutes per ride. I have never been to the park out off season before, I am hoping the queues would be less than 30 minutes for each of the main rides
March 10, 201312 yr comment_152450 How busy is it likely to be on Sunday 24th March, if I rocked up at mid-day, do you think I could do all the extreme rides by 6pm without purchasing any fast track?Generally queues can reach up to an hour on a sunday(with swarm,stealth,saw, nemmy inferno and Colossus being 45-60 mins)You should be fine however- you will be able to do all the rides by 6pm as the queues die down in the last hour or so! Just a note, don't go to swarm last minute if you want to ride backwards as the backwards queue closes early! Why not join the TPM meet on that day? Hope this helps, James
March 10, 201312 yr comment_152451 Thanks James, the hour queues put me off a bit as that means I have only 6 rides because I will be starting mid-day, I am hoping I do not have to put my hand in the pocket for fast-track but it seems I may have to. I am far too old to join the TPM meet up (I am 30 years old), plus you will protest if I start violating the girl with me ;-)
March 10, 201312 yr comment_152453 I am far too old to join the TPM meet up (I am 30 years old) There are a few of us in that rather depressing club!
March 10, 201312 yr comment_152461 Thanks James, the hour queues put me off a bit as that means I have only 6 rides because I will be starting mid-day, I am hoping I do not have to put my hand in the pocket for fast-track but it seems I may have to. I am far too old to join the TPM meet up (I am 30 years old), plus you will protest if I start violating the girl with me ;-) If you join the TPM meet at least the time in queues goes by quicker! If you plan your day well, you shall get on all the rides with fairly short queues though. The longest I had to queue last time on a Sunday was 40 mins because I planned my day well- also you will get on well more than 6 rides as the queues die down in the last hour, and they go down to about 5/10 mins which means you can get on at least 6 rides in the last hour! Have fun
March 26, 201312 yr comment_154464 How is Easter Sunday usually at Thorpe? Is it the same as a bank holiday (I.e quieter as people think it will be busy and don't go) or is it rammed?
March 26, 201312 yr comment_154520 I think I heard it tends to get a lot of gypsy attendees on Easter Sunday's?
March 27, 201312 yr comment_154565 I would've thought most previous Easter weekends would've been rammed for the entire weekend, but this year, with this weather, who knows?!
March 30, 201312 yr comment_155049 Do you think Easter Monday(if there is such thing- monday 1st) will be as empty as Good Friday?
March 30, 201312 yr comment_155051 If the weather doesnt get any better or isnt predicted to get any better than it should be pretty empty, if the forecast is good then it could be pretty busy!
March 31, 201312 yr comment_155226 Sometimes it's because the whole world thinks "I'm not going there around Easter! It will be packed!" If enough people think that, which can be a lot! Then for some reason the park will end up dead! I remember going to Alton Towers on a Saturday halfway through the summer hols, just after Th13teen opened and the longest queue was Air 45 minutes, the rest were no longer than 20 minutes, however back on topic, in regards to Thorpe, I don't think you can beat the week before Fright Nights or maybe around my birthday October 12th because it still gets dark, 2 years ago (don't know how much it has changed with Swarm there), managed Saw 5 times (yes it hurt), Colossus twice, Inferno 3 times, Stealth 3 times, the flats all had empty queues, minus Vortex, I'd never go during the summer again, last time weekday in the summer (not the holidays), every ride minus Slammer and the Banana Boat had "99 mins" displayed.
March 31, 201312 yr comment_155236 Yesterday was empty, walked on everything except X.Probably because everyone was queueing for X!
April 1, 201312 yr comment_155291 If Wednesday the 20th was anything to go by when I was there - dead.
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