Rush to … nowhere
I got back from the Lake District yesterday (more about that soon!) so thought I’d do a spur-of-the-moment-ish trip to Thorpe Park this afternoon to try out their latest ride, Rush, which opened on Friday.
Unfortunately, it was not to be. Although it was testing throughout the afternoon, the TP website only said Rush “may be temporarily unavailable throughout the day” and signs around the ride area said “there will be limited opportunities to ride”, it never actually opened.
According to some very friendly staff (how you can be friendly after the 500th person has come up to you that day asking whether the ride is open when they can clearly see it is loaded witha full set of water dummies testing is beyond me), they were getting it working with both gondolas at the same time rather than the single one they were running with on Friday.
By the end of the day, Heath & Safety had signed it off completely, so it should be ready for tomorrow at least. Guess who’s expected on park tomorrow? Yep, Sky News, reporting on the new ride. Coincidence they should want to get it running 100% for then? I don’t think so…
A disappointing wait, but made easier by chatting with the staff. I also bumped into another ECC member and we rode a few other things together, so not an entirely wasted journey. At least I renewed my Annual Pass ready for the ECC trip the week after next too!
