Fright Nights is back at Thorpe Park Resort with its biggest line-up to date. Featuring seven new horror attractions, as well as the return of four attractions from 2017’s event. Thorpe Park Resort is promising that ‘this year, nowhere is safe!’ Attraction Source was invited to the media preview to [...]
Thorpe Park Resort have today confirmed the full line-up for Fright Nights 2018, with the promise that ‘this year nowhere is safe’. With all new mazes and scare zones for 2018, a previous maze being re-introduced, plus the return of several past attractions, Attraction Source rounds up all the details [...]
Thorpe Park Resort and Chessington World of Adventures Resort were both victorious at last night’s ScareCON SCAR Awards with both attractions picking up one award each. Beating off competition from the likes of Alton Towers Resort; Scare Kingdom Scream Park, and Tulley’s Shocktoberfest, Chessington World of Adventures Resort walked away [...]
Last night, Thorpe Park Resort launched The Walking Dead: The Ride at a special VIP Launch event which saw invited guests descend on the Island to experience the Resort’s headline attraction for The Year of The Walking Dead. Attraction Source was amongst those invited to experience the Resort’s newest attraction. [...]
Thorpe Park Resort opened its gates for the first time in 2018 last weekend, offering the first opportunity to see the changes and developments across the Island. Attraction Source rounds up all the developments. The Walking Dead: The Ride With 2018 set to be ‘The Year of the [...]
Thorpe Park Resort and Chessington World of Adventures Resort have both received 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 11th annual awards, the Resorts [...]
Today, Thorpe Park Resort has announced The Walking Dead: The Ride, the world’s first rollercoaster themed around the global TV phenomenon, to open this Easter. This will be the ‘headliner’ attraction for The Year of The Walking Dead. Based on AMC’s hit TV show which is currently in [...]
The dead have returned to the Island as THORPE PARK Resort has announced The Year of The Walking Dead, a series of unmissable events throughout the 2018 season from when the theme park re-opens on 23rd March. Following its debut at 2017’s Fright Nights, the global TV phenomenon [...]
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. [...]
