So if they have already started/finished infilling the lake then it must mean we may get a new ride in this spot next year ?

Infilling can take alot of time so I doubt it.

So if they have already started/finished infilling the lake then it must mean we may get a new ride in this spot next year ?

2012 coaster is going on the island behind Stealth

So what could we see in this spot, Looks like there will be something ?

So what could we see in this spot, Looks like there will be something ?

2015 or 2018 coaster.

So if they have already started/finished infilling the lake then it must mean we may get a new ride in this spot next year ?

I think once the infilling has finished, they have to leave it for a year to settle.

Is there any plans submitted by thorpe of what they are planning in the future any where ?

Maybe the LC12 area will work its way round there and possibly a new flat!

I am supprised to see nothing in the MTDP about the space previously used for the safari ride in ranger county, I thought the space is just right for a 4th dimension coaster, because something like that is cheap (In ride terms) and gives the right effect towards the target audience of thorpe park. If you don't know what I mean, something like Inferno at Terra Mitica.The space is useless at the moment and thats the only sort of ride I think that could fit in there! I don't understand the logic in building new Islands elsewhere when they have good land 'still' to use. Obviously Major rides are different but for MTDP, it surly would make sense?

^Whilst a ball coaster would fit, I would rather Thorpe build something with some actual throughput instead...

isnt it only 8 at a time, what do you reckon the throughput would be? I think it would be similar to storm surge's

Intamin says 800pph, so probbably more like 600.

Yeah it is rather slow throughput, but when I was a Terra Mitica I kept thinking, Chessington and Alton have sonic and dragons why does not thorpe park have the top thrill comparison!? So it is about the same as Sonic spinball for throughput!

Yeah it is rather slow throughput, but when I was a Terra Mitica I kept thinking, Chessington and Alton have sonic and dragons why does not thorpe park have the top thrill comparison!? So it is about the same as Sonic spinball for throughput!

Parks shouldn't contend for the highest low throughput ride. Realistically Thorpe rides need to be at least 1000 people an hour minimum now.

I am supprised to see nothing in the MTDP about the space previously used for the safari ride in ranger county, I thought the space is just right for a 4th dimension coaster, because something like that is cheap (In ride terms) and gives the right effect towards the target audience of thorpe park. If you don't know what I mean, something like Inferno at Terra Mitica.The space is useless at the moment and thats the only sort of ride I think that could fit in there! I don't understand the logic in building new Islands elsewhere when they have good land 'still' to use. Obviously Major rides are different but for MTDP, it surly would make sense?

Wow, do I love inferno

just quoting a rumour here, but supposedly there is a long term plan to move parking onto the opposite side of the road, opening up the current car park for expansion, and a citywalk style area

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just quoting a rumour here, but supposedly there is a long term plan to move parking onto the opposite side of the road, opening up the current car park for expansion, and a citywalk style area

I like that idea, but I don't see it happening. The space on the other side of the road isn't as big as the car park now & it would be really close to housing.Unless it was like this -But having the car park spread over each side of the road is slightly un-practical unless there were traffic directors at the round-about telling vistors which car park to go in. It would also cause a build up of traffic as well as meaning Thorpe Park having to relocate the ticket plaza etc. Also I don't think the extra park extension would even be big enough to consider spending so much money to move the car park.I think it's almost certainly a rumour though. Could be wrong.

I thought the land opposite was part of Penton Hook Marina. Surely the grass car park isn't utilised well enough to justify buying more grassland to convert into more parking spaces :/RJ

In this picture from the MTDPIt states that the dotted pink line is the 'development zone'does this mean that with a lot of persuading the government,Thorpe Park could potentially infill more land in the area of lake between Saw: Alive & Vortex?

Definitely, they just need to drain the lake out a bit, so that water level doesn't change.Speaking of which, what if there was a flood, what would happen to the park?

Speaking of which, what if there was a flood, what would happen to the park?

The park would be flooded.

If the park is planning to continue to build a new coaster every three years past 2018, I think the obvious locations would be:The Depth Charge siteBetween Rhumba Rapids and Treasure Island (would require a new island)X No Way Out/Arena siteNew island behind Swarm + 2015 coasterThis would give the park coaster locations up until 2030 - and by this time most of the current rides would have been already removed.

The current MTDP states there'll be no new infilling up until 2016(?), and I can't imagine much more going on after that. As for the development zone that hj16 was talking about between Vortex and Alive, I can't imagine much infilling going on there (well, new rides at least), because it is quite close to the main road, and I can imagine noise issues cropping up. I'm pretty sure there was some rumour about Saw being the closest Thorpe would go towards that main road because of noise and such, but that could be a load of twaddle really..I think we'll find that infilling will becoming less frequent and more difficult to achieve with Thorpe in the next decade or so. I don't the point of draining the lake (as mentioned above) is a feasible one, and the 'best' method would be to 'lose land' elsewhere (like what has happened with the area once known as Thorpe Farm), but they are surely reaching their limit there.http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2090607_thorpe_park_set_for_new_rollercoasterIgnoring all the directly related Swarm stuff in that article, even councillors are realising that Thorpe are soon going to reach their limit. To be honest, I don't think need much more land than they'll be planning to have once they've installed a 2015 and 2018 coaster (assuming that there'll be ones, and they'll occupy islands A and E, of course); it's just a case of Thorpe using their land efficiently..

I think they are going to have to either increase height limits, or just accept that coasters will need to be built above flats. Like inferno, but more of that.

Theres also a fair few areas of the park which could be removed now without many issues creating more space for devlopments such as X: / Arena / Neptunes Kingdom / Ranger County and could probably throw Storm Surge in there! Theres also land behind Rumba / Stealth and infront of the MAD House to be used, I think we will be ok for a good few years yet!