Went on Swarm today.

Pros: Great fun! Found it as intense on front and back. Loved front right though because of the fact you can see everything. The scenery is great, and so is the station and queue.
Cons: I was surprised how short it was. It also broke down a lot. And the seatbelts did get tight on my shoulders.

All in all, great ride! Still prefer Saw, but it was still pretty awesome.

8/10

Sat second from back on the left today and it was such a thrill! My tummy was loving it lol!
It was on reduced capacity due to a technical fault though and had a little 10 min break down in the morning. Hope they can iron out the problems it's having soon though because the ride on it is getting better each time. The water spray was being a bit lazy as well but I wasn't fussed about that.

HFantasma wrote:

The water spray was being a bit lazy

Umm where both effects working, because when I went only the water effects by the fire truck were working?

Hi. This sun scream event - What do they mean by silent disco in the que lines ? Will it be most of the ques or just one ?

Silent Disco means there is no music playing out in the queue lines, but you collect some earphones which are playing the music!

jackgcse wrote:

Silent Disco means there is no music playing out in the queue lines, but you collect some earphones which are playing the music!

Great idea, and easy to manage. Absolutely perfect for Thorpe.

Thorpe Park - Rides & Rave 2012

26 August, park admission from 4 pm
Exclusive sets from Pendulum (DJ set), Tinchy Stryder, Rudimental (DJ set) and more!

On 26th August brave some of Europe’s most extreme rides including the UK’s first winged rollercoaster, THE SWARM, before experiencing an incredible evening of live music as some of today’s top acts -including Pendulum (DJ set), Tinchy Stryder, and Rudimental (DJ set) - perform live in the Park!

Park admission will be allowed from 4pm, giving you access to some of Europe’s most extreme rides!

From 7pm, only guests attending the evening event will be allowed to join queue lines. Ride queue lines will shut at 8pm allowing the party to kick off on stage afterwards.

Tickets Cost: VIP Ticket: £35
Early Bird Ticket: £20 (Limited time only!)
Standard Ticket: £25

Their events line up has just been immense so far this year.
I'm assuming the majority of the old entertainments team got the sack after a diabolical start with Saw alive, and the less advertised nameless under 18's club.

But if there is a new team they definitely know what they're doing.

What's the VIP ticket include that the standard doesn't?

Rob-TT wrote:

What's the VIP ticket include that the standard doesn't?

Special entrance just for VIPs
Access to the “golden circle” (front of stage). You can’t get any closer!
PLUS skip the queue: Your VIP wristband will allow you ultimate Fastrack entrance to all rides from 7pm*!

There is now an off ride pov of the swarm at night on youtube - The led's on the train look great!

Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G4QJFXtu6Q

Edit: swEDEN beat me to the link, I do hope they add gels to the floodlights for FN

I saw on the celebrity opening of the coaster that they did indeed have flood lights they looked good at the time and I hope they will be returning for FN, I also hope that the fire effect will be functioning and that the actual eyes of the creature will be working

No fire or water effects today and one train operation

Just wanted to say the concept for the theme of this ride is excellent. Isn't it supposed to be the end of the world? And for some reason, that really worked for me in a year where my fears are that way inclined. Genius.

For me not having the effects going has never bothered me, because I knew they would not work for more than half a season even if they did work to start with! LOL! Oh well...Yeah, Swarm, its alright, but I would give it a C+ (could do better) For little bits here and there!

Fire worked for a few hours this morning, but when I went on, no fire or water effects.

But I should not set such high expectations for things to work, this is Thorpe Park we are talking about.

... better than today .... swarm is down again. Don't think its been open all day during any of my 5 visits so far ... but I suppose it is new.

It was down until around 4 yesterday... The fire is tempermental really, but I guess that's like many things, especially when it's a new effect, it won't catch alight every time... It's very cool though when it goes off though, especially when you're on the Stealth brake run...

Thorpe had about 6/7 rides down at points yesterday, the maintenance seems to have faltered quite badly recently, with Rumba and Zodiac down all day yesterday, Slammer and Saw Alive closed for a long time, Swarm and Fish shut most of the day, and Stealth and Saw breaking down every so often... It's all gone to pot again...