December 2, 201410 yr comment_198504 ^ If the ride had looked like the one in the concept art, and if it ran properly, I'm sure it wouldn't get so much hate. At the moment it just downgrades the whole area, fails to shift a queue on even the quietest of days, has worse drainage than Storm Force 10 and Valhalla, doesn't offer a good ride experience now that the "spinners" are mostly broken, and the few water effects that it has barely work. Also, the one good thing about the ride (the theme music) didn't seem to be playing at all this year. If they had done the job properly, it could have looked fine. I am still of the opinion that it looked much better at Cypress (from photos anyway), probably because the supports were out of the way. I'm sorry, but it doesn't have a place at Thorpe in my opinion. It can't shift a queue, doesn't offer the ride experience it should, and leaves you with soaking wet shoes. If they carried out the necessary work to get the ride looking presentable and with an acceptable capacity, my opinion of it might change.
December 2, 201410 yr comment_198512 If Storm Surge ever needs an IP I think a good match would be Cowboy Builders. just imagine if it turned up on the show one day and got closed as a result haha
December 3, 201410 yr comment_198514 I don't mind storm surge purely due to the fact that every time I've visited since it's been there it's had one of the longest queues in the park the way I see it, all the people that decided to queue that long for it are people that could otherwise be taking up space in whichever ride I've decided to queue for, so all is good. The only time it's had a short queue on my visit is the one time I decided to try it out and to say the least I was disappointed It's not even like Loggers leap where it's usually only the people you're with that are in the same boat so you can have a laugh, we had to awkwardly sit opposite a group of people on a ride that isn't capable of focusing your attention on anything else but that might just be my social skills
December 3, 201410 yr comment_198515 I don't mind storm surge purely due to the fact that every time I've visited since it's been there it's had one of the longest queues in the park the way I see it, all the people that decided to queue that long for it are people that could otherwise be taking up space in whichever ride I've decided to queue for, so all is good. The only time it's had a short queue on my visit is the one time I decided to try it out and to say the least I was disappointed It's not even like Loggers leap where it's usually only the people you're with that are in the same boat so you can have a laugh, we had to awkwardly sit opposite a group of people on a ride that isn't capable of focusing your attention on anything else but that might just be my social skills You know the only reason it has that queue is because it gets through like 300 people an hour, so there isn't really a great benefit to any of the other queues...
December 3, 201410 yr comment_198516 Since when? The storyline behind is and has always been a contraption to capture water built by some Hillbillys. I just put 2 and 2 together, with all the fire hydrants and the amity fire department car at the front of the queue. I knew someone built the ride to drain all the water away from the tidal waves, and the amity fire department fits the bill for what I understand to be the theme.
December 3, 201410 yr comment_198520 Or we could just admit that any storyline attached to the ride was an afterthought, much like the ride coming to Thorpe was... Not to say that a ride needs a storyline to be good, but let's not attach really crappy ones to rides to give it any semblence of it's location to make actual logical sense to the park's themes... Especially given that this was added when the park itself decided that theme areas were not applicable...
December 4, 201410 yr comment_198563 I look forward to it leaving Thorpe. It must be pretty obvious that out of all the attractions, this is destined to have one of the least amount of time left at the park.
December 4, 201410 yr comment_198565 In all fairness though, some of the theming elements that feature on Storm Surge are far better than the likes of recent additions to the park, I'm looking at you Angry Birds Land! The entrance has a good styling and a different approach to the various information for example the oars.
December 11, 201410 yr comment_198864 Probably a bit of a non-post, but I noticed when going past the park that the metal box structure on top of the lift hill was partially dismantled. As I say, probably means nothing, but if they plan on doing something with it, it can only be an improvement!
December 11, 201410 yr comment_198897 Probably a bit of a non-post, but I noticed when going past the park that the metal box structure on top of the lift hill was partially dismantled. As I say, probably means nothing, but if they plan on doing something with it, it can only be an improvement! Wasn't that there due to the fact it had a gazebo at the top of the lifthill when it was at Cypress Gardens?
December 11, 201410 yr comment_198899 Wasn't that there due to the fact it had a gazebo at the top of the lifthill when it was at Cypress Gardens? Yes (see SCB's post further up this page ). Never seemed necessary to rebuild it and it doesn't seem like there were any serious plans to actually add any theming to it.
December 11, 201410 yr comment_198900 Yes (see SCB's post further up this page ). Just missed them! But seriously, Storm Surge really needs some touching up! Firstly by repainting the flume so it actually blends in with the area, while secondly just add in more themeing elements! (Remember those tipping buckets the posters boasted?) ...or alternatively, just get rid of it altogether!
December 13, 201410 yr comment_198981 I suggest that you guys should write a question to Thorpe about how much you hate Storm Surge
December 13, 201410 yr comment_198982 They would never answer it. Thorpe like to ignore all negative feedback.
December 13, 201410 yr comment_198983 They would never answer it. Thorpe like to ignore all negative feedback. I understand that
December 15, 201410 yr comment_199112 They would never answer it. Thorpe like to ignore all negative feedback. Surely they wouldn't if they were bribed to remove Storm Surge.
December 16, 201410 yr Popular Post comment_199148 There were worse possible locations too... The top left option, Fungle site along the perimeter, would have been so much better. Damn those ghost monks.
December 21, 201410 yr comment_199354 The recent closed season pictures show its top section still intact :s
December 21, 201410 yr comment_199358 The recent closed season pictures show its top section still intact :s It's seemingly been put back together - very odd!
December 21, 201410 yr comment_199362 Maybe they're putting something new on top of it? 2015's new attraction?
December 21, 201410 yr comment_199368 Maybe they're putting something new on top of it? 2015's new attraction? Hopefully a drop tower with some explosives attached...for demolition purposes.
December 22, 201410 yr comment_199401 Maybe they're putting something new on top of it? 2015's new attraction? The funny thing is, I wouldn't be too surprised if they actually did try to pass off some random new water feature as a "new, improved storm surge" xD
December 22, 201410 yr comment_199402 It would have been general maintenance which required part of the frame to be dismantled. They cant go upgrading storm surge, it could devalue my award.
December 22, 201410 yr comment_199410 The ride looked very much complete with no cranes near or around the area when I was walking around the park the other day. I don't think it's going anywhere in a hurry
December 23, 201410 yr comment_199491 Such a shame, it's a large space, could be put to much better use :/
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