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Thorpe Park on Friday 21 August 2026

20 rides tracked10am - 9pmChertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom

Thorpe Park ran at 45% of a peak day on Friday 21 August 2026 - average, the 25th quietest of the 31 days that month. The park-wide average queue was 30 minutes, peaking at 40 around 2pm.

Friday 21 August 2026

Average · 25th quietest of 31

Thorpe Park ran at 45% of a peak day, against 34% for August 2026 as a whole. The park-wide average queue was 30 minutes.

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45%crowds
Hours10am - 9pm78.4% of rides running21°C

Queue times through the day at Thorpe Park

Park-wide average by hour

10am - 9pm · minutes

1710a
3311a
3612p
371p
402p
393p
364p
315p
256p
187p
138p

The park was at its worst around 2pm, averaging 40 minutes, and at its best at 8pm with 13 minutes.

Every ride's queue at Thorpe Park on Fri 21 Aug

Average queue by ride

27 rides · longest first

  1. Hyperiapeak 100 min · 1 min down (1)67m
  2. Nemesis Infernopeak 90 min · 34 min down (2)52m
  3. SAW - The Ridepeak 80 min · 138 min down (3)49m
  4. Storm Surgepeak 75 min · 1 min down (1)46m
  5. The Swarmpeak 80 min · 132 min down (7)45m
  6. Colossuspeak 100 min · 88 min down (6)42m
  7. Stealthpeak 60 min · 128 min down (6)40m
  8. Ghost Trainpeak 60 min · 122 min down (1)32m
  9. Rushpeak 60 min · 1 min down (1)30m
  10. Samuraipeak 50 min · 77 min down (5)30m
  11. The Walking Dead©: The Ridepeak 90 min · 1 min down (1)30m
  12. Depth Chargepeak 45 min · 52 min down (1)27m
  13. Detonatorpeak 45 min · 1 min down (1)22m
  14. Flying Fishpeak 35 min · 1 min down (1)19m
  15. Big Easy Bumperspeak 35 min · 21 min down (2)16m
  16. Quantumpeak 30 min · 56 min down (3)15m
  17. Mr Monkey's Banana Ridepeak 20 min · 23 min down (2)10m
  18. Dobble Tea Partypeak 15 min · 1 min down (1)8m
  19. High Strikerpeak 15 min · 26 min down (2)8m
  20. Amity Beachpeak 0 min · 120 min down (2)0m
  21. Launch Padpeak 0 min · 1 min down (1)0m
  22. Rumba Rapidspeak 0 min · 660 min down (1)0m
  23. Summer Soundspeak 0 min · 205 min down (1)0m
  24. The Playgroundpeak 0 min · 1 min down (1)0m
  25. Tidal Wavepeak 0 min · 660 min down (2)0m
  26. Vortexpeak 0 min · 660 min down (1)0m
  27. Zodiacpeak 0 min · 660 min down (1)0m

Hyperia held the longest queue, averaging 67 minutes and touching 100. 3 rides were down for most of the day.

When Thorpe Park rides were down on Fri 21 Aug

Closures through the day

10am - 9pm · red is closed

26 of 27 rides lost time on Fri 21 Aug, 56 closures totalling 54 ride-hours. Vortex lost the most at 11h.

Where Fri 21 Aug sat in August 2026

Crowd score, day by day

31 days · this day marked

At 45% this was the 25th quietest of the 31 days in August 2026, which averaged 34%.

Quiet 0-20%Below avg 20-40%Average 40-60%Above avg 60-80%Very busy 80-100%

Every figure here was measured on the day: each ride's queue time and open or closed status is recorded every few minutes through Thorpe Park's own operating hours. The crowd score is relative to this park's own busiest day rather than to other parks. Rides with no queue recorded were either walk-on all day or not reporting.

Frequently asked

How busy was Thorpe Park on Friday 21 August 2026?

45% of a peak day, which is average. The park-wide average wait across 20 rides was 30 minutes, making it the 25th quietest of the 31 days in August 2026.

What was the best time of day to be at Thorpe Park on that day?

8pm, when the park-wide average was 13 minutes, against 40 minutes at the 2pm peak. The park was open 10am - 9pm.

Which ride had the longest queue at Thorpe Park that day?

Hyperia, averaging 67 minutes and reaching 100 minutes at its worst. The shortest was Zodiac at 0 minutes.

Were any rides closed at Thorpe Park on Fri 21 Aug?

3 rides were down for most of the day.

Where do these figures come from?

Every ride's queue time and open or closed status is recorded every few minutes through Thorpe Park's own operating hours. The figures on this page are what was measured on the day, not a forecast.

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