Swarm Brave It Backwards
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Slammer reopens following massive downtime
After being unavailable for most of the season Slammer at Thorpe Park Resort has finally reopened for the end of the season. Just in time for Fright Nights and night rides.
Samurai reopens
After weeks of being shut Samurai at Thorpe Park has finally reopened to join Slammer for the last few days of the season. At one point in the season it was starting to look like none of these two attractions were going to be reopening for the 2012 season.
2012 Fright Nights information
Thorpe Park Frightnights are back again this year with a bang!
Swarm losses a bolt
This afternoon The Swarm at Thorpe Park and lost a bolt whilst the ride was open to the public. Its believed that due to the heat wave that we are currently going thorough that the steel is expanding causing bolts to have a lot of tension in them.
Swarm fire effect Testing
After 2 months of the park being open Thorpe Park look to finally have got the all clear on the swarm fire effect. A recent video of the fire effect working as made its way onto YouTube via a park mangers YouTube account.
Miss hippos fungle safari removal
Over the last few years the “miss hippos fungle safari” ride has been standing but not operating. After years of the site being used for only the asylum queue line the ride location has finally started to be worked on.
Saw Alive shut until Fright Nights
At the start of 2012 Thorpe Park announced that Saw Alive would only open on selected date during the 2012 season however no one would of guessed that just two months into the main season that they would shut the ride until Fright Nights.
Rush reopens following downtime
Rush at Thorpe Park has reopened following it major re-fit during the closed season which happens every 3-4 years where the ride is completely taken apart and given lots of tender loving care.
Stealth single rider removal
Thorpe Park is now open to the public and we can now see some of the updates the park has done over the closed season. One of the major changes been done to stealth is the removal of the single rider queue line.
The Swarm premier screaming event
The Swarm premier screaming event, from Thursday 15th March 2012 until Sunday 18th March 2012 Thorpe Park are going to be hosting a event that there called a premier screaming event they have said, “Dust off your tux or your little black dress because you’re invited to the “Premiere Screaming’ of