RobF Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Just thought id say there was activity at samurai today with work on the base of the arm and testing of the restraints ect Cal and Celia Mae 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Samurai has apparently re-opened? (Do we also know if it is on full capacity) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 It's on a 25 min queue Edit - it was testing earlier with some seats blocked off not sure how many Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 You including the rides down for refurbishment in that? Since Disney dont have a closed season in order to do such things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 It would seem that thorpe have finally got their **** together, with the exception of slammer, all rides are up, and have been for the last few days. Good job! In comparison, disneyland paris currently has 9 rides down, and magic kingdom in florida has 2 rides down. Yay. I looked on your website for the queue times and count 10 things closed but some of those things like Crush single rider, Main Street vehicles aren't really closed attractions (unless you want to send horse and cart and small cars in the way of a large parade. Captain EO doesn't even play at Paris anymore and Cinemagique has had its last performance of the day. So that leaves Big Thunder Mountain as the only ride under an unplanned closure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 It would seem that thorpe have finally got their **** together, with the exception of slammer, all rides are up, and have been for the last few days. Good job!It has only taken them until the end of May to get the park fully open (actually, not even fully)...Don't think that's anything to be celebrated really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude73 Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Is slammer closed still? I am going on the 15th and its my favourite ride, does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Is slammer closed still? I am going on the 15th and its my favourite ride, does anyone know? It's open now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude73 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Got 3 rides on it today, love it!☺ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernoMartin Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Not sure what topic to post this in, but this seems the most relevant. It appears Thorpe are now staggering openings.... Water rides, Rocky Express, Slammer, Samurai and Angry Birds 4D will now open at 11am on weekdays. (Not sure if its the same for weekends and holidays but I'd imagine they would be open from park opening) THORPE PARK ResortVerified account@THORPEPARK Today all water rides, Rocky Express, Slammer, Samurai and Angry Birds 4D will open at 11am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 So they are keeping the back of the park closed until 11. Cost cutting, again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 As long as they dont end up trying to open major coasters late its no huge deal to me. I expect all the rides opening late got little / no riders before 11 anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 To be fair though, Towers have always done water rides at 11, Chessie don't open Falls till 12 on weekdays and the water rides are walk on most of the morning. Slammer is very rarely ready till 11 naturally, AB4D is hardly used by anyone in the week, Rocky never gets a queue and Samurai is just a lost cause. Not supporting them, but it makes sense (especially if they are short staffed or minimally staffed engineering wise then they should hopefully be able to open all the coasters on full capacity). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Rumba Rapids is currently on an 85 minute queue according to the queue times website! https://queue-times.com/park/thorpe-park What?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 A full rumba queue holds little more than 25/30 mins, so unless its stretching back to Stealth I think its safe to assume thats not quite right! Ryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Depends on how much Fastrack they're selling though... Looking at that list of staggered openings, does anyone on here actually ride them before 11? I think the last time I rode any of those things first thing was before Colossus was being built... Still about a third of the total attractions mind, which does provide a really bad first impression, especially as two of the attractions are prominent in Tidal Wave and Storm Surge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Like said, I don't think it's a problem really, especially during the week. Rocky never gets a queue, Slammer struggles getting open before 11, can never get on Samurai as theres never 15 people in the area, Angry Birds 4d never has a queue, and the water rides aren't really a problem. The only one which I think may be a problem is Storm Surge, people are always on it and it always has a queue. I just hope it isn't the start of cost cutting at Thorpe, shorter opening hours etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I hope Depth Charge isn't included in this considering it's dire throughput and the fact that it's the first impression you get when walking into the park. Obvious cost-cutting measures being taken here, not impressed to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Marc am I right in thinking rumba's capacity has been reduced this year? There seems to be less boats in use and the spacing between boats seems much larger ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Marc am I right in thinking rumba's capacity has been reduced this year? There seems to be less boats in use and the spacing between boats seems much larger ? Even if it has, theres no way the full queue would now be 85 minutes, from half an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Marc am I right in thinking rumba's capacity has been reduced this year? There seems to be less boats in use and the spacing between boats seems much larger ? I was thinking that as well, the queue seems quite a bit slower than last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Whilst staggered openings are something no one wants to see, I don't think it'll make too much on an impact on the rides mentioned as most people tend to do coasters first, very few do water rides in the mornings, Slammer & Samurai are dying plus most weekdays are pretty quiet bar school holidays and anything between late June and early September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 The water rides have been on some sort of unofficial late opening most of the year (well the rapids and loggers anyway) as every time we've visited they've never been open before 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Even if it has, theres no way the full queue would now be 85 minutes, from half an hour I do agree with you on that just more looking at the spacing of boats and capacity in general Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 To be honest, I actually like this decision. Not in the sense that I think it's an improvement, but I mean staggering openings on a weekday is far from unreasonable. Its not as though they've gone and shut particularly vital rides *cough*Skyride*cough*. Closing the water rides saves an awful load of money, especially when considering that Tidal is the most expensive ride to run in the park (I think). As for the others, well that just makes sense, Angry Birds and Rocky Express are just about the least popular attractions in the park, and well Slammer and Samurai need all the rest they can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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