distinct riders Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Hello everyone!!!!! I'm Carl (or Distinct Riders as my forum ID says) and this is my first post to the TPR forums, and my first Photo Trip Report. It's about time I stopped lurking in the background! This was my 2nd visit to Thorpe Park this year...........and the 2nd time I overslept, missed my train, and got to the park late. Doh! Me thinks this journey is jinxed!!! A power cut early in the morning had closed Colossus, Rush, Slammer, and X:/No Way Out until around 2:30pm. Only Slammer refused to wake up and stayed closed all day. Is this ride a dead duck or what??? I'm a big fan of S&S Sky Swatters, and I'd hate to see this ride removed, but it just never opens!!! Why have a ride in the park that stays shut all the time? I hate to say it but it might be a good thing if it WAS removed. Lunch was an interesting affair with a stupidly crowded pizza restaurant, an all day buffet, and only 1 counter with the food on it. The word "insane" comes to mind! Anyway on to the photos. Enjoy!!! Well there you go! We're now heading home after a fun but very rainy day. Hope you all enjoyed the photo trip report! It's the fish.........The Flying Fish. and it's now orange! errrr......there seems to be a new river forming outside the entrance to Pirates 4D. The heavy rain seems to be certainly noticable now! WTF?!? Look at the size of this queue for X:/No Way Out, the most pointless and strange ride ever! Surely not. Colossus is working now. It's rough but I like it! Hey!!! I'm trying out the cool specs from Pirates 4D. Oooooo.....it's an Intamin Rocket Coaster! You can't have a Thorpe Park TR without a Stealth photo. Here it is! Mr Monkey's Banana Ride. Get's my vote for best ride in the park!!!! Time for lunch, and it has got to be Pizza Hut. Hooray for the All Day Buffet! With our Ultimate Fastrack Passes, we turned this 1 hour 30 min queue into................a 5 min queue. That's gotta be good! Nemesis Inferno loop shot!!! Yay!! A ride that's open!!! Samurai was running a longer program today, but it's still not as extreme (or fun) as a travelling funfair version! Colossus is also closed. I'm now getting severe ride withdrawal symptoms! Rush is closed too. Looks like Quantum is closed for the day. .........a funky silver wristband! An "Ultimate Fastrack" pass. I don't think we'll be doing much queueing today! You have to exchange this ticket for........... We finally arrive at the park at 11:30am. Never mind, It's late but I'm not worried because I've got............ and introducing the other half of Distinct Riders.........my younger brother Chris! Hello!!!! It's Carl (Distinct Riders) on route to Thorpe Park. Eventually!
kennywood!007 Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Cool photo tr! Great for your first. Very nice pictures.
ELZ Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 thorpe parks' queues always seem to be rammed these days, i think its because theres not really a limit on the amount of ppl they let in! I love Stealth but i hate the wait to ride it!
IceDragon Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Did you find out whats happening to Quantum? I hope they're making it less painful...
Axman Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Nice! Thorpe Park is on my long, LONG, EXTREMELY LONG list of parks to visit!
EmBy Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Nice TR Carl, another review of Thorpe packed with crowds of people, just like the one from last week. Luckily most of the attractions ended up running before the day was out.
Buddy johnson Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Ooooo, i love the banana ride! this ride is the cutest viking i've ever seen before
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