Mattgwise Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Another great video with some footage of Flying Fish, Teacup Twisters, Carousel Kingdom Soft Play, CCR and the Treasure Island railway and Pirate show. mrmonkey and Chaz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max9874 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Just looking through the old web archives of Thorpe Park's website and found this. Bet everyone got triggered. Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Wow who remembers this short lived mascot from 2004 Only picture I could find, apparently even Wayback machine can't be bothered to store much of that year's awful website. The tagline is "If you’re here for fear, Thorpe Park will satisfy your twisted cravings. We’ll take you to limits you didn’t know existed." The first time the park went solely towards thrill seekers but went way too far in that direction, I remember the page for the 'new' Rumba Rapids tried to sell it as being so intense you were guaranteed to vomit. Ha ha Jodie, Han30 and BenC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh3103 Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 https://www.instagram.com/thorpepark1997to2003/ found a very interesting page on Instagram with quite a few pics of the park during the period 1997-2003 Whatever, pluk, SteveJ and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 Some pretty awesome pictures here from Thrope back in the 80’s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 Looks great... what happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt A Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 Looks like they actually knew the kind of theme they wanted then! Not just a random selection of themes all forced together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPHolt94 Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 On 04/12/2017 at 12:37 PM, EpicSmatty said: Looks like they actually knew the kind of theme they wanted then! Not just a random selection of themes all forced together I'm not entirely sure what you mean here, EpicSmatty.. A rail depot fused between the middle of a jungle and a fishing village makes perfect sense! Matt A 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishThemeParkArch Posted May 24, 2019 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 Thorpe Park has just turned 40! Thought I'd share this picture on here too Matt A, Marhelorpe, Stuntman707 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Do we know where the old boats ended up? in maidstone just seen the Kentish Lady is she ex Thorpe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt N Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Sorry to bump the thread, but if you’re nostalgic for the Thorpe Park Rangers, I recently discovered that the National Diving & Activity Centre near Chepstow, an attraction less than 10 minutes from where I live, actually integrated many of the former life-size Thorpe Park Rangers statues into a diving experience at the attraction: This might be one for you to visit if you miss the Thorpe Park Rangers and are into diving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2542464 Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Wow Tidal Wave looked so clean! And I had no idea how powerful Rumba Rapids can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted January 21, 2024 Report Share Posted January 21, 2024 The Difficult Creation of Thorpe Park: The Educational Era New vid by Expedition Theme Park Inferno and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted Sunday at 09:40 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 09:40 AM Just a post about some Thorpe Park history some people may not know. In the early 2000's, the park installed its first fast track system, which was very similar to the ones used at Disney. You would put your park ticket in the machine and receive a printed fast track ticket. The system was free to use, and ran for about 1-2 seasons until they decided to follow Universal and charge for the service The machines were ripped out but you can still see remnants of the system today. Tidal Wave: The steel structure with the red roof covering the F&B kiosk was the original covering for the fast track machines Nemesis Inferno had an actual area for the machines included as part of the design. You can see this to the right of the queue line entrance, where the retail kiosk is now located. The ones for Colossus was located where the F&B unit at the bottom of the hill (near Samurai) is now located. Loggers Leap also had machines installed, and these were located next to the entrance to the queue line. Hope this was some fun bits of information from the parks history! Cal, Inferno and ImLucifer 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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