SchumacherFerrari said:
Guys, c'mon, do you seriously think that Thorpe intentionally go out of their way to piss off their guests?
Whilst I'd probably not go that far, they're certainly indifferent to them.
I was absent from this live for the simple reason that I'm unable to attend Paultons tomorrow and I had
zero faith in Thorpe Park to have their rides running reliably. I've been to Thorpe on three previous occasions, and only on one of those days would I describe the park as running rides acceptably (and yes, there were several break-downs even on the 'good' day).
Clearly one or more people on Thorpe Park's senior management team believe that as long as people are paying money to come through the gates, it's acceptable for rides to keep breaking down like this. The fact that after all these years the problems persist indicates that the park is not prepared to commit the time and resources to fixing things, which means that all too often, we get days like this where hardly anything works, and the rides that
are running have insanely large queues.
It's ridiculous that whenever I visit Thorpe, I now
expect at least one of the major rides to be unavailable. I don't expect major problems at any of the other UK parks I visit unless I'm very unlucky. At Thorpe, the problems seem to be common place.
For people like A-Kid and Beans who live locally, or even people who live within the South-East, it's not such a big deal, as you've always got the option of coming back (cheaply or for free), so if something isn't available, chances are you'll get to ride it at a later date. This also applies to much of Thorpe's 'local teen' demographic. Not so in my case.
If I had been at Thorpe today, it would have resulted in me losing somewhere in the region of £300. Three. Hundred. Pounds. Travel and accommodation isn't cheap, and believe me, if I'd been there today, I'd have been completely livid.
I'm seriously wondering whether to ditch my Merlin pass this season, get one of the cheaper Alton Towers passes and not bother with Ghosterforce this year. Thorpe are a ****ing joke, and unless their reliability drastically improves between now and October (MouseAT tries to stop laughing, then picks himself up off the floor), I have no desire to waste such obscene amounts of money to battle insane crowds and ride breakdowns again.
To Thorpe Park's management - get your ****ing act together. This is completely unacceptable. Stop treating your paying customers like ****.
), but more about meeting up with everyone again, and meeting up with some new faces. 
