Good evening all of you wonderful people! I'm very excited to officially announce plans for our Open Season Meet at Thorpe Park! The event is on Sunday 24th March 2013.

The Outline of the day will be as follows:

Meet by the annual pass entrance at 09:00 and 09:30 am by the cash machine just on the off chance the gates could possibly open earlier than advertised such as last year. As soon as the gates open we will go into the park, if by any chance you happen to miss this meet point due to travel arrangements or just plain lateness you can either a) phone or text so we can arrange to meet you or meet up at the second meeting point later in the day. This first part of the morning we will make the most of the quiet park and churn out those rides. Once the park starts to fill up a little bit more we will calm down slightly and then have a chill for 15 minutes around the stealth rocks so if for whatever reason you could not get there for opening you can meet us at 11:30 am if you had not arranged to meet beforehand via phone. Please bear in mind we will leave without you if you are late as it’s not fair on time keepers! A couple of members found out this happened whilst we were in London. We will then continue visiting the attractions and it will be arranged beforehand that we will try our best to get on all the attractions people wish to ride. One thing that has been annoying in the past is the decision making on where to go next and then the group changing their minds if a queue is above a certain level. This just ends us up in the past riding less as we spend a lot of the time deciding where to go. I know not everyone will want to do some of the rides at THORPE PARK. If you decide to not come on please be polite and wait for everyone to come off and chat to other members whilst you are waiting. Or go off and do another attraction as long as you’ll be back after the group has finished riding the attraction. If you are going I will be talking to you beforehand to see what attractions you are most keen to do so I can make sure I can arrange the day so that everyone gets a chance to ride what they wish to ride. Please respect other people’s wishes who wish to ride certain things that you yourself may not be too keen with. During the day, around half 1, we will stop for a bite to eat where you can go and eat where you like and we will arrange where to meet after everyone has finished eating. (Who knows we might all want to eat the same thing anyway ) After lunch we will group together for the Official Group Photo for the meet and continue going round the park and riding the attractions people want to do until the park closes.

I will be handing out my phone number for everyone who is attending the meet that day, should there be any problems. We aim to stay together as a group for the day, going from one activity to the next, enjoying getting to know people you share very similar interests with, the idea is to just go with the flow and enjoy the day with some awesome people. There will be many photo’s in the day being taken I’m sure and the possibility of a few video clips. Whilst we cannot force you to stay with the group, it is the general purpose of these meets! You will have my number (and some of the senior teams) if you become split so by all means use it. The meets are a fantastic laugh and everyone is invited, even if you’ve never posted before or been to any kind of meet at all. If it's your first meet, I understand it can be nerve breaking - but we were all there at one point so know how it feels, please don't let this stop you from attending - Once there you'll be part of the group in no time!

Once again, everyone will have my phone number so please use it on the day If anyone has any issues or concerns or even nervous about coming, feel free to post here, or PM myself and I will get back to you as soon as possible. If you feel like my response is taking too long another member of the team will be more than happy to help. We will all try and help you out as much as we can.

Please PM me or post here to say if you’re attending. If you are bringing a mate along with you, please also include who they are so they are not known as ‘Plus 1.’ The events with TPM have been fantastic this year and this one will be no different

Attending Meet (21)

C1hrisin (+Jody)

Dan9

EC!

Han30

IanNem

Jackstevens217 (Plus Jamie)

Marc

Mark9

MattyMoo (Just Frankie & Bennie's)

Maximillion

Peaj

Phill Pritchard

Ryan

Scarycoasterboy

Sidders

Smidget

Tommy

Topsyturvey15

Turtle

Let's make this meet great - and people spread the word!

Edited April 1, 201312 yr by Peaj
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Gah I'll still be away on Sunday 24th I think, but Disney/Paris/Belgium > Thorpe .

Not sure what time I'll be back Sunday but I imagine I'd be too tired etc to come. Shame as I'll get to miss seeing you lovely people Will be odd missing a Thorpe trip!

Please remember Mer - the date has yet to be confirmed and is currently on poll

Haha I know I'm just assuming it will be on the 24th, that way if it isn't then it'll be a nice surprise

I've voted every saturday, as I'm available every saturday. Hopefully I'll remember to set an alarm this time eh?

Edited January 12, 201312 yr by Peaj
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I voted for the 23rd and 30th. Sundays I won't be able to make, the 16th I move back home from uni, and the 6th is my birthday, and already have plans.

I'll definitely be able to do the 30th, but not too sure on the 23rd. I *should* be able to make it, but it depends on a few things - will know nearer the time.

Meet by the annual pass entrance at 09:00 and 09:30 am by the cash machine just on the off chance the gates could possibly open earlier than advertised such as last year. As soon as the gates open we will go into the park, if by any chance you happen to miss this meet point due to travel arrangements or just plain lateness you can either a) phone or text so we can arrange to meet you or meet up at the second meeting point later in the day. This first part of the morning we will make the most of the quiet park and churn out those rides.

I can't imagine there'll be a quiet park during Easter weekend

24th it is then

Vote for the 16th of march and I shall come dressed as a Easter bunny

I voted for the April dates as I'm all booked up in March! (Mostly because I would of spent all my money on Towers opening weekend and will be skint to make it down Thorpe )

But if SW7 open's on the first weekend of April (Seems likely) then I won't be going at all! I could possibly go 16th March but it is my birthday weekend so (HINT HINT)

For me the 17th, 30th and 6th are a no go. Other than that the event sounds great and hopefully I can make it!

I can do any Saturday and be there on time, I could do a Sunday but would be at the park a bit later due to trains starting later, should be there around around 11-11:30 if it is a Sunday.

Sunday 7th April is my birthday... Just saying

Should be good for any of those dates but a Saturday would probably be better.

*COUGH*Visit to Chessie on the other day of the weekend*COUGH*

Really like the Chessie idea, would be good to get a chance to try Zufari in its early days!

Before everyone goes way off topic requesting a Chessington meet, there will be one this year so save all of that for another time please! This is all about Thorpe.

Well then we'll just have to make our own meet, with Blackjack... And ladies of the night...

Doesn't that happen at all of these Travelodge nights? Well that's how their built up anyway.

I wouldn't know, now that I'm earning, Travelodges are beneath me

Bumped up to Premier Inn or Holiday Inn?

Bumped up to Premier Inn or Holiday Inn?

I prefer shipping containers now, actual hotels are for losers

It was very close - but the votes have been coming in the past 3 weeks and we can now reveal the official date for the Thorpe Park opening meet is Sunday 24th March 2013.

If you can make this date, please PM me and I will add you to the list - look forward to seeing you all there

I'm not sure if I will be able to go but will I need to buy a fasttrack or is there no point ?

I'm not sure if I will be able to go but will I need to buy a fasttrack or is there no point ?

You won't need to It won't be too busy at all, also I doubt any of us will be buying Fastrack either.