Coaster Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 ^ 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. jon81uk and pognoi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyRed95 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 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 Altitude and Whiteknuckle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjh123horry Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 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... SteveJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureRyan Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 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. Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I suggest that you guys should write a question to Thorpe about how much you hate Storm Surge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 They would never answer it. Thorpe like to ignore all negative feedback. TPJames, dragon2000, StealthRider and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 They would never answer it. Thorpe like to ignore all negative feedback. I understand that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 They would never answer it. Thorpe like to ignore all negative feedback. Surely they wouldn't if they were bribed to remove Storm Surge. TPJames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pluk Posted December 16, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 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. tomglazed, Olistjj, Fred and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpeparkjunkie Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 The recent closed season pictures show its top section still intact :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 The recent closed season pictures show its top section still intact :s It's seemingly been put back together - very odd! Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Maybe they're putting something new on top of it? 2015's new attraction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyRed95 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 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 Nick Hutson and MattyMoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 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. RubyRed95, pluk and Fred 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyRed95 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Such a shame, it's a large space, could be put to much better use :/ Matt 236, MattyMoo, Whiteknuckle and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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