I say retheme the ride to one based on lights and sound just like X then it will be an improvement .

Even plonk it in some warehouse building.

Storm Surge look flaming awful IMO - and some of the sounds the thing makes are a tad disturbing. I personally would like to see it have a good clean (and depth charge for that matter) - I hate the metal supports and wish they could somehow be disguised - maybe wrap some foliage round them?! Also agree about the trough - I think the ride needs a fair bit of work doing on it, not only for appearances sake but the ride experience itself - it not longer spins, takes about 2 years to get to the top of the lift hill and then once the ride is over, you spend another 2 years bobbing about waiting to get off - and that is after you qhave queued 2 years to get on the damned thing - I have literally no idea how it attracts such big queues.....

It attracts queues because it has an awful throughput... Hence why in the weird world we live in Swarm never seems to have a queue longer than the likes of Saw and Stealth, and of course Tiny Truckers at it's 150pph throughput always is combined with a 45 minute plus queue...

The slap-bang in the middle of the park location also means it garners the queues because it's one of the first non-thrill rides people see these days...

It's a shockingly embarassing attraction for a park that proclaims itself to be top dollar... The ride itself (or at least, the counterparts that I have experienced) isn't too bad when worked with well, just Storm Surge isn't at all...

It's a shockingly embarassing attraction for a park that proclaims itself to be top dollar...

You can say that again! So much advertisement was released back in 2010 (construction fence banners ect.)...and all that hype was somehow wasted into such a bad attraction!

No idea where to post this, but it's probably handy for some to know:

http://www.thorpepark.com/prices/modal/annual-pass-opening-hours.aspx

If people have ordered / going to order an AP online and are planning to collect it from Thorpe, the AP office is open again during certain times over the closed season, so you can collect it then if you wish.

Something that has been bugging me since it was updated was the fact that they are using heide park's new winged coaster in the background rather than the swarm

Probably because it looks better with that insane lighting package they did for it...

Nothing short of lazy though, expect that from Merlin parks...

I went to Thorpe today to renew Merlin Passes.

The entrance is in exactly the same state as it was in November, so it looks like we won't be seeing an updated entrance this year. Aside from that, nothing out of the ordinary to comment on (although the staff in the annual pass building did have angry birds mousemats!)

I went to Thorpe today to renew Merlin Passes.

The entrance is in exactly the same state as it was in November, so it looks like we won't be seeing an updated entrance this year. Aside from that, nothing out of the ordinary to comment on (although the staff in the annual pass building did have angry birds mousemats!)

is vortex dismantled?

is vortex dismantled?

I had a look over there and didn't see it, but I didn't actually walk right up to the fence (thought it would look a bit weird haha).

(although the staff in the annual pass building did have angry birds mousemats!)

Wow Thorpe are really pushing the boat out and pushing the theme to the max!

I'm suprised that we haven't spoken of flood waters at Thorpe during this closed season! The pathways around the lower dome must of seen a bit of new water..

*Inserts Mark's joke about last season's joke about potential flooding at Thorpe*

I've found the cause of the flood, it shouldn't be unexpected..

http://forum.maniahub.com/topic/9916-thorpe-flooding





Though considering it was one of Chertsey's worst floods since the 1950s (so much so that Chertsey bridge was closed for a while, for example), I too wouldn't be surprised if there was a bit of flooding around the park...

The water level did look very high, but from what I could see it hadn't flooded the park. (Not that I would have been able to see if it had most probably).

Thorpe had has a lucky escape there no flooding anywhere on the island but it was getting close tho

So it's now technically closed season. Here's some original conversation points to make this closed season fly by:

-Will Logger's tunnel be rebuilt?

-Colossus needs repainting.

-Inferno should be repainted.

-Was this Slammer's last season?!?

-Intamin ZacSpin.

-Rush needs some extra work done to it, it was disappointing this season.

-Rumba Rapids retheme plz.

-This should go on the Fungle Safari.

-Intamin Aqautrax.

-X should be re-rethemed.

-*Insert old shipping container jokes that stopped being funny a year ago here*.

-Will Tidal Wave's fireball return.

-TPM awards ceremony controversy.

-*Pictures of a snowy Thorpe Park from years ago so that we're not so disappointed by lack-of-snow this winter*.

-"It looks like we're getting nothing for 2015, we know what's happening for 2016, so I've decided to start a 'New for 2017' thread".

-Fright Nights 2015 thread.

-And, of course, WHEN ARE THORPE GETTING A TOPSPIN?

I can't believe that the 2014 season has gone by so quickly. It's definitely been a mixed one at Thorpe - I've had some great days there and some truly awful ones.

I think that over closed season they need to give the park a PROPER overhaul as a lot of areas are looking rather run down. They also need to refurbish toilets as they are disgusting (apart from the Swarm island ones), and most importantly review their operations standards on rides and improve/replace their maintenance team.

They are advertising for at least one mechanical engineer...

So far I have no idea what's happening for 2015 apart from the new pizza pasta place replacing Pizza Hut (with an extrusion), construction of the 2016 dark ride and the Caroulsel's demise.

I get the impression we don't actually see a new ride next year considering we got Angrybirds last year and what's lined up in 2016 and more so a refurbishment such as Rumba, although there is Fungle's site now.

Really want to see loggers overhauled with a new tunnel, Colossus repainted and generally lots of little things replaced snd repaired throughout the park. But are these things going to happen? Probably not because Merlin aren't very good at upkeep at the best of times.

Edit- Bah typos

So far I have no idea what's happening for 2015 apart from the new pizza pasta place replacing Pizza Hut (with an extrusion), construction of the 2026 dark ride and the Caroulsel's demise.

well we will be waiting a long time for that dark ride. Glad to see thorpe are planning for the future.

What I'd like to see is Rapids re-vamp, but to be honest, sorting out the identity crisis would be fine by me!

Making the rapids and teh tea cups more angry birds land would be good or even a whole new theme. They need some desperate work, the peeling paint falling down theme doesn't quite appeal to me.

I'm prob going to get hated for this but I think Colossus track looks alright maby the bits where brown rust marks ok should be painted but the rest ties into the themeing more just like I prefer the way nemesis looks as its fits in with the area more

^ That's the problem with Thorpe, too many of their rides fit into their abandoned damaged area theme and they just don't get maintained.

Colossus would be nice to get some overhaul however at the moment its not vital. The rumba rapids and the log flume are in need of some very urgent update.