![]() The load system was way better, and I managed to jump on three times without much of a wait. Although I am generally a back row coaster girl (love the extra pull) I do enjoy the front row on these faster rides. Stealth was like a smaller version of Top Thrill Dragster/Kingda Ka, with a fast launch start and giant hill. It was not yet open, but I wasn’t willing to lose the front seat opportunity so I hung around until the chain came down. Time to go play with the big kids though, so I moved anti clockwise to Stealth. Oh hey stranger, may I pat your leg? round 2 Later in the rain… I had a quick turn on a fun little dry slide called Depth Charge, and then a raft/slide combo called Storm Surge. I went on a second time, and although I really wanted to go again, the inefficient loading was doing my head in so I moved on. Then when the ride was emptied, they would slowly get people on (without filling the empty seats.) Grrrr! Despite all this, I really enjoyed the high quality coaster and the wonderful g-force it provided. Instead of organising groups of people for the next ride, staff would stand around talking to each other. The Swarm also had one of the slowest load rates that I can remember. ![]() However I was becoming increasingly annoyed watching trains go by with many empty seats, and not once did the staff call out for single riders. As a single rider, I was expecting to jump the queue and fill empty seats, like at most other parks I had visited. This was also my first experience with the ride operators at Thorpe Park, and they seemed as miserable as the weather. This made a nice change to some rides that force you to pay money to store your stuff (cough cough Superman Australia…). You handed over a bag, you got a numbered wrist band in exchange, and you would collect your bags from the other side of the storage boxes after the ride. I thought the bag handling system was great, which I had first experience at Alton Towers. View of the Amity seciton with the Swarm on the right The Swarm I went straight to the Swarm, a great looking wing coaster that lacked the 4 th dimension of rotating seats like X2. The park was nowhere near as big or scenic as Alton Towers, so it was nice and easy to get around. The onsite hotel called the Shark Hotel wasn’t ready for an early check in, so I dropped off my luggage and went on my merry way. I was getting used to the overcast dreary UK weather, but an English summer was still better than a Southern Australian winter. So after a long morning drive from Alton Towers to Thorpe Park, I was feeling pretty excited! A couple of friends had visited Thorpe Park in the past, and had raved about rides like The Swarm and Stealth.
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