Thorpe Park Resort have submitted plans to Runnymede Borough Council for a minor extension to their Pizza & Pasta food and beverage unit. The submitted plans outline proposals to add a single, partially enclosed extension to the south-western and south-eastern sides of the restaurant (facing Nemesis Inferno), which [...]
With closed season now well underway, Thorpe Park Resort and Chessington World of Adventures Resort have revealed their provisional opening dates and times for the 2018 season on each of their respective short breaks websites. Thorpe Park Resort The Island will open for the 2018 season on Friday 23rd March [...]
Plans have been submitted by Thorpe Park Resort for the re-theming of X, the Island’s indoor rollercoaster, including the addition of a new entrance for the attraction. In documents submitted to Runnymede Borough Council, the Resort outline plans to demolish the existing pyramid entrance portal and replace it [...]
Fright Nights 2017 launched at Thorpe Park Resort last night as AMC’s The Walking Dead invaded the Island. Featuring two brand new mazes centred around the global horror phenomenon, as well as the return of some old favourites, this year’s event promised to be one of the biggest to date. [...]
Thorpe Park Resort have today confirmed the full line-up for FRIGHT NIGHTS 2017, including the arrival of what has been described as a ‘Global horror phenomenon’ – AMC’s The Walking Dead. Headlining 2017’s event are two new mazes based on the hit US television show, The Walking Dead. [...]
After twelve years of flipping guests upside down, Thorpe Park Resort have confirmed Slammer has left the Resort for good marking the end of an era for the S&S Sky Swat. Responding to queries on their social media channels, Thorpe Park Resort confirmed that the one of its [...]
Thorpe Park Resort has received two nominations for the ScareCON Scar Awards, the annual event which champions and recognises all aspects of the scare industry – from year round scare attractions to Halloween events. In the nominations for the 10th annual awards, the resort picked up nominations in the following [...]
Derren Brown’s Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon was officially unveiled by Thorpe Park Resort last night at a special launch party for invited guests. Attraction Source was amongst those invited along to experience the latest incarnation of the Island’s newest attraction. Promising to be ‘deeper, darker, and [...]
Thorpe Park Resort opened the gates of the Island to Annual Pass holders this weekend, offering one of the first opportunities to take a look at the changes which have taken place across the Resort during the closed season. Attraction Source take a look at all the developments from across [...]
Derren Brown’s Ghost Train is set to get deeper and darker for 2017 as Thorpe Park Resort confirm details of the attractions ‘terrifying new destination’ for 2017. Using the tag line ‘Rise of the Demon’, the new destination will see a number of changes to the Resort’s multi-million [...]
THORPE PARK Resort have submitted an application for an extension to the building which currently houses Derren Brown’s Ghost Train. The application submitted to Runnymede Borough Council details a small extension to the left hand side of the current Ghost Train Shop and is described as comprising ‘an [...]
Fright Nights at THORPE PARK Resort debuts for its fifteenth frightful year at Thorpe Park Resort this weekend. With one brand new maze, plus the return of some old favourites, 2016’s event promises to have plenty of scares in store. New for 2016’s event is PLATFORM 15. The [...]
