Your Thorpe Park

[ste193]

Are there crocodiles on Nemesis Inferno?

[Paul]

Are there crocodiles on Nemesis Inferno?

I know of one, in the swampy water underneath the loop.

[Ricky]

If you removed the crocks, you would see some disgusting mouldy pumps I'd advise you kept them in your world :PAnd Paul, Its under the final helix, theres not one under the loop

[Paul]

If you removed the crocks, you would see some disgusting mouldy pumps I'd advise you kept them in your world :PAnd Paul, Its under the final helix, theres not one under the loop

Oh, of course. It's all coming back to me now.

[Ricky]

I remember the ride inside and out ... Urm....Queue the geeks...

[Paul]

I remember the ride inside and out ... Urm....Queue the geeks...

Now you mention it, I can visualise seeing the crocodile towards the end under the final helix. But, needless to say I'm long overdue a visit.

[Ricky]

I'm not, I see it at school monday to wednsday twice a day.. It's boring.

[StevenVig]

I'm not, I see it at school monday to wednsday twice a day.. It's boring.

During Open Season, seeing all the visible rides in operation wouldn't be boring for me, just a helpless but enjoyable distraction.

[Ricky]

It bores me, its the same thing over and over and over and over.... Doesn't change... whats fun about that?

[ste193]

2011: Ranger county area closed for new area and attractions in 2012.Loggers leap starting outdoor section has had plantation and small tree’s added along with rusty saw machines and blades to add to the scenery.In the middle outdoor section a cut down tree which has fallen over the ride has holes which leaks out water onto the riders as they pass underneath.There is little other theming as I think the ride is ok as it and there is a nice feeling of Canada because of the tree’s and lakes and scenic views.New promotional campaign and slogan.“Thorpe Park are returning to there routes again to create the new nightmare for 2012.”Red claw slashed on a black back ground and dinosaur roaring noises are played along with green routes overgrowing fossilised bones.There’s a bright orange flash and a dinosaur roar along with the red slash across the black screen afterwards.“Thorpe Park brings the apocalypse, in 2012.”2012: The new area opens Fossil Forest.The whole area has been rethemed to a prehistoric forest with cavemen and dinosaurs.Monkeys banana boat ride, themed around the prehistoric primates and cavemen and features figurines aligned to show the evolution of primate, apes to man.Ceratops Carousel the carousel rethemed around the Ceratops species of dinosaur.Vengeance- Is a haunted house style ride themed around the period of the cavemen and the dinosaurs and how they battle one another along with battling you, the end of the ride is based around the extinction events and links to Mayan Prophecy. The ride features animatronics and special effects along with drops and interacts with an attraction based in the centre and is outside. The cars are themed around fossilised earth with the Red slashes on.Description:The ride travels around through forest and cave scenes where you are attacked by cavemen who attack you and make you jump along with the dangerous dinosaurs through the breath taking scenery, animatronics and sounds the ride should have most riders in fear. Before the end you face the T-Rex and then the end of the ride is based around the extinction of the dinosaurs with the volcano eruption and at the end of the ride you pass through a T-REX mouth and red doors as though dead.Abyss- A Mac splash battle themed around the marine life of the prehistoric period in the centre of Vengeance and can interact with vengeance if the participant aims at them.2013: The hotel opens.The Entrance to the park is also updated.A boat service links the hotel to the Theme Park so that guests can arrive an hour early and also to provide transport from the hotel to the park.2014: New show replacing Pirates 4D called Betrode.“A tale of treachery, lust, lies and villainy.” The story centres around the main character a young girl of the chief of the tribe of the island who is Betrode to a strong man of the tribe however one night when they go hunting she is captured by foreigners and taken away to lead the men to the crystal caverns and she takes them there and starts to have feeling for a sweet young man as they travel through the island encountering several dangers to reach the caverns where the tribe ambush the men and a brawl ensues as the young girls new love becomes injured and she quickly rushes him out of the caverns and tends to him as her Betrode comes to take her away and the two men fight when the young girl comes up from behind and lunges a spear through her Betrode heart as the chief and tribe see, she realises she must become banished and carries her lover through the forest to the ship where she tends to him as they set sail, however the tribe follow in pursuit and a storm ensures with high tides as the tribe come aboard the ship and have come to take them for execution however the young girl breaks the steering wheel and they take the tribes ship and sail away into the clearing sunset sky.The time board is replaced with a Helpful hut centre with leaflets and staff to help you enjoy and make the most of your day out at Thorpe Park.2015: Work begins on the new land for the 2016 season with a new ride coming.The park release a new slogan for there new area.“War is coming to Thorpe Park, in 2016”.There are splashing and bubbling noises on a dark blue background when there are laser sounds and the screen turns red.“The invasion has begun at Thorpe Park, coming next year.”Vortex is moved into storage for the new area.2016: Thorpe Park receives the world’s first B&M prototype roller coaster in there newly created area along with two flat rides Vortex (moved) and an evolution. The area is called Imperial Laguna and is themed around an aquatic alien colony preparing for war in the lagoon.B&M prototype roller coaster: RequiemThe roller coaster reaches 200 ft and features partially over the lake along with twisting and turning etc through scenery such as pieces of large coral reef structures dotted around.The station is themed around the spaceship which crash landed on the island and the ride then travels past a couple of watery scenes where the aliens are controlling the ship, firing lasers and reaching up out of the water and holographic effects.Vortex - Vortex moved into spaceship station building using a laser light show and holographic effects.Orbit- An evolution themed around a spaceship orbiting the alien’s planet which is outdoors.2017: Rumba Rapids is rethemed and renamed and updated after 30 years service to the park.The new ride is called Fever River RapidsThe new ride is themed around travelling down the tempestuous river of the tropical island and the ride now features seatbelts.The station hut is themed around a small volcano and as you exit the station you face and area with jets spraying water from the sides everywhere and then you travel around the corner where you see a barrel overhead filling with water which creeks and then the water explodes out all over the riders.The indoor section has been themed back into a cavern and the inside still features the waterfall sides however has now been themed to a crystallised cavern with crystallized light effects which also features sprinklers and the scene shows large crystals with heads on pikes where outsiders have come to steal the crystals and have been beheaded.Then outside there is a leaky water system above head and then when you come to the visible large section the hut has been rethemed to run down with a tribal family indoors and out cooking and such the shower effect has been replaced by a small volcano which erupts with jets to soak the riders.The area where Vortex was situated is refurbished into an outdoor picnic rest area with scenic garden views.2018: Detonator is removed to be replaced by an Intamin Gyro drop tower reaching 200ft next year. 2019: Cyclone- An intamin drop tower reaching 200ft which is themed around a cyclone hitting the island with the theming around showing this with broken debris and pieces of a boat around.

[Paul]

It bores me, its the same thing over and over and over and over.... Doesn't change... whats fun about that?

I'm in the same boat as tpkabz, I don't know what it is, but I could happily just watch all the rides in operation for hours on end.

[Ricky]

No, its really NOT that fun.

[Paul]

No, its really NOT that fun.

For you, maybe.

[James_C]

2011: B&M flying rollercoaster located near the entrance bridge with a pretzal loop going under the bridge. This ride will go over small areas or water (that can be drained as B&M are a little tight on where they build) Theme: Oasis2012: Opening of the Waterside Hotel owned by THORPE PARK and will have several themed rooms. No SAW themed rooms. There will be regular ferry services to and from the hotel from the CRUST cafe. Neptunes Beech perminently closed at the end of this season.2013: Construction starts of a major deveopment on island C, said to be an Intamin Mega Lite. Miss Hipos Fungle Safari is replaced with a Mack ride, similar to battle galleons. Called Rafters. This ride will feature plenty of targets to hit with water and plenty of humans too:D2014: Intamin Mega Lite opens, this ride is ranked high in coasterforce. The ride is 50m high and lasts just over 2 minites. The layout is characterized by steep hills and drops, high speed horizontal turns at or close to ground level, over-banked curves, a twisting winding ‘up & down’ middle section, air-borne S-curves, and the hilly camel backs and bunny humps towards the end of the ride. 2014 also sees the end of Zodiac, although it is in storage.2015: The mega lite has been open for a year now and has atracted many international visitors, some rides seem to be aging now...Colossus seems much more bumpy now than ever before. This year sees the adition of a newly designed neptunes beach named poseidon's spa. Poseidons Spa takes up a small amount of octopus garden as well. It consists of a outside pool and an all year round inside pool with 3 slides...an aqua coaster circling the perimiter of the pool, a 'plug hole' slide and a verticle drop slide from 40ft.2016: SAW: the ride and SAW: ALIVE extend their sponsorship deal. Colossus closes for the season for an upgrade, from what we can see the track is being painted and at some points replaced...it is unknown whether MERLIN are extending it to a 14th loop so it will hold the record again. Just rumours. To compensate for Colossus being closed for a season the park invested in a system like dysneyland where guests would be given free fast track for certain times. Time Voyagers is no more...new film is called The Search. Also a spin and spew ride is added on island c with the intamin mega lite.

[ste193]

2011:Ranger County area has been renamed and slightly rethemed to Trepid Paradise. (Small Paradise)The area is now themed around a chaotic Jungle where the animals rule, with new theming and water features installed.Monkeys Banana Boat- slightly rethemed with monkeys.Croc’s Carousel- Carousel rethemed around a crocodile lake.Hippo Falls- A Fabri evolution XL featuring water jets and themed around a watering hole with hippo’s.The parks new slogan for the rethemed area and advertisement of the park for this year of the area is clips of the area and the rides, “Paradise isn’t perfect”.Facilities Work:Gate house and admissions refurbishment and extension.Burger King 2 extension.Construction and renovation of island C and new promotional campaign for new area.Black with bars coming down and a cut and bleeding hand lunges out with screaming sounds.“The apocalypse comes to the Thorpe Park in 2012.”A large hammer is shown coming down which switches to a vision of a coaster train falling and a man and woman screaming.“Judgment day is here, Thorpe Park 2012.”2012:The new land opens and is revealed to be based around a prison where the inmates discover an ancient tomb buried beneath the prison and hell is released.The area is based around the prison building which features a restaurant, shop and loo’s and the station and inside sections of roller coaster Codex.Codex: A B&M prototype Inverted Dive machine coaster with dive machine trains and inverted seats.The ride starts of in a station themed around the church of a prison with lots of bloody hand prints and brunt items around.The trains then leave the station and turn past a bleeding arm lunging from a cell as you go past and you then zero-G roll near missing several prison bars and pass through a prison cell where you pass a crazed maniac carving into the wall with their finger nails and they sharply turn to reveal a deformed face you then drop down and pass through a cell where prison inmates are murdering one another and then you exit the station to a lift hill where you climb up 45 metres turn and drop down into the prison building passing through the tomb themed area with rotting corpses and then exit and travel around outside and pass through a tunnel area with hanged corpses and after travelling around outside return to the station.The area receives much praise for the new addition and the areas now more clearly presented in themselves and on the map such as with other parks.2013:The Hotel opens this year with a boat service linking to the hotel to theme park and those who stay in the hotel can use the park an hour early.The Hotel is themed around Atlantis matching the entrance area theme and nearby area with a swimming pool and spa themed around Atlantis with flumes and rapids and retail and bar facilities along with restaurant and Lake View board walk.Facilities work:Pizza Hut is extended this year.Octopus Gardens is removed and Thorpe Mega store is extended.2014:Rumba Rapids is updated and rethemed and is now called Scalded River Rapids themed around a boiling river with its own leaking volcano.The Queue line has been rethemed a brown wood colour and the station has been rethemed to a smaller volcano, the cars now feature seat belts and you exit the station travelling round to face and area with lots of water jets spraying up into the air to get you wet at the corner there is a skeleton water fall and then you travel towards the cavern where you pass two rock waterfalls side by side.Inside the cavern is themed around a crystal cavern with crystal lighting effects and a bleeding rock with a skeleton sacrifice on and sprinklers with the waterfalls and steam.You then return outside where you pass through an area with a leaking water system above you and then come to the large open area with the hut being themed around a deserted family hut with a gorilla in, you then come to face the shower area which has been replaced with a small volcano which erupts water onto the guests.2015:The park starts renovation and creation for a roller coaster on the reclaimed land near the entrance adding to the Neptune’s Kingdom area.The park begins their new add campaign for the new roller coaster next year showing a young woman walking out of the lake with her hair covering her face and then suddenly she is screaming right infront of you with a decayed face."The Titans are returning terror to Thorpe Park.”The new security and medical centre is set up this year.2016:Tempest:An intamin aquatrax roller coaster reaching 60ft and featuring 3 splashdown drops and a lot of airtime and water effects also interactive with guests.The new ride starts of in a station area which is themed around Greek Caverns.The ride starts of in the station where you briefly travel through the cavernous area and features one splash down drop of 30ft and a waterfall you then exit and travel around outside passing through a brief tunnel cavern dogging the formed sharp rocks and god statues and the deformed girls face peering out of a waterfall cavern.You then travel more and then there’s another splash down outdoors of 40ft where others can get wet you then travel around outside more passing briefly through another rock tunnel when you come to face the final drop down of 60ft and it’s over a large watery area with Atlantic water fountain where other can also get you wet and you then travel briefly outside and then return to the station.

[ste193]

A new fright night maze for the new prison themed area called Judicium.The maze is themed around trying to escape from a prison when an ancient tomb has been unvieled and the inmates have become insane murderers killing all in sight, however to escape the prison you must travel to the centre of it all, the uncovered tomb and face the nightmare and prepare to be judged!

[Mr.man]

2009) Get Saw: The ride up and running okay, but make it scarier with a couple of live actors all the time, no need for makeup, pig masks will be fine. Create a small building on the Saw island, guests enter and are given a creepy pre show and suddenly the floor drops a couple of inches. Then you are told to wander round a London tombs type of scare zone. Basically a haunted ride.2010) Dont get Saw alive, as we already have the haunted area. Drop hints of a major ride coming in 2012. Colossus and other rides get a fresh lick of paint. Huge tent is erected over X, and project MW takes place.2011) Carasel is moved to Amity Cove, but stays the same theme. Ranger country signs dissapear and that area is blocked off. Asylum isnt used a FN and they get a new maze. It is called Phobia, it will be more intense than asylum with guests actually able to jump on guests and kiss their neck ext ext (A scare attracrtion did it, so why cant thorpe)2012) New area, Haunted area, X has been moved to where MHFS was and they have got rid of OG and and the Arena. They have replaced it with a woodie called F!Re, add some new effects and get a few flats in the haunted area. X has a new theme and some new effects, very scary like on the stops have sounds of chanisaws and screams then water sprays like blood. 2013) A 4d cinema is placed in the haunted area, now known as Extreme Scare and Time Voyagers will turn into a rotating hall ride, telling the story of the ashes of the volcano that have turned into ghosts and risen from the dead. 2014) Fright nights is open until 12 this year because of a new maze called LIFE of HER, it is a maze about a girl who lives with her parents, but turns out to be some physco when she grows up, she murders everyone and she is coming for YOU! The maze will be 25mins long and will be more intense than the others. 2015) Lick of paint and get all effects to work, no new installations this year. Planning set for a major ride. New small drop ride in Canda Creek which packs a punch ( like extremis at the dungeons)2016) A freakish new ride is created (world first) for Extreme Scare called Fist. Secret though. Neptunes kingdom gets a Lim launched coaster, called Water Racer, dosent have any inversions just flies up and down and round and stuff. Very low height restriction so small children can ride.2017) Rumba Rapids gets new old theme, to the Old rapids thorpe had.LONG POST

[Ricky]

2009) Get Saw: The ride up and running okay, but make it scarier with a couple of live actors all the time, no need for makeup, pig masks will be fine. Create a small building on the Saw island, guests enter and are given a creepy pre show and suddenly the floor drops a couple of inches. Then you are told to wander round a London tombs type of scare zone. Basically a haunted ride.2010) Dont get Saw alive, as we already have the haunted area. Drop hints of a major ride coming in 2012. Colossus and other rides get a fresh lick of paint. Huge tent is erected over X, and project MW takes place.2011) Carasel is moved to Amity Cove, but stays the same theme. Ranger country signs dissapear and that area is blocked off. Asylum isnt used a FN and they get a new maze. It is called Phobia, it will be more intense than asylum with guests actually able to jump on guests and kiss their neck ext ext (A scare attracrtion did it, so why cant thorpe)2012) New area, Haunted area, X has been moved to where MHFS was and they have got rid of OG and and the Arena. They have replaced it with a woodie called F!Re, add some new effects and get a few flats in the haunted area. X has a new theme and some new effects, very scary like on the stops have sounds of chanisaws and screams then water sprays like blood. 2013) A 4d cinema is placed in the haunted area, now known as Extreme Scare and Time Voyagers will turn into a rotating hall ride, telling the story of the ashes of the volcano that have turned into ghosts and risen from the dead. 2014) Fright nights is open until 12 this year because of a new maze called LIFE of HER, it is a maze about a girl who lives with her parents, but turns out to be some physco when she grows up, she murders everyone and she is coming for YOU! The maze will be 25mins long and will be more intense than the others. 2015) Lick of paint and get all effects to work, no new installations this year. Planning set for a major ride. New small drop ride in Canda Creek which packs a punch ( like extremis at the dungeons)2016) A freakish new ride is created (world first) for Extreme Scare called Fist. Secret though. Neptunes kingdom gets a Lim launched coaster, called Water Racer, dosent have any inversions just flies up and down and round and stuff. Very low height restriction so small children can ride.2017) Rumba Rapids gets new old theme, to the Old rapids thorpe had.LONG POST

Since when has SAW - The Ride been 'haunted' or in anyway assosiated with hauntism? It's a horror attraction.

[Deleted Users]

Since when has SAW - The Ride been 'haunted' or in anyway assosiated with hauntism? It's a horror attraction.

There was that PR stunt about the staff and the boards but that's all I can think of. A London crypt has nothing to do with Saw though..

[Mr.man]

There was that PR stunt about the staff and the boards but that's all I can think of. A London crypt has nothing to do with Saw though..

Okay then lets say that you have to walk through a Saw maze, but it is longer with better actors traps and I know the London Tombs alread has the floor dropping bit, but that would fit, it because it would feel like you are stuck in a trap

[JoshC.]

Since when has SAW - The Ride been 'haunted' or in anyway assosiated with hauntism? It's a horror attraction.

Yet the most 'horrific' thing I've ever seen or experienced was when the SRQ was temporarily closed last May.

[Sidders]

Well, after looking at the MTDP for 2010-2016, I can make a better informed decision as to what I would do if I owned Thorpe Park. Big years of major interest and spending are 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2016. 2010 is basically themeing consistency being sorted out in Canada Creek, 2011 is preparation for the Olympics, 2014 deals with the re-theme of SAW, and 2016 aims to open the world's first B&M 4-D coaster.2009) General tidy-up with rides being rethemed, and preparations for 2012 coaster begin. > Close Samurai and ship it back to Monidal for melting down or spare parts use. Old gal's time is up in this game. On the last day riders are invited to write their good-bye's on her body for sentimental values. SHARPIE MOMENT. > Flatten the area and prepare for 'new' ride. > Begin infill for new land extension in Manor Lake (Area 'A' on the MTDP) > SAW Alive is opened for Fright Nights will special effects, saws, knives etc. and dummies with blood (or similar) sacks and scream sounds effects for when the dummies get sawn or whatever. > The Curse', and 'SAW Alive' horror mazes are discontinued. > Remove Quantum as The Lost City is too crowded and replace it with a green area, the sale of the ride will finance the replanting. Any excess funds will be put forward to the 2012 coaster. > X:\No Way Out's roof is lifted. Because the park are weird, they auction various pieces of the track (five or six feet of track at most) and the dummies, to help expenses of the coming years. > Zodiac leaves us indefinately.2010) Park aims to improve overall EXPERIENCE at Thorpe (partly because of Olympics), and sorts out the problem with the themes. Plus, very little information on the 2012 coaster is released. > Clean-up Amity Cove and Canada Creek, sort out the bins and FIX THE AUDIO AROUND CALYPSO QUAY. Much obliged. > Actually put the Grand-Stand in for Stealth. With flags poles and speakers like the concpet art. All this revamping Amity Cove is because of future plans and it being the centre of attention for 2012 because tourists will want to ride Stealth and SAW the most for obvious reasons. > Continued infill on Area 'A'. Because of the Olympics in 2012, it is announced the park decide to plan for a 100ft+ coaster to be ready for 2012, on the extended area. The coaster receives heavy promotion around the park. By the end of the year, the infill is finished and the soil is beginning to set. > Work on the bridge connecting the mainland to Area 'A' is started. > Canada Creek's Kiddie's rides are cleared out, apart from the Canada Creek Railway, which is temporarily closed. > ALL of Canada Creek is rethemed around SAW with a completely rethemed Zodiac eventually replacing Samurai's spot for the beginning of the season. Zodiac's spokes are now rusty 'chain'-styled with buzzsaws replacing where the suns and moons that were on the 2005 Zodiac. This dissappoints many as they thought they were getting a completely new ride. However, Zodiac spins faster now, at about 30rpm and also comes into close contact with SAW's Immelmann Turn, a la Samurai. (R.I.P.) > Slammer is sent back to S&S in the 2009 Closed Season for a revamp. It comes back as a SAW trap similar to what has been done to Zodiac, with a rusty paint job and spikes on the outside of the main supports and spikes all around the smaller supports. The seats aren't red and yellow, they match the rustic brown and look like they are desinged to keep people locked in for torture, not safety: Blunted spikes pointing upwards on the shoulder restraints, seats painted red in the bottoms (pools of blood), spatter of blood on the gangways between the seats, and staff will have to dress as mental patients for their shifts in the area, etc. Themeing in the surroundings will be like the SAW queue-line, but with more bloods stains on the props. > Both Zodiac and Slammer receive new soundtracks, specifically Slammer which now has a loud creaking sounds accompanied with chains being rattled as the ride rises and lowers. Distant screams would also work. (: > The bulk of X:\No Way Out's auction money has been spent on removing it; the area is flattened and TURFED, not paved, making The Lost City far more green overall, in addition to the shrubbery which will be added in 2011. > Canada Creek is now called 'Jigsaw's Lair'... or something better until the contract is denounced. > The park hope to widen the Entrance Bridge for the next season.2011) BIG YEAR (completely because of Olympics) > Plans for the 2012 coaster are submitted to the Runnymede Borough Council. They do not reveal the theme for the new 100ft+ coaster to fans. At the request of Merlin Attractions, the website download links are blocked to casual viewers and fans. Only member's of the council can view it. The full plans are sent via post to the surrounding area's residents who can object on the website via a keyword submitted in the paperwork they receive. The rest is kept under raps and NO-ONE knows what the coaster will be; all that the fanboys are left with are the ambiguous layouts to deliberate over for the next 5 months. > The new bridge will be completed by June. It will redirect guests directly underneath the Top-Hat of Stealth. A race-track themed tube/tunnel is built underneath Stealth to prevent injuries from falling objects. This will also keep H&S at bay. > During 2010's Closed Season, The Flying Fish waved bye-bye. Watta shame. It WILL NOT return this time. Thorpe, as I said, is becoming a THRILL capital. > Because of the Flying Fish's departure, final plans for Neptune's Kingdom are revealed: Merlin plans to remove the Kiddie's area and re-name it for 2013. They leave it until then because they realise the Olympics will bring in a few more families and if they were to begin reconstruction now, 2012 visitors would see a construction site instead of anything for the surplus of familes. > Supports and track for the 2012 coaster arrive in September. The park have decided to go very 'Oblivion'-esque and not reveal much more about the coaster's features; online track layouts appear ambiguous. All that fans can see is that the track is that of a B&M coaster, and is grass green in colour, a la The Incredible Hulk coaster. > Continued clean-up of park over the closed season, as well as the construction of the 2012 coaster being heavily advertised on TV using visuals and animation, whilst not revealing the coaster type. > As far as ride maintainence goes, Nemesis Inferno's tunnel is cleaned out, smoke effects are fixed, the area's rocks and bricks are repainted. Colossus' track is 'repaired' and new wheels arrive for her. The delay follows into the next season's 'Thrill Chill' but she's ready for the proper 2012 season. > The horrible nets around Colossus are themed with golden suns, stars (just like the old Zodiac) and vines are woven through them to hide the manufactured quality which ruins the theme. > Vortex and Detonator are revamped and cleaned up. With more palm trees being planted around where Quantum was and where Vortex will stay. > Rush is given an new lick of paint, to make it ready for the Olympic swarms which will no doubt still cause it issues. Merlin realise they must go all out to ensure the Olympics visitors don't regret their trips. This is why they are spending so much money this year. > Despite all these expenses, they still haven't widened the Entrance Bridge.2012) NEW COASTER DEBUTS > Year of the Olympics. Visitors to Thorpe are greeted with a new addition to the Thorpe Skyline. A 151ft, green Flying Coaster which is only partly built over water, for emergency reasons.> The area: It is themed around a fantasy land, called 'Shroom Valley' (don't laugh, suggest better if you can, please). The separate island will feature themeing such as HUGE, brightly coloured mushrooms (hence, 'shroom') that bend and twist to about 15ft high at the entrance to the world. There is a forest of mushrooms which the Flyer passes through as interaction. There will be rockeries with running waterfalls...It's all very Andy Warhol meets Willy Wonka. There are tails of giant fish models poking out of the ground, giant frogs, lollipops, bubble machines in the rocks, treasure chests, water cannons, sweet shops, giant whack the mole type-games etc. And EVERYTHING is coloured wrongly and very vividly (e.g. - blue mushrooms with pink spots). It's meant to be a completely incomprehencible world that has absolutely no meaning.> The coaster: It features a drop which flips the riders upside down as soon they disembark the lift hill, by simply falling foward into what would be a Pretzel Loop, but the entry to it is the lift hill, so it does count as an inversion. The drop is what makes it a world first. It also features 2 Corkscrews and a Zero-G Roll, plus numerous close encounters to the ground and water below AT SPEED (-glares at Air), a la Manta. The ride takes you through the mushroom forest, close to the real forest at the edge of the island and over all the crazy scenery. The ride is meant to be aimed for people who enjoy Nemesis Inferno and Nemesis, so in a sense, more extreme than Air but less so than Stealth. It becomes a big hit, and brings the park's inversion count to a total of 21. This puts Thorpe Park 2nd in the world for most inversions in one park. However, the RIDE theme is not completely apparent and areas are still unfinished... because it's Merlin. (the cars are standard, the station is similar to Inferno's, but you can't see the unfinished aspect because it faces across the lake, but the effects are kept well because of the new budget Merlin have received for ride themes). The water cannons allow the spectators to interact with the riders, making the experience even more enjoyable. > During the 2011 Closed Season, Stealth, SAW, Nemesis Inferno, and the newly revamped Colossus are given the once over, to make sure increased number of hourly riders doesn't mean increased downtime.2013) Fairly low-key in comparison to previous years because of the big Olympic year but the gross revenue from all the vistors help keep the park alfoat whilst they relax and gather more money throughout the next year. > Remove the bulk of Neptune's Kingdom (Wet, Wet, Wet, Depth Charge, Neptune's Beach etc.) and make place for a large outdoor eating area connected to Port Atlantis. We don't want too many rides now do we? > Continued TV advertisement of the new Flying Coaster though to July. > During the Closed Season, Tidal Wave receives another paint job and the sponsorship with Original Source is terminated. (If it has not already been done). That rediculous Soak Zone painting is removed and the 'Amity Heat Wave' booths are now free (if they cost). > All staff get a pay rise because the park are now swimming. Fun, fun, fun! > The park advertises the 'most terrifying walk-through experience in the world' will be coming to Thorpe Park will the revival of 'Jigsaw's Lair'. > Area 'C' on the MTDP is beginning to be infilled.2014) SAW Franchise contract runs out. Due to lots of money, and extra themeing expenses, Thorpe aim to 'redicule the SAW Franchise with a world even more terrifying'. > 'Jigsaw's Lair' (formerly Canada Creek) cannot be called 'Jigsaw's Lair' anymore, so it is announced that the new name is 'Bedlam Village'. (yes, I KNOW IT'S CRAP) > The SAW building is extended to accomodate what looks like a bigger queueline. The new building will stretch further out onto the lake and will be widened to incorperate the bigger 'queue-line'. Many sceptics think that Thorpe are being over-ambitious. The new building also encloses the entire prelude section of the coaster and half of the lift hill. > The saws at the bottom of the drop are enclosed in the promised shed-type thing to hide them from view. > At the opening of the season, fansboys, realise that only half of the queue is being used - the original half that was used for SAW. The new extension is closed off with warning signs. Rumours fly off the handle. > After the contract with the SAW franchise runs out, the exclusively SAW traps will have to be removed and some replaced. The village will then be re-themed around an German asylum village with thatched roof shops and houses and abandoned carts, of similar concept to 'Sleepy Hollow', but less populated and with an 'asylum' at the centre (which will be Jigsaw's building once the contract runs out). The area will be renamed 'Bedlam Village' and be centrally themed around the 'asylum' called 'Bedlam Halls', SAW - The Ride will need to be renamed as well. > Former CCR is now re-opened as a horror train, (not linked to SAW). Tunnel will be heavily themed, not dissimilar to SAW's original building interior - blood, rusty metal things, barbed wire fences, etc. > The new theme would also be extremely gory, even more-so than SAW; the people of the village are deranged and cannibalistic, and would actually be scary. >] For Fright Nights, the full asylum queue, that was previously unused is openend, featuring the sectioned rooms: 'Meat Haus', 'Hell Haus', 'Mad Haus' and 'Broiler Haus', each room is themed very heavily, the extended queue-line is critically acclaimed for it's themeing content. It is separate to the roller-coaster. Guests can either queue for the walk-through, or the ride, neither leads onto the other.> 'Meat Haus' - the butcher of the village is seriously deranged and cannibalistic. He owns a small shop and invites people in, similar to Sweeney Todd. Videos are shown of a news report about a case of mass genocide before they go in. When entering the room, sensitory themeing (smells) are obvious. The butcher is cutting up a dummy with a bagged head, chained to a chair (he has a stash of bagged bodies in the corner) and starts cutting slowly as the poeple come in, to hook the pieces up. He notices the people and stares at them, blood dripping from his mouth and from his knife, he them runs at them wielding the knife, screaming. Various body parts are hung up by large butcher's hooks and chains: arms, legs, another barely alive victim (live actor), and in the corner a dead horse dummy is hooked up by it's hind legs, stomach ripped open and guts spilling out.> 'Hell Haus' - This room will be heated to 35-37 degrees, and will feature centrally a beautiful, period set table with a dead man sprawled over it at the end. Upon entry, the man's head rises, showing heavy blood and bruising make-up and white contact lenses and a contorted facial expression. He creeps out of the chair in a very robotic, 'stiff bones' way and lurches and grunts as he moves towards the guests. Previously un-noticed, the red walls camoflauge other, strapped up, blood-stained live actors who reach and grab the guests when they back away far enough. The all scream when they catch someone and once they catch a guest, the man previously sat at the table picks up a knife, and moves towards the victim, still displaying the facial expression similar to Lady GaGa's 'Bad Romance' growl. The actor holding the victim would then let go (pretending to be hurt by the inevitable kicks and screams). As the actor let go, every actor in the room would scream (in pain for some reason) and clutch their ears, with quick, contorted movements.> 'Mad Haus' - This room is basically a long corridor, stretching around the back of the asylum, spanning the length of the building, on an infill used to extend the area for the extension of the building. The room has cages on either side with one long gangway through the centre from one end to the other. The sensitory theming is a large bass drum sounding similar to the start of Lady GaGa's 'Telephone' video, the lights flicker on and off frantically with the sound. When the guests have moved forward, they see into the cages. Prisoners in hospital gowns are cowering in the corner, with blood smears on the floor and the traditional ball and chain. Some actors are trying to lure the people into unlocking the doors, some are standing motionless, other's are frothing at the mouth, screaming and begging to be released. When the guests reach the near end of the corridor, the lights turn off with a loud bang from the speakers. Whispers from the actors are the only sounds heard, all the screams have stopped. The sound of sliding doors and a loud clang signal the doors have flung open. The actors begin to scream excitedly and the lights return to see all of them moving towards the guests, screaming, thrust their out-reaching arms, some falling over their chains.> 'Broiler Haus' - This is the biggest, most heavily themed room. At first it appears dark and is a simple labyrinth; because of the machinery there is only one passage through. It is a factory which specialises in killing animals, ready for eating. Some animals (chickens, goats, even dogs, NOT CATS) are hung up from the ceiling, but there are also humans in see-through, plastic bags with pools of blood gathering in the bottoms of the bags, hung up by the door. As the guests enter, there is one man dressed in rags with a dirty, bloody cloth wrapped around his head, hiding his face and his vision. He stands like an old man and is mopping up what looks like bloody mince-meat. When he sees the guests, he stops, and pulls a heavy switch with a loud grunt. The whole factory starts up, with bright lights (which, in contrast to the darker previous rooms will be very disorientating) the pipes on the walls hiss air out of leaks, cogs grind, and levers pull. The whole room is very loud, the guests cannot hear each other because of the sirens, the bangs, and flashing red alarm lights. As they continue through the room, they see blood on the floor, giving the impression something bleeding was being dragged, the blood-trail clearly shows humans hand prints in it. Moving on, another man jumps out of nowhere, he is human, and grabs one of the guests pleads at them in German. Suddenly lots of other men, wearing the same face cloths as the first man reveal themselves and grab them man, completely ignoring the guests and wrestle him to the ground without once seeming human-like. They then tie him up and drag him to hte machines. They tie him up and send him through, and disappear behind the machine. The victim is seen moving along the production line and into the mouth of the machine, though a black curtain. Whilst he is gone from view (in the machine), he screams and pretends to die as 'blood' leaks out of the bottom of the machine. Sound effects of slicing meat are heard from the speakers. The other side of the machinery begins to spout more mince-meat from it's out-put funnel. The room is then darkened once more and is nothing but silence. Then the light's come back on and the guests see the 'men' are standing just a few feet from the, holding chains, shovels and rope. The begin to move towards the guests just as the final door is unlocked and they escape. The whole experience is very graphic and guests are advised not to go on if they have weak stomachs. > All the rooms effects will have to be reset after every party of 10 people passes through, and every actor will have to resume their original positions. Yes, this through-put is not very effective and is the one downside to the experience. > The walk-through will only operate at Fright Nights, but all the themeing is permanent and stays all-year-round, it is just closed off during the non-Fright Nights season. > Around Bedlam Village, live actors on peak holidays and for the Fright Nights would roam aimlessly, occasionally clutching people, warning them etc. whilst looking similarly mental/deformed/bloody to the girl in Alton's 'Ti13teen' advert. So basically, I want Bedlam Village to be somewhere that is actually a scary place to be in from the moment you leave the Lost City. > Due to extensive moaning, complete the new forest and water area underneath the Flying Coaster in Shroom Valley with tube-slides, stained orange pools (non-toxic, and something that doesn't stain the skin), snack bars rubber rings and deck chairs for hire, and lots of water cannons to help interaction of the new coaster and for relaxing on hot days without having to go on Tidal Wave. This will also ease the ride's queue-line. > The Fright Nights new attraction, 'Bedlam Halls' is very heavily advertised using TV, radio, interent, park announcements and posters in the surrounding areas. The year ends with a bang as 'Bedlam Halls' are hailed as the 'greatest walk-through experience in the world'. > Aside from all the promotion of the new area, planning permission is submitted at the beginning of the year for the 2015/2016 coaster, whilst the infill on Area 'C' continues.2015) Planning permission for two new flats rides and construction of the new coaster beginning construction in about May. > The new coaster's height is confirmed, they plan to build a 125ft B&M coaster, making it the third B&M in the park. The park plan to extend 'Shroom Valley' onto Area 'C' which will accomodate the new coaster. Details on the ride layout and type are kept secret for now. > Thorpe's official plans for two new flats to be placed on two of the nine possible location as pointed out on the MTDP are leaked onto the internet. They show that a ride, of similar scale to Slammer will occupy a 'RIDE' spot highlighted on the MTDP on Area 'A', which is now Shroom Valley, featuring the second tallest flying coaster in the world. (2nd to Tatsu (170ft), but taller than Manta (140ft)). > The second 'RIDE' spot will also be in Shroom Valley and will serve as the fourth extreme thrill in the area. Plans for exactly what both rides are remain under raps. > Continued clean-up and general tidiness of park. Bins are cleaned, and Bedlam Village now features bagged 'bodies' impailed on spikes around the area similar to Stealth at Fright Nights in 2008. > The park purchase better stereos for clearer announcements and better sound quality for the ride themes. The Nemesis Inferno 2005 dispatch theme is brought back. > By the end of the year, planning permission is granted and the first of the flat rides arrives at the park. Fans see it is a Huss Topple Tower of epic proportions, which was custom built for Thorpe Park. The second ride did not arrive by season close. > Plans for the coaster's layout are submitted, as the coaster is not accompnied by a completely new area a la Shroom Valley's Flying Coaster, the plan are kept less secretively. The layout, concept art and the 3-D visuals are posted online and show that the new coaster is made by B&M and that it is the promised 4-D coaster with similar seating to 'Furius Baco' at Port Aventura, minus the launch. > The 4-D coaster receives similar amounts of advertising to it's area-sharing, neighbour coaster as construction begin around late May/early June.2016) Thorpe Park promises overall visitor experience to be the best yet, with the installation of the new flat ride/s, new coaster, and upkeeping of effects. > During the 2015 Closed Season, the park promises a 'Best Ever' park experience for the new year. This creates many sceptics. > After the proper season starts, the second flat ride still hasn't arrived, but the Colossus pit is cleaned, the Medusa's head is fixed, Shroom Valley's interactive effects and waterfalls are kept running, Rumba Rapids's showers and waterfalls are working, Nemesis Inferno's water jets work every time, and Bedlam Village keeps it's horrific themeing with peak days featuring live acotors. The Tidal Wave fire effect has not returned because of Stealth though. It's nice to see that the park did put the themeing money to good use then eh? Sceptics are silenced. > The Huss Topple Tower opens. It's the biggest ride of it's kind in the world. It seats 50, (as opposed to 36 standard), spins at 8rpm, (as opposed to 5rpm standard) and stands at 108ft (as opposed to 85ft standard). It is themed to fit perfectly into Shroom Valley and is basically a giant mushroom with the brightly coloured cap at the top of the tower, with the gondola rising up and down the tower at the end and start of the cycle. > The new Topple Tower opens for the Thrill Chill and is indeed much more thrilling than others in the world due to the size, it has a through-put of 900pph (as opposed to 770pph standard). After the ride has risen, it 'topples' and spins whilst bringing the riders very close to the trees and the Flying Coaster. It's minimum height restriction is 1.3 metres. > Merlin orders new, clearer electronic notice boards which show 3 numbers for queue times. All of them are themed according to the area they are put in.> The new 4-D coaster: Not so much depth and thought on the story front, but the theme of Shroom Valley is still strong throughout the coaster, with interactions from water-cannons below. The ride station is inside a large mountain simialar to Nemesis Inferno's volcano, albeit finished. The ride consists or a 125ft lift hill, a near-vertical drop with a twist in it, a la 'Expedition GeForce', a Vertical Loop, Dive Loop, various Air-Time Hills, an Inclined Loop and a Corkscrew. The ride leaves the mountain before running the courses, and returning into the mountain for the first twisted Air-Time Hill, which runs straight into the Inclined Loop so the only the apex of the loop is exposed, whilst the rest is hidden inside the mountain. As the ride leaves the mountain again, it runs the rest of the course, before returning to the station. The ride is aimed at people who enjoy the re-named Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter (previously SAW), Colossus and Stealth. It's minimum ride restriction is 1.4 metres. Many fans go wild for the coaster and say the, because of the themeing topping it off, the new 4-D coaster is the best ride in the park. They also agree that the combined forces of all the rides in Shroom Valley, make it the best area. > Unfortunately, despite planning permission being passed, the second flat ride for Shroom Valley did still hasn't arrived. No-one except for Merlin and the ride's manufacturer, knew what that ride was going to be.'Shroom Valley', 'Bedlam Village' and more specifically 'Bedlam Halls' (the asylum horror maze in the extended (previously) SAW queue) will be Thorpe's most ambitiously themed projects to date. It will cost a bucket to build, but the income at the end of it will counter for it.'Bedlam Halls' will return every year for Fright Nights and is truly horror themed and REALLY does redicule the SAW franchise and Lionsgate's attempt at themeing.Notice I added drawbacks because the park is hardly going to go through the next 4 years unabashed and on schedule.Also, feel free to name the Flying Coaster, the Topple Tower, and the 4-D Coaster. (:Now THAT Mr.man, is a LONG POST. Kudos for anyone bothered to read it all, it took me four days to write it.

[Benin]

^Did you include a time machine in your plans? Since you do seem to start this whole process last year...

[Sidders]

^Did you include a time machine in your plans? Since you do seem to start this whole process last year...

No, I mean all the '2009' plans are what I would've done during the closed season. If you want, ignore those plans and read onwards.

[ste193]

2011:The entrance is refurbished this year with a new permanent queue line and planataious area in the queue line to give a warm welcome and keep inline with the new THORPE PARK theming standard.The Amity Cove sweet shop is extended along with Burger King 2 and the Nemesis Workshop adding theming to the Queue line.Nebula- NEW FOR 2011 A Fabri Cataclysm, thee new addition to the Lost City area near Crust which is themed like the area with glacial patterns painted on the ride and a rotating solar system feature in the queue line.The Lost city area is worked on and improved on with the rides and theming and other areas of the park slightly. The park begins its new advertising campaign for next year’s high profile prototype B&M along with the new area it will produce on island C.The advert shows a young girl looking up at the camera screaming surrounded by a pentagram when the camera turns to the side and blood splatters onto it.“The future’s grim, at Thorpe Park 2012.”A new teaser video is created advertising the roller coaster and its new area. The video makes statements about the new area and it’s coaster with images of the futuristic city illustrations designated to the area.A woman in a white coat is shown running down white corridors and then she kneels before the camera and stars praying when a black veil comes across the screen and blood drips down the screen.“Your prayer won’t save you know the apocalypse comes to Thorpe Park in 2012.”2012:The park continues it working on improving areas and their themes are made more clearer and improved on for the custom of Olympics.Island C opens as Deviant Sector.A futuristic city where the people have become believers that they need to be of pure souls to progress to a higher existence however a satanic cult lurks in hiding within the city and threatens to rid the town of its purity.Requiem: NEW FOR 2012! A B&M diving wing rider prototype.The ride starts in the station themed to a futuristic church you then leave and climb the 45ft lift hill at a 45 degree angle and then round left to fall 90 degrease into the station where you pass a cult performing a ritual and it is themed to a satanic crypt with skeletons and graves with two head chopper moments. You then exit and perform a bunny hop to then travel over then travel over the lake briefly and back onto land where you travel to a building and travel through the top of it performing an inline twist and then exit the fast food restaurant and they drop again to then climb up a banked curve turn and then drop again at 60ft over the lake to perform a dive loop over the lake then travel back onto dry land where you pass through a small tunnel with hanging bodies and you then travel back to the station with twists and turns.Genesis- NEW FOR 2012! A Fabri Booster Max also opens on the island themed around the process of christening.Redemption- NEW FOR 2012! A Fabri pirate ship ride themed around the town’s boat where outsiders are brought in to be given “redemption” of their sins by the towns people.Pleasantries: A retail outlet.Feast- A Fast Food Outlet.Loo’s.An open air stage is added to the Stealth area.A new help desk is put into place instead of the time board to help the guests more with staff on hand.2013:The hotel opens this year with a boat service linking to hotel to the park.Ranger County is replaced this year with new area Savage Oasis, the area and rides receive updated theming.Monkeys Banana BoatZebra Sprint- Themed around zebras being hunted by cheetahs.Death Roll- NEW FOR 2013! A Fabri Evolution featuring water jets spraying at the riders over water based pit themed with crocodiles.Wild Dining- New restaurant with play area and entertainment staff facility opens behind the ride.2014: Construction begins on the new roller coaster by the bridge for the Neptune’s Kingdom area which is revealed to be an Intamin Aquatrax.Rumba Rapids is Rethemed into Raging Fever Rapids.OutsideThe queue line has been rethemed to look wooden and run down and the cars now feature seatbelts.The station is now themed around a tribal hut and you then exit the station and travel along and then at the bend you pass a skull water fountain and then face and area of water jets spraying from snakes mouths.InsideCavern themed building where the inside is now themed around crystals with sparkling lights and sprinklers on the ceiling and colour changing crystal rocks.OutsideYou then travel along with a water works system above which leaks water onto you and the hut has been rethemed to a tribal family hut and there are now water guns for guests to fire at the rapids riders you then pass a volcano with explodes water onto the riders.The ride is well publicised like it is a new attraction to draw attention to its improvements and the park is now becoming hugely popular and generating much custom with the addition of the hotel last year.Pizza Hut extension takes place this year.Promotional material for the rapids shows a family on the rapids screaming with skulls coming towards them symmetrically and they then turn to bare bleeding eyes and the family are then shown with red eyes laying on the boat like there dead coming into the station.“A Raging Fever is hitting Thorpe Park this year, the new Raging Fever Rapids, join in this contagious terror.”New promotional material shows dark tinted water with bubbles rising up and then red starts to fade in like blood.“Things are turning watery at Thorpe Park.”2015: Octopus Gardens area is closed with the rides being removed.Thorpe Mega Store is extended.Work begins on the new land with roller coaster and rides next year; the park promises a family friendly thrilling experience for all the family.2016: The new roller coaster opens on the land by the bridge and is the world’s first Mack superspash with floorless seating so that the feet can brush into the water.The new ride is part of the Neptune’s Kingdom area.Tempest- Floorless Intamin Aquatrax.The ride starts of with riders queuing in the indoor/outdoor queuing area themed around Greek Caverns with waterfalls and Greek statues; the Station is themed around the Court hall of Neptune with a statue of himself sitting in his throne.The ride then exits the station and travels along through the cavern at an average speed twisting and turning past the caverns rocks and statues and waterfalls.The ride then stops and prepares itself as it launches out of the station and performs an inline twist to then travel briefly and climb a hill of 37ft and drop into a splashdown area, the ride then perform a banked curve turn and twists and turns through a cavernous area themed around Hades and then travel outside briefly to then climb a lift hill of 70ft and drop down into a larger splash zone and you then travel outside twisting and turning to return to the station building where you climb a brief 50 ft hill and drop down into another splash zone to soak the riders and queue and then travel through the cavern again to the station.Triton- A Mack twist and splashing themed around the gods battling in a cyclonic whirlwind opens in the area.2017:Renovation of the Arena.A quiet year for the park to reflect on it’s successes and focus on keeping up the standard of entertainment, theming, and overall experience around the park with improvements and amendments and suggestions and focus on future plans.2018:X is closed this year with the surrounding area closed of as it is announced there will be a new area created.The park begins their new promotional campaign. The video shows a countdown timer with a scientist running down a corridor looking scared with blood on his coat when a 3-D hand reaches out of the screen suddenly at you.“Another dimension is hitting Thorpe Park next year.”X is removed and sold for scrap with the profits put towards the new area and the installation of the new ride in the pyramid begins and the addition of two Flat rides as queue eaters infront.2019:The New area opens.Viral FacilityThe area is themed around a testing facility with security fences sealing of the area and adding to the theme, however they are testing human genetics and have stumbled upon the true rage of mankind.Diffusion: A Huss fly away themed around testing at the facility.Cell: A Huss Booster/orbitor themed around testing at the facility.Xperiment: An updated model of the Vekoma Enigma, this new model doesn’t feature all the silly bloke brake runs and now features a loop the new ride features 3-D theming so the riders are given the option to wear 3-D goggles as the lights shows and effects are more visually interactive this way, the theming for the entire ride including queue line has been updated throught the pyramid featuring pre show videos.