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3rd Oct 2003

Calgary Stampede Deconstruction at Thorpe Park

By |2025-01-16T15:50:40+00:003rd October 2003|Thorpe Park|

At Thorpe Park, Calgary Stampede has recently closed for the season and is being deconstructed in preparation for the installation of Samurai from Chessington. Signs have gone up on the entry bridge advertising the relocated ride, which remains nameless for now. Notice the fairground style control box that was disguised [...]

24th Aug 2003

Thorpe Park submits Medium Term Development Plan for 2004-2009

By |2025-01-26T13:11:17+00:0024th August 2003|Thorpe Park|

On 20th August, Thorpe Park submitted a Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP) to Runnymede Council. The plan sets out the vision for development at the park until 2009, and provides the framework within which more detailed planning applications will follow. Attraction Source explores the main features of the plan and [...]

20th Jul 2003

Samurai Moving to Thorpe Park

By |2025-12-06T15:04:41+00:0020th July 2003|Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Thorpe Park|

Despite various rumours over the last couple of years, it is now confirmed that Samurai, the Mondial Topscan from Chessington will be moving to Thorpe Park. The ride will replace the ageing Calgary Stampede and be themed accordingly with the Lost City. This controversial move strengthens the target markets of [...]

12th Sep 2002

Colossus at Thorpe Park Experiences Lengthy Downtime

By |2024-02-07T20:52:25+00:0012th September 2002|Thorpe Park|

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, [...]

26th May 2002

The Thorpe Park Guide features in Web User Magazine

By |2025-12-06T15:10:38+00:0026th May 2002|Attraction Source News|

The Thorpe Park Guide was put head to head with other enthusiast websites and came out on top in a recent feature in Web User Magazine. Official sites were compared to fan sites, and considering Thorpepark.com is created by the professional web design company Semantic, we didn't do bad! [...]

19th Feb 2002

Construction Update at Thorpe Park

By |2025-02-08T14:47:56+00:0019th February 2002|Thorpe Park|

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. [...]

8th Dec 2001

Project Calypso Announced

By |2025-02-08T14:47:36+00:008th December 2001|Thorpe Park|

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 [...]

8th Nov 2001

Colossus Milestone at Thorpe Park

By |2025-01-08T10:31:58+00:008th November 2001|Thorpe Park|

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 [...]

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