First time visit.

[ohshambhala]

Hey everyone, I'm visiting Thorpe Park for the very first time on saturday 8th July. As I'm travelling such a long way I want to make sure I get everythimg done so I'm curious of how long the queue times will approximately be for that time of year and how I should make my way around the park to avoid long queues. Any other tips would be much appreciated aswell, thank you. :-)

[Stuntman707]

Usually Sundays are quieter than Saturdays so if you don't manage to get on anything on the Saturday, you should have better luck on the Sunday.

Another tip I can give is don't eat lunch between 12 and 1pm. You'll waste more time in long queues to buy food and it is the perfect time to try and get on the popular rides while everyone else is eating. Usually we have lunch after 1pm when we go.

Finally, if you see a ride has just re-opened after stopping for a while, run to that queue or as quickly as you can manage. Once the line fills up again, the queue time usually won't be that low again for the rest of the day.

 

Enjoy the island!

[planenut]

23 hours ago, ohshambhala said:

Thanks for all the tips, one last thing, should I head for the ghost train first thing in the morning due to its low throughputs and popularity?

I rarely hear of it opening before eleven, so just go and enjoy yourself and keep an eye on the displayed queue times.

[Josh3103]

Since it's a weekend and with it being Summer I would expect it to be relatively busy with max queue times being about 60 mins possibly more for big rides.

 

 

[planenut]

Enjoy your visit. The queue for SWARM is always lowest about 1.30p.m., as said by Stuntman, people must eat at lunchtime, take advantage of it. If a ride is closed and you want to ride it, keep an eye on it from a distance, as normally three empty test runs are carried out prior to re-opening. Have a good day.

 

[ohshambhala]

Thanks for all the tips, one last thing, should I head for the ghost train first thing in the morning due to its low throughputs and popularity?

[Josh3103]

Recently, The Ghost Train has rarely opened in the morning, It often opens pretty late afternoon about 3-4pm

 

But if it does open early , I would advise that you do head to it , because the queue will build up pretty quickly.