JoshC. Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Just looked on Thorpe's website at the gate price (out of interest, I have a MAP). £49.99!! We all knew this day would come sooner or later - though I must admit I was expecting later (2015/2016). Wouldn't be surprised if it's so high to encourage people to book in advance and such though. £40 for a child ticket as well is shockingly high too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Prices always go up a few pound about Fright Nights not too surprised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 It's obviously not too much for people to pay because otherwise they wouldn't go. One of my work colleagues is going tomorrow and even after I said that they should book online for a cheaper price or find a 2-4-1 they said £50 isn't unreasonable for a 12 hour day. It's what, £4 more expensive than it has been most of the season and you're getting rides in the dark, a longer day, plus 5 Halloween attractions. In comparison to non-Merlin parks it is expensive, but compared to what the price is for the non FN dates I don't think it is unreasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 ^ These people must be richer than I am Seriously though, fifty quid for Thorpe Park? Fifty? Coaster and BigBobJones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Fifty quid would be worth it if you felt you had a quality experience, where loads of money has been chucked at it and everythings just gorgeous. But it's not, so it's not worth it. Luckily, everyone will be entering for £25 instead. Much worth the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 The price was still £45.60 yesterday so literally just gone up. Extortionate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 It's only for Fright Nights this pricing, so I imagine monday-thurs next week (and week after?) will be £45.60 also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 In terms of charging £50 for Fright Bights, it's a lot of money and very pricey which it seems now the £50 themepark charge barrier has just been reached. However if you look at the current aspects below, it does justify the extra £5 charge for fright nights (in most ways). 1/ the park is open for up to 12 hours (giving those who arrive around the start a long park day) 2/ There are three mazes & a scare zone added to the lineup 3/ the only (real) time of the year to experience night rides (within a full day ticket) 4/ most people may buy online or use recouping to reduce costs So to most it's quite a fees able up charge however not worth paying if your only visiting for a few hours on a peak fright nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Still cheap in comparison to Winter wonderland etc. BigBobJones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Can't really compare funfair pricing though, because those are mostly different operators and have to pay various different things (rent being one of them, I can't imagine Hyde Park being cheap to have a space in)... Thing is, until the BOGOF pricing reaches breaking point, this won't matter too much as very few people actually pay full price in the first place... Be it via BOGOFs or even pre-booking on the internet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 I don't do football and I hate spending more than a pound on anything, but how much is it to watch a professional match these days, and for how long are you entertained? I suspect the pricing is almost the same, and we all know the length of a day at a theme park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Probably just under that price for the 90min game. That don't include food etc which is significantly more expensive than it is at theme parks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 £50 is a daft price. It is totally unrealistic and only exists to be discounted. This bogof situation is crazy and doesn't serve the park well as the bogof vouchers are flat dated. I'm sure the extortionate base price puts off nearly many people as the vouchers entice, and I doubt anyone is thinking they've got a bargain as they know the game. With a lack of anything big and new at any of the parks next year it is a great opportunity to use the advertising budget to promote a new sensible reduced price, £25 maybe. It doesn't need to mean the end of the vouchers though, they can still be given out in papers for all that free advertising, but they would be money off for off peak days only which would surely help the parks manage demand and level things out across the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBobJones Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Well if people keep paying the price and still have plenty of cash left over for Fast Tracks, Food, Photos etc, then the park will continue to charge it. If you feel the price is too high, then vote with your feet and don't go/buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 How many people actually pay the gate price? With the numerous BOGOFs or online deals, very few will be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Well if people keep paying the price and still have plenty of cash left over for Fast Tracks, Food, Photos etc, then the park will continue to charge it. If you feel the price is too high, then vote with your feet and don't go/buy. My point isn't that it is too expensive, as Benin said I know everyone uses vouchers and no one pays that price. So why is that £50 price there? Why is it any different/better than this? The price structure is a shambles and only exists to be discounted. That can't be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 It gets a tonne of free advertising in papers / cereal boxes / milk shakes / pizza boxes pretty much anything you can stick a buy one get one free voucher on I guess! If they halved the price they provably couldn't do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 That still doesn't make it right! They could get just as much coverage with money off vouchers, targeted at off peak so it works better for the park, and meaning the headline price wasn't completely fake as it is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Onto actual operations side, I see Thorpe decided that an organised queue to get into the park itself and the Mraws queue is shut possibly for good... One bad thing, one good thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin The Human Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 How many people actually pay the gate price? With the numerous BOGOFs or online deals, very few will be... I belive its something stupid like 3% so you must be prety dumb to pay full price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 The price is there to bring in a sense of quality - expensive things, with authentic looking branding, make it seem rather quality. Then put in offers, which boosts the PR and the parks name, helps make the park seem good value. Of course, it all goes to pot when you realise the park itself isn't anywhere near quality or value for money. BigBobJones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 I was on park yesterday for a very empty day, probably the emptiest day I have ever been at Thorpe. Samurai and Slammer were both shut. Samurai was still just sitting there with a sign infront and no work being done to it. Slammer had a big crane like vehicle next to it and it had covers over the restraints. I did talk to a member of staff at the entrance who told me that they were considering removing slammer altogether however I am not sure whether this information was true... The day was good and there were few break downs on park which is good. All rollercoasters were on 1 train and saw was only on 4 cars but despite this the queues stayed down at 5/10 mins for everything except for saw which we queued 30 mins for due to only 4 cars meaning that the queue was moving up VERY slowly. Overall it was a great day because of its emptiness however operations seemed to be generally slow and the staff were just having a general chat because it was so empty. Re-rides on most of the rides were optional aswell on most of the flat rides and a couple of the rollercoasters. Time in park: 11am-5pm Ride count: Vortex- 2 Rush- 2 Detonator- 2 Swarm- 2(1 forwards, 1 backwards) Stealth- 1 Colossus- 2 Saw- 1 X- 6 Rocky Express- 2 Loggers Leap- 6 Tidal Wave- 1 Rumba Rapids- 1 Flying Fish- 1 Depth Charge- 3 Zodiac- 1 Quantum- 2 Total Ride count: 35!! By far the most rides I have done in a day at thorpe which is partly due to it being so empty. We did also have a shock on detonator where we got stuck at the top. We were at the top and could here the 'fright nights countdown', the music went 'and cut...' however we did not drop. We were stuck at the top for another two minutes or so and the car had started shaking because the 'metal cage' which brings you up was trying to lower as it thought it had dropped the car. The ride operator made an announcement that it was broken and we were stuck at the top however after a couple more minutes he managed to release the car and we dropped. Detonator is scary enough without getting stuck at the top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 I was on park yesterday for a very empty day, probably the emptiest day I have ever been at Thorpe. Samurai and Slammer were both shut. Samurai was still just sitting there with a sign infront and no work being done to it. Slammer had a big crane like vehicle next to it and it had covers over the restraints. I did talk to a member of staff at the entrance who told me that they were considering removing slammer altogether however I am not sure whether this information was true... The day was good and there were few break downs on park which is good. All rollercoasters were on 1 train and saw was only on 4 cars but despite this the queues stayed down at 5/10 mins for everything except for saw which we queued 30 mins for due to only 4 cars meaning that the queue was moving up VERY slowly. Overall it was a great day because of its emptiness however operations seemed to be generally slow and the staff were just having a general chat because it was so empty. Re-rides on most of the rides were optional aswell on most of the flat rides and a couple of the rollercoasters. Time in park: 11am-5pm Ride count: Vortex- 2 Rush- 2 Detonator- 2 Swarm- 2(1 forwards, 1 backwards) Stealth- 1 Colossus- 2 Saw- 1 X- 6 Rocky Express- 2 Loggers Leap- 6 Tidal Wave- 1 Rumba Rapids- 1 Flying Fish- 1 Depth Charge- 3 Zodiac- 1 Quantum- 2 Total Ride count: 35!! By far the most rides I have done in a day at thorpe which is partly due to it being so empty. We did also have a shock on detonator where we got stuck at the top. We were at the top and could here the 'fright nights countdown', the music went 'and cut...' however we did not drop. We were stuck at the top for another two minutes or so and the car had started shaking because the 'metal cage' which brings you up was trying to lower as it thought it had dropped the car. The ride operator made an announcement that it was broken and we were stuck at the top however after a couple more minutes he managed to release the car and we dropped. Detonator is scary enough without getting stuck at the top! Great ride count - at least you had time to take in the view from Detonator. TPJames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Great ride count - at least you had time to take in the view from Detonator.Not really One of my friends was on the ground watching and laughing and I was too busy panicking and screaming at him! It was so scary but funny afterwards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 I was in TP today intending to make it really casual - once inside the park staff were holding guests at barriers just the other side of the dome. the illuminated signs stated that Stealth was closed so decided to try Colossus, but got round there and that had not opened, moved round to Saw, where we were held at the gate for another five minutes. Rode Saw twice and it certainly is a lot smoother. then went to Colossus and rode that twice. Then ventured round the Stealth which was just opening and went on to make full use of that. At times after 4p.m., no queue for Stealth but each boat on Tidal Wave was full, odd how we make our choices. I could see that SWARM was virtually walk-on all afternoon. TPJames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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