holtjammy16 Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Firstly, this is a POV of The Swarm BACKWARDS Secondly, this pretty much confirms that The Swarm will not have prebooked tickets to ride it backwards? Where's this POV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 There's one here I found! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammydodger Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 The overturned ambulance looks wicked from up there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 From the POV's of Internet the backwards seats look awesome but the only thing that dissapoints is that I can't see any of the head choppers until after, hopefully it will be better when I actually ride it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 I don't think the billboards been themed to make it seem its been dumped by the swarm, so what's a London style billboard doing parked right next to a church? Doesn't make any sense Cornflakes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 In America it's quite normal to have billboards in the most random places, I know this is England but it's not totally unheard of! And personally It hasn't been picked up and dumped there by The Swarm, it just decided it slam through it! Has anyone every seen that Family Guy episode? Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideAddict Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Yes, bloody hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Back row queue was a mess again first thing this morning. Queued up for backrow, got all the way to the batching bit where I was told by ride staff that I needed to get a ticket from the Dome. So went to the Dome and there was no one in the Fastrack bit there, went to customer services and they told me to go to the Fastrack unit at Depth Charge, they told me to go to the dome, went back to customer services and they then told me to get one from the Swarm entrance. Looks like they will be selling fastrack for backrow Swarm though from what I could see on the fastrack board, may have read it wrong but sure it said something like £4/5. Cornflakes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted March 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Looks like they will be selling fastrack for backrow Swarm though from what I could see on the fastrack board, may have read it wrong but sure it said something like £4/5. If it's £4/£5, I will scream. That is too cheap. Last season, front row for Swarm was £6. If it's anything below that, then, well, I dunno. That's just stupid. Really stupid. Too many people would take the opportunity up, and it will make the backwards queueing system even more ridiculous than it already sounds. Never thought I'd say this but, please Thorpe, make the price high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 If it's £4/£5, I will scream. That is too cheap. Last season, front row for Swarm was £6. If it's anything below that, then, well, I dunno. That's just stupid. Really stupid. Too many people would take the opportunity up, and it will make the backwards queueing system even more ridiculous than it already sounds. Never thought I'd say this but, please Thorpe, make the price high. It might well have been £6, I can't quite remember, probably was £5 or £6. But they are trialing the free tickets for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 I honestly dont know how they are gonna fit 4 queues in what used to be 2 queues, I feel I wont be riding this next week till later in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam P Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 I don't want them to make the price high, I want them to not sell it for the back! Unlike the front last year there will be 10x more people wanting to hit the back rows and fastrack just shouldn't happen. I will be most upset if I have to mess around just to get on the ride tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted March 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 It might well have been £6, I can't quite remember, probably was £5 or £6. But they are trialing the free tickets for now. The fact that they're contemplating selling backwards tickets / having Fastrack for it is bad enough as it is to be honest. If they do decide to sell Fastrack ones for it though, as high as possible please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideAddict Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Back row queue was a mess again first thing this morning. Queued up for backrow, got all the way to the batching bit where I was told by ride staff that I needed to get a ticket from the Dome. So went to the Dome and there was no one in the Fastrack bit there, went to customer services and they told me to go to the Fastrack unit at Depth Charge, they told me to go to the dome, went back to customer services and they then told me to get one from the Swarm entrance.What a wild goose chase! And then you had to queue again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 What a wild goose chase! And then you had to queue again! Luckily the queue was only about 5 minutes otherwise I wouldn't have been very happy RideAddict 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Wait, so you need a ticket to ride backwards like on Pass day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideAddict Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 I think so, looks to me like something new permanently. Could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 if they do there will be many complaints over the weekend which is a shame really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 No, I'm sure that booking the tickets was just for Annual pass day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 You don't have to book tickets, but you do have to pick up a ticket from the bag drop off point. Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 The hell with that. I'd rather queue for the forward facing rows then put up with all the faff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmc Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Front seat Fastrack is £5 and Backwards Fastrack £6 (taken from the Thorpe Park app). Today I went backwards several times, didnt need a ticket at any time I did it - but the park was absolutely dead and there was literally no more than 20-30 people in the queue at any one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Nice and cheap then... Not!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBobJones Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Just makes me want to avoid the ride with them almost forcing you to get Fastrack and the queue it will cause. The Swarm is the ride I go on the least, I have more rides on Vortex than the Swarm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Why would you want cheap fastrack? Some people on here really are clueless. I absolutely hate thorpe and it's selling of fastrack. Everything has to be fastrack related, everything has to be making as much money as possible. Not a care in the world of whether they're overselling it or whether it'll be logistically easy to do. Should do a towers.. not introduce fastrack on new rides to ensure the operation runs smoothly, and so you can get a relatively accurate average throughput.. then price accordingly if you really must do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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