divyking Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Ultimate Thrill Chill Not all rides were available today but the ones that were were good! ColossusNemesis InfernoStealthStorm In A TeacupVortexQuantumSlammerZodiacX:\ No Way OutMr Monkey's Banana RideOctopus Gardens I was at the front of the SECOND public train this year!!! On to the photos. YAY, almost there already! I see Stealth We're Here!!! The entrance, we were 45 mins early! Once inside, I ran to Stealth! 0-80mph in less than 2 seconds! Going over 200ft down Weeeeee It stands a lot taller than the rest of the rides We walked to Nemesis Inferno to find that there was a lot of mist! It was testing though An emprty train again And again The first drop with Stealth in the background My favourite part Here you are Derek Luckily it wasn't closed for long The new camera was excellent No blurry images Much better than the old one After Nemesis Inferno it was time for Slammer! Colossus was also down this morning They've fixed the fountain! The sky was just right for photos Colossus opened later on At least it still looks nice, even if it does need a repaint It seemed quieter today than last season CONSTRUCTION ALERT! 2009 Coaster is on the way I decided to take a few last rides on Stealth Only 1 train meant that the queue was almost 1hr The ending Overall I took 240 photos! Didn't ride much but I'm going next Sunday anyway One last shot! Stealth, through the trees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConleyKE Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Wow, those are some stunning photos of Stealth and Nemesis Inferno! Looks like you had an excellent day to visit. I've have always been very intrested in Thorpe Park. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinschroder Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Nice photos! Too bad Rush (S&S Screaming Swing) is down for this special early season. I'm heading there on a day off on Friday, keeping my fingers crossed for some more Spring-like weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divyking Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 Too bad Rush is down It was a shame, it doesn't look like its going to open any time soon as one of the swings wasn't even attached to the arm, there were no seats or bars but we can hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Inferno Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 I'm in the photo of the entrance queue! Guy in black coat and jeans with my back turned... Thorpe loathed today... Inferno has smoke now, but I didn't see it turned on after it opened... And I should know, I was on the first train... You may have seen me stood at the front of the queue... And I didn't have to queue AT ALL for Stealth... I'll make a separate topic so I don't hijack it tomorrow Mainly since I have a large antic photo count... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraintl Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 was it busy there at all guys? i ask as im off there tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Great trip report. Looks like they're clearing alot of land for the new coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divyking Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 was it busy there at all guys? i ask as im off there tomorrow Here are the maximum queue times that I saw today: Stealth: 60mins Colossus: 45mins Nemesis Inferno: 50mins Vortex: 30mins Slammer 15mins The rest didn't really have queues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazed49 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Great Pictures. The area for the new coaster looks like an awesome location, right along the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBen Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 looks like they're clearing alot of land for the new coaster. Which has grass already, it was smashed bottles and grit but a few months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divyking Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 Does anybody know when construction will begin for the new coaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-kid Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 ^ In May apparently. I was there too yesturday. 1 train operation on the coasters except X. It was nice to see some of the effects working again. Colossus only opened of an hour and a half because of the cold! Everything broke down atleast once. Still a good day though I only managed to get 6 rides in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divyking Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 1 train operation on the coasters They've put Nemesis Inferno on 2 now but its still not good enough, all coasters should be run to capacity, Stealth has 3 trains so that it never has to run on 1 but they've obviously forgotten that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan King Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Question... Did X:\ What The F&*k get its Re-Theme yet? Sorry...X:\ No Way Out... I knew they were speculatuing on getting it a Re-Theme awhile back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis-storm Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Question... Did X:\ What The F&*k get its Re-Theme yet? Sorry...X:\ No Way Out... I knew they were speculatuing on getting it a Re-Theme awhile back. No its exactly the same WTF'y as it's always been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divyking Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 They've rethemed the queueline a bit, with lights and effects. During the ride they've added sound effects so that it makes sense when the train stops now instead of people shouting "Oh my god, we're going forwards on a backwards coaster!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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