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Thorpe Park Rebrand

Are you serious, Benin?

What Ian said. Also, them showing El Toro does not imply type. That's irrelevant. What's important is whether or not the public will respond to the idea of one positively. Unfortunately, guests past experiences are damaging (UK woodies, excluding 'Fobia because no one's been on it, PortAventura's and Busch Garden's).

I noticed Thorpe's responses on FB ere intentionally pushing the idea of wood being scary. That could be taken in two different ways. Negatively. Or... Or, they're actually going for the whole hype up how scary it is and use it thematically, thing.
 
As Ian said.

I personally can see this happening now. What better way to get an air time coaster.

It would fit in perfect at the back of the park going towards loggers etc.
 
Joey said:
I noticed Thorpe's responses on FB ere intentionally pushing the idea of wood being scary. That could be taken in two different ways. Negatively. Or... Or, they're actually going for the whole hype up how scary it is and use it thematically, thing.
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If Candy Holland has a one of her fab fingers in the design pie, there's no doubt that the theme will be scary/horror related. ;)
 
Europe's tallest and steepest would be easy to beat, no? And Europe's first inverting.

The marketing possibilities I think are pretty awesome. And thematically, they could really make it fit in at Thorpe by giving it a theme that implied it is dangerous, enhancing the natural associations.
 
Joey said:
Europe's tallest and steepest would be easy to beat, no?
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Not really, seeing as Europe's tallest woodie is also the current world's tallest and only just shy of 200 feet. I can't see that happening. Europe's steepest, with an inversion or two thrown in, I can see. One of those RMC woodie-but-not coasters, like Outlaw Run, would be perfect for Thorpe. Not that I'm saying for a second that I think they're getting one.
 
gavin said:
Not really, seeing as Europe's tallest woodie is also the current world's tallest and only just shy of 200 feet. I can't see that happening.
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Doesn't Thorpe have a height limit as well on their coasters, were Stealth was a one time only exception?
 
^ It was an exception, until either 2016 or 2018 I believe. Then the height limit is lifted I think?
 
I feel so strongly about this subject: Yes, Merlin should invest in a woodie as people's views have changed due to more parks investing in wooden coasters, give it a heartline roll, sidewinder, batwing or corkscrew (possible now), tunnels filled with dry ice (Fog), LED lights, lasers, splash down.

The best woodie in the UK is "Megafobia" but Oakwood can be remote for some people, this woodie gains 5 sec's a lap in the afternoons once it's warm'd up. "Megafobia"'s bigger, badder sister woodie "Rampage" at Splash Adventure (Bessemer, Alabama, USA) is SBNO & this would be perfect to ship over to Thorpe for a rebuild, give it new "Topper Track" & replace any supports, beams etc, this would be cheaper than buying a new coaster..

What type of woodie should Thorpe have:

Out n Back
Twister
Prefabricated Track
Hybrid (Steel Structure)
Double / Triple Out and Back
Cyclone
Dueling double, triple or even Quad, have all the tracks in-twine each other above & below to make it a more exciting ride.
Wild Mouse
S&S (They don't do wooden coasters anymore, but if you waved enough cash at them, i'm sure they would be happy to do 1 more design)

If I won Euro millions I'll pay outright for a woodie to be built at Thorpe, AT and Paultons Park as England is very lacking in wooden coasters, the ones at BPB are fun, but times have changed & the designs can be amazing like "Troy" at Toverland.

If Thorpe Park say they are an extreme park, they should build a bigger, more airtime hills & higher version of Avalanche / HellCat at Timber Falls Adventure Park (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA), this coaster has no brakes anywhere apart from the brake run & is so quick around it's course. Perfect :--D :--D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kFgy1d2nRg
 
Joey said:
Europe's tallest would be easy to beat

Which is:

Height = 196.8 ft
Name = Colossos
Park = Heide-Park Soltau Soltau, Germany
Year built = 4/13/2001

Yes this is possible, but height does not always mean better, even a 130 / 150ft version of the above coaster would be enough for Thorpe considering the amount of (nearly standing) airtime you get on Colossos. :wink:
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I had no idea Colossos was that tall! Wow.

Yeah, there's no way they could build a 200ft dense structure like that.

UKs tallest won't be an issue, though. ;)
 
Looking at Thorpe Park's map, sorry for the low quality:



There are loads of area's where a woodie can be built, as suggested before the area around "Loggers Leap" can be drained, the area by "depth charge", the track could run under the entrance walk-bridge. The old farm area is a possibility but it may be too near houses. The old railway line which ran to the farm could be used for an "Out n Back" woodie.
 
They need a hypercoaster imo, Height restrictions are the only thing stopping them, maybe a giga. Skyrush is only 200 odd feet, I think it would be a great addition to the park.
 
Chukensky said:
They need a hypercoaster imo, Height restrictions are the only thing stopping them, maybe a giga. Skyrush is only 200 odd feet, I think it would be a great addition to the park.
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There is no need to go above 200ft, smaller coasters can produce loads of airtime like "Goliath" at Walibi Holland, it's 150ft drop but creates amazing airtime on the hills esp the last 3 on the return leg. This is the type of coaster Thorpe needs or a woodie.
 
Since they have already said they won't be draining any more of the lake for the time being, I would imagine it could potentially be difficult to place a decent sized Woodie down without one; building on the vacant island, or two knocking down a few existing attractions/buildings to allow for space.

Either way, a wooden coaster sounds good to me. We have the oldies at Blackpool, now we just need one of the new generation ones.
 
From the two posts, go off the similar pattern: Height.

Toro is tall, as is Goliath, so look for a Mega/Hyper of SOME variety maybe.

They could also be posting just cause, but from how they reply to random posts within their comments seems to mean they could be putting out feelers for what to get, just with height in mind.

That seems like over-analyzing though, so....take it for what it is :lol:
 
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