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The ride is set in a 1960s New England–style fishing village "Amity Cove", which appears to have been hit by a tidal wave.Throughout Amity Cove, a pastiche radio station named "WWTP Radio" plays rock and roll and surf music from the era (for example The Beach Boys and Elvis Presley), along with parody advertisements, news reports and interviews with village characters.
Rumba Rapids (also known as Rumba RAPids or Oompah Rapids) is a rapids ride at Thorpe Park, Chertsey, Surrey.It opened in 1987 under the name of Thunder River, and is the second oldest ride currently still in service at Thorpe Park.
The ride opened as X:\ No Way Out on July 1, 1996, as Thorpe Park's first non-powered roller coaster. It was marketed as the "world's first backwards roller coaster in the dark" and featured an elaborate queue system through multiple interactive themed rooms, such as a trommel tunnel, "decontamination" area and illusionary rooms.
The ride was the tallest log flume ride in the UK upon opening, although this was surpassed by "Nightmare Niagara" at American Adventure theme park near Derby. Following the closure of American Adventure, Logger's Leap regained its record. The ride famously featured in press photographs of the royal family with Princess Diana in 1993. A ...
Thorpe Park has shared a glimpse into its much-anticipated new ride in a video that takes you into the action on the roller coaster Hyperia, set to open to thrillseekers in spring 2024.
Storm Surge is a 'Spinning Rapids' water ride at Thorpe Park, Surrey, United Kingdom [1] manufactured by WhiteWater West. [2] It is located in the Amity area of the park, in the vicinity of the park's Tidal Wave-themed ride. Storm Surge, which opened in March 2011 with a fairground ride theme, makes use of the Tidal Wave water which has washed ...
The music for the ride and surrounding area was composed by Ian Habgood. During planning and construction, Colossus was known as Project Odyssey . During the off-season between 2023 and 2024 as well as the beginning of the 2024 season, Colossus experienced a partial repaint with Thorpe Park stating that the areas that were not repainted would ...
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