nealbie
CF Legend
Yes, you read it here first! Thorpe Park can actually be a decent theme park, albeit only when there is no-one there to see it do so. (This is why I believe it has such a bad rep. :wink: )
Got to the park at about 11, to find a dead park and see Saw working, with people on it! Out of courtesy I waited for Ben, but the longer I had to wait and the longer I watched Saw running, the more chance I thought we had of it breaking down!
After much conversation about how the bus system fails, "as if by magic" Ben arrived! :roll:
Got in the park and immediately noticed that everything was open that Thorpe said would be, the weather was fab and at this point we hadn't been accosted by the new black!
We naturally went to Saw, hoping that after a combined 7 trips in less than a week, we could finally get our first ride. However! As we got the island, all was quiet, there were no trains on the track and we thought that it had once again decided to break on us! First thoughts that sprang to mind were "where's Ollie? He's bound to be somewhere jinxing it!"
But, as we were just about to begin an immense bitchfest at the nearest member of staff we could find, a train came tumbling out of the hole in the side of Pirate Falls: The Warehouse and an immediate running session to the entrance followed.
Whoring was to follow, with 4 rides done in 15 minutes. Best seat unquestionably the back row on the left hand side. I don't see all the fuss about getting the second car, once you've done it once it really doesn't matter.
Both of us were most impressed with the ride, especially the indoor job which is fantastic! Jazz hands in the station was also a highlight!
Leaving the area we noticed Logger's still didn't have any water in, then Ben said something about Beans saying it was shut for a reason and she knew. So we joked about the magical B&M flyer that was going to appear in a couple of days, with Saw only being a front to detract attention. :wink:
Visits to the other rides followed, all of which were open (except for Det which needed a reset so it was down for 5)! Believe it or not, Thorpe IS a great park when everything is up and running. Granted, it would have been ace if Stealth was open, but lol-ing at why it wasn't was also great fun!
Another 2 rides on Saw followed Inferno, Det and the Rapids (which now soak you in the first half of the ride, only to disappoint you after the tunnel). Also closer inspection of the track after the first drop highlighted a Lewis Hamilton-esque problem of flat-spotting! This is undoubtably the cause for the vicious banging at the bottom of drop.
All of the other rides around the park were done, and Ben decided he was going to litter by Tidal Wave, not once but twice! That KFC bottle was a determined piece of rubbish wasn't it? This was made especially bad as it was the only piece of litter floating around and really badly stuck out like a sore thumb!
Returning back to Saw to beat Vadge's 11 rides, we did a bit of goon spotting from the top of the hill by Colossus's loop. Before returning to the island, we stopped off at Samurai (which was on its best setting, giving the best ride I've ever had on it at Thorpe!)
Then, quite randomly in the station we both said to each other, "Is that Erol?!" Much "EROL!" shouting was had, but he couldn't turn around because of the restraints. After that ride we went round again with him and whoever he was with (whos name escapes me).
Breaking through the pain barrier, we managed to get our count up to 12, with much cheering when we returned to the station having beaten Vadge!
To put it bluntly, we managed to get one great day at Thorpe, which pretty much cancelled out the poor showing from the park in the past week. It makes me very hesistant to return so as not to spoil the memories of it. The only thing that wasn't having a good day was Guest Services: The Ride, which was alarming quiet :lol:
Ride Count:-
Saw x12
Det x3
Inferno x2
Everything else open x1 (ie- all bar Stealth, Slammer, Logger's & CCR)
Great day, Ben has all the pics, depending on how much he wants to do his essay they may be up shortly.
Got to the park at about 11, to find a dead park and see Saw working, with people on it! Out of courtesy I waited for Ben, but the longer I had to wait and the longer I watched Saw running, the more chance I thought we had of it breaking down!
After much conversation about how the bus system fails, "as if by magic" Ben arrived! :roll:
Got in the park and immediately noticed that everything was open that Thorpe said would be, the weather was fab and at this point we hadn't been accosted by the new black!
We naturally went to Saw, hoping that after a combined 7 trips in less than a week, we could finally get our first ride. However! As we got the island, all was quiet, there were no trains on the track and we thought that it had once again decided to break on us! First thoughts that sprang to mind were "where's Ollie? He's bound to be somewhere jinxing it!"
But, as we were just about to begin an immense bitchfest at the nearest member of staff we could find, a train came tumbling out of the hole in the side of Pirate Falls: The Warehouse and an immediate running session to the entrance followed.
Whoring was to follow, with 4 rides done in 15 minutes. Best seat unquestionably the back row on the left hand side. I don't see all the fuss about getting the second car, once you've done it once it really doesn't matter.
Both of us were most impressed with the ride, especially the indoor job which is fantastic! Jazz hands in the station was also a highlight!
Leaving the area we noticed Logger's still didn't have any water in, then Ben said something about Beans saying it was shut for a reason and she knew. So we joked about the magical B&M flyer that was going to appear in a couple of days, with Saw only being a front to detract attention. :wink:
Visits to the other rides followed, all of which were open (except for Det which needed a reset so it was down for 5)! Believe it or not, Thorpe IS a great park when everything is up and running. Granted, it would have been ace if Stealth was open, but lol-ing at why it wasn't was also great fun!
Another 2 rides on Saw followed Inferno, Det and the Rapids (which now soak you in the first half of the ride, only to disappoint you after the tunnel). Also closer inspection of the track after the first drop highlighted a Lewis Hamilton-esque problem of flat-spotting! This is undoubtably the cause for the vicious banging at the bottom of drop.
All of the other rides around the park were done, and Ben decided he was going to litter by Tidal Wave, not once but twice! That KFC bottle was a determined piece of rubbish wasn't it? This was made especially bad as it was the only piece of litter floating around and really badly stuck out like a sore thumb!
Returning back to Saw to beat Vadge's 11 rides, we did a bit of goon spotting from the top of the hill by Colossus's loop. Before returning to the island, we stopped off at Samurai (which was on its best setting, giving the best ride I've ever had on it at Thorpe!)
Then, quite randomly in the station we both said to each other, "Is that Erol?!" Much "EROL!" shouting was had, but he couldn't turn around because of the restraints. After that ride we went round again with him and whoever he was with (whos name escapes me).
Breaking through the pain barrier, we managed to get our count up to 12, with much cheering when we returned to the station having beaten Vadge!
To put it bluntly, we managed to get one great day at Thorpe, which pretty much cancelled out the poor showing from the park in the past week. It makes me very hesistant to return so as not to spoil the memories of it. The only thing that wasn't having a good day was Guest Services: The Ride, which was alarming quiet :lol:
Ride Count:-
Saw x12
Det x3
Inferno x2
Everything else open x1 (ie- all bar Stealth, Slammer, Logger's & CCR)
Great day, Ben has all the pics, depending on how much he wants to do his essay they may be up shortly.
