Thorpe Park

Thorpe Park
amusement park
Location	Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
Status	Operating
Opened	May 24, 1979
Owner	Merlin Entertainments
Area	500 acres (202 hectares)
Slogan	An Island Like No Other
Website	http://thorpepark.com/

Thorpe Park is an amusement park located in Chertsey, Surrey, England. It is operated by Merlin Entertainments, but is actually owned by Nick Leslau.

History

Thorpe Park is situated on the site of a former quarry on the border between Chertsey and Egham in Surrey, England. In the late 1970s, the company "Ready Mixed Concrete Limited" flooded the site after the quarry's closure , with the intention of opening an educational leisure park. In 1998, the park was purchased by the Tussauds Group, the then-owner of Alton Towers and Chessington World of Adventures. Tussauds added the majority of Thorpe Park's large rides during the early 2000's, such as Colossus, Nemesis Inferno and Stealth. In 2007, Thorpe Park fell into the ownership of Merlin Entertainments after it purchased the Tussauds Group. Merlin decided to orient the park and its additions directly towards teenagers and young adults. This resulted in rides such as Saw - The Ride and The Swarm. However in 2014, Merlin decided to reposition the park back towards a more well-rounded age demographic with family-oriented additions such as Angry Birds Land, I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! and the park's onsite hotel.

Present roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Colossus	Intamin	10 Inversion Roller Coaster	2002	Operating
Flying Fish	Mack Rides	Powered	1983	Operating
Nemesis Inferno	Bolliger & Mabillard	Inverted	2003	Operating
Saw - The Ride	Gerstlauer	Euro-Fighter	2009	Operating
Stealth	Intamin	Hyper Accelerator Coaster	2006	Operating
Swarm	Bolliger & Mabillard	Wing Coaster	2012	Operating
Walking Dead: The Ride	Vekoma	Enclosed	1996	Operating

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Depth Charge	Aquatic	Dinghy Waterslides	1991
Derren Brown's Ghost Train	Severn Lamb / Simworx	Dark Ride	July 2016
Detonator: Bombs Away	Fabbri	Drop Tower	April 2001
King Pig's Wild Hog Dodgems	Bertazzon	Dodgems	2014
Mr. Monkey's Banana Boat Ride	Metallbau Emmeln	Pirate Ship	1994
Quantum	Fabbri	Flying Carpet	2003
Rocky Express	Mack Rides	Sea Storm	1989
Rumba Rapids	Intamin	River Rapids	1987
Rush	S&S Worldwide	Screamin' Swing	May 2005
Samurai	Mondial	Top Scan	2004
SAW Alive	Paragon Creative	Walk-Through	2010
Storm In A Teacup	Mack Rides	Teacups	1986
Storm Surge	WhiteWater West	Spinning Rapids Ride	March 2011
Tidal Wave	Hopkins Rides	Shoot The Chute	April 2000
Timber Tug Boat	Zamperla	Rockin' Tug	2017
Vortex	KMG	Afterburner	2001
Zodiac	HUSS	Enterprise	2006

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Calgary Stampede	Fairmatt	Troika	1993	2003	Travelling UK
Canada Creek Railway	Severn Lamb	Dodgems	1989	2011	Scrapped
Carousel Kingdom	Peter Petz	Gallopers	1990	1999	Relocated to Alton Towers
Chief Ranger's Carousel	Euro Sujets	Gallopers	1994	2014	Scrapped
Dare Devil Drivers	Unknown	Dodgems	1998	2000	Unknown
Hi-Slide	Modern Products	Astroglide	1980s	1990s	Unknown
Eclipse	Fabbri	Ferris Wheel	2003	2004	Relocated to Chessington World of Adventures
Loggers Leap	Mack Rides	Log Flume	1989	2015	Scrapped
Miss Hippo's Fungle Safari	Ihle	Juvenile Track Ride	1990	2009	Scrapped
Mr. Rabbit's Tropical Travels	Mack Rides	Scenic Boat Ride	1982	2001	Scrapped
Slammer	S&S Worldwide	Sky Swat	March 2005	2016	Scrapped
Slippery Serpent	Modern Products	Juvenile Track Ride	1980s	2010	Scrapped
Snake Slide	Zapfun	Tube Slide	1980s	1990s	Unknown
Zodiac	HUSS	Enterprise	2000	2005	Unknown
Treasure Island Railway	Unknown	Miniature Railway	1983	1993	Scrapped
Wicked Witches' Haunt	Mack Rides	Tracked Dark Ride	1983	2000	Burnt out

External Links

• Images of the park on NFCA Digital.