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I've just come across this old tread (from 2014) on theme park reviews forums looks like in science week, Chessington did some graphic info boards of its history - with some great photos and images of the park and old Ariel shots etc, that I've never seen before. Does anyone have any better/clearer images of these boards when Chessington did this? or know where the images came from (often Merlin steal from elsewhere lol). Its just I'd like to see these images better. or if anyone knows where these boards are? I'm sure maybe the park brought them out for other science weeks or nostalgia stuff in subsequent years? https://themeparkreview.com/forum/topic/39923-photo-tr-chessington-woa-24-03-14/

I mean if its like a dungeons attraction - why don't they just turn it into one? - link it to walking dead and have a hybrid experience and base it in the Necropolis railway that the Dungeons had as a halloween layover show a few years ago! And with the two ride systems it would be different enough from the nearby London dungeons to be able to hold its own!

Whatever happened to the dolls heads that used to be in Derren browns GT gift shop? They should ship those up and they'd fit so well as probs around TCAAT even on the ride or as theming in the shop.

I mean, if they did I'd be interested lol. Love antique shops and brick-a-brack and collecting old dolls to make halloween displays! I'd legit be down if they did! They could like sell glass dolls eyes or semi-classy spooky things.

SPOILER (although not sure if appropriate now its closed/changing but just in case!) Do people reckon the gift shop ending will remain in the new iteration? Also does anyone have an images of the demon in that last scene? or how the effect was done?

I imagine now they might try and get some fixed before the Easter school holidays as that's the next popular period of the season, and when a lot of people will visit and make first impressions . And then some other issues sorted for the 6 Week July-Aug holidays.

I wonder if the screaming room has remained - that would account for 'flying demons'. If the spider room remains - I imagine they've re-animated the spiders. in the original plans for the HH the giant spider you go under was meant to have puppet-like legs which moved individually- but it got downgraded to just the whole body lowering down a bit! - and to match any projections etc - they'll have to make any remaining animatronics quite 'dynamic' so there no juxtaposition between a lively video projection and a static prop moving up and down in a wire! The industry has moved on in 30 years and you can get very animated horror props and now - such as the one below!

I wonder if Sir Henrys head will appear once again in the fireplace? In the haunted dolls house event in london guests had to walk through a fireplace! - so maybe the ride now goes through a fireplace into a portal - featuring Sir Henry Altons head cursing you!

Maybe Emily Alton is a shape-shifter and has the ability to turn into a cat? They're mention of a 'curse' - so I think maybe Alton Manor is cursed by a witch? similar to Hex......Alton manor was build on cursed land.... like a burial ground like Poltergeist the movie!

Blue sky thinking out the box here...... but I came across this urban legend ghost story on youtube featuring 'Black Annis' - a blue skinned witch that used to live in a cave in local Leicester! I was thinking they could re-skin the Lunatic into Black Annis with her sharpe talon-like fingers she could leap out of the her cave (once the lunatics cave). This would tie in local folklore appropriately and give the Lunatics cave more context! Therefore I believe the Lunatic will return as Black Annis!

I think the best version of X://NOWAyout will be if they add a drop track like thirteen and make it like the studio tours coaster at Movie Park Germany with forward and backwards sections!

I Predict guests will be magically shrunk by the Trommel tunnel into Emilys cursed dolls house and inside giant spiders have lived and will menace guests - or Giant spiders with dolls heads having a demonic tea party! and then undertaker is actually MR Doom from Doom and Sons and he collects guests souls - and its a final battle of wills between MR DOOM and Emily for your souls - but the climax is the giant rubber duck that appears in a shower of smoke - bubbles to reap his revenge! Also theres mention of Mirrors so maybe Emily is banished into a mirror at end! As for the technology never seen - I think there will be trackless dolls pram which will move by underfloor magnets and chase the carriages or move of their own accord!

I'm pretty sure it still is the old elephant house - just modified!, either that or the building was rebuild or partially built on the exact site! There used to be an old remote control boat game in the old Hippo pond too.

So who remembers Circus world? You'd have to be over a certain age to remember it considering it closed at the end of 1994. Specifically does anyone remember the play area/ interactive area they had when it first opened 1987-1989 ish.. It was in the 'sideshow' booths around the lands parameter, but they weren't sideshows as in uncharge games but were these soft-play type elements . It included a climbing structure that was inside the entrance towers to the area and included a helter skelter tube slide down the second tower... it was like the parks first soft play BEFORE the long defunct Adventure house soft play area that was in the old Elephant house! Anyway I remember visiting in about 1992 and the play area around the tower and the little side shows where already blocked off/unaccessible and just there as theming elements. I remember my dad giving me a foot up to look over some painted bording and the slide etc where still there! So these attractions must have been short lived!... but I can't find any mention, apart from looking at old guidebooks scanned and posted online and I see mention of 'sideshows' and 'clown town' (not to be confused with 'clown around' the kiddie coaster) mentioned on the 1987-1989 maps, so I think this is what they might have been called.

Came across this cheesy Eurovision video from 1985 on youtube - but its great as its set at thorpe park - and has some great shots of the attractions that where there at the time - Including Magic Mill, Treasure Island and the Roman Galley

Yes I can see that - particularly with monks walk being right through it - thats why I could see it being used for an "out and back" coaster - thats starts and finishes within the park Is monks walk an ancient walkway then? I know rights way being get quite peeved if you try and divert there routes?

Thats interesting and sort of answers my question as to whether the land can be developed on! maybe they can develop on part of it for example the part with the ski equipment on - as that has man made elements to it!

Perhaps - this is because JB ski rent to Thorpe Park - who still OWN the land - and hense why Thorpe park objects - maybe they won't give JB Ski permission because they do have there eye on that area in the future

Does Thorpe Park still own St Annes lake and the Britannia arena? and if they don't - would they be able to buy it back? on park maps from the early 80's it showed the Britannia arena as being accessible along with the rest of the park - but I think along the way it was franchised out to a watersports company!also I assume Thorpe still own abit of st Annes lake where the nature trail used to be.my point being - from areal photos - this area is quite huge - extending out to the M3- there also doesnt seem to be much residential developments around there - especially the Canada Creek end - I've always thought this would be a great space for a woodie - Similar to Colossus at Heide park - the park could virtually double if the extend that way - only problem being is monks walk public footpath Cuts right through the park at that point, but it could still be ok for out and back coasters!

Hi - this attraction really fascinates me - can anyone describe in detail what it was like? can anyone tell me*Where the station was and what it was like? what was the que like?*how did you get to the station? did you walk or did the Canada creek railway drop you off? or both? and if you walked how did you get there? by the side of thunder river? was there signage guiding you?* what did you see as you went round? I've seen pictures of a pirate ship in two you passed through - what else? * how man "scenes" where there? *was there lots of trees or was it barren? * did the train driver speak to you like the CC railway drivers used to?