Me, Will, Sue and Neal were in the park today, it felt VERY Thorpe-esque. By that I mean it was literally swarming with what can only be called chavs or 'gypsies' as many people have referred to them, people wearing tracksuits and females wearing revealing and utterly disgusting clothing with horrific fake tan. It was like watching an episode of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding where the reception was held in the grounds of the Towers. That aside, we did encounter the middle or the end of what may have been the giant altercation and upon leaving the park I did see staff talking to guests about arrests being made over some form of bottle throwing incident.
For some strange - and threatening - reason, from around 4.30-5pm onwards (from what we could see) masses and masses of 'youths' gathered by the Towers cut-through to Dark Forest and Cloud Cuckoo Land (by the ride queue signage so just by TotT entrance). They weren't doing anything at all and were there from then onwards until about an hour before closing. I would estimate there was at least 70-90 people in that group alone, blocking the entrance for most guests and wearing very intimidating clothing. Pockets of other 'youths' were also around the park but mainly near the area of centred attention.
At one point, me and Sue (with Neal and Will tagging behind) were rushing off to Oblivion. This must've been at just a few mins before 8pm as we were in a hurry to whore as much as possible. This was when two large groups of youths started fighting outside of Hex, although I think we caught the tail-end of that incident. Staff members gathered around but did nothing and security passed us on our way down through the Towers cut-through and I did attempt to point out those responsible, but my pointing was seemingly ignored even though some of the culprits were walking with me.
The youths were there all night and were seen in large pockets around the park all day - when we saw Furie at one point during the day we all collectively made comments about the provocative nature of clothing being worn by some females. This was discussed mainly as it was cold today and - well - it's October.
In the shop as we were leaving, I overheard a 2 staff members talking with either guests or potentially adults of people involved (although I would have no idea) that arrests had been made over some bottle throwing incident.
I'm afraid that's all I can tell you about that, but other members might be able to disclose more information. I did say to the group many times over the night how I felt unsafe and how little security there was, and likened the atmosphere and the insecurity to being at Thorpe Park. Thankfully, none of it ruined what was a brilliant day.
