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4 rides closed while we were queuing and had to leave the queue. Another 2 we decided to wait out the delay and eventually got on.
At any one time there were 2-4 rides closed.
The rides we did get on ALL had delays announced.
Yes it's a Theme park, the theme being closures and delays CONSTANTLY.
4 rides closed while we were queuing and had to leave the queue. Another 2 we decided to wait out the delay and eventually got on. At any one time there were 2-4 rides closed. The rides we did get on ALL had delays announced. Yes it's a Theme park, the theme being closures and delays CONSTANTLY.
Waiting time for rides was around 90-100 minutes. So for your money expect just around 4 rides. No water rides at all for some reason. And then at the end they charge a small fortune for parking. The ghost train awful.
It seems that history is reapeating itself. Lik two years ago i come to thorpe park near easter. I need 35-40 min only to get in to the park passing to the security, just to see that some rides closed and others with a huge waiting time up to 120 min at hyperya. Dissapointing.
Unsafe overcrowding, hours of queuing, and no response from managementWe recently visited Thorpe Park (7–8 April 2026) and Chessington World of Adventures (4 April 2026), and the experience was extremely disappointing and, at times, genuinely unsafe.At Thorpe Park, we spent over an hour just trying to enter the park, followed by queue times of 100–180 minutes per ride. Despite spending most of the day in queues, we only managed two rides on the first day. Multiple rides broke down after long waits, with little to no clear communication from staff.The most concerning issue was the dangerous overcrowding at park entry on the second day. Crowds were pushing forward to the point where I had to physically shield my nine-year-old child, who was crying and frightened. At that moment, I was genuinely concerned about our safety. This level of crowd management is completely unacceptable.We also experienced issues with Fast Track being unusable despite prior contact, and even when it worked, it still involved significant waiting. Food service was slow and disorganised, and overall the day felt like poor value for money.Our earlier visit to Chessington showed similar problems—long queues, repeated ride breakdowns, and overcrowding to the point where even the zoo was difficult to navigate.What is most frustrating is that after raising these issues directly with Merlin Entertainments, we have received no response.This does not feel like a one-off bad day—it feels like a systemic issue with overcrowding and poor operations. Until this is addressed, I would strongly caution families, particularly those with young children, before visiting.
It’s a shame UK theme parks dont take a leaf out of Orlando’s theme parks. UK long queues for very short rides. Mainly all rollercoasters, no interactive rides like Harry Potter or Star Wars (like America). Park wasn’t the cleanest, staff just going through the motions and the food absolutely rubbish and total rip off (nothing I didn’t expect sadly!). Fingers crossed that when universal arrives in the UK they emulate what they have achieved in America and else where. Thorpe park and the Merlin group really need to up their game!
Read the small print I bought 3 x Bronze Fast Passes what a total waste of moneyI understood this was 3 x rides but it’s only crap flat ridesNot only that but were closed in the dayI didn’t use the pass at all and asked for a refund and they don’t want to know What a rip off
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