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Saw - The Ride (Media Day) 12-03-2009

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Saw - The Ride (Media Day) 12-03-2009

Postby StealthFan » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:53 am

Today was the day of the exclusive Coaster Club preview of Saw The Ride, so a few TPR members popped along to experience Saw!
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Thorpe Park rolled out the red carpet for TPR's arrival.
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Saw teases us all from a distance and rumours start coming in the Saw may not be operating.
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The group stand around waiting too be let in to go and look at Saw
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This is sadley what Saw was not. But Thorpe Park very kindly opened Colossus and Rush for us.
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Once the park let us in they allowed us too go and get a close up look at Saw too take pictures.

This is the view of Saw you get from the bridge into the park.
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Dave is happy we can get close too see Saw.
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Beth was sad she couldnt ride though.
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Its the ride sign! What more do you want?
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How about a police car?
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Here is the shop themed much in the same way that Expedition Ge-Force's is.
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The ride was testing and looked very good.
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And seemed to run smooth.
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Can you spot anything special about the markings?
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The spinning blades of DOOM, that dont actually spin.
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Work is still going on around the ride to get it ready for Saturday.
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The second bridge wont be ready for Saturday by the looks of it
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Colossus was running so a few people took a quick ride.
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Look at the enjoyment on their faces after their first ride at Thorpe Park for the 2009 season!
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"We should be there!"
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Daves opinion on Saw being closed.
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Craig likes big hard balls in his hands!
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Everyone had a go on Rush which was running BOTH swings.
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Dont worry everyone we did get to experiance some of Thorpe Parks new for 2009 attractions. TARMAC THE RIDE
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Over all a good time was spent at Thorpe Park even with Saw down.

The ride is looking great so everyone head down there on Saturday and prepare to play the game!

(I will be at the park on Saturday so feel free to come and say hi)
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Postby Bootharawwwrrr » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:18 am

Nice one Craig! Nice to see you made the best of what could of been a very disappointing day! :)
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Postby Inferno Insane » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:26 am

Nice Report. Shame Saw wasn't open, Nice of Thorpe opening Colossus and Rush.

Hopefully Annual Pass Day Tomo Goes Alright :?r


P.s Nice Campness On Rush TPDave. Haha
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Postby gisco » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:35 am

Bummer that you spend the time to go to thepark and the ride wasn'y open. Did they tell you why?
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Postby BeemerBoy » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:39 am

But how was Tarmac: The Ride?
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Postby Ed » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:39 am

Bunch of toss Thorpe Park.. If it's not working on saturday Guest Services will be getting complaints! (And hopefully i'll get free tickets)
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Postby TPDave » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:27 pm

^^^ Bob, It was the usual "technical issues". The chinese whispers were that a part was being flown in from Germany, but the ride seemed to be testing fine.

Again, off the rumor mill, it should be good to go for tomorrows "Ride it first" competition winners and the Annual Pass preview day.

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Postby Purplepills » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:37 pm

Nice pictures.

I can't wait to experience Tarmac: the ride.
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Postby TPDave » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:45 pm

There were many, many new pieces of tarmac, we didn't have time to try them all...
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Postby MG » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:01 pm

According to the pinnacle of journalistic excellence that is the Daily Mail the ride managed to terrify celebrities on Wednesday evening.The Daily Rag
It is thought the problem has been caused by a malfunctioning gate sensor causing a bug in the computer system. Oh well, good luck to Thorpe to getting it open.
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