July 30, 20178 yr comment_251298 Another great video with some footage of Flying Fish, Teacup Twisters, Carousel Kingdom Soft Play, CCR and the Treasure Island railway and Pirate show.
August 8, 20178 yr comment_251611 Just looking through the old web archives of Thorpe Park's website and found this. Bet everyone got triggered.
August 8, 20178 yr comment_251615 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
November 7, 20177 yr comment_253877 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
December 4, 20177 yr comment_254366 Looks like they actually knew the kind of theme they wanted then! Not just a random selection of themes all forced together
December 5, 20177 yr comment_254411 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!
May 24, 20196 yr comment_264684 Thorpe Park has just turned 40! Thought I'd share this picture on here too
May 14, 20205 yr comment_270083 Do we know where the old boats ended up? in maidstone just seen the Kentish Lady is she ex Thorpe
January 9, 20223 yr comment_275483 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!
February 27, 20223 yr comment_275958 Wow Tidal Wave looked so clean! And I had no idea how powerful Rumba Rapids can be.
January 21, 20241 yr comment_313658 The Difficult Creation of Thorpe Park: The Educational Era New vid by Expedition Theme Park
March 23Mar 23 comment_324443 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!
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