So, Furie has to go to Hastings on short notice. That's fine... I miss the family and it's a pain, but it's a free night in a hotel with free steak dinner and free beer - can't really complain too much.
On the way down (started out about 2:00 this afternoon) I'm making great time... I suddenly have a thought.
Thorpe is only ten minutes off the beaten track... I wonder if I can actually get to ride Saw: The Chore?
A plan formulates in my head. If I can get to Thorpe before 4:30, then I'll give it a go. Having a plan, I take the furiemobile up to a tonne and race against the clock to prove my abject Thorpe fanboyism!
Including a poo stop at Oxford, I get through the gates of Thorpe at 4:20! Excellent.
Thorpe, on its side - hurrah for mobile uploads
First port of call is guest services. I reckon that after a 300 mile round trip on the "enthusiast day", they owe me an exit pass just to get on this bloody thing.
I wander down to guest services and there are two lovely ladies just waiting for somebody not to moan at them. I explain my predicament, and they're very sad - they can't give out Saw exit passes. Only the ride can do that in the case of a breakdown.
I'm very sad.
The "I'm at Thorpe sad face"
I may have cost myself 20 minutes on the way to Hastings...
The delectable Louise comes to my rescue though. They do have a system for special cases (the are fewer special cases than furie
). They can write a mum's note on some Merlin letter head. "Please excuse furie from having to queue" kind of thing.
The wonderful (have I mentioned she was kind, polite, gracious and a shining example of female kind and her friend was equally as excellent?) Louise does so and points me in the direction of Saw: The Ride.
My note to teacher. It says "Please let furie skip the queue, he's really fab and deserves it"
I'll have to leave it there until Orange decide to send through the next set of pictures... Dun, Dun, Duuuuurrrrrrn!
On the way down (started out about 2:00 this afternoon) I'm making great time... I suddenly have a thought.
Thorpe is only ten minutes off the beaten track... I wonder if I can actually get to ride Saw: The Chore?
A plan formulates in my head. If I can get to Thorpe before 4:30, then I'll give it a go. Having a plan, I take the furiemobile up to a tonne and race against the clock to prove my abject Thorpe fanboyism!
Including a poo stop at Oxford, I get through the gates of Thorpe at 4:20! Excellent.
Thorpe, on its side - hurrah for mobile uploads
First port of call is guest services. I reckon that after a 300 mile round trip on the "enthusiast day", they owe me an exit pass just to get on this bloody thing.
I wander down to guest services and there are two lovely ladies just waiting for somebody not to moan at them. I explain my predicament, and they're very sad - they can't give out Saw exit passes. Only the ride can do that in the case of a breakdown.
I'm very sad.
The "I'm at Thorpe sad face"
I may have cost myself 20 minutes on the way to Hastings...
The delectable Louise comes to my rescue though. They do have a system for special cases (the are fewer special cases than furie
). They can write a mum's note on some Merlin letter head. "Please excuse furie from having to queue" kind of thing.The wonderful (have I mentioned she was kind, polite, gracious and a shining example of female kind and her friend was equally as excellent?) Louise does so and points me in the direction of Saw: The Ride.
My note to teacher. It says "Please let furie skip the queue, he's really fab and deserves it"
I'll have to leave it there until Orange decide to send through the next set of pictures... Dun, Dun, Duuuuurrrrrrn!
