Posted November 9, 201410 yr comment_196979 Now that the ride has had its last pubic ride! I feal this is the right time no matter how sad it is to see a part of thorpes history. :'(
November 9, 201410 yr comment_196980 now that the ride has had its last pubic ride I feal this is the right time no matter how sad it is to see a part of thorpes history :'( Was gonna ride it lost time I was there and never got round to it, feel bad now, never actually did it :/ I assume this is all about making room for the new dark ride??
November 9, 201410 yr comment_196982 Rode it once a few months ago (only because I was forced on by a few members on here, thanks guys) and I don't regret not going on it anymore really. Sure, it's sad that it's going due to it being a part of the park's history etc. etc. but it never had much of a place for me really. One ride was enough.
November 9, 201410 yr Author comment_196983 Was gonna ride it lost time I was there and never got round to it, feel bad now, never actually did it :/ I assume this is all about making room for the new dark ride?? yeah its gunna be removed to build the building
November 9, 201410 yr comment_196987 Well I had been on it once before and that was a few months ago, and then done it 3 times today including what was apparently the last ride, but I'm sure staff had a cheeky go once everyone had gone! Shame to see it go in a way but parks need to move on and not be stuck in the past.
November 9, 201410 yr comment_196991 they played the thorpe park rangers song... T H O R P E, Thorpe Park Rangers so catchy
November 9, 201410 yr comment_197002 It's sad to see a classic Thorpe Park attraction leave the park. I never got to ride it - should have done today really.
November 9, 201410 yr comment_197003 I'm sorry but the fact that the one tag you have for this thread is just 'sad' cracks me up Sorry to see it go but I can only remember riding it once in my lifetime a few years ago! Hope what's coming to replace it will be amazing, goodbye CRC!
November 9, 201410 yr comment_197005 Shame to see it go, but as I've said before, it just doesn't really fit in with the park any more. It's something I did occasionally, but not enough for me to be disappointed to see it go (this is no CCR!).
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197012 Sniff, RIP alongside the Canada Creek Railway and the Octopus Garden rides CRC.
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197013 Whilst the ride sadly wasn't popular anymore, had aged, worn and looked out of place in its latter years, I will miss the ranger caroulsel strongly. It was not just another last remaining treasure of the RMC days but also a collage of the patk's path in recent times seeing how any old icons app on the ride itself. Canada creek, Neptune's, teacups and the banana ride are all that remain of those days of old and it's likely they font have too long left either. I just hope all the classic objects such as the thunder River spinner are kept by the park for future generations to learn of its past.
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197015 ....I rode the rearing horse on my sixth birthday....such happy memories.....*sobs*
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197026 I had only had one ride on this and that ride was abit boring I hope the dark ride is better and lives up to expectations.
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197027 I had only had one ride on this and that ride was abit boring I hope the dark ride is better and lives up to expectations. If a multi-million pound dark ride doesn't provide a more interesting experience than a Carousel then Merlin might as well give up running parks... It's a shame it's not being relocated, as Carousels can provide that much needed "fun for all" quota quite simply for little space usage, something Thorpe needs to do a lot of intelligently in the future... But guess the conflicting we want families (or DO we?) phases are forever going mental... Wouldn't be surprised if they now decided that the Banana Boat should go and get a bigger Pirate Ship in place of it...
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197028 I've always had this strange (but maybe pointless) idea that legoland gives their pirate ship to Thorpe which is more suited to thrills and Legoland take Thorpes banana ride considering it's smaller and less scary. Not going to happen of course.
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197052 They should find some way to 'recycle' some of the old ride peices. They could use them as benches!
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197056 Naah, put them at the park entrance! Like Towers did with Corkscrew.
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197072 The music it was playing at fright nights as well was quite frankly disturbing What music was it playing at Fright Nights? I never walked past it close enough..
November 10, 201410 yr comment_197073 What music was it playing at Fright Nights? I never walked past it close enough.. This is Halloween, from Nightmare Before Christmas. It played it every fright nights, at least for the last few years.
February 16, 201510 yr comment_202925 Do we actually know why the carousel was removed...? As far as I can see the attraction was in perfectly good shape; it was a very reliable attraction, which attracted several visitors especially during the summer season when the park was targeted towards the family market. It was an unique ride, which featured several memorabilia to commemorate thorpe park in previous years. With a fresh lick of paint it could have looked brilliant and it certainly fitted in with its surroundings. The only conclusion I could really think of as to why it was removed is to make way for the I'm A Celebrity attraction coming this year. Yes, we have heard several rumours that it was removed to make way for the 2016 dark ride however it didn't appear to be in the way in anyway possible. Does the real reason the carousel is getting removed appear to be that a new last minute addition needs room for a windy cattlepen queue? I hope not. If so, not only will a classic family ride be removed, a memorabilia to thorpe's park history will be gone for the sake of a decision which was only made a couple of weeks ago. If the carousel was genuinely removed to make way for the 2016 dark ride, I fully respect the decision. It makes business sense to replace a fairly popular family ride with something which will really wow the crowds. However, if the carousel was really removed to make space for the I'm a celebrity attraction, I will be thoroughly disappointed as there really will have been no need for it to have been removed in this case. I really hope the carousel is going for a new improvement to the park, not a scrappy last minute addition. (Please note, in no way I am saying I'm a celebrity will be bad, I am just extremely frustrated it may be a contributing factor to why the carousel has been removed. I think I'm a celebrity as the potential to be a fun experience and a real crowd puller, however will be really disappointed if it is the real reason for the removal of the carousel!)
February 16, 201510 yr comment_202926 The building for the dark ride will extend towards the current CRC location, and then the queue line will also take up a bit of space that was there. This shows the building's location with respect to the locations of everything last season, but doesn't include the queue line with extends the overall location further. It would just be impractical to keep CRC there this season whilst trying to construct the building and such. Remember, it's not been officially announced that CRC is leaving, just very much widely assumed. However, I expect it will be leaving, and the main reason for it is to make way for the dark ride (and the ride's lack of overall popularity and outdatedness being a contributing factor!).
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