Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Thorpe Park


Located in Chertsey, Surrey, England, Thorpe Park is one of the first amusement parks in the country. It was built in the year 1979 and it attracts many visitors each year. As the vanguard of many amusement parks around the world on Thorpe Park is also divided into several sections, such as Port Atlantis, which includes shops, restrooms, lockers, bar and staff areas and Lost City who has the most entertainment attractions of the park as Colossus, Samurai, Vortex, Quantam, Zodiac and many others.

There are other sections in the park like the Calypso Quay, Canada Creek, Amity Cove, Ranger County, Neptune's Kingdom, Octopus's Garden, Thorpe Farm and Fsatrack. All these sections of the park feature different rides that are thrilling as well as adventurous.


Thorpe Park is a much acclaimed park and holds several records. For example Colossus was the first roller coaster in the world to boast of 10 inversions and Stealth is also considered to be Europe's highest and fastest launched roller coaster.


The amusement park is also home to number of shows and boast of varieties of facilities for children. The park also houses restaurants and eateries that provide lip smacking snacks and delicacies and there is also a souvenir cum gift shop from where you can buy mementos of the park.


During specific periods of the year the park issues special passes that will allow you to avail discounts on certain rides and facilities of the Thorpe Park.

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