How Busy Is It Going To Be?

[Mark9]

Right, so instead of endless topics asking us how busy the park is going to be, instead here is a rough guide to the kind of business the park/s should be expecting this season. It's not set in stone and remember business can be effected by weather, ride reliability, mount of trains/cars on the rollercoasters, amount of staff working on things, fastrack etc etc etc!10am - 5pm Weekday. Likely to be very empty, particularly in term time. Queue time should be minimal (Unless your name is Stealth and you have a stupid system where you can only load 4 in the first, 8 in the second and then you end up rolling back anyway etc etc) 10am-5pm Weekend. Will be emptyish, however likely to be long queues for Saw, Colossus, Stealth and Nemesis Inferno.10am-6pm. Busy but not so bad. Queues for the coasters could reach 45/60 minutes, whilst the rest of the flat rides should be a max of 30 minutes. June and July are when schools start rolling in, so between 11-3 the park will be very busy.9.30am-6pm. Should be busy. Queues for the coasters could reach 60/90 minutes and the rest of the rides queues will be between 20/40 minutes. Fastrack will be in operation.9.30-7pm. Expected to be busy. Queues should be similar to 9.30-6.00 close except the last hour should be quite empty.9.30-8.00 Again should be busy. At least you have a long day to get on quite a few rides. 10.00am-10.00pm Will be busy. Last year wasn't as bad as previously however if it ever hits peak capacity, queues will be up to 2 hours for the rollercoasters and between 45/90 minutes for the flat rides.Remember guys, read this guide to help if you beat the queues without wasting money on Fastrack. Also use the park well. Head to Stealth and Inferno instead of Saw and Colossus. Do rides whilst they look empty instead of following the majority of the crowds.

[Tom]

^ I don't think you've read his post properly

Tomorrow it will probably be medium business as some schools finished for the Easter holidays today!

[Cal]

Will thorpe park be busy tomorrow?

Like Tommy said, a lot of schools have broken up today, including me I don't think it would be too busy, I'd say around 30 minutes ques.

[paige]

I'm going on saturday so I should imagine it'll be busy, is Colossus still on one train operation? If it is, is it still worth going on that and saw first do you think?

[Tom]

Colossus is indeed still one train operation, and painfully slow at that. Most rides were walk on/5 minutes today but Colossus had a 45 minute queue at one point. I'd head there first, that's what I did and it saved me so much time today.

Yeah Colossus, Saw, work your way round to Inferno and Stealth and then do Swarm later on because the queue is usually less in the afternoon (compared to first thing)

[Cal]

I'm going on saturday so I should imagine it'll be busy, is Colossus still on one train operation? If it is, is it still worth going on that and saw first do you think?

I always head to Colossus and Saw first, even if Colossus is on 2 trains. I always find that the best thing to do, if you get in the park at 10, you can get straight on both of them and a couple of re rides depending on how busy it is ect...

Seeing as Colossus is still on 1 train this would defiantly be the best thing to do, as Colossus will get busier and busier throughout the day...

[faisalmfp]

I'm planning on visiting on 25th april, will it be busy that day (considering its still the easter holiday?)

[Cal]

I'm planning on visiting on 25th april, will it be busy that day (considering its still the easter holiday?)

The 25th of April is not actually in the Easter holidays. I go back on the Tuesday that week. I think that would be a good day to go, seeing as a lot of people would have gone in Easter, have fun

[Jammy3112]

I'm looking at going on Tuesday 13th May (as it's my first day off after my pay day the friday before!). Do you think it'll be quiet or busy?

[Lusty]

Thinking of a visit some point on a weekend over the next 3-4 weeks. Any dates that would be particularly good or bad? thinking 10th or 11th May, hoping that in between the bank holidays would be good.

Also any ideas on Saturday versus Sunday?

[Cal]

Sunday is defiantly the better day on the weekend to go, so the 11th of May would be the better day to go.

[kinnaird]

Sundays are always quieter longest I have qued on a Sunday at Thorpe is half an hour

[SarishaThorpePark]

I'm visiting with my friends on my inset day on Friday 13th June, does anyone know how busy it will be?

[Project LC]

hard to say, it should be quiet but a lot of schools may be on study leave and doing school trips as by then all exams have finished.

[SarishaThorpePark]

Ok then will I need to get fastrack or anything?

[Project LC]

Even on very busy days you wont need a fast track. Get there for opening and stay there until closing and you can get everything done. Head to Colossus first and work your way round until your at swarm and you will have all coasters done by midday without any fast track.

[SarishaThorpePark]

Ok thanks

[Cal]

I'm going this Sunday. I am expecting it to be very busy though because Angry birds land is opening the day before and it's the start of the holidays.

[Flipper]

I'm going this Sunday. I am expecting it to be very busy though because Angry birds land is opening the day before and it's the start of the holidays.

Don't forget your fastrack by showing your annual pass at rides for the first hour of the day then

[Cal]

Don't forget your fastrack by showing your annual pass at rides for the first hour of the day then

What hahaa?

[Flipper]

I found out yesterday that annual pass holders and Shark hotel guests get unlimited fastrack entry for the first operational hour of the day, so tomorrow will be from 9am til 10am - but I'd check with the Fastrack units what rides thats for, I think its all of them but not entirely sure.

[Cal]

Seriously? So at the first track entrance you just show your pass? Wonder why they haven't advertised this at all

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[coastercameron98]

I found out yesterday that annual pass holders and Shark hotel guests get unlimited fastrack entry for the first operational hour of the day, so tomorrow will be from 9am til 10am - but I'd check with the Fastrack units what rides thats for, I think its all of them but not entirely sure.

Anyone got a source for this? Was it an update on the website or something?

[Flipper]

Anyone got a source for this? Was it an update on the website or something?

Its what I was told by staff, after I witnessed someone doing it last week in the morning and I asked a friend of mine who told me thats how it works but never seen anyone with annual pass actually do it herself. Like I said, I'd clarify it with the Fastrack unit before you run onto rides; but it seemed pretty legit... or staff have been misinformed.

[Cal]

Its what I was told by staff, after I witnessed someone doing it last week in the morning and I asked a friend of mine who told me thats how it works but never seen anyone with annual pass actually do it herself. Like I said, I'd clarify it with the Fastrack unit before you run onto rides; but it seemed pretty legit... or staff have been misinformed.

I'll check this out when I go on Sunday, it's weird that this isn't published anywhere on there website if this is the case.

[RetroIsBest]

Will be checking that one out as well, would be of great use for me if true as my wife is currently with child so can't go on any of the rides so would help with me getting on others with the other little ones.