Thorpe Park (Theme Park) Help.. +REP

[Adam!]

TP wont close if it's bad weather, but if there are winds over 35mph the coasters will shut.

BBC say "heavy rain" and 29mph winds, so you should be ok.

I remember in a massive thunderstorm at Alton Towers the whole park lost power and I got stuck on the log flume, just at the top of the 2nd lift hill for a hour in the poruing rain before they decided to evacuate us.

[&]

refund Adam?

[Technologic]

When i went and it rained they only closed one ride but it was a rubbish one anyway because it kept getting stuck.

Should be all ok

At alton towers oblivion broke :] But after i'd been on it about 5 times. The park was deserted because school was closed that day for me and nobody else

People were stuck at the top on the edge for about an hour.

[Adam!]

At alton towers oblivion broke :] But after i'd been on it about 5 times. The park was deserted because school was closed that day for me and nobody else

People were stuck at the top on the edge for about an hour.

Don't lie when your talking to a rollercoaster geek..

Oblivion will NOT get stuck hanging over the pit, the clutch has a manual disengage on it which will be used in the event of power faliure - Therefore your story about it being stuck is fake. Perhaps it was there for 5-10 minutes before they decided to manually disengage it but it certainly wasn't stuck.

Refunds are given at themeparks but very rarely, on the day I was at Alton Towers with the thunderstorm free tickets for another day where given to guests - I used an annual pass thus paying nothing to get in therefore didn't need a free ticket!

[Neversoft]

My brother went with his school at the end of july and it was raining so most of the rides closed. All the good ones anyway. He said he only got to go on 2 inside ones. They gave him a refund anyway. Just go and see what happens and have fun.

[piddle2k6]

If any of you are interested and for future reference it was... GREAT! 2 rides shut samurai, which i wasnt to bothered about as the week before i had a go on that kind of ride at a travelingf themepark called funderworld and Quantum, which tbh i would have only gone on about once or twice.

My ride count was...

Stealth: 5
Colosus: 2
Nemesis: 3 or 4 cant remember
Tidal wave: 3
X:/No way out: 2
Rush: 1
Slammer: 1 (Oh my that is scary!)
Detonator: 2
Vortex: 2
Zodiac: 1
Rumba Rapids: 1 - after lunch as it is so bad

That was all..


The Most i queued for any ride was half an hour
No queue for tidal wave literally walked on (weather i guess)

The weather:

Cloudy all day with random drizzle all day
Quite windy at the top of detonator.
When i literally stepped out the park it started to pour lol - so lucky i guess

Ty all who posted for reassuring me and you ALL will get +rep if i think u made a valid point.

10/10

[lScottl]

Stealth: 5 - Well done, this queue is usually 3 hours long.
Colosus: 2 - Dissapointed, could of got more in
Nemesis: 3 or 4 cant remember - Nice, this queue is usually quite big.
Tidal wave: 3 - Could of squeezed some more on.
X:/No way out: 2 - Good, queue for this can be big.
Rush: 1 - Dissapointed, this ride is a must-go-on.
Slammer: 1 (Oh my that is scary!) - Mine would be 0, I hated it.
Detonator: 2 - Pretty good.
Vortex: 2 - Pretty good.
Zodiac: 1 - 1?!?! This is worth more than that.
Rumba Rapids: 1 - after lunch as it is so bad - This ride is crap so 1 is ok.

[Xarea]

I'm suprised that Stealth was open. When I went, it was shut due to bad weather.

[lScottl]

I'm suprised that Stealth was open. When I went, it was shut due to bad weather.

Well, they usually shut it when there's the slightest bit of wind

[Xarea]

Well, they usually shut it when there's the slightest bit of wind

They shut it whenever they can :rolleyes: