Advantages: Lots and lots and lots of thrill rides
Disadvantages: Not enough for children

...Background: Before the year 2000, Thorpe Park was an okayish theme park with a few good rides such as Loggers Leap, Tidal Wave and X: No Way Out. In the six years since then however, Thorpe Park has been completely transformed, with the Tussauds Group investing millions of pounds into the park. Today there are tons of great thrill rides, including Nemesis Inferno, Collosus, Vortex and Detonator. The new ride for this year was Stealth, with is a monster looking ride which fits well with the new look of the park. Of course with these changes the park has lost some of it's character. The Flying Fish, an old favourite at the park, has gone, as has the Model World, in favour of big flashy new rides. Although it is always better to move forward, I do think the park has been transformed far too quickly, with two or three new attractions... Read review

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Advantages: GREAT DAY OUT
Disadvantages: CAN BE EXPENSIVE

...All throughout school, the last day of term would arrive and me and my close pals would all arrange to ring each other during the summer holidays - It rarely happened due to working responsibilities, boyfriend commitments and family holidays so we made a pact this year at the end of college to do something all together. As you can probably guess we decided apon a theme park trip seeing as it was the first summer a few of us could drive. I was really glad when we all decided apon Thorpe Park as I'd been to Alton Towers three times in the last two years and I'd also been to Chessington. Although I had been to Thorpe Park when I was a lot younger there were a few rides I could remember and all the rest was a blur. We opted to stay in a Travelodge for the night nearby so we wouldn't struggle to drive there and back in a day. Our day... Read review

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Advantages: Mega Fun
Disadvantages: Rides do breakdown a lot.

...Thorpe Park is a small UK Theme Park situated in the Chertsey, Staines. It doesn't get many visitors compared to some other parks but without a doubt it is home to some of the UK's best rides. **The Park** Thorpe Park is one of few theme parks in England and has to battle tough competition from places like Alton Towers and Chessington. It is home to some of the most known rides in England such as Nemesis Inferno and Colossus, which is known worldwide in theme park world. Thorpe Park opened many years ago now and started off with rides for little children like the little car things that go round a little track etc.. it was quite a while though before they got their first rollercoaster. Thorpe Park is currently closed for the winter and will reopen on March 15th with whats tipped to be the UK's best rollercoaster. Its been going... Read review

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Advantages: Colossus, now theres more to do
Disadvantages: The queues in summer

...After the slight disappointment of Saturday (cant tell you what it was, that's another op!), off we trotted to Thorpe Park. Luckily for us (!) We were staying in Slough 20 miles away, bus as its on the outskirts of London its sign posted from all the main motorways. Mainly the M25. After waiting a way to get in cos the security guards were checking all the white vans which was slightly disconcerting, we parked up and walked a short distance to the entrance. We finally got in to the dome that's the gateway to Thorpe Park containing shops, cafes and a bar. Get through that and you're faced with a whole plethora of things to do. To me it seems quite a small park with a lot packed in it, in the height of summer it gets really busy and is quite uncomfortable. Now I'm a bit of a thrill seeker so its those rides that I go for first... Read review

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