To complete our summer news round-up of the southern parks, we took a trip to Chessington to see what's new this year. The park has received some nice improvements including Market Square Pizza & Pasta, an all you can eat restaurant that has replaced KFC and Pizza Hut. You'll never [...]
New for 2009 at Legoland Windsor is Laser Raiders, the first Sally interactive dark ride in the UK. The attraction is inspired by the Lego Adventurers Egypt theme of Lego sets. The story consists of Pippin Reed being kidnapped by Sam Sinister, with guests joining Johnny Thunder to save Pippin [...]
Yes, that is the title of this news article. But why? The summer brings a new TV advert from Thorpe Park, called exactly that. We are not sure what target market they are aiming for, but with tags such as 'deep throat', 'tits', 'jugs', 'boobs', 'sex', 'shag', 'porn', 'orgasm', 'megan [...]
Saw - The Ride, the latest addition for thrill seekers at Thorpe Park, has been experiencing continuous teething problems since its official opening day on 14th March. The problems seem to centre around the mid-course block brake, trimming of ride vehicles, and the control system. Modifications have been made to [...]
Saw - The Ride at Thorpe Park officially opened to guests on Friday 13th March at an Annual Pass Preview event. The preview went without a hitch, with all passholders able to get many rides in. The attraction is being praised for the immersive queue line and station experience, as [...]
All eyes were once again on Thorpe Park for their February Half Term Thrill Chill, to see if they could improve on the challenges experienced during the events held over the previous two years. A handful of rides opened with the park at 10:00, with Rush and Colossus remaining closed [...]
Would you believe that Fright Nights at Thorpe Park is now in its seventh year? The terrifying event is back for 2008 with both familiar and new frights. Returning mazes this season are Asylum, Hellgate and Se7en. Making an introduction is The Curse, telling the chilling story of a haunted [...]
Today, Thorpe Park announced via a YouTube video that their 2009 coaster codenamed ‘Project Dylan’ will be the world's first horror movie-themed roller coaster. Based around the popular ‘Saw’ horror movie series, the park is boasting that the attraction will be the scariest ride in the world. A dedicated website [...]
The final preparations are being made to the mazes at Thorpe Park for Fright Nights 2008. This year the event will run from 13th October to 2nd November, and feature the best line-up of attractions yet.
The lake infilling at Thorpe Park is progressing well, and is closely following the Medium Term Development Plan diagrams. From Stealth, the view of the lake is very different, with the two sections of infill approaching each other. We are excited to see what will eventually be built on this [...]
Rush at Thorpe Park has finally reopened after more than a month of downtime. Additional inspection platforms have been installed at the top of the structure to enable more thorough inspections and maintenance of this area. Colossus has also been down following an incident. We understand that a bolt popped [...]
Summer is here, and Thorpe Park is entering its busiest time of the year. Ride reliability continues to be a problem, with Stealth and Colossus having recent periods of downtime. Rush is currently closed following on from an incident at the end of May. A piece of metal fell from [...]
