Thorpe Park Resort

Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:20 am

Aargh waaay too much flash! Tone that down and it's an alright website, not as good as the old one by a long shot!

I'm no web designer but it seems very amateur for a company with Thorpe Park's status!

Shame they got rid of all the old ride discripions! I really quite liked all the lines such as 'gut wrenching steel' and the like!

Website · Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:16 am

I'm probably gonna get jumped on for saying this but I actualy really like it. It is better than alton towers by a long-shot. I think that the new imaging technique is fantastic and it is simple and easy to use. Yes, there are typos, but if this is a beta, then it doesn't realy matter as much. I like the fact it looks more generic than before, as last time I went on there (go knows when) it was all industrial and Thopre Park just isn't like that. I love the discourse and I think the cretivity is just right. Well done Thorpe Park in my opinion. I hope alton gets a similar treatment (though better casue I like Alton more

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EDIT: Oh and I love the interactivty on offer such as 'post youir pic of Blah'. I think thats cool.

Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:48 am

i get this when i go to thorpe. or is this the new site. if so it is definitely nice and clean

Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:49 am

You can only access the site via: http://www.thorpepark.co.uk/ at the moment.

Adam x

Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:33 pm

Can somebody take a screenshot of the Thorpe Park website for me as I can't view flash websites for some reason....

Thank's...

Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:57 pm

I quite like the website too, i dnt think its too bad tbh, but the typos are really annoying me!

Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:14 pm

The new THORPE PARK website is pretty good, I like the layout and design, but theres way to much flash and stuff..hate the way they think it sounds better if they take on the roll of Capt. Capslock for THORPE PARK :P

Kaycee · Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:37 pm

I don't like THORPE PARK'S (not-so-subtle method of trying to imprint that name in your brain? It seems to have worked with all us lot lmao) new website. The landing page especially, that picture of Stealth looks crap all cut out with the track taken away.

Much preferred the darker, thrill-inspired one of yesteryear.

Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:48 pm

This is for Chrïs and people who cannot view flash

Enter Page

Home Page

I think it is an OK website, but with wayyy to much flash. If that went it would be better, but I still wouldn't be too fussed about it.

AstroDan · Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:48 pm

"Yesteryear" - love it.

The new site isn't very good in my view, it just irritates me.

Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:52 pm

I think its alright.

I think the buttons at the top are a bit silly.

Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:01 pm

I really like it. Its different. Much better then the old on. Dont think its to flashy at all. Just has the right amount, and its very Swish

Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:21 pm

I'm unsure about the new site. It is a bit of a flash over load and it does come accross as a bit, meh! But at least they've been bothered to do a new site at least!

Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:38 pm

Hmm, looks the new version of the logo has bee removed from the main page.

Adam x

Website · Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:55 pm

I don't like it. There's way too much happening on the home page. They've gone over the top with flash. One major problem, is the box for rides currently unavailable going to be big enough when the season starts!

Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:32 am

I don't like the 'Accomadation' tab, as it stands out and makes it look like Thorpe are trying to become a resort with hotels they don't own. Also Linking to a site, like holiday extras is very cheap IMO :P

Anyway, what resort stuff do they have? They seem to emphasise the breaks thing aswell, look on the right.

And the site seems to slow because of all the flash.

Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:22 am

Alton's site have partnered with Holiday Extras too, so it seems this is a whole Merlin thing going on. Thrope could at least have the effort to intergrate the hotel booking system into their site like Alton do though...

Thom....

Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:49 pm

The intro page is annoying. It's not needed.

The more pages you have to go through to get content the less likely it is you'll bother.

Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:29 am

[quote=""Johno""]The intro page is annoying. It's not needed.

The more pages you have to go through to get content the less likely it is you'll bother.[/quote]

Agreed, Entry pages are so last year.

Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:36 am

Its very thorpe, all i can think of really, doesnt look too useful