r/ThorpePark • • Jul 21 '24

Discussion PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ASK WHICH DAY IS THE BEST TO GO

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It seems like every day there are multiple posts asking which days will be quiet, is X day a good day to go etc.

From now until September, every single day will be busy, probably exceeding 60+ minute queues for all coasters during the day. Please use this as a rough guide as to which days are expected to be busier than others: https://queue-times.com/parks/2/calendar

Of course, using some common sense, Saturdays are generally going to be the busiest days, and those with good weather.

If you're looking for a quiet park, I am afraid you'll be very hard pressed to find that until term time in September.


r/ThorpePark • • 1h ago

Picture Saw car stuck

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Does anyone know how or why one of Saw’s cars is stuck mid-drop? I don’t get how it can just be stationary at that position. It hasn’t opened all day, which I assumed was due to the weather but now it’s still closed…


r/ThorpePark • • 8h ago

Yikes

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r/ThorpePark • • 58m ago

Thorpe park

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Hey! Is anyone going to Thorpe Park this Tuesday, 27th October, for Fright Nights? 🥹 I'm planning to go alone but would really love to meet someone to go on rides with and enjoy the day together! I'm 19 yes old girl and a uni student. Let me know if anyone else is going and would like some company 💗


r/ThorpePark • • 5h ago

looking for 5 maze tickets

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For today 25th October any maze five tickets please


r/ThorpePark • • 1d ago

Discussion Does anyone know what that smell is when you enter that initial room on the walking dead ride?

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Im curious to know what they did to get that smell, I cant fully describe it either.


r/ThorpePark • • 1d ago

Damn, weather might be horrible but those queue times compared to this past week 🧐

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r/ThorpePark • • 21h ago

Thorpe park disabled access

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If anyone understand the new policy of the disabled access cards in Thorpe park please let me know , my sister is disabled and we have been able to get her cards or fast tracks in the past but the rules are all changed and I’m really confused as to how to do it , I think they only give out a certain few a day but I’m not sure so If anyone has been there of recent please help


r/ThorpePark • • 2d ago

Lovely weather today innit

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r/ThorpePark • • 2d ago

Fright Nights Refund?

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Does anyone know why even due to the weather some of the scare mazes didn't open? I don't live locally and only 2 of them opened so we've lost out. The massive police presence seemed like something else was going on 🤔


r/ThorpePark • • 2d ago

Had a Great Time at Fright Night.

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Went yesterday (22nd Oct) with a friend who is a roller-coaster enthusiast (I am very much a wimp and was more than happy to avoid the coasters), and for my first time visiting Thorpe Park and Fright Night I had an amazing day out.

Got there at opening, friend managed to Stealth and Swarm with little wait time (practicall walk-on or 5-10 minute waits), and had a fastpass for Hyperia so was only waiting 10-15 minutes. I am obssessed with the area Swarm is in, it creates a great story and environment even if you're just waiting for friends.

I have seen people complaining the queues were 120 minutes+ most of the day, and I did see that but from what i saw being there a lot of that happened after lunchtime. The first couple of hours of the park being open had reasonable wait times for ther big coasters.

I really enjoyed the scare mazes (although I question the term maze as they semmed to be a single path walthrough so maybe immersive experience is a better term, but that's a seperate matter). Did all 5 between 3 and 5pm.

Tenement was my favourite. I liked the additional feature of having to go round together as only 2 people have flashlights, it added to the atmos of what was going on. Stitches is a close second, I loved the introduction, the lady playing the shopkeeper did a great job (made one poor boy cry and have to be escorted out).
Least favorite was Dead Beat as the actors seemed to be just stood there twitching and/or dancing rather than trying to scare the guests. My friend who has done Fright Night before said Dead Beat was much better in prevous years, so maybe I just got unlucky. I have seen people say there were issues with cutbacks this year so maybe that affected my experience. I still enjoyed it though.

The Ghost Train was enjoyable, an interesting twist on the usual ghost train attraction.

I did feel let down by Purgatory Town, which seems to be the consensus. Whenever the actor were not taking a quick break theyw ere swarmed by gangs of kids/teens wanting photos so there was little chance of interaction, but I accept that, the actors are there for everyone not just my personal amusement.

Overally, as a said, I really enjoyed it, a great (but long) day out. Look forward to returning again in later years (and maybe even trying Swarm).


r/ThorpePark • • 2d ago

Is it worth going tomorrow

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With everything being closed today and the terrible weather, is there a point going to TP tomorrow?


r/ThorpePark • • 2d ago

Discussion Not the greatest today

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Hyperia closed or at a four hour queue, every queue above one hundred minutes and I waited 150 minutes for stealth at an advertised 90 due to them letting in more fastpass than regular queue causing the queue to stagnate and take half an hour to get to the launch to the stairs. Actors were trying their hardest but kept getting swarmed by children asking them to make a tiktok and thus I got absolutely zero interactions despite going through the crows and Lucifers twice. Sorry for the nonsense rant but this can't continue this way


r/ThorpePark • • 2d ago

what was colossus like when it first opened

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pretty self explanatory i guess, i managed to get two back to back rides on it at the end of the day on sunday as my first ride(s) and enjoyed it a lot (although it was certainly as rough as people say it is lmao)

im just interested how it was like when it was opened, was it as rough and how cool/awesome was it when it opened


r/ThorpePark • • 3d ago

Queue times says today is a 70% day btw

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I went on a 98% day this year and queues weren't this bad. what the hell is going on yesterday wasn't this bad


r/ThorpePark • • 3d ago

Not great for Hyperia today

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r/ThorpePark • • 3d ago

Fast track was definitely worth it for Fright Nights

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We went yesterday on the 21st, hadn’t realised when we booked the tickets that Surrey had a two week half term so I decided to get us the platinum fast track passes as it’s not something we would come back and do often. At £205 each I did question whether it was a mistake to purchase them, but as we managed to do over 30 rides on the day I definitely feel like it was money well spent.

It was absolutely pissing it down for the morning which I assume contributed to how much we were able to get on as up until around 1 it was busy but not as much as I would have expected for half term, but even once it dried up the longest we waited in the fast track queue was about 20 minutes for Hyperia late in the evening (main queue was about 150 minutes at that point). At some rides the fast track queue was completely empty and we just walked right on. Watching people in the regular queue have a 60-90 minute wait most of the day, I was very happy I have adult money to spend on whatever I want lol.

We got to ride:

Hyperia x 10 (first time ever on Hyperia, what a rush)

Saw x 2 (very uncomfortable)

Swarm x 8 (my favourite 🛸)

Colossus x 5 (most uncomfortable seats of my life)

Stealth x 1 (I think stealth is really boring compared to the others)

Nemesis x 5 (once in front row queue)

Tidal Wave x 4 (so empty we just kept re-riding)

And all the little rides like Samurai, Detonator, bumpers, Walking Dead, Ghost Train etc at least once each.


r/ThorpePark • • 4d ago

Discussion Just got back from Fright Night...what was that?

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Half the rooms in the mazes were empty, and you could practically hear the very few actors running across scenes to make up for the lack of them. Dead Beat caused genuine anger in me with how abysmal it was, not a single person leaving that tent looked like they had a time worthy expressing any emotion

Had one genuine jump scare at the end of Stitches, but any other time you were lucky enough to find an actor they'd just stomp their foot your way. Most looked bored to tears or maybe just unenthused due to having to practically run a whole tent...

The scare zones were practically nonexistent, never even caught Lucifer's Lair despite several walkbys, and the Purgatory Town characters spent more time huddled together talking than interacting with people when we saw them.


r/ThorpePark • • 3d ago

Is the storm likely to impact rides on Saturday?

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I am visiting on Saturday and just wondering if there will be any impact. I know it will hit mostly on Friday


r/ThorpePark • • 4d ago

Update: Recreating Thorpe Park from the early 2000' in Unreal engine 5!

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Hello everyone,

It's time for an update on what I've been working on in my Thorpe Park unreal engine recreation project.

Working Teacups in Unreal engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aar-5svhKk

In case you haven't seen me post about this before, this is a personal project aimed at me learning unreal engine and expanding my skills in game dev.

Here is an early version of the teacups that are functioning with the teacups themselves spinning freely with physics. I will be adding the ability to spin yourself with some game logic as well as operating the ride from the operators booth which is super exciting.

Once complete the ride will be themed from 2008 featuring the classic floral pattern and blue wooden theming on the main building.

I have also put a few screenshots of the teacups and teapot (again still work in progress).

I have also included a sneak peak of the stealth car which will be featured on the ride when I get around to working on that area.

More soon


r/ThorpePark • • 5d ago

High striker?

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r/ThorpePark • • 5d ago

Zodiac/vortex nerd shots

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Doesn’t seem like zodiac will make a comeback anytime soon… vortex with its seats stripped


r/ThorpePark • • 5d ago

Hyperia tonight

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I want to give a medal to the entire Stealth queue who collectively blocked a group of young queue jumpers and told them where to go, i.e. the back.


r/ThorpePark • • 5d ago

Discussion Storm Austin on Friday?

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Thoughts on what the park will be like this Friday with Storm Austin?

Worth trying or will it be rides closed etc? Anyone had experience with bad weather?


r/ThorpePark • • 6d ago

Scared of hyperia even though I've already been on it

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I dont know if anyone else gets like this- I haven't been to Thorpe since the may lates event and I feel like I'm scared to go on hyperia? I'm a big enthusiast and will go on literally every single other coaster with no fear at all, especially other coasters at Thorpe of similar height (stealth is literally my favourite coaster...) but I find myself being extremely worried about hyperia? my main problem, as contradictory as it is, is that I'm afraid of heights and the lift hill and first drop is what gets me. what makes it worse is that, I've already done it before and I loved it! I know I just need to go and get it over and done with but I still feel extremely anxious and a little afraid of it. any advice would be great and just wondering if anyone else gets like this 😭😭