As the opening of Nemesis Inferno and the 2003 season approaches, here is a pre-season update. The new Extreme Games area is under construction, built on the former site of nice landscaped pirates eating area. Some of the tallest supports on Colossus have been power washed to remove the oil [...]
Colossus at Thorpe Park has recently experienced lengthy periods of downtime We believe that there must have been an incident involving clearance. Temporary looking metal plates have been added to the sides of the trains to stop guests extending their legs out. The plates do not affect the ride experience, [...]
It's certainly a busy closed season at Thorpe Park, with multiple attraction projects in progress. Colossus has now taken its first test riders as part of the commissioning process. Construction is starting to come to an end, ready for guests in March. Many areas of the park are undergoing improvements. [...]
Thorpe Park is currently a hive of construction activity, with two major attraction projects currently under construction. Recently we heard that Thorpe Park will be receiving a second major roller coaster in the space of two years. Opening in 2003, Project Calypso will be a B&M Inverted coaster, similar to [...]
Today, the last piece of track was put in to place on Colossus at Thorpe Park. Installed was the maintenance track, brake run and transfer section. There is still a lot of work to do, but this is a major milestone for the project. In other news, it has been [...]
While not advertised, there's been quite a few small events recently happening at Thorpe Park. We visited this weekend and took a few photos of the Ski Fly show at the back of the park, and the Blue's Brothers performing in Amity Cove. They certainly added to the enjoyable summer [...]
A shipment of track and supports for Project Odyssey at Thorpe Park arrived this week, with vertical construction commencing soon. The coaster has been named 'Colossus' which is strange for a ride of its type, but we assume Tussauds are basing that on the number of inversions instead of height [...]
Vortex finally arrived at Thorpe Park this morning and as of 6pm, the four legs had been bolted down and were about to be lifted up into position. We don't have any news on an opening, but there is certainly some urgency to have it up and running, as the [...]
It is the new year and there seems to be plenty of construction taking place at Thorpe Park. The Dare Devil Drivers canopy has been demolished, and the temporary Enterprise removed too. This whole area of the park seems to be having a major facelift. Will the Enterprise be reinstalled [...]
To wrap up the end of the 2000 season at Thorpe Park, we can finally share some exciting news. Project Odyssey, the up-and-coming major capital project will be the world's first ten looping coaster when it opens in Spring 2002. Construction has recently started on the large piece of land [...]
Following the fire at Thorpe Park, Wicked Witches Haunt and the surrounding structures have been completely demolished. Sweet City and Amity Cove KFC have now re-opened. Earlier in the month, a travelling Huss Enterprise was installed near the Thorpe Belle, compensating for the attractions that were lost in the fire. [...]
Today a major fire broke out on Mr Rabbit's Tropical Travels at Thorpe Park, with the cause unknown. All visitors were evacuated out of the park and compensated. Attractions and buildings that were damaged include Mr Rabbit's Tropical Travels, Wicked Witches Haunt, Sweet City and Amity Cove KFC. It is [...]
