Buy Tickets Now. Book Now. Ride overview. You must be at least 1. Maximum torso restriction 51 inches. Saw - The Ride experience Based on the infamous horror movie franchise, this themed roller coaster goes further than any vertical drop ride has gone before.
Choose your ticket. Buy Now. When the ride begins, 2 sets of 4 set off with the first almost immediately entering the ride while the other watches a small pre show of Billy on his signature tricycle. The indoor section of the ride is very dark with only what they want you to focus on lit up. The track approaches two swing pendulums but at the last minute, a surprise drop plunges riders almost vertically into a pit of spikes.
Riders are then sent past a row of syringes that seem to shoot past you with a blast of air, narrowly missing, as you enter a heartline roll with Jigsaw beneath in a pool of blood, a homage to the first film. There are TV screens showing Billy again and a big timer that is counting down.
After this, the ride does a few more elements, some banked turns, an attempt at air time, before getting back into the station. My feelings towards Saw — The Ride are mixed. The queue line sets the scene perfectly and even throws in a few references which the Saw fans will love.
I think Thorpe Park have really done a great job and they continue to do a great job with the likes of Swarm also being heavily themed. I would love to see more original concepts in parks but as far as IPs go, this one works really well. The indoors section of this ride is bloody brilliant.
It not only captures the feel of the films, the fast paced traps, the thrills, the panic, it also is an extremely fun part of the ride. The near misses are excellent and not knowing where the track is going or what the next element will be heightens the experience. The outdoor section? A bit of a let down. After the impressive theming and the awesome indoor section, I expected more. The degree drop is gimmicky, a great marketing point which looks good off-ride but not enough to save the outdoor section.
After that, it kind of dies out as well as the fact it is a bit too rough for me to actually enjoy past that point. If you happen to be lucky and get a good seat, this ride is brilliant! All the designers needed to do was make the building appear ancient and abandoned- and it worked. The queue line starts off as a cattle pen- with the added touch of barbed wire topping the tall chain fences- before winding into something more interesting.
The big issue here is heat- it gets so hot in the outdoor queue on sunny days, particularly in the height of Summer, making the area genuinely unpleasant to stand in for longer than ten minutes or so. All of this succeeds beautifully in ramping up the tension and fear factor which continues building up until that degree drop. Physical Ride Experience If we really separate the theming completely from the physical ride experience, this category is almost certainly the biggest let-down suffered by Saw.
Yes, the first drop is excellent- but would it be as good if there were lights to allow riders to see it coming? The first inversion before the lift hill is also great but, similarly, the fake corpse on the floor makes it.
The highlight of the ride hardware is the vertical lift hill, which I still find seriously unnerving, and the beyond-vertical drop. Reports from those at the park today claim the roller coaster was also closed for parts of today for reported 'safety reasons'. One onlooker said: "It was awful, one of the cars was stranded and everyone on board was clearly very distressed. They had to be rescued. With a height of ft, a heavily-themed dark ride section, and three inversions throughout the ride, Saw is certainly one of the Park's big ticket items.
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