Thorpe Park was delighted to announce on Wednesday that Runnymede Borough Council granted full planning consent for the park’s fourth major roller coaster, and construction will commence in May 2008. The key element of the ride will be a ‘beyond vertical’ drop of 100 degrees from a height of 100ft, [...]
Thorpe Park recently sent us a press release regarding their plans for a new coaster in 2009. THORPE PARK - DEVELOPING THE THRILLS In line with the Thorpe Park’s Medium Term Development Plan, application for full planning permission for a new rollercoaster in 2009 has been submitted to the [...]
October brought the sixth annual Thorpe Park Fright Nights. Returning mazes for this year are Asylum; a hospital from hell, the gothic Hellgate, and with its second year of deadly sins; Se7en. Scares inside the mazes are consistent and jumpy, but don't have the more theatrical elements like their counterparts [...]
Thorpe Park have once again had strong attendance figures, despite the heavy rain dampening the summer. The infill site next to Samurai looks complete, and is expected to be used for the 2009 coaster station and plaza area. The land needs to settle before construction can commence next year. Ride [...]
In terms of website updates, this season is a quieter one at Thorpe Park. Lately, it appears that general standards in presentation and maintenance have slipped. This may be due to the short closed season, and staff not having adequate time to give the park the attention that it needs. [...]
In a general update at Thorpe Park, there's lots going on in preparation for the start of the main season. Following the closure of Thorpe Farm, a new route for Canada Creek Railway is being constructed. The existing circuit around Canada Creek has been cut off from the route to [...]
Opening for February half term for the first time, it was always going to be interesting to see how Thorpe Park could handle just a three month closed season. Feedback from opening day was generally quite negative. Not only did the park look messy in places, small issues which could [...]
New ride for 2007 at Thorpe Park is Flying Fish, making a splash once again. The petite family attraction we have all missed is returning in a new location next to Depth Charge. Sporting a new colour scheme of light blue track, navy supports, and a vibrant orange train, the [...]
Thorpe Park have recently updated their website with next season's opening hours, and to our surprise it looks like 2006 will see the last ever full closed season. According to the calendar, the park opens in February 2007 and continues through to January 2008. We know how much planning goes [...]
In a surprise move, Thorpe Park have applied for planning permission to build a resort hotel on the current site of the former Cemex works next to the car park. The images have been taken from a large planning application uploaded to the Runnymede Borough Council website which include categories [...]
We took a walk down Monks Walk to check out the preparations for the 2005 season at Thorpe Park. Launching as one of two new attractions for this year, part of Slammer's structure has been erected in the last few days. The structure should fit in nicely with both neighbouring [...]
The planning application has finally gone in for Project Stealth at Thorpe Park, and we can now confirm that the details posted here in October were correct. The yet unnamed ride will indeed be an Intamin Rocket Coaster, a medium sized one at that. You will launch out of the [...]
