THORPE PARK Resort Bewertungen 

This place is a joke. Management care about money only that's why this place is always overcrowded.
Paying bare money for entry ticket and you have to queue at least 2 hours for each ride.
If you pay additional £20 fastrack(for each ride) then you queueing only 1 hour.
So once you there all day expect to enjoy max. 5-6 rides. Never again.

Would have been better off going to adventure island in Southend. We spent a fortune on four tickets. Queue times of 130 minutes for a rollercoaster is unacceptable. Could have got our family an annual pass at the Hertfordshire zoo for the money we spent. Daylight robbery

Fright night on Saturday 18th October 2025

This was one of the worst FN I’ve ever been, it was clear the park oversold tickets, the queue to enter was an more than an hour long, the queue rides were on average 120-190 mins. And even if you paid fast track the queue was still 30-60 mins.

Ride Access Pass
As a RAP holder the queue for the Ride Access was over 30mins long or 45 mins for Hyperia which isn’t appropriate as there’s a reason we aren’t able to queue for long. There were too many RAP bookings which made queue’s long as well which meant the amount was controlled at all. The time between rides was ridiculous the staff were instructed to write down the same amount of time the queue on the RAP card which means you had to wait around the park for 2-3 hours.

No stealth at all made it disappointing as that is one of the reasons I even go as it’s my favourite one. The fact you barely make it around the park and only get to go on 4 rides was ridiculous for everyone.

Terrible and rushed scare mazes
The scare mazes were a disappointment I saw people had to wait almost 2 hours each one. Most of the scare mazes were rushed and wasn’t doing the full show due to long queues which is disappointing. £38 for 4 mazes and most of them rushed and not doing the regular show or the maze being cut short just to get customers through is a waste of money/greedy.

Conclusion
Fright night 2025 was a disappointment and a waste of money wouldn’t recommend. The scare zones were also reduced unlike last year and there aren’t actors roaming about just the so called “scare zones”. Food is over priced 2 meals in Burger King was £35. Terrible. Park was oversold, no public safety, extremely busy crowds, disgusting toilets especially swarm covered in cobwebs (not even decoration). Wouldn’t recommend it and I’m not going back £80 for an overcrowded park.

My daughter was looking forward to going here with her friends.
I find it absolutely disgusting that no health and safety rules apply here. All they care about is money money money and don't care how many people they let in. For this reason it makes the experience very uncomfortable walking around like sardines in a tin, huge queues and welcome you to pay even more to skip the queues. All they seem to care about is profit. There should be online ticket booking only and allow only a certain number of people to enter per day.
My daughter managed to get on 4 rides all day which is absolutely ridiculous and a total disappointment. She will probably never return here because of this experience. THE OWNERS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. Definitely make sure you pull your kids out of school to go here because otherwise it's no fun at all.

After all these years, still no toilets in the car park.

So you arrive after a long drive, then cant use a toilet until after you have dome the 30 minute queue to get in!

Yes their are toilets at the entrance. AFTER YOU HAVE ENTERED THE PARK.

Also the place is looking really run down these days.

What a rip off. They fleece you for loads of money for everything. £6 for a doughnut. £7 for a hot chocolate. £12 for parking.....and so on. Then the queues are insanely long, but of course they are because the fast track for the day is £65.
Do yourself a favour and go somewhere, anywhere else. It has to be cheaper.

Fright Night 2025-Honest review
17th Oct 25 visit, purchased fast passes (excl Hyperia) and entry fee, group of 7.

Usual wait time just to get in, but once inside, atmosphere good with park looking spooky for Halloween but starting to look tired.

Been a few times so looking forward to it but it’s starting to go down hill. Looking tired, a lot of rubbish and not many options for refreshments. Also noticed didn’t seem as busy as previous visits. Maybe all the shocking reviews on trust pilot or just chose a quieter day 🤔

Stealth closed all day with no attempts to reopen. Read reviews this has been quite a common occurrence on rides die to not enough staff??

Many rides closing then reopening throughout the day

Hyperia ride (queue 1 hour) is good but overly hyped (appreciate that’s just my opinion)

Drinks/food overly expensive - can’t claim coffee beans either at Costa (boo)

Ran out of small cups at one of the drinks vendors and could only sell large expensive drinks (basic stuff this…. C’mon Thorpe park)

Didn’t bother with the mazes- after spending a fortune on fast passes for a handful of decent rides (walking dead ride….. don’t waste your time…. Soooo bad), couldn’t face paying out to walk around tired, poor attempt, half arsed sets with student actors jumping out. My opinion, should be included in the cost of the inflated ticket prices for the event!

Swarm and nemesis, great rides, saw, best that day by far. Gutted Stealth closed as that’s the parks best ride IMO.

Overall, good day but so expensive for a tired park that relies on teenagers to rake money in buying expensive food and drink and one off fast track tickets (that’s a p*** poor attempt of cash grabbing Merlin. Seriously, do better!!)

Won’t be going again, Alton Towers on last visit was better, again, a bit tired but all the rides were open, bit cheaper and better atmosphere.

Note to Merlin- start investing some of your massive profits back into Parks as you’ll end up losing customers.

Visited Thorpe Park yesterday just to drop my son off so he could meet his friends, and it was an absolute nightmare. The drop and collect area was diverted into the main car park, which was already completely full. Staff members were just standing there like statues, clueless and unhelpful.

I explained several times that I only wanted to drop off, not park, but they still forced me into the car park queue, wasting over 30 minutes of my time.

Later, when I returned to collect my son, the situation was even worse — I spent 45 minutes stuck just trying to get out. The parking staff were rude and shouting at drivers, even though the entire mess was due to poor management and lack of organisation.

This was one of the most frustrating and poorly managed experiences I’ve had at any theme park. I will never visit Thorpe Park again and certainly wouldn’t recommend it to others until they fix their parking and staff training.

Ride Access Pass pre-booking process totally inadequate, rendering Thorpe Park inaccessible for those with accessibility needs, like us.

Thorpe Park: An Uninclusive and Disappointing Experience

My recent visit to Thorpe Park, particularly during Fright Night, was profoundly disappointing. The park's approach to inclusivity is severely lacking, especially concerning disabled guests. It’s disheartening to witness staff limiting the number of rides for disabled individuals, while VIP and fast-track customers face no such restrictions. This blatant disparity raises serious questions about Thorpe Park's values, suggesting a prioritization of profit over equitable treatment. The staff's unhelpful and rude demeanor further compounded the negative experience.

Adding to the disappointment, the Fright Night event was underwhelming. The scarcity of actors around the park diminished the immersive experience one would expect. Moreover, the need to pay extra for scare mazes on top of the already costly entry ticket feels like a blatant attempt to squeeze every last penny from visitors. It’s clear that Thorpe Park is more focused on maximizing profit than providing a genuinely thrilling and inclusive experience.

The atmosphere within the park was far from pleasant. Overcrowding, combined with the presence of teenagers drinking, taking drugs, and causing disturbances, created an uncomfortable environment for other guests. This lack of control and security further detracted from any potential enjoyment. Overall, Thorpe Park failed to deliver on its promises, offering a frightful experience in all the wrong ways and making it clear the park is trying to make as much profit as possible! Fright Night was not worth it.

Very disappointed
Had unlimited photos which didn't work.
Was told by a couple of the people at the photo booth to contact via email and they will sort out. Visited on the 5th August 2025. Till date have not responded.
First tried passing me to pomvom who passed me back to thorpe park. This went on for a while. They then sent me pictures of someone with a different case ID. I now have pictures of someone else.
Thorpe are now refusing me my refund or any arrangement.

If things fail to progress will have mo option but to use the photos that are not mine on social media. I also have the third parties email so I will email and inform of thorpe parks mistakes and let them know where there photos will be found. Sorry tk that person but someone needs to hold thorpe park to account.
If I am charged for photos then that makes me rightful owner and I do as I please

Purchased 3 tickets and 3 fast passes for my son and friends to attend Thorpe Park for his birthday. After spending 45 minutes queuing, they managed 3 rides before the park was closed due to the weather. Apparently we can rebook the general entry for free but have to pay another £195 for the fast passes again?! Scandalous!

Save your money, don't go!!
Went on Saturday, 2 X teenagers and myself and friend.
We thought we were going for Freight night, as stated on the tickets, but turns out that you have to book the Mazes separately. Not explained very well on the website.
We then go to Customer services to see if we can book the Mazes. We were given two time, 3 or 6, the Teenagers opted for 6. We bought the tickets over the counter for a further £10 each so total of £80.
We then went to cue for the rides. The cues were unbelievable, never experienced anything like it, then when we were getting close to the front, there would be an announcement to say that the ride had been closed due to the wind. This happened at least 6 times.
At about half 1 we decided to go home and claim the weather guarantee, and come back another day.
You do not get to pick the day that you come back. You have to click a QR code and then Thorpe Park will realise dates that you can come back.
We then asked about our Freight night passes, to be told that these were non-refundable. We asked if we could change the times to 3 instead of 6, again met with no, but advised to go to the maze at 3 and we may be let in.
We hung around until 3, walked to the first maze, and the cue was horrendous, obviously everyone had the same idea. We spoke to a member of staff, who advised that we had no hope of getting in early.
So, left with 3 hours to kill, with nothing to do as all rides closed, we went back to Customer services, who flatly refused to refund the freight night maze tickets, even when we explained that no rides were on, and we had nothing to do for 3 hours!!!
We spent 4 hours at Thorpe Park, did not go on one ride, and £80 lighter!!!

Shocking experience, it was windy so rides were closing an opening bought 5 fast passes to get to the front of a queue to ride something all day. We didn’t make it staff, including Jade the duty manager couldn’t have been less helpful, rude hiding behind T&C’s a total of £200 lighter for a terrible day for my daughters birthday and not one smile from staff, a deeply sad culture and experience. James

I have never experienced queues for rides like I have at this theme park. Save your money and go elsewhere

My marriage has just broken down and I’m homeless and this place won’t let me have a refund or even allow me to use my tickets next year. The tickets were for us and her children, she doesn’t want to go and therefore the children won’t be going but I m allowed to take someone else instead (very thoughtful) the last thing I want to do right now is go to a theme park. Utterly disgusting.

I got food poisoning from the pizza buffet from eating there paster and pizza! I was really sick and had all the classic signs of food poisoning! It’s completely disgusting to not cook food properly and to not have food hygiene! You can’t get me and other people ill! Food poisoning can have serious consequences! Sort your food hygiene out and cook the food properly. Stop serving food that’s unsafe to eat!! SORT IT OUT Thorpe Park!

Everything, from the entrance and back as I have a special in need child and didn’t gave me an access card because I didn’t pre-book despite I bought 4 tickets even for me I didn’t know I can get it for free. But here the staff are unhelpful and don’t care about children with needs they send me from one station to another and not helped at all. My 3 children and I just walked in a bit and left because my autistic non verbal child cannot wait in the queue and the queue are minimum 60 minutes waiting time. So very unprofessional do book everything in advance otherwise you loose everything tickets poor children crying they are not helpful at all. THE WORST PARK EVER AND ADVISING NOT TO VISIT THIS PARK.

So upon arriving it was fine and staff helpful until the point my children went to go on vortex , there was an issue with the ride so ended up closing to see what was happening but by that time my sons rap card had been signed off and timed out , I asked the man if he can amend this to which he put a line through it and said that would be absolutely fine to use on another ride , so over the hyperia they went to be told it was timed out and looked like we crossed it out so wouldnt accept the card he then said well its near the end of the day so I am going to throw it away anyway so not only didnt they have the vortex slot but the card was no longer get in my sons possession which I find poor with the lack of communication I was more than happy for him to radio through to get it verified but nope he wasnt having none of it . I am upset by the way the situation was handled because I knew deep down I wasnt lying but made out to feel as if I was when he questioned me about the line going through the ride time on the card . Imagine having the card and then having it timed out and being told cam use it on another ride instead because the previous ride had issues so had to close it then to get told cant accept it . I means wow if this is how they handle the situation I won't bother next time as its not cheap paying for a big family to gain access to the park and then this happens

first bad impression was carpark. i have shown to park close to bushes where ground was not maintained and overgrowing. on return to car found that people decided to relieve themselves next and on to my car. and had to pay £12 for this