Thorpe Park

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

RE: Thorpe Park

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Slow day in the news office no doubt

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

48 pound entry on the gate for thorpe in 2014

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Just read about the Angry Birds Land announced for this year. Angry Birds 4D, Detonator retheme and dodgems coming along. hmmmm?

PWHSocial · Exceptionally Expressive

I believe this is the start of their re-targeting towards a more 'Family' audience.

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Yes, it would look that way. I suppose they are aiming for being a resort in the future.

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Angry Birds is so yesterday. lol

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

That's the general consensus! It seems that the park have suddenly decided that they now cater for thrill seekers and "adrenaline loving families". I personally think it was a mistake to completely exclude families from their demographic, the eradication of the railway (which was a really nice ride) was crazy in my opinion. Maybe they're now regretting these decisions and trying to back track, albeit with a bizarre choice of IP.

And this new Waterfront Hotel which is essentially Thd Crash Pad but slight different is another bizarre idea. I expect big heads will no longer feature on the map...yay. Awful map in my opinion.

-- Edited by Josh on Friday 10th of January 2014 02:12:33 AM

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

www.itv.com/news/update/2014-02-10/thorpe-park-appears-unaffected-by-local-flooding/

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26151413

Various press reports on Thorpe and the flooding

-- Edited by coolskin on Saturday 15th of March 2014 10:05:58 PM

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

forum.maniahub.com/topic/3440-vortex/page-15

vortex has been fixed and will now be back at full height...

cough cough wink wink anyone

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

annual pass day today and tomorrow at Thorpe.... vortex is back to a poor mans ride again so its not as good as it was. interesting to read that Samurai was tweaked in 2013 to save on costs etc

Samurai, Slammer ( no shock ) , Nemesis Inferno, and Zodiac all been closed so far for annual pass days

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I will be at the park next week so a report will follow

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BixdXsyIQAATqRy.jpg

Tried to get this picture to show yet It would not, it is Vortex from Thorpe today...it swings half way..........

This link though shows the video taken off ride today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggCbHiCXz_o The ride was sent back to the makers and they stripped it all down and fixed it apparently.....

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Well it was a chilly day on park overall - lovely and quiet though so we got round most things well.

For us the swarm backwards was rubbish - changed to front and so much better !!

Nemesis Inferno was better front than back, we stayed on as was not busy with no one waiting in the station

Stealth packed up yet was back open later in the day and we did front two and then mid section.

X no way out - much better now its got thumping music and goes forward too...the lights were good , use to hate this ride yet it was ok yesterday.

Slammer ( as ever ) was out all day yet kept being tested

Samuri - man what a ride cycle - very intense and brilliant - did this twice

Saw - did twice front and back - the second ride we stopped to see Jigsaw on his cycle the first time we didn't - still quite painful for me to ride yet we did it.

Colossus shut for a bit to clear up vomit then it was on we went - front row - good yet rough

Rush - random ride cycles - both times different - one was very poor

Quantum - jesus man the first time the cycle was so intense - I swore really loud - the second was tame - the middle seats were left unused all the time so that staff could get over both sides -surely this doesn't happen on busy days ?

Vortex - random cycles during the start of the day then the afternoon - very intense and after watching someone's make up mirror and nivea hand cream fly off the ride and smash everywhere

Zodiac - my first time on a Huss enterprise in years - looking quite old now - still makes the same noises they do starting and finishing - we were the last two on the last ride of the day at 4.56pm.

New time waiting boards at all ride entrances which were much easier to read and better branding on park made things easier to read I felt.

Really is best time to go out of season and on a school day

The new hotel entry is on the right as you go over the bridge to get in - opens in May I think it said

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

The new queue boards are really fantastic - hopefully Towers will get similar soon

The new hotel is in the same location as last years Crash Pad. It will be built out of shipping containers again but it is being done entirely by Thirpe rather than using Snoozebox again.

I love the new branding though - the 'Island Like No Other' tag line could work amazingly!

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Yes they were much easier to read, I thought the hotel looked awful yet nice over the lake.

Didnt see any branding with island like no other ?

-- Edited by coolskin on Saturday 29th of March 2014 05:54:37 AM

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I like that Island like No Other, brings an air of magic. What are these queue boards you speak of?

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

They are no longer red they are white and green LED boards, I only saw one by Pizza Hut, all rides also have a newer scrolling text board as you enter the que lane

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

They've had them since last season. There's a couple of big LED screens about listing all the queue times and each ride also has an LED scroller at the entrance. When I say LED - think of football advertising hoardings. Those kind of screens.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Ah thanks Brightside - i didnt go in 2013 - last went sep 2012

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Thought this was quite interesting about their afterburner..

wondered if this meant or could explain our random cycles... ( i know they are slightly different models )

Correct me if I'm wrong Vortex workers, but the cycles are longer in the morning due to the cold motor. Once it warms up its far more efficient at slowing the ride and reducing the amount of swings you get.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

new Thorpe indoor attraction approved..
anyone know what it is ?

www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/thorpe-park-given-go-ahead-build-8409187

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

Massive dark ride for 2016. Plans are fairly cryptic and theme reveals little. It's exciting though but nobody knows much yet.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Cant be that big as the area isn't that big its going where the old outdoor arena thing was

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

It's big than the arena though, they're removing the Carousel and the Banana Boat for this new attraction.

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

It'll be pretty damn big :)

Largest single ride investment Merlin have ever made. Costs more than Smiler (which was £18m)

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

blimey - it should be good then ! what market teen/adult ? kids/family ?

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Little bit more info here...sounds like nemesis sub terra !! lol

www.thorpeparkmania.co.uk/news/09-01-2015/2016-Dark-Ride-Approved

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

more info on new ride

www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/clues-mystery-thorpe-park-attraction-8617696

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I think that's for this mystery new ride for this year.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Now confirmed as an "I'm a celebrity.... get me out of here" maze. First thought is like "wtf", but actually, this could be quite good.