2017) Mr. Monkey's Banana Ride relocated to Angry Birds land. Major refurbishment on Slammer, Rush and Vortex

2018) Samurai replaced by a Larson Loop

2019) Rumba Rapids refurbished, fountains added and various other water effects. Storm Surge and X removed

2020) B&M floorless coaster added to Storm Surge site

2021) Angry Birds 4D gets a new film

2022) Detonator removed, 150ft gyro drop tower added to former Mr. Monkey's site.

2023) Chairswing added to Angry Birds Land where Detonator was

2024) New African themed area opens behind Swarm with a junior drop tower and Vekoma Madhouse

2025) Intamin Freefall coaster added to African area, first freefall coaster to have inversions

2026) Angry Birds sponsorship ends, area rethemed to a popular IP of that time (this time including Tidal Wave and KFC)

2027) Gerstlauer Skyfly replaces Zodiac, Vortex replaced by a compact disko

Ok, my turn, time to Creeken the Thorpe.

 

2016

WC16 opens [and is a roaring success hopefully]

Areas surrounding new ride given touch up's and external imporvements to make it look nicer.

 

2017

Rumba Rapids is rethemed to an Aztec themed adventure, queueline, entrance and tunnel are rebuilt and some areas of the ride are re-tracked.The updated ride will now feature dark ride sections. IMA score will create a long soundtrack to the new ride. 

 

Samurai is replaced with a brand new model due to it's old age yet high popularity

 

Colossus receives brand new trains with lapbars and the surrounding area is cleaned up alongside some effects in the queue too, PR stunt done.

 

I'm A Celeb becomes SBNO

 

Slammer & X close as part of major project dubbed TPC19

 

2018 

Thorpe Hotel opens and features a loose waterside/ party theme with many rooms available, a water bus service is offered daily 

 

Calypso Quay Burger King closes down and is replaced by a Food Loop style restaurant which features unique track routes based on Thorpe coasters, 

 

Dome receives some major works where the theming is rebuilt to look like a lost paradise and freshen the place up. The exterior of the dome is repainted blue and white with the lower level given more of an ocean underwater theme to reflect it's level underwater.

 

IAC area becomes home to daily shows based on a successful non dying IP

 

Entrance plaza is demolished as part of a major rebuilding project to modernize the entrance, a tempory entrance is built with water buses taking people to the island. 

 

2019

TPC ride opens on former X & Slammer sites, which is a new dark ride [different to WC16] and will be a coaster ride [if WC16 isn't] and will use a retro space theme and be some kind of obscure world first. 

 

Brand new entrance plaza opens with a modernised ticket collection area, electronic collection machines, updated pass centre, wider improved entrance bridge and centre piece item which will either be fountain or shark like object. 

 

Park holds massive 40th anniversary celebrations by doing evening concerts and fireworks in the summer and releasing limited merchandise too.

 

2020

New hotel extension opens up with exotic topical island theme

High ropes course opens

Angry birds Ip expires and area is disolved in to Amity cove with a new film created too.

 

2021 

Family coaster opens on Fungle site which is a mack family all star.

 

Loggers leap closes for major development.

 

2022

Brand new state of the art water ride opens in canada creek with a native theme styled like Chiapas. 

 

Rocky express lightly rethemed, canada creek area resurfaced and updated. 

 

2023

New wooden coaster opens

 

Meh

2016

Jul 2016 - Message found everywhere: "They just get bigger and better"

Aug 2016 - Slammer closure announced, ride actually closes in Sep

Dec 2016 - Slammer completely taken down

 

2017

Jan 2017 - Slammer restoration announced with fire, smoke, theming, water sprays and special effects, called the Grand Slammer

Mar 2017 - The Grand Slammer almost finished, opening announced for May

May 2017 - The Grand Slammer opens

Jul 2017 - Message found everywhere: "Fun for all"

Sep 2017 - Rumours of a new family ride, Loggers Leap closure announced

Oct 2017 - Family coaster, 'Air Flyer' announced

Dec 2017 - Loggers Leap completely removed, another park somewhere takes it

 

2018

Apr 2018 - Air Flyer opens

Jul 2018 - Message found everywhere: "It's no longer the tallest"

Aug 2018 - Stealth closes for the month

Sep 2018 - Stealth reopens... with lap bars!

Oct 2018 - 220ft coaster announced: Original Stealth restraints, goes upside down above the top of Stealth, zero g-rolls above Stealth's airtime hill. Stealth's height restriction down to 1.3m

 

That's all I could think of.

2017:

• Fastrack introduced for Toliets
• Slammer closed
• Storm surge is burned down
• Samurai has a meltdown and gets money poured into it.

2018:

• Colossus gets a clean up
• Samurai has another meltdown and Thorpe give up
• Fastrack for food stalls and park entry all introduced
• New Angry Bird Film

2019:

• Loggers Leap gets removed and is replaced by a family friendly GCI woodie
• Fastrack for Fastrack is introduced
• New area where Storm Surge and Tidal were
• Tidal Wave removed
• New flat where Samurai was

2020:

• Fastrack for parking introduced
• Angry Birds Land rethemed
• Neptunes beach rethemed, pool removed, new area being constructed

Fastrack for food stalls, parking and Fastrack?!

Here's my 2016 plan:

- WC16 opens.

- Fastrack abolished.

Fastrack for food stalls, parking and Fastrack?!

Here's my 2016 plan:

- WC16 opens.

- Fastrack abolished.

Abolished? Fastrack is the best thing ever!

Abolished? Fastrack is the best thing ever!

Don't forget to introduce Fastertrack- Fastrack for the Fastrack Fastrack!

October 28-2015:

Sarcastic jokes about Fastrack introduced

2016:

• Open Derren Brown Robo-coaster, massive success
• Give Loggers Leap and Rumba Rapids a lot of attention over the season. Rumba Rapids renamed and rethemed to a tropical paradise in the heart of the island.
• Run a consistent and fun Summer event, with foam parties/BBQ's on the beach
• Have timed ticket slots for Fright Nights mazes. Introduce new mazes (only keeping Big Top), one themed around Psychology(potential Derren Brown ride link in) located where Cabin is, one themed around a ghost ship (on saw Alive boat) and a large scare zone on the island behind Swarm based on government experiments with aliens.

2017:

• Completely redo the admissions area, have proper permanent queue system and new entrance plaza. (Part one of entrance/hotel work)
• Close Burger King/KFC and introduce heavily themed Merlin food outlets
• Big push on creating a solid park brand, add in bits of theming to rides/areas which make it feel more like an island. Bring back strong park areas, Lost City etc with more theming and area/ride music.

2018:

• Demolish the dome and build a larger, more modern entrance hub with restaurants, bowling alley (free for hotel guests) and shops. (Part two of entrance/hotel work)
• Completely gut X, add in a simple family thrill coaster with trick track and 3D screen elements, themed around a Pyramid.
• Large marketing campaign hyping up a brand new beast for 2019

2019:

• Rip down Swarm and replace it with a Furius Baco clone.
• Open new lakeside hotel and make Shark Hotel a cheaper alternative.

Nooooooooo Swarm is the second best ride there!

Nooooooooo Swarm is the second best ride there!

Well at least Furius Baco is so much faster and intense than its B&M counterpart.

My (what I think is a) reasonable plan for the next 5 years... although being Merlin you don't know what goes on in their minds aha!

 

2016 - WC16

2017 - Loggers Leap/New Log Flume + Rumba Spruce Up (Chessington had Year of the Penguins, Thorpe will have Year of Water rides  )

2018 - Phase 1 of Hotel + Flat Ride to replace Slammer or Samurai (Whichever gives up completely first)

2019 - Rollercoaster on island next to The Swarm (I'd prefer RMC in Canada Creek around the log flume and disused train track though)

2020 - Phase 2 of Hotel (Shark Hotel closes) + Small Attraction (I don't know what though, replacement to I'm a Celeb, or Flat Ride to replace whichever one the Flat Ride in 2018 didn't replace aha)

 

OK one thing I'd do Is closed the tired rumba rapids, and have a complete reworking of it. basically using the rides infrastructure I'd develop a brand new rapids experience, and on different levels, an elevator, drops, extensive theming, indoor/darkride sections (think valhalla), oh and FIRE!!

 

I Think rapids still have there place in the theme park industry, they just need to keep up! 

 

Also I'd do the same with loggers leap, Id extend the course and add 2 extra drops, one of which backwards, another back in a dark tunnel creating a rare 4 drop log flume! 

 

Basically bringing new life to a couple of classics! 

2017 - new refurbished next gem Intamin log flume (replacing Loggers)

2018 - RMC in the old town, with near misses with Loggers and lots of interaction. 

2019 - lost city enhancements. Colossus repaint and new trains (those on altair). Also, retheme of X, with a new exterior making it look like a proper pyramid and just make it more Aztec like.

2020 - major Rumba refurbishment and an air race replacing samurai

2021 - Mack multi launch using terrain on the island behind the swarm with a Japanese myth theme and new zamperla disk o in this area.

2 hours ago, Matt Creek said:

Colossus track is repainted

 

Keep dreaming!  

Here goes (10 years)...

 

2016: DBGT opens.

Loggers Leap completely refurbished, opened as soon as ready.

Flying Fish comes to the end of its last season.

 

2017: Colossus track repainted to the colour Spinball Whizzer was when it first opened, New theming additions and new food outlet.

Construction fences go up around Flying Fish site while the ride is demolished, lockers and food outlets nearby removed.

X closed at end of season for the 2018 season with the pyramid repainted over closed season, as is Slammer.

 

2018: Nemesis Inferno repainted.

Maintenance carried out on X track, New lighting and smoke machines. 2015 and 2016 soundtracks merged to create one.

Slammer is refurbished to last longer.

New posters go up on Flying Fish construction fences, "The Island is Changing, A New Ride is Coming..."

 

2019: X reopens.

Stealth repainted.

New posters on the Flying Fish fence: "New Rollercoaster for 2020"

 

2020: New Mack Mega-Coaster opens on island next to Swarm, 7 inversions, 4 launches and a dark ride section under queue, with a futuristic theme, building housing station, indoor queue and merge point, fastrack queue, disabled queue and restaurant. Lockers and Fish site act as island entrance, with heavy theming.

X cattlepen removed.

Rumba Rapids closes for 2021.

 

2021: Rumba Rapids refurbished with all new water effects, New storyline and alot faster.

SAW repainted, New trains added and contract renewed.

 

2022: Rumba Rapids reopens.

Swarm repainted.

Colossus comes to the end of its last season, on its 20th birthday.

 

2023: X gives up and dies; removed at end of season.

The Colossus area is blocked off with construction fences: "New Rollercoaster for 2024", as the Colossus shop is removed.

X's pyramid knocked down over closed season.

 

2024: New Gerst Infinty, with a drop, cobra roll and heartline rolls that mimic Colossus', lapbars, and a record for inversions.  Also goes into the X area; small "pieces" of X's pyramid used as theming as a small nod to the ride.

Nemesis Inferno is refurbished in order to keep it open for as long as possible.

New food outlet opened near Rush.

 

2025: Stealth is given New trains with lapbars.

Tidal Wave and Slammer come to the end of their final seasons.

 

2026: New Megasplash replaces Tidal Wave with same name and layout (boring I know)

Huge celebration for Stealth's 20th birthday with 10:00pm closures all week and ERT for all guests.

 

 

 

 

Slammer lasting till 2025 ??? Cant see that

1 hour ago, RobF said:

Slammer lasting till 2025 ??? Cant see that

True. Edited my post.

2017)Colossus Repaint Lionsgate end contract for fright nights only 2018)Confirm on woodie and Slammer Removed 2019)Woodie Opens and saw relocated Detonater Removed 2020)Flying Fish Removed and replaced with a another family coaster with retheme 2021)Rumba Rapids Removed and New Flying Coaster Planned 2022)20 Years of Fright Night Special with walkthroughs and weapons back and Construction on Flying Coaster 2023)Flying Coaster Opens and Storm In a tea cup removed 2024)Top spin replacing storm in tea cup 2025)Depth Charge & Mr Monkeys Bannana Boat Removed and New family rides and Fright Nights Stopped 2026)Colossus Removed and Replaced with a new Giga Coaster

hi new member to the forum. this is what I would do with Thorpe if I had any power.2017 sees removal of loggers leap and rumber rapids plus removal of the tetleys ip  on storm in a teacup. in 2018 their will be two brand new family attractions on loggers leap site a GCI woodie with pleanty of airtime theme around the wilderness . and on rumbers site a chiapas style log flume themed around the jungle. also the removal of I'm a celebrity maze. in 2019 a new jeep ride theme around the jungle where I'm a celebrity was and the removal of amity beach for a new coaster in 2020 which is a Mack spinning coaster just like cobras curse theme around the lost city. 2021 will be a quite year with general improvements to the park like repainting rides and the of re-tracking of Colossus to make it a better experience for guests. also 2021 will see rides like X and slammer be removed. in 2022 construction for a new B and M coaster where X was and the addition of a falcon's fury style drop tower. meaning detonator will be  removed .lost city also re themed to  greek myths.2023 see the first  B and M sitdown coaster in the uk on the site that once held X. 

Some of these are really making me laugh. Some of these ideas are realistic, but some of you are not thinking about space at all. Whoever said replace Storm Surge with a B&M floorless, how? How is that going to fit lol

https://rcdb.com/2504.htm

2017: The Year of Water

 

Given a proper spruce up Loggers Leap would re-open summer 2017

 

The ride station is spruced up now with storage for bags (because who wants to get there bags soaked)

The ride starts of passing by a figurine cutting a tree with water spurting out from holes in the tree and little animal figures poking out from the holes in the tree

The those in the ride queue can use water guns that look like otters to soak the riders

A bear appears from behind a tree and roars and the car travels into the tunnel lift hill, in the tunnel lift hill saw blades are suddenly activated when side by side and illuminated and one large saw blade over head for the drop in the dark on the corner there is a lumberjack hacking wood where water spurts from the log and you exit the tunnel

The bird figurine has been repainted and bursts water from its mouth, the water flow system over head has been updated with holes in to leak onto the riders, a large tree with a face sneezes and a large burst of water is sprayed at riders

Tree's are arranged to be died together overhead creating a tree tunnel with dangling dream catchers and at the end of the tunnel a saw suddenly cuts through the tree overhead

Then you ascend for the final drop with creaking and buzz saw sounds played and when you reach the top a shout of TIMBER and the ride returns to the station passing the open area

 

Rumba Rapids would be Re-themed to a volcanic adventurers journey and given a suitable re-theme with seat belts added - station turned into a volcano, tribal figurine with blow pipes that spurt water intermittently, sprinklers placed inside the building re-themed to a crystal diamond treasure cave where a stolen artifact causes the storm, escaping back outside a skeleton army stands on the cliff sides chanting, the large area now has a large rock with a demon skeleton face painted on and increased power water guns, the shower head replaced with a large water eruption volcano

 

Advertisement begins with the a storm is coming slogan

 

2018:

The island behind stealth opens with a Mack spinning launched coaster and a 200ft launching freefall tower

The island has a large rocky faced structure which houses the roller coaster it's queue line, the launch tower and queue line, shop and photo op, restaurant and toilets

 

Tempest coaster-

Queue line meanders through caverns, ride launches through lightning, thunder sounds and effects with sprinklers for rain, into a banked bend passing a car figurine banging on the glass, into an s-bend through the wreckage of a sinking make shift house where the collapsing ceiling drops with creaking noises, straight through an area of sprinklers thunder and lightning effects and suddenly falling tree's, airtime hill with strong wind fans into a banked corner and into a climbing helix with the downward helix passing on the outside at the same time, drops down through area of sprinklers and sparking electric post, into a top hate over an impaled man figurine, straight ahead with fans and sprinklers, thunder and lightning effects, barrel roll over mannequin hands reaching out of sinking car sunroof, climb a hill to drop down into a corkscrew and into the downward helix, straight ahead past large bursts of water, repeated growing hills through wind, rain and thunder effects and returns to the station.

 

Vertigo free fall tower-

With cavern queue line and running water from top of tower as you launch

 

2019:

A quiet year or much needed TLC around the park

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well I think we know what's coming in 2017: Derren Brown's Ghost Train's new destination. I.E probably not very much.

 

I would create a large Victorian house on the island behind stealth and swarm.

Advertisement would focus on a historical recreation tv show where they are rebuilding an old Victorian house that once stood in the marshes of Thorpe Park a century ago, however in the rebuilding many horrible accidents start occurring a worker is shown being flung out of a large grand Victorian window, another worker is shown bursting into flames and another worker dies of fright with white hair.

The island would house the large grand Victorian house which the left side would have some collapsed scaffolding for theming and the large grand Victorian window would be smashed as in the advert with a shadowy figure seen standing there and the entrance of the queue line would be the chalk mark of the spot where the man fell to his death and the blood stain.

Entering the house into the grand foyer with a corpse hanging from the grand chandelier which has a dropping feature that frightens those beneath, there is a large painting with red glowing eyes and a large beastly dog with jaws opens and the dog head lunges out from the painting at those walking past, the grand staircase creaks as you walk up it and the stairs move slightly up and down, at the top of the stair case is a statue with talons and hands over its face that every so often moves the talons to lunge at those in front of it.

They then head down a long tight corridor where the ceiling gets lower as you get to the end creating the illusions its closing in on you and there are mannequin hands all the way along the wall which you brush past with moaning and groaning noises in the dark.

Once you turn the corner there is a burning mannequin which rapidly moves towards you separated by Perspex glass and you then pass into a large room where babies cries are heard and a cot is seen rocking by a window, the room suddenly illuminates red and the baby screams and from behind some boxes a scary woman mannequin raises from the floor shouting "get away from my baby"

There is then a large Victorian kitchen with a furnace with a skeleton hand reaching out, a meat grinder with meat coming out and a human body passing through, there is a bowl of soup with eye balls floating in this is the waiting area to be loaded into a large dark room, the floor begins to shake from side to side and then drops suddenly repeatedly several times

Upon exiting there are dark corridors with breathing and whispering sounds and there is a scene with mannequins around a séance table being videoed, "within these walls we call upon the spirits, to join us here, let us behold the cryings of the very earth here"

They then head down a dark corridor "you want to be just like all the other boys don't you? Your to small as you are, I've always thought you could do with  being taller, so has the master and miss. This will do that for you and I can help you, mmhaha"

They are then loaded into standing frames which look like stretching racks and the frames are sent whizzing along a track with stretching sounds down a long corridor with strobe lighting with the grand Victorian window at the end and the masked figure skeleton hands and long neck with demon head stretch out of the cloak and reach out at the riders as they stop infront of it and the rider then drops vertically and they then briefly travel and are unloaded from the racks in the cellar and head down a dark corridor

"My beautiful boy argh ha, NOOO!

"I'LL KILL YOU ALL FOR THIS!

The lights then flash and reveal Victorian staff mannequins being hanged

"And so the land would cry till the end of time, for all the souls that had been lost on this land that could not leave their pain and suffering behind and to be tormented for so long but all they could do was tormented any and all who stood there ground".

There would be an Old English themed shop with photo collection from the ride upon exit into the building.