First Trip to Thorpe Park in England | 2024 Vlog

[@Georgeoglander]

Stealth is now the fastest accelerating rollercoaster on the planet, which has added Thorpe park to the map alongside hyperia!

[@iitzfizz]

I LOVE Stealth. Such an intense punchy launch and great airtime over the top hat...and that ejector hill at the end before the brakes. It's one of my favourite coasters, would be better with a lap bar but the restraints aren't awful (looking at you Colossus) Hydraulic launches are a dying breed, went on Tuesday for the first time in years and Stealth is still riding great!

[@willgrandex]

cant stress enough how overlooked nemesis inferno is. she's aged like fine wine and i'd even dare to say it's on par with nemesis at towers but comparing them is the most useless thing ever as the layouts give completely different experiences! im glad you had an amazing day at thorpe though, it's such a gem of a park.

[@zealon3988]

Enjoying the video from a UK perspective. Wear comfy walking shoes when you go to Alton Towers 😆Make sure you both go on The Smiler!

[@RJE48]

Have a look at Alton Towers, it's set in the grounds of a former country home. The difference is that because the Theme Park is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, no rides can ever be seen from the surrounding areas. This theme park has had to be very clever in how they design their roller coasters, making sure they are below the tree line. This also means they have dug down on many occasions to produce some really intense low level coasters. It is really worth a trip for a couple of days. Also the hotels have a water park included!

[@joeplatt4036]

Great video folks. Really enjoyed it and love your style of video. Very professional and your take on the park was super interesting. Hope you had a great time at Alton Towers.

[@RideorDine]

Thank you so much!! We really loved Alton towers, that will be a fun video. We’ll post next week!

[@AdrenalineRush236]

Great to see another opinion because it's my home park so I naturally take it for granted. re. your question about why Nemesis Inferno sounds similar to Nemesis: Nemesis was very successful for Alton so Merlin decided to try and use 'Nemesis' to market it. However, I love Swarm and it's my favourite at the park but I am going to Hyperia's opening day and that will probably top it. Where would Inferno rank in terms of the inverts you've been on? I think the Walking Dead issue was a copyright thing. I've filmed the preshow on Wickerman at Alton before and they don't care as it's not an IP. 😀

[@RideorDine]

I had a feeling they wanted to piggyback onto Nemesis’ success but wasn’t sure if there was a deeper storyline as well. When it comes to ranking roller coasters… man it is tough 😆 Brittany will have to confirm how many B&M inverts she’s been on but for me I’ve now ridden 23 (if my math is right). I’d say the first one that pops into my mind is always Montu. Maybe we’ll do ranking videos in the future! Funny you mention Wickerman though because I think I intentionally didn’t record the preshow for fear of being scolded haha

[@BobaTimes]

Loved the new perspective of Thorpe Park with you guys! Instant sub! In regards to swarm the cart with the aliens, they are literally the aliens crashing through everything and invading etc. they’re the swarm of flying aliens. If you watch the ride trailer for when it comes out, it makes more sense. And the pro alien signs are like people welcoming the aliens etc

[@RideorDine]

Ahhh good idea to watch the ride trailer! Swarm was really cool!

[@shaunpayne81]

A great video you guys have done at Thorpe Park, I had to watch it as I'm visiting next Friday, it's a 3 hour drive from my house. Can't wait to get on Hyperia too.

[@UKThemeParks]

Great to see another view of the park! The area by the lake they use for Halloween mazes, sounds like you had a great time

[@RideorDine]

Ahh okay makes sense! I bet they have a cool Halloween event. Thanks for watching, we loved visiting Thorpe!

[@DG95Official]

Glad you've enjoyed Thorpe Park, hope you'll visit for Hyperia soon

[@RideorDine]

Would love that!

[@Georgeoglander]

“Flying Fish was a little too overkill for me”-Ride or Dine 2024

[@RideorDine]

@@Georgeoglander hahah just speaking our truth 😂💕

[@Georgeoglander]

@@RideorDine hahaha thx for replying btw! Hope you enjoyed my local park and hope that you get to ride hyperia one day!

[@katywillcox2256]

It is part of the merlin franchise and they are very strict on what you can and can't film. Other parks include alton towers, all of the lego parks, Chessington world of adventures just to name a few.

[@chrisjohnsonadventures]

Hello I’m a new subscriber I come to Thorpe quite a lot live in England it 1 my favourite parks I love the swarm stealth can’t wait for HYPERIA the new coaster

[@RideorDine]

Thanks for subscribing! We loved Thorpe and all the rides. Hyperia is going to be awesome!!

[@Kyle-Russell]

Thrope park and Alton towers where owned by different when they came under the same company they started major investment at thrope park and built colossus then there was a major fire where nemesis inferno now stands. so they had to build some thing very quickly as as the original nemesis was the best rollercoaster they wanted to piggyback off the ride.

[@RideorDine]

Ohh very cool insight about the inferno name/fire. Thank you for sharing that!

[@angellevers1913]

I think Merlin parks are particularly weird about filming rides and pre-shows, so thorpe park, alton towers, and chessington. Other parks around the uk are more chill about it

[@RideorDine]

It felt strange because that is so vastly different from what most parks do. We did also go to Chessington and Alton Towers too on this trip. Crazy that they are all owned by the same company and are so different from each other.

[@samrofik1764]

On swarm you have to sit right side back row for the most intense experience , with all the different seats it’s night and day difference on swarm

[@RideorDine]

We’ll keep that in mind for next time we go! We wanted to make sure we got on it ASAP and ironically it broke down right after we rode.

[@ShannonSmith1492]

fun video thanks for sharing!

[@RideorDine]

Thank you for watching 😊💕

[@HarryBoSweets]

It’s always interesting to watch Americans come here and see what we have to offer here in the UK

[@RideorDine]

Haha yeah I can imagine. We loved the UK parks we visited! We did Thorpe, Chessington, and Alton Towers and had a blast at each of them.

[@TPC_1994]

I didn’t know if you wanted some clarification or not but the train in the swarm is the alien and you went to the church for cover but the swarm attacked the church and abducted you which is the story , I love the swarm but stealth is the best for be , the launch is increadible!! I’ll be at hyperia on the opening day and I’m sure it’ll be my new fav at Thorpe but I don’t know if it’ll beat nemesis reborn 👀

[@TPC_1994]

Hope you guys had a great day Thorpe is my local park I live 10 minutes away I hate colossus though it is unbearable for me 😂

[@RideorDine]

Oh thank you!! We love theming and the “story” attached to rides, so thank you for helping shed some light on the swarm story. That makes more sense. Swarm was good, but agree Stealth was our favorite! Hyperia will be awesome! Have fun!

[@TPC_1994]

@@RideorDine no problem! Glad you enjoyed the best ride at the park 👀

[@liamcollinson5695]

I hope you had a great time it's Merlin that own thorpe park and Alton towers they seem to have a thing for dark themes so swarm is apocalypse themed and wickerman has a human sacrifice theme along with 13 which is based on bad luck ect

[@RideorDine]

Thank you! We had an awesome time! And we actually visited Alton Towers as well as Chessington on this trip (videos coming soon) and definitely saw the similarities between the parks. Their park apps, skip the line systems, food offerings, etc., were all very similar. All great parks! Obviously well run! 😊

[@lavetaloca7790]

fun to see these parks oversees

[@RideorDine]

Thank you! It was very cool to travel to the UK and get to see some awesome parks! 😊

[@mikekelly7707]

If you’re not keen on inversions the smiler at Alton towers is one to avoid as it holds the world record of 15in total which would be a shame as everyone should experience it at least once ,,,nemesis is still classed as one of the best coasters in the uk after all these years & is a favourite with many coaster enthusiasts,,,,enjoy 👍🏽

[@RideorDine]

Video coming soon! We went to Alton Towers as well a few days later

[@rhiannakendrick9588]

flying fish normally goes around 3 times the operator just let you have rerides

[@RideorDine]

Okay, makes way more sense! 3 would be more enjoyable to me, but appreciate the operator letting us go around again :)

[@AudreyMealiff]

Hello, New sub here, from Ireland. My boyfriend and I also were in Thorpe park a few weeks ago for our first visit. We had similar views as you guys on a lot of the rides. The American theme of the park and the shouty soundtrack is so annoying, I think they could improve on that. The Walking Dead is such a letdown, the front sign is the best part of it, and the coaster is so weak. Come to Ireland 🇮🇪 to visit our Emerald Park, if you haven't been already. 😊

[@RideorDine]

Thank you for watching and subscribing!! 😊 We would love to visit Ireland and emerald park! Hopefully soon we can make that trip.

[@TomboyNatzz]

I think the important thing about the SWARM theming is try not to think about it too much, we’re 🇬🇧 not too good with theming and backstory and stuff, USA has that down to a T, us not so much 😂😂

[@RideorDine]

😂😂 not sure if we have it down to a T in the US, but I get your point. Loved Swarm either way!

[@dbgaming5952]

6:41 the trains is the swarm of aliens attacking.

[@RideorDine]

We saw that! Wasn’t sure if there were more kinds of aliens or something because the whole “welcome aliens” really threw us off since they didn’t look very friendly 🤣

[@dbgaming5952]

@RideorDine I think that's the humour of today's world. If aliens actually did invade and they were here to wipe out the human race, you would still get people protesting that their lives matter 🤣. They did it for live actors at alton towers for the nemisis reborn.

[@RideorDine]

@@dbgaming5952 well isnt that the most accurate thing I’ve read today 🤣 We went to Alton Towers a few days later and saw some actors for Nemesis too! We’ll be posting that video in a couple weeks!

[@jameshughes6188]

Can't wait for you to go alton towers.... that in my opinion has better rides.... I know hyperia will beat rides at alton towers. But as an overall alton has majority of better rides. Look forward to your opinions there. And make sure your ready for ALOT of walking there 😂 you day thorpe is easy to walk.... yeah wait till you get to alton towers 😂

[@RideorDine]

We went to Alton Towers just a few days after Thorpe and it was amazing! We’ll be posting a video in a couple weeks too but we certainly got our steps in.

[@FlyingHawlucha]

205ft not 200ft And its the fastest accelerating roller coaster operating but u didn’t do any research

[@davidrowlands9498]

The name Nemesis was used because Thorpe is owned by Merlin, the same company that operates Alton Towers. If they named this ride anything else everyone would say it was fantastic but everyone compares it to the much better, original Nemesis. I call this ride Nemesis Inferior.

[@RideorDine]

Haha Nemesis Inferior is great! 😂 We did know it’s also operated by Merlin, which is why we thought they’d try to pick a different name. To differentiate. But either way, both great coasters, just one greater than the other. 😄

[@jamiehasted1265]

The reason it is called Inferno is because the story is that the Nemesis creature tried to escape it's bonds by digging down, this created a fissure underground and caused a volcano in Thorpe.

[@MercLazarus]

So let me get this straight, a youtube channel about coasters and theme parks has someone who was unsure about getting on half the coasters

[@RideorDine]

😂😂 well..we are 2 people with 2 different opinions, likes, and dislikes. And only 1 of us is unsure about some of the coasters…haha. Also..there’s a lot more to do/fun to be had at theme parks outside of just coasters. Dark ride/drop tower/log flume stan for life!! 💕