Stuntman707 Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Discuss the new for 2017 ride here. Signage has been spotted on park confirming the name and the fact that the other ride from Sea-Life along side the Timber Tug Boat will be coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Can't say I'm excited but - well I can't do Detonator anymore and actually quite enjoy those little jump/drop rides - just wish they'd sort out the theming (or lack of) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Excellent addition to the lineup to soak up those queues, and the blue fences fit in a treat with Old Town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 It looks like utter crap. /closethread Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theme Park Joseph Posted May 20, 2017 Report Share Posted May 20, 2017 Couldn't Thorpe At least repaint Timber Tug Boat , Lumber Jump and those horrid fences To Fit in with the Canadian Theme of the area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 Question. How has it taken four months (and counting) to get a frog hopper open?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 I expect it was a low priority - as far as I know it was originally not planned for this season (wasn't on the early maps etc) - hopefully it's open soon and gives some much needed attractions for smaller visitors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 The day everyone has been waiting for.... LUMBER JUMP IS OPEN Matt A 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 34 minutes ago, ThorpeAddict said: The day everyone has been waiting for.... LUMBER JUMP IS OPEN Nobody has been waiting for this day..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Damn, if only I wasn't busy over the next week... StevenVig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Empty af Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 2 hours ago, StevenVig said: Nobody has been waiting for this day..... I have. L7123456 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 38 minutes ago, BaronC. said: I have. Should've gone to Chessington then, at least theirs its a little taller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh3103 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 I find it funny that no one on Twitter was commenting on the fact they were happy that Lumber Jump is now open , they were just asking them about Loggers and when it will reopen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted July 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 This has to be the worst new attraction Thorpe has ever done. A half arsed re-theme of a used ride with a hut and fencing painted by someone colourblind. To top it off, a grand opening with no-one on it. PinfariFan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 19 minutes ago, Stuntman707 said: This has to be the worst new attraction Thorpe has ever done. A half arsed re-theme of a used ride with a hut and fencing painted by someone colourblind. To top it off, a grand opening with no-one on it. Certainly not grand, just open. Your Loggers replacement ladies and gentlemen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 31 minutes ago, StevenVig said: Your Loggers replacement ladies and gentlemen Loggers replacement That's funny even for you Steven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Stuntman707 said: This has to be the worst new attraction Thorpe has ever done. A half arsed re-theme of a used ride with a hut and fencing painted by someone colourblind. To top it off, a grand opening with no-one on it. Still better than I'm a Celebrity Marhelorpe and Project LC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted July 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 55 minutes ago, Coaster said: Still better than I'm a Celebrity I disagree, people at least queue for I'm a Celebrity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 I still don't get the hate. >People say Thorpe should include more kid/family rides. >Thorpe introduce such rides (admittedly on the cheap). >People complain that Thorpe introduce kid rides. Yeah alright, they look a bit naff and out of place. It's clear they've been added in very cheaply and as a side project to help keep the family side of things happy in the short term. But Thorpe have introduced 2 0.9m attractions which are attractive to the younger market, and will help boost the 'things to do' quota for those people. It hasn't happened instead of anything else, hasn't got in the way of future development, and causes no real harm to anyone. I just don't understand the hate outside of 'they don't fit in with the brown-coloured area'? streetmagix and huzzellio 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 It's just an odd situation I think, half the park is shut and in dire need of investment yet they bring in two second hand flats. The rides aren't really of the standard you'd expect in a park on the scale of Thorpe and they look terrible, though I guess it's better than nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 8 minutes ago, Coaster said: It's just an odd situation I think, half the park is shut and in dire need of investment yet they bring in two second hand flats. The rides aren't really of the standard you'd expect in a park on the scale of Thorpe and they look terrible, though I guess it's better than nothing. Part of me thinks that whatever kids / low-key family ride they added, it would get moaned at for not being something you expect at Thorpe. A Rockin' Tug is a ride which you'd find at a lot of parks, but because Thorpe have added one that isn't themed to the surrounding area, it gets mocked. Frog Hoppers are pretty common too and work as a 'little extra', but again, Thorpe are getting mocked for it. And the mis-match of theme as a moan-point feels pointless, when basically all of Thorpe's investment since at least 2012 (arguably earlier) hasn't 'fit in' with its surrounding, bar I'm a Celeb. Just feels like a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. And in fairness, the total investment cost of the two new rides is going to be in the thousands. The investment needed for any closed-off area of the park will be in the millions. So it's not really a case of investing in one over the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 I accept that this is ultimately a second hand ride, bur I cant help but feel that it looks like a second hand poundland ride from the gondala design and how old it looks to to the exposed and wuite frankly ugly tower. Our local beach park 15 years ago had a better family drop tower called the bat than this pile of **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Wow, this is great investment, can't wait to ride it! So nice to know Merlin doesn't just rip out second hand rides and plonk them in, like that would be really lazy and pathetic for such a large company. Stuntman707 and TP-Fan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted July 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 I don't think anyone is complaining about Thorpe installing new kids rides. Every park needs a good mix of different flat rides and fillers. Its just the way it's been done on the cheap like a funfair, heck worse than that as even Brighton Pier managed to invest in a brand new rotating frog hopper. So since a funfair managed to build a better ride than Thorpe Park, then I'm afraid Thorpe rightly deserve a damn good mocking over it. It's not what people expect to see in a top UK Resort. Nor should we drop our expectations so low to the point we shouldn't moan and be glad that they installed literally 'any old s**t' in an almost abandoned area of the park just to boost the ride count. There's no excuses, Thorpe Park Resort should not be run like an unsuccessful funfair. If anyone thinks it's pointless to keep on moaning about a lack of theming at a theme park, then you're misunderstanding what a theme park should be about. When you can see what other places like Europa Park are capable of, it is frustrating to know that's possible and frankly insulting to imply people would still moan if Thorpe was anywhere near that standard of theming. I'm certain that Towers would not be doing TLC if it hadn't of been for forums like this moaning about years of neglect. I have always praised Thorpe when they do things right but I'm not going to defend them over this ride just because it boosts the ride count and they never do theming properly anyway. I hope this clears up the misunderstandings as to why most people on here aren't exactly being positive about this ride. Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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