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Thorpe Park · Europe · typical hours 10 AM–5 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride Hyperia first. Waits peak from late morning to mid-afternoon — do shows and meals then. The final hour is often as quiet as rope drop. There is no headline evening show, so the final operating hour is usually the quietest time to ride.
Worth it on busy days: A compact park with a teenage-skewing crowd and long waits on summer weekends.
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| Day | Park hours (local time) |
|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct | 10 AM – 9 PM |
| Sat 24 Oct | 10 AM – 9 PM |
| Sun 25 Oct | 10 AM – 9 PM |
| Mon 26 Oct | 10 AM – 9 PM |
| Tue 27 Oct | 10 AM – 9 PM |
| Wed 28 Oct | 10 AM – 9 PM |
| Thu 29 Oct | 10 AM – 9 PM |
From the park’s published schedule. Hours change, and evening events can close the park to day guests early — check with the park before you go.
Queues here follow a predictable daily shape. Lines are shortest in the first hour and the last, and peak 12 PM–1 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a Thorpe Park day, shown as each hour's share of that day's own peak wait. Actual minutes vary by season and day of week — check today's live waits.
| Hour | Typical wait level |
|---|---|
| 10 AM | 40% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 81% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 99% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 94% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 73% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 43% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 28% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. Hyperia is the newest and busiest; Stealth's launch cycle makes its line slow to clear.
The first hour is the cheapest capacity of the day — no pass, no fee, and typically the shortest waits you will see.
Red = busiest, green = quietest, grey = moderate.
Expect the year's longest waits during half-terms, the UK summer holiday, and Fright Nights in October.
The best value for short lines is term-time weekdays in spring and September.
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. *School holidays vary by district, state or zone; these are the typical dates, so check your own. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last. Every day is scored on the crowd calendar.
Included with admission
Included with admission, mazes often a paid add-on, and the park runs later than usual.
Usually runs in October — check the park's calendar for this year's dates.
Worth it on busy days
A compact park with a teenage-skewing crowd and long waits on summer weekends. Fastrack is worth it during school holidays and unnecessary in term time.
Price: roughly £3–£15 per ride, per person. Prices change often and by date — treat this as a range, not a quote.
Maben Parks shows every wait live with a "vs typical" marker, and your magical fairy will run the numbers for your party and date — including telling you to keep your money when the answer is no.
Check today's waits before you buyPlanning ahead? The free Thorpe Park crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.
Median posted wait across the rides we track, on moderate days — the crowd level most visitors get. The shaded band is the middle half of readings at that hour.
Detected automatically from the live feed — each of these reported closed all day, every day, for at least three operating days. Observed through October 22, 2026.
| Attraction | Closed since | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Vortex | August 26, 2026 | 48 operating days |
| Zodiac | August 26, 2026 | 48 operating days |
| Amity Beach | September 1, 2026 | 42 operating days |
| Fright Nights: Fear Awakens Opening Ceremony | October 9, 2026 | 11 operating days |
| Attraction | Was closed from | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Q-line Kiosk (Fearless Fuel) | September 27, 2026 | 3 operating days |
Generated from wait-feed observations, not an operator announcement: a long closure usually means refurbishment, but we report what the feed shows rather than guessing why. Always check the operator's own page before travelling for one specific ride.
Every wait we have recorded here, grouped by how busy the day turned out to be. The bold figure is the middle half of what we saw — a quarter of the time it was shorter, a quarter of the time longer. Read it against today’s crowd level to know whether the number on the sign is good or bad.
| Ride | Lightlevel 1 | Mildlevel 2 | Moderatelevel 3 | Busylevel 4 | Packedlevel 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperia | 30–4540 typical | 60–9075 typical | 60–8065 typical | 60–8070 typical | 80–120105 typical |
| The Swarm | 5–2515 typical | 35–6550 typical | 35–5045 typical | 35–6050 typical | 55–10075 typical |
| SAW - The Ride | 10–3015 typical | 35–6555 typical | 30–5045 typical | 35–6050 typical | 60–9580 typical |
| Nemesis Inferno | 5–3015 typical | 40–6045 typical | 35–4540 typical | 35–6045 typical | 55–9075 typical |
| Colossus | 5–2010 typical | 20–5035 typical | 20–4030 typical | 25–5040 typical | 40–8560 typical |
| Stealth | 5–2515 typical | 25–5045 typical | 25–4535 typical | 25–5040 typical | 45–8060 typical |
| The Walking Dead©: The Ride | 5–1510 typical | 20–4530 typical | 15–4025 typical | 15–4530 typical | 30–7050 typical |
| The Tenement | Scare Maze | — | 5–305 typical | — | — | 15–6530 typical |
| Ghost Train | 10–2015 typical | 20–4030 typical | 20–3525 typical | 20–4030 typical | 30–6045 typical |
| Stitches | Scare Maze | — | 10–3015 typical | — | — | 30–6045 typical |
| Rush | 5–2010 typical | 20–3530 typical | 20–3530 typical | 25–4030 typical | 35–5540 typical |
| Storm Surge | 5–1510 typical | 5–105 typical | 10–5035 typical | 15–4535 typical | 10–4020 typical |
| Samurai | 5–2015 typical | 20–3525 typical | 20–3025 typical | 20–3530 typical | 30–5040 typical |
| DeadBeat | Scare Maze | — | 5–1510 typical | — | — | 20–4535 typical |
| Survival Games | Scare Maze | — | 5–1010 typical | — | — | 10–4025 typical |
| Detonator | 5–105 typical | 10–2015 typical | 10–2515 typical | 10–2520 typical | 20–3525 typical |
| Trailers | Scare Maze | — | 5–105 typical | — | — | 5–3520 typical |
| Depth Charge | 5–1510 typical | 5–1010 typical | 20–3020 typical | 15–3025 typical | 10–3020 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 21 days per figure. Cells stay blank until a ride has enough observations at that crowd level to be worth printing. Posted waits are what the park displays, which is not always what you queue.
Aim to be at the gate 30–45 minutes before the posted opening time of 10 AM. The first hour consistently has the day's shortest waits, and arriving even 45 minutes late typically costs you two headliners.
4 PM–5 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 12 PM–1 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
Hyperia, then Stealth and The Swarm. Hyperia is the newest and busiest; Stealth's launch cycle makes its line slow to clear.
April, June and September — term-time weekdays in spring and September. Avoid May, July, August and October, when half-terms, the UK summer holiday, and Fright Nights in October.
A compact park with a teenage-skewing crowd and long waits on summer weekends. Fastrack is worth it during school holidays and unnecessary in term time.