The Swarm - Thorpe Park

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeYjtROGSz8
Watch this

[TheArchitect]

i wuz thar

it was amazing.
there was no fire.

A friend made this awesome video footage!

[gouldy]

No way! I'm in that video! At 1:00, bottom left hand corner, black sleeveless top and 3/4 jeans. Followed by Adrenaguy and then TheArchitect... no sign of mkingy though!

[mkingy]

I was hiding behind the container. Don't want to break peoples lenses and all.

[TheArchitect]

lol FTW.

[TheArchitect]

[youtube]http://youtu.be/BSpm2ZXxKrg?hd=1[/youtube]

http://youtu.be/BSpm2ZXxKrg?hd=1

[gouldy]

Nice!

The more I see it, the more I like it. Doesn't seem as boring as I felt originally. Looks nice!

[mkingy]

Awesome Lol at the last shot though

id just like to share my thoughts on the swarm aftr riding it saturday

i was at thorpe on saturday for the last half hour of the day after spending all day at chessington world of adventures.
the area the swarm is in is very well themed. i particually like the wrecked fire engine and the police trailer in the station.
as for the ride though it did nothing for me. it was very very smooth but really didnt have much of a pace to it nor did it really thrill me as i hoped it might. i managed to get 3 rides on it 1 front right, 1 rear left and 1 4th row right and none of the seats i was in gave me a huge buzz that i get from saw the ride or even nemesis inferno.
its a great ride for the park but i would go as far as calling it a family thrill ride.
my opinion only here so if you dissagree well there you go

[gouldy]

Saw The Ride gives you a huge buzz?

[TheArchitect]

Originally posted by mkingy

Awesome Lol at the last shot though

I know, took me all night to upload it to YouTube though so im not gonna fix it lol.

[gouldy]

I don't know what's wrong with the last shot, it included me after all [^]

[TheArchitect]

i actually filmed the train launching and going up the top hat, but when i up-sized the 480 frame to be the same as the rest (720) i accidentally went one step further and made it too big, so all you see in the video is the track and railings lol. DERP!

Originally posted by gouldy

Saw The Ride gives you a huge buzz?

yes, saw is my favorite ride at thorpe and still remains so and does give me a buzz everytime

[TheArchitect]

The SWARM in slow motion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Ce ... &vq=hd720#

That roll needs a seat rotation...if this was 4d, well id probably move to london.

[gouldy]

Originally posted by gazag

Originally posted by gouldy

Saw The Ride gives you a huge buzz?

yes, saw is my favorite ride at thorpe and still remains so and does give me a buzz everytime

Each to their own, I guess. It's not even my favourite ride in that area of the park (Assuming you'd count Samurai as being in the same area as Saw), let alone the whole park.

[mkingy]

Agreed with Gouldy to be honest :/ Inside section is pretty cool though.

yeah each to there own, i guess im more of a old skool coaster nerd than a new school one. ive not been impressed by B&M lately on any of there designs but i love geustler for theres for the most part anyway.

each to there own though, if we all liked the same thing there would be no variaty in the world and it would be a much more boring place

[gouldy]

Indeed.


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