After the Thorpe Park Estate was demolished in the s, the site became a gravel pit. Thorpe Park Resort was then built in the s on the gravel pit which was partially flooded, creating a unique water-based theme for the park which would later lead to the marketing strapline "An Island Like No Other".
It was officially opened to the public by Lord Louis Mountbatten in Thorpe Park Resort is also home to exciting family attractions such as young thrillseeker favourite Angry Birds 4D Experience, the iconic Flying Fish junior coaster and the gravity-defying spintastic fun of Zodiac and magic carpet ride Quantum.
Read on to find out more about some of our previous rides and experiences which are no longer available for guests:. Since the early 80s, alongside the theme park and rides Thorpe Park guests could jump on the Canada Creek Railway or Waterbuses over to the working Thorpe Farm. Guests could visit the farm and get up close and personal with a wide selection of farm animals including sheep, cows, pigs, goats, Shire horses and Shetland ponies as well as watching sheep shearing and animal births depending on the season.
Despite being closed for many years now, the Thorpe Farm location is home to many Grade II listed buildings as the farm was actually designed to be a themed recreation of a s working farm and the park restored many of the existing farm buildings to their original 17 th Century designs. The ride included scenes depicting Sweeney Todd and Mrs. In the attraction was rethemed to Wicked Witches Haunt and underwent a UV painted update to modernise and improve the scenes within.
Witches and giant hairy tarantulas were also added throughout the attraction for a few extra scare moments! The attraction was sadly destroyed by a fire in the year leading to the permanent closure and demolition of the attraction.
In a new film called Pirates 4D was introduced with vibrating seats and numerous air and water effects. In Tussauds began its radical transformation of the London park to a thrill park on the footing of Alton Towers and other thrill parks. It was with this transformation that the construction of the brand new record breaking Colossus coaster was begun with the infamous Warner Stengel designers board. The coaster opened in with great fanfare as the first looping coaster ever.
Thunder River was rethemed to Ribena Rumba Rapids. With this massive expansion Thorpe Park was christened 1 in the United Kingdom for the first time. Sleepy Jones left the park in and it departure brought a brand-new Pizza Hut What a way to leave the park!
Also in , the park's first roller coaster, the Flying Fish, left the park for Britain's first rocket coaster, codenamed Project: Stealth. Both rides received huge amounts of downtime after opening, but both rides are now operating smoothly. Roller Coaster Wiki Explore. Create a Page! Basic Help Advanced Help. A sit-down looper, Colossus at one time held the world record for the most inversions on a rollercoaster - sadly now a bit rough and past its prime.
More Info. Sister ride to Nemesis at Alton Towers, Inferno is loosely based around a tropical volcano theme, with a nice smoke-filled tunnel feature before the lifthill. Launched at over 80mph to climb ft vertically, Stealth is one of Thorpe Park's most iconic rides.
A ghost train for the 21st century, utilising virtual reality technology to create a 13 minute experience inside a Victorian railway carriage. The wettest of Thorpe's rides, which guarantees a thorough drenching for every rider as they try to escape the impending tidal wave looming over Amity Cove. Plummet from over ft over Thorpe Park straight back down to earth. Swinging and spinning 32 riders at a time to a height of 65ft. A rather tame river rapids ride, but with an infectious sound track - formerly the much more powerful Thunder River.
Approximately 10 Minutes From This Point. Canada Creek Railway Thorpe Park Fireworks Thorpe Park in the Early s. Fright Nights New Pin Badges. Thorpe Park entrance. Nemesis Inferno, with Stealth in the distance.
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