Coaster Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 I doubt there's any truth in that. Surely even Thorpe wouldn't spend a whole season with four rides closed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 The poster is ex thorpe staff and he cant be trusted as a source TraX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 The way I read the post was that X, Slammer and Loggers would be closed for 2016, and Colossus would be closed for good at the end of the 2016 season? The Colossus thing sounds like rubbish for sure; I doubt they'd have made such a decision so soon, let alone have something like that be leaked out already. Treat rumour with a hefty pinch of salt I say. 400400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 I've heard rumours about X, Slammer and Loggers closing, but not Colossus (same source that said Tidal Wave is shutting for rest of this season). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 If this were to be true, it could make sense that with X, Loggers and Slammer actually closing, that would make way for some big ass development which could necessitate Colossus having a year out for developments around it, it being surrounded by that space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 First rule of internet rumour spreading: make sure you know wat year you are in. Next year XYZ is closing, and then in 2016, w is also closing too. OK...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 First rule of internet rumour spreading: make sure you know wat year you are in. Next year XYZ is closing, and then in 2016, w is also closing too. OK...... Well no... They said X Slammer and Loggers will be closed all season, which means they'll be closing this season. Then they say "and in 2016..." So end of 2016 Colossus will be closing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Well Colossus has randomly been having parts of its track painted. Maybe it'll be closed for a repaint during the season. But I can't see it going for good, especially considering it's still extremely popular. Slammer I could see going eventually, and there's been rumours about X going eventually too, but they wouldn't remove all those rides in one season, that's ludicrous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Well no... They said X Slammer and Loggers will be closed all season, which means they'll be closing this season. Then they say "and in 2016..." So end of 2016 Colossus will be closing I'm just taking the piss because he appears to be referring to two different years when it's only the one. It would sound more plausable if he had said 'X, Slammer and Logger will be closed all season and Colossus will cease operations at the end of the year'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 X was strongly rumoured to go last year, Slammer, lets face it could go at any point and Loggers leap has been closed numerous times throughout the year with issues - none of that would surprise me in the slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 The one thing to me that makes this seem even more unreliable is that there all in the same area so you would have just nothing there, and a through route around the park would be cut off, saw would be isolated and I'm pretty certain that slammer would go before most of those rides.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Tidal wave will now be unavailable for the rest of a season, says the sign at the park entrance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cattp Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Already got confirmed on the website too: https://www.thorpepark.com/rides/tidal-wave/ "Please note: Tidal Wave will be undergoing essential maintenance for the remainder of the season and will reopen again for the 2016 season." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 I'm just wondering why are Thorpe Park continuously running Colossus on 1 train? Also bearing in mind it's the longest roller coaster in the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Official reason: not enough demand to run second train. Real reason: Saves money, saves wear and tear, only enough time to sign off one each morning, not enough engineers to prepare two, train is broken, new safety 'protocols', not enough staff, wind is blowing in wrong direction, wrong type of leaves on the line (oops sorry wrong train company) etc. etc. Take your pick, there's probably plenty more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400400 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Its two train atm I'm in station pognoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Typical, the one day I plan to go then change my mind..... 400400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LK_ Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Is Vortex still closed? The TP twitter claim only Tidal and Samurai are down, but on TPQT, Vortex has been closed throughout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan.B Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Yup, has scaffolding all over it. Shame as I wanted to ride it next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Can anyone answer why x is on 20 minutes at the moment when every other ride is either closed or at 5 minutes except stealth on 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernoMartin Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 X was displaying a 20 minute queue, however it was walk on, running 3 trains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 The operator really needs to update the time, because x is always massively over-advertised in queue times and never seems to be updated.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Most queue times were wrong today, but mostly in favour. Saw at 11:30 said 45 minutes and we walked on, and even allowed to go under the chain back on as it was so quiet. X has remained at 20 - 25 mins almost all day and on all my rides it was 5 minutes. Colossus, stealth and Swarm once advertised as 15 or 10 minutes but again virtually walk on. The only ride we waited a long time for was Nemesis Inferno at 25 minutes, but it didn't dispatch a train for 10 minutes during the wait. My Bloody Valentine was 10 minutes at about 4pm and looked only slightly longer around 7pm. Big top took 20 minutes (see pic of queue below). Cabin was about 20 minutes and Saw seemed much longer so we didn't bother, but heard someone say they waitied just under an hour, so likely that was the longest maze queue. Fast track sales were low too which helped. Also worth noting all rides at full capacity. It was so quiet at times, look at some of the queueline pictures I took... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Wow, that is quiet. I know it's early on for Fright Nites but even so....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Thorpe's response to someone on Facebook who complained about Fastrack overselling was this: Hi, FRIGHT NIGHTS is one of our most popular events, and as such queues can become longer than expected. We do offer Fastrack tickets to give guests the option to reduce their queueing times and is available for everybody to take advantage of! Great, lets just use someone's complaint as a way to advertise Farcetrack even further! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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