Well we decided that Monday wasn't going to happen which to be honest I am glad of, we went today and this trip truly shown Thorpe at it's best.
Ride Count:
Stealth: 5
Colossus: 4
Nemesis Inferno: 4
Saw: 5
X://wtf: 1
Vortex: 2
Samurai: 2
Rush: 2
Slammer: 2
Total: 27
This was on a laid back day! We did rush about when it went dark getting in a few dark rides.
We also did 3 mazes, I won't do Asylum due to me not being able to handle the intense strobe lighting.
We didn't que more than 10 minutes for ANYTHING. For Fright Nights it was dead, in fact it is probably the quietest I have ever been to Thorpe, and I didn't witness one breakdown. Staff was all fantastic.
The mazes lacked something this year.
Se7en: New layout, but a bit mis match, I didn't get what scene was what, I will explain one scene; A girl in a dentist chair screaming about the dentist going to get her, the dentist banged on a window with a light shining on her then the room went pitch black, you hear the drill then you move on. It just didn't match the theme, also another scene which should have actually been in Asylum. The last scene was really bad, no major scare and left feeling short changed.
Hellgate: Again less actors than previous years, stand out part of the night, a lady wedged in one of the corridors about a foot to two feet off the ground. She stood there for about 2 minutes, then for us to get passed we had to crawl under her legs. The final scene again was a letdown.
The Curse: This was my first time on this maze, and it did have a nice amount of sudden scares but it still was nothing like the first year of Se7en or even Hellgate 2 years back.
Saw comes alive: 2 actors doesn't make a ride "come alive", very poor.
The mazes need new storys, new layouts, and more actors.
All in all a great day, the park always looks fantastic when lit up!
Inferno was my favourite fright nights overhaul, the tag line was " are you ready to freeze the inferno", the lights in the station turned blue, the mist in the tunnel was on really strong, with blue lights in the tunnel. Also the amount of fog that was pumped out under the loop was amazing, could have easily been a scare zone. Was amazing, you couldn't see Colossus through the smoke it was that thick.