Tussuads Thorpe Park, Surrey

Advantages: Great rollercoasters
Disadvantages: Poorly managed

Introduction ---------------- I love theme parks and have been to quite a few, not just in the UK but around the world! I'd heard good things about Thorpe Park so decided to visit it last year. Thorpe Park is now owned by the Tussauds Group. The Tussauds group also own Alton Towers, Madame Tussauds, Chessington World of Adventures and Warwick Castle amongst others. If you visit one you are usually given vouchers to get money off entry to all / ...
...how do I get there? ---------------------------------------------- Thorpe Park is in Surrey, about 20 miles from central London. The exact address is: Thorpe Park Staines Road Chertsey Surrey KT16 8PN From the M25 take junctions 11 or 13* and follow signs via A320 to Thorpe Park. Car parking is free. There are also bus and train stations nearby. Price ------- Entry to Thorpe Park is pricey but there are ways of getting in cheaper. If you ... Read review

Advantages: Some great rollercoasters and rides
Disadvantages: rides breaking down and overpriced

When I was younger (god even writing that makes me feel old!) I loved roller coasters, the bigger and faster the better, while everyone else went green I was laughing and screaming! Then I grew up and had to be more sensible especially after having my boys, over the years we have been to all the usual places with them but for some reason we never visited Thorpe Park. Until my other half announced that his firm had decided to hold a family day for ...
...to look a gift horse in the mouth the boys and I jumped at the chance! HERE COMES THE HISTORY BIT! Feel free to skip this! The site was originally a quarry and was owned by a company called Ready mix cement in the 1970's, they decided to fill it in and build a leisure park. After quite a few years and arguments with the local residents they decided to fill it with water and make Thorpe park an island. The park finally opened in 1979 and was more ... Read review

Advantages: Good Rides, Everything Close Together, Family Day Out
Disadvantages: Long Queues, No Shade, Expensive

I have been to Thorpe Park on a number of occasions over the last few years. The university I went to was about a 15 minute drive away from the park, so it was one of the places we went to at least once a year. I’ve always had a good overall time there, though when I visited last weekend there were a few downsides to the park that somewhat let down our visit. Although some of these factors are things that are not necessarily in the park management’s ...
...in place to combat this type of thing. Anyway, let me explain. Last weekend, me and three friends of mine decided to head over to Thorpe Park. We had decided a couple of weeks in advance to go, as I had received some 2-for-1 ticket vouchers in the post recently, so we picked a Sunday and crossed our fingers for sun. As we woke in the morning we realised that we were in luck, as it was a bright sunny day and so we drove over to the park. Thorpe Park ... Read review

Advantages: lots of rides for all ages, lots of places to eat and drink
Disadvantages: some rides have long queues, not all rides working

Living in Surrey I have visited Thorpe park and Chessington World of Adventures many times. When I was a kid Thorpe park was always quite tame and had only a few roller coasters and scary rides suitable for older people, Chessington World of Adventures was the adults theme park and had rides such as Ramasees Revenge which would spin you three hundred and sixty degrees before dropping you sixty feet into a large jet of water. Recently however there ...
...it seems that Thorpe Park is now the larger of the two parks and houses more of the 'scary' rides. I'm not sure why this change occurred but I have been to both quite recently and I must say that Thorpe Park is much better. I went to Thorpe Park during the school holidays, probably not the best time to visit a theme park to be honest, due to the large numbers of children that are there and the lengthy queues. Saying this though I did have a great ... Read review

Advantages: Some good rides, BOGOF offer
Disadvantages: High prices, long queues, claustrophic park

Earlier this year we were invited to our nephew's wedding in Dorset and since we live in North Wales we decided to make the journey worthwhile by staying 'down south' for a week. For my Christmas present last year Dave had bought me an 'experience' of feeding tigers by hand at Paradise Park (I have done a review of this if you are interested) so we decided to stay for a few days in Basingstoke and do Paradise Park, Thorpe Park and Chessington World ...
...there? Starting from Basingstoke made it very easy to get to Thorpe Park - it was almost on our doorstep. It is situated between junctions 11 and 13 of the M25 however access via junction 12 of the M25 is not possible. All you have to do is leave at either junction 11 or 13 and just follow the signs to Thorpe Park. There are also detailed instructions on how to get to Thorpe Park using public transport on their website www.thorpepark.co.uk How ... Read review