I and whole I.T and Engineering students of Northampton College
including few tutors went on a trip to Thorpe Park on the 18th of April 2013.
We set of around half 9am and arrived in our destination around 10:50am. We
were giving a short summary about the games and activities in the park to let
us know what we going to do. When we entered the park we spread out as the coasters
were many and everyone has to make a choice.
Thorpe Park is a
large playground full of computer based activities. The reason why the trip was
arranged for my course was to help us know how computer is used in certain
kinds of games or activities. To be honest, the park has nice environment with
serene atmosphere and all the games are been controlled by computer systems
which are incredible and awesome on how they work.
I was yet to check
out the Swarm, l was nervous at first because of the speed and its g-force
which was very high and quick to be honest.
I absolutely loved the Swarm, from the theming, the station, the ride
experience itself. I was laughing, screaming and gasping all the way round. l
enjoyed the ride and was really fun. Following the Swarm, l quickly worked my
way around other coasters like X which was pretty good, the Detonator which was
a bit scary as it drops down very fast like you want to shit yourself. I went
on Colossus which made me sick but it was a good experience.
There were some technical faults on some coasters where we
delayed for like 20 minutes and the queue was too long so l rushed to the fewer
coasters like Banana which was also good and comfortable. We were in the park
for about 8 hours, and pretty much did all we wanted, so we left. The only ride
l re-rode was X - I did went back with few guys from my class.
I was impressed with the park, l really had lots of fun, however,
the rides were all available, I didn't experience any ride downtime the whole
day - and that is a first for me in a long time, if ever. I noticed on Saw that
the effects were all still working, even in its third season. So overall - it's
nice to leave the park with a great impression rather than vowing not to return
until at least the following season or year.
