SAW The Ride Review - THORPE PARK
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- In this video I share my review of SAW The Ride, a Euro-Fighter manufactured by Gerstlauer located at THORPE PARK in Chertsey, United Kingdom. Along with giving an in-depth review of the ride I also share facts about SAW The Ride along with a variety of off ride footage!
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4:27 turns out Thorpe Park does have a place to store car doors...
They lied to Simon.
Good spot lad, poor Simon...
Love this!
They only figured out how to after Simon. Took a few years to develop it
I personally like the fact that the mid course doesn’t slow the train down as the airtime is pretty good on the following drop
Same
It’s good airtime but very painful in my opinion!
I am the same, I love the aggressive way the cars are thrown around the track and there is something satisfying of skimming through the mid-course then plummeting down the drop.
@@ThemeParkWorldwide yeah it is quite painful but tbf i really love the suddenness of it
Might want to double check the description... last time I checked, SAW isn't at Alton Towers and Alton Towers isn't in Chertsey!
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Lol 😂😂😂😂😂
Big L
Saw-the ride is at Thorpe park not Alton towers
I love the drop off the brake run and the dive loop as its really intense. It is rough but I like how out of control it feels
I think that the roughness of the ride makes it better in some way because it makes it feel like the torture device it’s supposed to be
Big brain!I have not been on saw but looks like a beeeaaast and I think that jolts is better than none because it goes round the layout fast and the extra intensity to make it better but theming doesn't add any force!
Saw the ride as much as it adds to the experience it would make it less intense because it loses (speed , pun ,speed no limits , euro fighter) so less intense and theming is not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not make it for morcful, mor forceful
I really like Saw. Despite it's horror theme and the pretty intense anticipation that builds up, it's actually maybe the easiest rollercoaster in the park.
Colossus is an absolute headbasher and desperately needs some TLC, it was so painful that i decided to skip our next ride and take a break while my group went on.
I personally don’t get how people find colossus rougu
I found saw much more headbangy than colossus even in the back
I think The Swarm is definitely easier than Saw: The Ride.
The Swarm is much smoother and less intense. Saw is full of ejector airtime and it's quite shaky. It's as shaky in any row as Inferno is towards the back.
Although, I definitely agree with you about Colossus.
I love SAW: The Ride one of my all time favourites, I know it has its issues and people do not like it for how rough it can be in the outdoor elements but for me that makes it as its all about traps and the saw franchise, it does need to be smoother for sure but I personally don't mind it
Honestly,I rode saw a few months ago for the first time, expected it to be really rough but it wasn't. It was really smooth. Not sure if that was just that one ride tho. I only got to ride it once
@@bushbaby9521 Where did you sit? Because the back row is much smoother than the front (which is a little weird compared to something like the smiler lmao)
@@lemonamon yeah I was sat on the back row
@@bushbaby9521 alright then yeah makes sense, back row is pretty smooth especially when compared to the front so yk
Still my 2nd fav ride at TP (after The Swarm). It's always good fun sharing a car with someone who isn't expecting that first drop. I did notice how rough it's getting when I went on it earlier this year though
People complain about Colossus being too rough but this ride takes it to another level...
I agree
100% agree
that shot gun makes me scream every single time
Same, I was waiting in line and when I heard it I screamed and everyone laughed.
SAW will forever be my favourite rollercoaster, I love the indoor section, theming, soundtrack, everything about it, I can’t get enough of it. ☠️
The indoor section is fantastic!
This was my favourite ride when I visited last year. I felt the roughness was part of the experience and deliberate for a ride in which you're invited to join a game.
I personally think that this is one of the uk's best coasters
What would u say for someone going on it for the first time?
@@zayzeeboozebra9040 put your hands up on the drop
I rank it very low, if it was smoother I would rank it a lot higher.
I cant believe some people say its smooth. 🤣
Also me feeling like my legs shall drop off
Rough ride: exists
Shawn: lap bars
"In this video I share my review of SAW The Ride, a Euro-Fighter manufactured by Gerstlauer located at Alton Towers in Chertsey, United Kingdom"
Shawn are you ok, Thorpe Park Is In Chertsey!
I love this ride a lot, I personaly didn’t even feel how rough it was. I waited 2 and a half hours In the burning hot sun and I think it was highly worth it !
Absolutely adore this thing. Remains my 2nd favourite UK coaster with wicker man barely surpassing it.
A mixture of amazing theming, fantastic indoor section, great positive and negative forces and also a single rider line now.
Like any old gerst it does have its jerkyness but once you get a feel on how to ride it, you'll go through it with little to no discomfort at all:)
Love the video and the channel! I have a request for a video or video series I'd love to see, how a theme park designs, procures and builds a coaster. What comes first? The theme, the ride type? Do the companies bid on the chance to build it or do the theme parks approach a specific company?
Would love to see some content around this topic!
Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks for your suggestion!
Rode this a couple days ago and was 2nd from the left on the front and I didn’t find it uncomfortable at all! It rode really well and the air time hill towards the end was great!
Thanks Shawn, this review reminds me of Kumba in Bush Gardens, Tampa. Opening year I rode it 10 times in 1 afternoon and fell in love with it, 5 years later ... I rode it once as the B&M rattle took over and even the heart line roll hurt! I've been told that it has been reworked and had trains rebuild bringing it back to its former glory ... fingers crosses for Saw! PS that cap and pin badge donation I sent you for the museum was from opening season!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! That’s awesome, thank you so much!
Saw is amazing! Pretty rough but well themed! Good video Shaun!
I actually quite like the fact saw is a little rough round be edges! That give it's another level to go hand in hand with the theme of the ride itself! It's rough I'll give you that but it's for a certain charm about it 🎢
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Great video Shawn I’ve been waiting for this one! I totally agree cart 2 front row is definitely the best seat. The scariest part of the ride has to be going up the vertical drop I always feel like I’m going to fall backwards 😂
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
My daughter and I went on it this year loved the inside bit and the first drop, none of the rest both of us came off with headaches due our heads continually banging on the restraints as it was so rough
I really love your reviews, please do more ;)
Thank you! More on the way
Hi Shane, just watched this review. I was at Thorpe Park yesterday and found saw to be really intense and felt I use to ride it well previously and for some reason it really shakes me these days (I also went in June).
Listening to your comments from a couple years ago (this video was obviously made in 2020) now clears up a little why for some reason I found it a harsher ride than previously.
Brilliant explanation!! Cheers!!
Shane?? Sorry about that... Proper typo!! Shaun*
I LOVE this format.. you have sooo many rides that you could easily do 500 videos Ahahahah so I wait for this to have more videos, and I love your point of view of the situation
Thank you so much. They’ll be many more sit down reviews on the way!
@@ThemeParkWorldwide i (saw) it.. ahaha thanks
Went to Thorpe Park opening Sunday 2022, probably the best ride I've ever had on it, it was way smoother than previously and you could tell they did some work on it for the better.
I agree with you Shaun about the last section is way to fast and uncomfortable! With it being a block brake it can go through at much slower speeds. I remember stopping at the brake section and going through the last section with ease!
SAW The Ride, a Euro-Fighter manufactured by Gerstlauer located at Alton Towers in Chertsey, United Kingdom
ha ha, i think he fixed it now
Love your videos!! Saw is one of my favs in the uk 👍
Thank you!
Hello There, a great review, thank you for sharing your thoughts, I have heard that it's been getting smoother over the years since this review was published. It was great to hear your perspective on it throughout. Cheers Peter :)
I couldn't agree whith u more about the ride is shakey about the drop I literally had a head ache for a week after because of it
Can’t wait to visit Thorpe park! The theming looks scary 👻
Great ride. Best one in Thorpe Park for sure (when I was there around 10 years ago at least)!
I've ridden saw once an thought it was absolutely amazing. It was my favourite thing I want on at Thorpe park and probably my favourite thing I've ever been on.
I've always thought saw was the best ride at Thorpe park. I love this 💓
Swarm for me. Saw is great though.
Stealth for me
Tbh I think saw is the worst major coaster at Thorpe. Stealth and the swarm take it for me
Had a couple of rides this year, still think this is pretty good coaster
I find Saw really rough on the front and smooth on the back
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@@louiswright8282 yh, but maybe it was A the train they had Or B the seat because the middle is smoother
I agree with you on that back middle is my seat
@@coastercountdowns6769 Same.
@@FunfairFuntime I agree
Another great review!
Thanks!
Completely agree with you Shaun, loved it when it first opened but I’d rather give it a miss completely now. The pain and headaches aren’t worth it! Great review 😊
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts Gemma!
Saw is a great ride and the indoor bits, are great but I do agree that it is quite rough.
To be fair I felt the ride was a LOT smoother this year compared to recent years. Could always be in my head or the flab cushioning I packed on during lockdown lol
My most anticipated UK coaster, i really want to get on it!!!
Great review, is there anything that Thorpe Park could do that would make this coaster smoother? New wheels, cars, track?
New trains with lap bars instead of over the shoulder restraints would make a difference. Maybe also if the ride was trimmed coming off the mid course break run and potentially some re-tracking at the bottom of the first drop.
Went on the coaster two days ago and personally the whole ride was super smooth, the only place where it wasn’t was when we returned back into the station
Hey I met you at Thorpe park about a month ago for fright nights. it was me and 2 other friends
You mean fright nights Thorpe don’t do scarefest
Good to meet you!
I found saw great this year, that might be because I rode grand national and infusion in a row
according to a member of staff i met when i did 33 laps on saw its getting rush's lap bars which is pretty exciting
I wonder if the smiler will get lap bars alongside saw? They're both gertslauers in uk merlin parks so who knows maybe the smiler will get the lap bars too
This is one of the few rides I don't fully agree with you on mate, but I seem to be in a minority so I might just be nuts lol. I've personally never found this to be rough or painful. It's a bit of a jolter but I've never had a bad ride on it. Maybe I'm just immune to it after riding Grand National 20 times last year or I've always been lucky and caught it on a good day. I personally find Colossus a lot more jolty, at least the last couple of seasons. But I fully agree that UK parks need better restraints as thorpe park is especially bad for it. Let Icon lead the way.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Very interesting, because I've been on this thing loads of times over the past ten years and I've never had a bad ride on it. I've never noticed the roughness; I am very tall so maybe I'm avoiding head-banging that way. I'm going back to Thorpe Park in a few months so I'll see how it's riding then and see if it's still my fave coaster at the park.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
I would love to go Thorpe park
Very overhated ride. Love it to bits 🔥
I would say its over popular really, as shaun says it's just far too rough.
I would be heartbroken if they ever removed saw! It was always my favourite coaster until they opened Swarm
I love this ride, also i like your personality!
Would you know how big the indoor drop is? For some reason I really want to know
It’s my favourite in the park! Although I hate the lift hill and how u slide back in ur seat as u go up I would hate to break down on it 😂
From quite early on in its existence, I found the ride uncomfortable because it seems to bounce along the track, as though it had a vertical judder. The very first ride I had, the indoor drop was a complete surprise and definitely a brilliant part of the ride, but thereafter it’s a complete headache. Plus I love the Saw films (though they certainly have their flaws) but I feel even for Thorpe park it wasn’t the best theming choice.
definitely the scariest ride at Thorpe park, mainly because of that slow vertical lift hill and all the horror theme build up before the drop, the whole section before the drop is actually quite scary.
I like the theming and indoor section, but I think Speed at Oakwood is a better eurofighter. Still need to try Rage at Southend!
Speaking of Gerstlauer Eurofighters, do you prefer the 320 models with lap bars or the 320+ models with a helix and over the shoulder restraints?
I definitely prefer the lapbars!
Awesome!!! Please please pleas please please please please please please please do more coaster reviews. Thanks, u the best ever (:
They’ll be more on the way!
Those damn shotguns always get me...
Luckily saw has gotten more smooth this season, I went on it last year and remembering it being quite janky. But this year I had a much more pleasant time on it, it was considerably smoother (at least my ride on it) and I believe that it has improved quite a bit since last year.
Thorpe should just retrain Saw, Colossus and Stealth with lap bars. That would keep the costs down and the public happy until they can afford an intamin giga blitz :)
actually - to hell with it - Crotch Lap bar nemesis inferno aswell. B&M - book it!
@@jonorowe i wish, bnm hasn't utilised lap bars on inverted coasters sadly
I really do like this ride, I remember when I first went on it I was really chuffed to see the themeing, felt like I was on an attraction I would go on at Universal or Disney. I always have a good time riding this. 👍.
My favourite at Thorpe ;)
I love the movies as well, so perfect
Look like you've lost some weight during lockdown!! Good to see! That chicken at Alton Towers was catching up lol! Stay Safe. Much love.
I know you meant well with this comment, but maybe best to just leave weight out of it, as long as he's happy and healthy :)
I like to try and stay active!
@@ThemeParkWorldwide Me too :)
Favourite ride all day every day
Another great video as always Shawn mate. My personal opinion is that it’s a decent ride, it has its rough patches here and there. I love the theme cause I’m a massive fan of the franchise and overall it’s a great ride for the park
Thanks for sharing!
@@ThemeParkWorldwide no worries mate
in my opinion, if saw had that revamp like vampire did at chessington where it would be smoother and get new trains (maybe ones with only lap-bars) saw could easily be one of the best. the forces you get on that ride are just amazing but are ruined by the factor of you getting a very rough ride or a quite smooth ride.
as a slightly nervous rider only just getting into riding inverting coasters id rather have the over the shoulder restraints! not sure i want a lap bar only, would be terrified as i get thrown around a lot in restraints as I'm so skinny lol
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
this video I share my review of SAW The Ride, a Euro-Fighter manufactured by Gerstlauer located at Alton Towers in Chertsey, United Kingdom.
That is true. You passed rollercoaster school
It’d be interesting to know when a theme park purchases a roller coaster, do they suggest or even offer upgrades 5/10 years on when technology has progressed? I’ve always wondered!
Occasionally, however at a cost!
The only coaster I have been on that has inversions while using a lap bar was G force at Drayton Manor, which was a horrible coaster and uncomfortable lap bars 😂glad it's gone....
Going on it for 1st time tomorrow 🥳
I’m noticing more & more Eurofighters not agreeing with age. TMNT Shellraiser is relatively new and still features so many potholes and dings. 🤷🏻♂️🥃
Do you thinks parks with small foot prints might start installing RMC Raptor tracks instead of Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter over the next few years?
Possibly so!
Yes this ride has gotten worse over the years, guess for me the roughness adds to the entire ride that it is meant to be a saw trap. So it being uncomfortable adds to the experience!
i love the reviews!
Thanks Hannah!
i know this is quite outdated but I've started to notice its gotten way smoother then it was before, maybe they did some maintence on it or something because its now my favourite ride at thorpe park
Going to thorpe park today, having previously done Swarm and Nemesis inferno, do you think I will be able to cope with saw and colossus?
Definitely!
Theme Park Worldwide I managed to get on colossus for first time after nearly 2 hour wait , but it was very worth it!
I first went to Thorpe park in august saw had a massive queue so I didn’t go on I went back in September with my mates went on queued an two hours I loved the queue it looks really atmospheric and abandoned I didn’t actually hear the air cannon cause the second I went in it went of and my friend fell over cause we didn’t know it was going to happen and we were really shocked . Great queue great indoor area and I was on the first row far right second dispatch and it was great my favourite part of the ride was the first drop were you go over the top it was really different to oblivion cause there were no breaks it was a bit shaky but I went on again and leaned my head into one side of the restraint and it makes the ride way more enjoyable.
As an overall experience 7/10
Thanks for sharing!
Hmm 10/11 years old is still pretty young for a coaster imo. I rode Viper SFMM which is 30 years old and found it much smoother in comparison.
Keep up the good work Shawn :)
Thanks Jack!
I went last week and it was very smooth
I'm an enthusiast but since I've been getting into my late 20s some rides kill me now, euro fighters especially 😂 I rode saw 2 days after it opened, queued all day as it constantly broke down, got the final ride before they shut it for the day, only ride I managed to get on that day. Sadly can't ride it now 😂
With you on this one..at last years fright night was really looking forward to saw in the dark as went a few years ago to same event (I am from Leeds so usually go to alton towers scarefest) and saw was Brilliant especially in dark..not now..you cant see the twists and turns coming in dark to brace yourself it actually cricked my neck ..horrible ride now..shame as I agree the themeing etc is amazing
My review:
Saw has an overall good layout but could do with better trains, (restraints kinda like karnan) it is pretty rough but the theme really makes up for it, I love the head choppers and that beyond vertical drop, it really fits the park. Cant forget those shotguns! I give it an overall 6.8/10
Thanks for sharing!
i been on it last week how do i get to platform 3 and 4 on saw the ride
This is probably one of the most marmite coasters in the UK, mabye even Europe. Some people say its the best ride in the park, others say its one of the worst in the country. I personally think its a great experience but definetly has a lot of jolting at points...
It rides a hell of a lot smoother than collosus does these days. Collosus urgently needs some TLC!
I actually didn’t find it awful this year. I rode it in September and to be honest, it wasn’t bad. We went on one of the days that they oversold tickets, and so everything was on a 2hr+ wait all day, so we only did it once, but from the ride we got, it was running okay. Obviously that Immelmann is just horrific, but the mid course is something I 100% agree with you on too 😂 the dive loop used to be unbearable, but now they must have changed something in the train- perhaps a wheel change. Idk I first rode it in 2011, and it was running excellent back then. Definitely deteriorating as time goes on, but that’s just the way Gerstlauers seem to go. The Smiler is WAAAYYYY better the past 2 years, but from 2015-2019 it was borderline unbearable in parts too- hopefully Gerstlauer can fix this in future creations 🤣🤞🏻
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Me and my sister have gone to Thorpe park a few times a year for the last 3 years and we love saw but I can't ride it anymore sadly as it's so rough I come off with a bad headache. Everyone getting off always moans about having head pain ☹️ such a shame.
It’s certainly much rougher than it used to be
Saw the ride is my favourite ride
I'm not gonna lie but if you sit in the second row i think its a lot smoother and you cant see if your at the top of the ride so you can only tell when you go over its so scary but so fun
Spot on abut where its issues lie imo, I know it’s themed to a torture device but that dive loop is just too far! Makes colossus feel like gliding on ice!
Late to the party but love the theaming and it runs really well these days, colossus and nemesis inferno run worse. Obviously a family coster but so does flying fish. Icon is still best though followed by the swarm then the smiler tue OG nemesis its good but it needs work which we are getting! Do expect this yo change soon!
Adventure island southend yaay :D
Which drop is more intense Oblivion or Saw.
Imagine if the rethemed saw to do with creek freak massacre
Theming is the best my favourite with the second being the swarm