Queuing is a major part of any Theme Park trip. A lot of the time you could spend around an hour queuing for what is essentially a 2 minute ride. If you spend a day at a Theme Park, you could be spending around 8 hours queuing for just over 15 minutes of ride time! Well, there are ways around it - and Thorpe Park has a number of different ways in which you can beat the queues.

1) Fastrack

Fastrack is probably the most well known method of beating the queues. For a fee, you can get priority passes to all of Thorpe's major rides and attractions - meaning that you skip the queue and get rides in without the waiting. If purchased, guests receive an extra ticket that allocates times that they can ride the rides on the ticket without queuing. Each ride on the ticket can only be Fastrack-ed once; this is ensured by the ride attendants signing off each ride when used.

2) Single Rider

Single Rider is a system used on Stealth and Flying Fish only, that allows guests who don't mind riding on their own to beat the queues. If this applies to you, then you can queue up at the special "Single Rider" entrance - it will usually be the ride exit. Then, if there is a spare seat on a ride, you will be allowed on. Single Rider works especially well on busy days - whilst there is a 1 hour queue for say, Stealth, you can get on within 5 minutes due to a spare seat on the train.

However, sometimes, people abuse this system, and use the Single Rider queue when they are in a large group - this really slows everything down. Single Rider is just that - for "Single Riders". If you are in a group of more than 2-3 people - this facility is not for you.

3) Parent Swap

This system is not used very often: Parent Swap can be used by parents who want to ride the big rides, but have children that are not old enough to ride the big rides yet. If you ask at Guest Services, they will give you a Parent Swap Pass. This entitles one parent to ride an attraction, whilst the other looks after the children. Then, the parents swap, and the other parent can look after the children whilst the second parent has their go on the ride. It's a facility designed to allow parents to go on the big attractions, taking into account that the children have to be looked after. Parent Swap is only available on selected rides.

4) Normal Queue

If you don't fancy the above 3 options, then you can always queue normally! On quiet days, the queues are fast moving and bearable. On busier days, have a look at the electronic boards dotted around the Park to see which rides have the shortest queues. But, as mentioned in the "Thorpe Tips" section - these boards are not always 100% accurate. Always have a look at the queue yourself before you join it.

What is described on this page are legitimate ways of queuing at Thorpe Park. Please do not bend the rules. As the Park states: "Anyone found or seen Q-Jumping may be ejected from the Park". For further information on any of these methods of queuing, just ask at Guest Services on Park.