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What is the difference between alton towers and thorpe park

Colossus is my favourite at Thorpe and Alton Towers don't have anything to compare to it. Stealth is a good ride too and much, much better than Rita. Another difference is the crowds they attract. Alton Towers seems far more civilized, as they simply attract a much wider audience.

Thorpe seems to be full of schoolkids all the time, with the atmosphere that generates. Alton Towers has a far more balanced atmosphere. Finally, there's maintenance. It might well just be my bad luck, but whenever I've been to Thorpe, the rides always break down.

I mean all of them, at some point in the day. Comparatively and although I have experienced some breakdowns at Alton , it seems a much slicker operation with much less chance of this kind of disappointment. So all in all, those are the main reasons I can identify for preferring Alton Towers.

If it were down to the thrill rides alone, Thorpe might stand a better chance, but it is not. Besides, Alton Towers still have Nemesis, and you have to come up with a good combo to compete with that. Post Mon Mar 22, pm I personally think Thorpe has better flat rides Rush, Slammer, etc , but in terms of coasters they are pretty similar. I also love Spinball and Thorpe doesnt have anything similar. I like Thorpe for being crammed in tbh as being disabled its easier to get around and no hills etc, but Alton just drags me back every time, I guess I just love the place - plus Alton was my first proper theme park and sparked my love of coasters sooo Post Sun Aug 14, am Never been to thorpe park so naturally biased towards alton.

Alton towers is quite a lot bigger and has a few more really great rides. Post Sun Aug 14, pm I live far away from both theme parks, but live much closer to Thorpe Park than i do Alton Towers and so therefore visit thorpe park more often. However, the distance i have to travel to get to AT means i have to stay overnight and this is one of the many reasons i feel AT has the edge over TP.

To begin with, TP is indeed incredibly small compared to AT. Yes, this means less walking between major rides, but like most people have already mentioned, it does make you feel awfully cramped and you do have to battle through the crowds! For example, on a visit to AT at the start of the Easter holidays, the longest queue i was in excluding th13teen because that was new and so naturally had a big queue was 20 mins for Nemesis.

During the same Easter period, queues at TP are well within the 90 mins! The longest i've ever been in at thorpe park is 2 hours! Bad times! AT is pretty.

Now i know you don't go necessarily to a theme park to admire the views, but with AT you cant help but notice the "Wow" factor it has. From the gardens to the impressive towers, to the lake, to the theming. It all adds up. TP in comparison is obviously man made with very few parts of natural beauty. Even the theming around the park is getting rather dire. With AT, as i previously mentioned, i have to stay overnight when i go there due to the distance i have to travel.

This adds to the experience. Staying at AT is like living in a different world. It is truly magical, to the point where i'm struggling to find words to describe it All i can say is if you've stayed over in the hotels, hopefully you'll know what i'm on about TP has nothing in comparison to that.

But AT has them all - thrill rides, family rides, fun rides etc. AT is just a whole lot more than TP. Its a complete package. I could go on for hours describing the differences between the parks, but that would probably bore you all to death!

But to sum up, i prefer AT because it gives a much better overall experience! The customer service is generally better, and as a park they really have their heads together.

They know what makes the place tick with their target audience and how to boost customer satisfaction even if some enthusiasts don't agree. Theming isn't always their highest priority, but they make an effort when they can, and in comparisson I strongly believe they spend alot more effort on theming than in Alton Towers, because they had to build everything ground up, they had no foliage, no pre-arranged landscaping, no historic background like Alton.

Whereas, look at TH13TEEN, half the theming was already done for them, they didn't have to go around planting millions of trees to create the woods. Thorpe Park is located in Surrey, England and opened on the 24th May Thorpe Park was built on a less visually appealing site as the area had been previously used as a site to excavate gravel. The site was then developed to host the world ski championships in before becoming Thorpe Park.

Alton Towers currently operates nine rollercoasters whereas Thorpe Park operates seven roller coasters. Not all of these coasters in each park are major thrill rides as some are more suitable to small children. Both parks have one inverted coaster. Each park also has a launched coaster. These two coasters have very different track layouts but, in my opinion, are both ok coasters and hard to choose between.

Overall, Stealth is probably the more popular. Galactica at Alton Towers, originally Air, is a lie down roller coaster. Thorpe Park does not have a lie down coaster but, unlike Alton Towers, does have a wing coaster. The area around the ride is nicely themed. However, I feel that both these coasters are weak versions of these types of coaster compared to those found in Europe and the USA.

The Smiler at Alton Towers is a world class rollercoaster and currently holds the world record for most inversions with fourteen. A similar style coaster at Thorpe Park is Saw: the ride. This attraction is based on the popular horror film Saw and contains some very well themed sections. However, the ride does not provide the same level of thrill as The Smiler. Oblivion at Alton Towers was the worlds first vertical drop coaster.

Although short, the drop alone is thrilling enough to make this a must do during any visit to Alton Towers. The last major coaster to be mentioned at Alton Towers is Thirteen. The ride was built on the site of the Corkscrew. The steel coaster takes you on a journey through the woods.

The ride then takes you into a dark building in which riders experience a drop track element. Colossus at Thorpe Park, the parks final major coaster, is a steel coaster with ten inversions. Colossus was Thorpe parks first major rollercoaster when it opened in and originally held the record for most inversions.

These days, the ride experience on Colossus is a little rough. Congo river rapids is a traditional rapids ride and is intertwined with the family friendly Mine train coaster. The Battle Galleons ride send rides round a slow moving track in small pirate ship themed vehicles. Riders then battle with other guests on separate vehicles by shooting water at them with the built in water guns. Depth charge is a 40 foot water slide in which guests sit in inflatable boats as they travel down the bumpy 40 foot tall slide.

Storm surge also fits more into the category of a water slide than a water ride. Guests sit in inflatable large rings. Click here to browse UK theme park tickets now. It's in the bag! Always Cheaper than the Gate Pre-book your tickets for huge savings versus the gate. Our price promise ensures that you are getting the best value attraction tickets - AttractionTickets.

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