kinnaird Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 wish I remembered more of the old park all I remember is loggers leap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Wow, great vid. The tunnel of frog song is one of my strongest memories of the place back then, love it. Slides into the park from the upper level of the dome should return, that's a great way to enter a park! pognoi and Phill Pritchard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1hrisin Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 At first I thought the slide stairs were a shot of legoland XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Don't know if this has been shared before... But look what I found!! There's loads of different ones up from past years 2009-2012 all to different tracks, wish the park still made them as they are great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanluke2009 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 ^ One of my TLs is in that video strangely enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewumbrajumbos Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Looked through many of these online! There are so many for Chessington as well if you look in the right places The shuffling one is still my fav where they start in a bin JamminGamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenC Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Found this the other day - an old jointly branded Thorpe-Chessington leaflet picked up from my local library, from 2003. The Park had a lot of momentum 12 years ago; I remember how exciting the rapid expansion was. 3 new rides for one season! And I still quite like the old branding of this era... Interesting too that Thorpe has recently reverted to peak / off peak pricing - looking at the 2003 leaflet they had 3 tiers; off peak, peak, and standard! And an off peak ticket would cost you only £19... More in the Total Thorpe Park Archive. Matt 236, Han30, JoshC. and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 That Spiderman show And I loved the Fright Nites advertising back then; those eyes and that stare really is chilling. 2003 really was a good time for Thorpe really. BenC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 I loved those years. When the MTDP for Stealth and the 2009 coaster came out it was like nothing at Thorpe was impossible. That Inferno image is just BenC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 That Spiderman show was amazing <3 Points also for that 'Premiere Screaming' event they did for Inferno... Those were certainly the days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Whilst I didn't visit the park in 2003, it looks to me to have been one of the best years of the park overall. It had a perfect balance then of fun and thrill rides, a decent selection of shows plus lots of atmosphere on top of everything being reasonably well kept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 lots of atmosphere This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Mae Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Atmosphere... Definitely what seems to be missing right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Atmosphere... Definitely what seems to be missing right now The chavs make the atmosphere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighteyes99 Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 On a different point, I'm not sure if people have seen it before but I found a gem of a video from 2002... Oh! That's so amazing! Wish I was old enough to have gone there during the early years, but I would have been to young to remember anything anyway! It's a shame. I never really got to see anything going on (show wise) in the Arena when I began to frequently come to Thorpe Park. Shame really that it's gone now but it wasn't getting a lot of use anyway, except for Fright Nights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 That video is fab! I remember going back in 2002 and not riding Colossus (yeah, was a wimp back then despite being nearly 22) - my sister actually took a camcorder with her and we filmed some stuff but its probably busy gathering dust in some random place never to be seen again. That show in the arena looked pretty cool - I remember a show they did years ago (around 1995ish) - I'm fairly sure that a guy would climb up the top of the stairs then set himself on fire before jumping into the water - if I am completely wrong forgive me - I often dream things and convince myself they are real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 I find 2002, which feels like yesterday to me, being described as 'Thorpe's old days' deeply depressing. Nice video though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteknuckle Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 First experienced Thorpe about early to mid 80's. The only thing that was there that still is is the Dome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 Is it just me or did the thunder river (or whatever it was called) have a different layout back in the 80's? It might just be that there was less trees and shrubs around it, or that you could see more of it, but my childhood memories of it are a tad different to the layout today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 Same layout, but was rougher with more underwater agitators and a big rock before the tunnel the boats would bounce off quite harshly. It was all toned down when a led fell out of the boat and had his ear cut off by said rock. Was also a lot more open and sparse with the vegetation having not developed. It's easy to forget this really was barren pit land to start with, with no vegetation or natural landscape at all. Ian-S and Phill Pritchard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry-go-girl Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 I find 2002, which feels like yesterday to me, being described as 'Thorpe's old days' deeply depressing. Nice video though. I still remember when Depth Charge was a brand new attraction. I guess we can just consider ourselves lucky to know what the old days actually were. Phill Pritchard and pluk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zappomatic Posted September 20, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 A very new and fresh looking Thunder River pluk, JoshC., pognoi and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappomatic Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 And here's a clip about the boy injured on the ride in its opening year pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappomatic Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Glitch and pluk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry-go-girl Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Was this long enough ago that I can jest about the Phantom of Liam White's ear haunting Thorpe without being a monster?Also:Wow progress. Phill Pritchard, Matt 236, JoshC. and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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