Following approval from EU Competition Authorities, the deal announced in March between Merlin Entertainments and The Tussauds Group has now been completed. This acquisition creates the world’s second largest visitor attractions operator after Disney. Merlin’s portfolio now includes brands such as Legoland Parks, Madame Tussauds, London Eye, Sea Life Centres, [...]
The new Holiday Inn hotel at Chessington World of Adventures is rapidly taking shape, and looks impressive. The park have done a fantastic job transforming an unattractive maintenance area in to a pleasant hotel with landscaped grounds. The rear facing rooms will overlook the new Creature Feature Zoo addition, which [...]
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 [...]
Fright Nights is back for 2004 at Thorpe Park and is certainly pulling in the crowds. The park reached maximum capacity almost every day in the last week, which shows the increasing popularity of the event. This season, mazes opened at 4pm each day which has caused some long queues. [...]
Land clearing has started at Thorpe Park for the installation of the Sky Swat ride, which has revealed the remains of Trappers Trail, a children's playground attraction originally removed during Colossus construction. Heavy advertising for both the new S&S rides can be found all over the park. Hopefully this will [...]
