August 12, 200916 yr comment_66023 By there not being a ride to escape to, off the top of my head I can't think of a ride where you can go on just to enjoy, or just to sit down for a bit. E.g Safari Skyway, Skyride, Duel even, Bubbleworks, etc. Part of why I think Thorpe is in dire need of a fantastic, world class dark ride.Canada Creek Railway?
August 12, 200916 yr comment_66050 By there not being a ride to escape to, off the top of my head I can't think of a ride where you can go on just to enjoy, or just to sit down for a bit. E.g Safari Skyway, Skyride, Duel even, Bubbleworks, etc. Part of why I think Thorpe is in dire need of a fantastic, world class dark ride.Thats why there is other places such as chessington and Alton Towers. Thorpe park wasn't really made for families. Well actually it WAS but they changed it for Teens and adults and so on. and besides there is Canada Creek Railway.
August 16, 200916 yr comment_66422 From looking at the dates as which you can buy tickets for the park, it seems that the park will not be opening in February and will open on the 18th March 2010(go to buy a ticket and december 09, jan 10, and feb 10 dont work but in march it will let you buy tickets for the 18th)
August 16, 200916 yr comment_66428 To be honest, Thorpe got alot of criticism from the Thrill Chill and they may just want to keep it shut and make sure all rides will be available for opening so we don't have to same problems as this years opening weekend.
August 16, 200916 yr comment_66454 My opinion of Thrill Chill is simply that the park is opened earlier to make more money, even though it is clearly evident that nothing is ready.
August 16, 200916 yr comment_66500 From looking at the dates as which you can buy tickets for the park, it seems that the park will not be opening in February and will open on the 18th March 2010Thursday is a Funny day to open for the start of the season :s
August 16, 200916 yr comment_66520 My opinion of Thrill Chill is simply that the park is opened earlier to make more money, even though it is clearly evident that nothing is ready.That's very unlikely as Thrill Chill got such low gate figures at times that they would barely even break even...
August 16, 200916 yr comment_66521 That's very unlikely as Thrill Chill got such low gate figures at times that they would barely even break even...I didn't say that they actually did make money, I just said that that is the reason why they opened earlier for Thrill Chill. Their aim was to make money. Whether or not that happened, I don't know.
August 16, 200916 yr comment_66522 I didn't say that they actually did make money, I just said that that is the reason why they opened earlier for Thrill Chill. Their aim was to make money. Whether or not that happened, I don't know.So in that case... aren't they open at the moment for the same reason... (and not all rides may be available... just like Thrill Chill).
August 16, 200916 yr comment_66523 Yes, but they are open in Thrill Chill to try to make some extra money, rather than just from the Main Season.Plus, you can't really compare the availability now to what it was in Thrill Chill. For a start, half of the rides were closed.
August 21, 200916 yr comment_67194 Looks like Thorpe have extended their opening times on the first week of September to 6pm rarther than 5pm which is good to see.
August 26, 200916 yr comment_67902 I Kind of liked Thrill Chill. the only time I could go when the park wasn't that busy.
August 26, 200916 yr comment_67922 I Kind of liked Thrill Chill. the only time I could go when the park wasn't that busy.I liked it aswell, but its not the only time whne its quiet, Sundays in March and September.
August 31, 200916 yr Author comment_68367 Just to confirm that Blast is well and truly been scrapped, the last 3 days of season now are 10am-5pm.
August 31, 200916 yr comment_68371 My plans for the end of this year are to visit Hocus Pocus at Chessington during October sometime, and then visit Thorpe in November when hopefully it will be very quiet. I was a little annoyed that Blast isn't happening, but I suppose that is compensated with a quiet park to go to!
November 9, 200915 yr comment_76050 The nation's Thrill Capital is now closed. Thanks for making 2009 our best season ever, and we look forward to seeing you again in 2010 when we open on 18th March!Thorpe have confirmed opening on 18th March which I guess we already worked out!Its going to be a long winter!
November 9, 200915 yr comment_76058 I think they are opening on the Thursday because it is a couple of quiet days before the weekend so if it goes like what it did this first day of season they have got less guests to dissapoint.
November 9, 200915 yr comment_76061 That... and its easier for new staff to start on quiet days as they aren't just thrown into the deep end with a very busy day.
November 9, 200915 yr comment_76064 THORPE PARK Opening Times 2010http://www.thorpebreaks.co.uk/faqs.htmlAlso, 2010 park tickets are now available for purchase online!
November 9, 200915 yr comment_76068 November 1st-7th: Open 10:00 - 17:00Damn, looks like THORPE Blast is cancelled for good.
November 10, 200915 yr comment_76194 I'm not to sure if I would want to visit a thorpe annual pass day, enless they can get most of there rides open for most of the day.
November 10, 200915 yr comment_76213 I've heard around that Annual Pass Day might be on a weekend before opening day.
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