June 14, 201312 yr comment_160830 well I have something rather old prices at the time: Adults and Children=£6.50 Children under 3= free Senior Citizens= £3.50 Handicapped Persons=£4.50 Attendants for Handicapped free Opening time 10am -8pm Opening time 10am-6pm on selected dates information was found on the back of Ticket/voucher
June 30, 201312 yr comment_162183 Hey guys just wanted to show you some old park maps I have just scanned all the way back to 2002 :-) You can check them out on my Flickr HERE There are also park maps from CWOA, Alton Towers and loads more :-) I used to love this branding, it had a cool look, but didn't try to alienate families, I hope we see a return to this kind of stuff with the rebrand (and a return of the entrance music )
June 30, 201312 yr comment_162196 I used to love this branding, it had a cool look, but didn't try to alienate families, I hope we see a return to this kind of stuff with the rebrand (and a return of the entrance music ) Yes and and huge Fanboying Yes to the entrance music:)
July 1, 201312 yr comment_162303 This seems like the best place to put this... Finally got around to taking some photos of some of my old merchandise to do with the Thorpe Rangers: Chief Ranger 'piggy bank'. Baby Ranger piggy bank. Mr Elephant and Mr Rabbit piggy bank. Mr Monkey's Banana Ride bookends. A collection of little...things? Don't really know how better to describe them to be honest! They're in a box with things like this though: Which are little Tetley Tea 'things'. They're made of the same material and similar size. Anyone know any more about them?
July 21, 201312 yr comment_163783 Hey, after a few discussions with Phill Pritchard on our meets with his love for past Thorpe History, I promised him I will dig out the old photos and find some for him. These are some that I have found so far but have quite a few albums to go through. I post them here as I'm sure there will be more than just Phill Pritchard who will be interested. Me on Chief Rangers Carousel Me Happy as I'm on Dino Boats Peaj avoids bumps from friend on Dino Boats Peaj interested in Concrete outside CCR Peaj standing outside the really big ride that is Mr Monkey's More to folllow when I get time
July 21, 201312 yr comment_163796 Ah the days when Banana Ride was considered a big ride and had its own merch range!!!! The banana ride model looks a little nicer than some of the saw models, swarm grenades!!
July 21, 201312 yr comment_163803 I never went on the dino boats - they look pretty cool! And I think I went to TP the year that Mr Monkeys banana ride opened and thought it was huge.
July 23, 201312 yr comment_163946 I quite like it but can't get over the fact (from pictures from the past, like from when lost city flat rides were built and the banana ride), how much they have let the rides get surrounded by (and would go as far as saying overgrown) trees. my first visit to Thorpe was in 2009, so can't comment on anything before that, but definitely weird looking at this thread and seeing and hearing what it used to be like! and see people complaining the direction they decided to take, just appealing to thrill seekers, as I am one and need more thrills, but will be nice now they have suddenly changed back to appealing to family's as well, and hope we see in 2014 a whole load of TLC around the park with the rumoured themed areas coming back, as well as some family orientated attractions... if this happens hopefully this will please some of you to some extent
October 7, 201311 yr comment_170077 I remember back in 2002 when you had a really clear view of Vortex and Zodiac close up, so was quite surprised when I went this year, after 11 years to find foliage..... Anyway, just popped on here as I found this video from youtube - it looks quite old - it is definitely after 1996 as X:/NWO is featured briefly and I'm guessing that it was not long after that. Oh - it is from a kids show called Playdays (v annoying program) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkw6ov-NEE8
October 7, 201311 yr comment_170080 I remember back in 2002 when you had a really clear view of Vortex and Zodiac close up, so was quite surprised when I went this year, after 11 years to find foliage..... Anyway, just popped on here as I found this video from youtube - it looks quite old - it is definitely after 1996 as X:/NWO is featured briefly and I'm guessing that it was not long after that. Oh - it is from a kids show called Playdays (v annoying program) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkw6ov-NEE8 Playdays? Annoying? That show was
October 7, 201311 yr comment_170082 Anyway, just popped on here as I found this video from youtube - it looks quite old - it is definitely after 1996 as X:/NWO is featured briefly and I'm guessing that it was not long after that. Oh - it is from a kids show called Playdays (v annoying program) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkw6ov-NEE8 Great find - loved watching it (even if those characters were your typical cringeworthy 90s characters...). Looks like it's from 1996 or 1997, as I can't make out Wet Wet Wet near Depth Charge.
February 8, 201411 yr comment_176105 Bit of a late night nostalgic browse and found this! Thought some may appreciate
February 8, 201411 yr comment_176113 Wow I am never going to moan about the Depth Charge queue again! Mind you they probably released boats 3 times faster in those days!
February 8, 201411 yr comment_176156 Aaww, that was so cool! <3 Amazing to see how much is really still exactly the same!
February 9, 201411 yr comment_176198 I would love to see some more shows in the arena to break the day down more hopefully now aiming towards family they might start bringing shows back
February 10, 201411 yr comment_176253 Found this video whilst on YouTube, my god it's change a lot, minus a few things, looks surprisingly fun, minus the cheesy presenting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qztOuNTnT4Q
February 10, 201411 yr comment_176254 That's a "GREAT" video. It feels so weird to see X "Colon Backslash" No Way Out actually being promoted and looking faintly impressive. Poor thing, it only wanted to be understood.
February 10, 201411 yr comment_176257 X "Colon Backslash" No Way Out I have never heard it said aloud like that before! Did they have permissions for all those characters do we think, or did they just go to the local fancy dress hire place?! Simpler times!
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