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Wow who remembers this short lived mascot from 2004

 

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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

 

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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 :o

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! ;)

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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!
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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.

 

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The steel structure with the red roof covering the F&B kiosk was the original covering for the fast track machines

 

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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.

 

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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!

 

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