Thorpe Park is a theme park located in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK. It was built in 1979 on the site of a gravel pit which was partially flooded with the intention of creating a water based theme for the park. The park's first large roller coaster, Colossus, was added in 2002. In 2007, Tussauds was bought out by Merlin Entertainments, who now operate the park on a lease from Nick Leslau.
Some of the major attractions at Thorpe Park include:
- Nemesis Inferno, a B&M inverted roller coaster featuring interlocking corkscrews a pre-lift section themed around a volcano.
- Colossus, an Intamin multi-looping rollercoaster with a record breaking 10 inversions.
- SAW: The Ride, a Gerstlauer Eurofighter themed of the movie Saw.
- Stealth, a launched roller coaster which accelerates to 130 km/h (80 mph) in approximately 1.7 seconds.
- No Way Out, an enclosed rollercoaster that travels backwards through the dark.
- Loggers Leap, the tallest log flume in the UK from 1989 to1993 and from 2005 till present.
- Tidal Wave, a giant water flume ride.
In 2009, the park had 1.87 million visitors, making it the second most visited amusement/theme park in the United Kingdom, after Alton Towers with 2.7 Million Visitors. It was the 11th most visited in Europe.
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