I used to work during my school Easter and Summer holidays at Thorpe Park from around 1981-83. I worked as a litter picker, walking around the park with a black bin bag and a grabber on a pole. It was amazing exercise, I reckon I did about 12-15 miles a day and had the freedom of the park. I never got used to how filthy the habits were of the visitors. I used to follow behind some families picking up their discarded trash. I also had a summer working the rides for the small kids and also had various roles in the ghost house ride. This ride comprises of seats for up to 4 in the shape of a black sea shell. The linked shells would wind around and even go to a second level past an array of sets to frighten the visitors. Upstairs there was a large glass panel that the shells passed that looked down on to a Tudor feast made up of animatronics moving robotically. I remember having to clean the panel with colleagues at the end of each day with a bucket and cloth as it was covered in spittle. We decided to catch these people in the act. When teenage suspects clambered on we followed by standing on the platform next to the shell which was like a cowl. They were not even aware we were there looking directly at them because their eyes had not adjusted to the dark. Sure enough when we got to the Tudor scene they began with the spitting, I leaned over turned on the torch to uplight my face and bellowed ‘STOP THAT!’ Their reaction was priceless, no doubt some wet themselves, but hey, they were there to be frightened no?
Ahh man, recently come back into the theme park community to see what’s going down, and I see theme park Callum hasn’t posted in 2 years! He was the main up there with Shaun sanbrooke!
Lots of people are saying that they wish that wicked witch and rabbits tropical travel was not burned however if it wasn't for the fire Detonator and Nemesis inferno would not be in the park
Itz Yasin_Islam they would of moved some thrill rides in, as the majority didn’t come to Thorpe Park because the ‘not much thrilling rides.’ You can find this when you buy a picture book on any ride.
Too many similar types of rollercoaster rides now.The balance of rides has gone too far the other way I think.Magic Mill/Wicked Witch was timeless but did take up a lot of land!
Theme Park Callum hope you’re doing well and read this message. We hope you make videos again because your videos were amazing! And so much has changed in the UK’s Rollercoaster Industry since 2017 🎉
Just 2 weeks ago I was at Thorpe Park in our trip to London and me and my sister both had Ultimate Fast Passes! It was great fun, We went on Derren Brown's Ghost Train, Rush, Zodiac, Quantum, Rumba Rapids, Flying Fish (lol), X (two times), Nemesis Inferno, Colossus, The Swarm (two times) and I probably missed some. By the way, I was expecting our visit to Thorpe Park for about 2 months before we went there, and it just happened to be that the day before we went there I had 39° Celsius fever for the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. I had to stay in the hotel while my family went out to some museums that day. I was so scared that I wouldn't go to Thorpe, but luckily in the morning, my fever dropped to 37.5° Celsius, and I was just really careful in the park not to accidentally kill myself, but it turned out fine and I had lots if fun... Whoo... that was a lot of typing. Congrats if you made it to here.
I Been To Thorpe Park In London Back In 2008 And I Was About 15. This Is Were Learn With Sooty Down On The Farm Was Filmed In 1991. Thanks Theme Park Callum Mate. X
Excavation concluded in 1971 and the site was flooded. RMC decided to plan a leisure attraction in which planning permission was granted for the part of the site to be filled with land.
Callum, if you are reading this, what are your thoughts on Icon and Wickerman? What are your thoughts on Wild Mouse’s closure at Blackpool? What are your thoughts on G Force’s closure at Drayton Manor? Are you excited about the upcoming Colossus clone opening at Flamingo Land this year? There’s so much to catch up on.
Love Wicker Man, enjoy Icon. It's a shame about Wild Mouse and G Force and hope the sites are redeveloped soon. Very excited about the new coaster at Flamingo Land, a very good investment for the family park.
Coincidentally, I went to Thorpe Park on Monday! I went on X for the first time and I LOVED the ride! I went on Vortex for the first time and it was probably the most intense flat ride I have done, I went on Tidal Wave for the first time and got Drenched (no pun intended), the second time I went on X I hit my elbow really hard and hurt like hell (ha. Vekoma!), had a pizza buffet where I had 6 pizzas and 2 garlic breads and was disappointed with I'm A Celebrity maze. There was also an event themed to Transformers where they gave out free comics, let us play a little game where I got 12th (or 12nd as it said on the screen XD) out of the whole park! And you go up stairs, a table with transformers toys and masks, and get out by going down a slide was way better than I'm A Celebrity!
Really great video because it shows how has Thorpe park developed and changed over the years. And it’s interesting to see how it started and how it is now
I visited once, my dad and I (10/11yo) walked from Egham (through woods), we arrived to find it was not yet open to the public, I think parts were still under construction. Needless to say, I was rather upset! The people were very nice though, and asked if I'd give my opinion. I remember telling them off that the pirate ship had a metal bridge, it should be wood; I got to see a few WW2 planes up close in the hanger, I sat in the fighter which I thought was made for a child to fly, the leg room perfect size for me! I also got to use the fire hose, the guy had to hold the hose, taking the majority of the weight, and if he hadn't been stood behind me I would have been catapulted back! I also got to shoot a pistol at paper cups. They shared their sandwiches, and provided me with pop and dad with tea. It was the most fun I've ever had at any park!
tbh the last five years at Thorpe park have been very terrible: 2013: Off year with X refurbishment 2014: Angry birds land, not that impressive 2015 Another off year with the Celeb Maze 2016: Okay year when DBGT ACTUALLY worked 2017: The 3rd off year in the last 5 years with DBGT refurbishment
After the demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in years prior, the site wars used as a gravel pit between 1941 and 1971, owned and operated by the Ready Mix Concrete Group.
Great video again!!! This was so much better than the one before and I have no idea how that would be possible!!! You should start a discord server it would be great! ;)
The most gutting thing is a couple of years after this video was made, Thorpe Park confirmed that logger’s leap was permanently closed. There is a rumour floating around that there will be a new roller coaster coming in 2024 where the water ride was. Personally, I think they should have built a new water ride that was at logger’s leap’s standards. I know they have depth charge, rumba rapids, tidal wave and storm surge, but you don’t get the real excitement value. Especially if they don’t end up running at certain times.
Cool! Thorpe park really needed some kiddie rides: Now we need some family rides like duel at Alton towers and a spinning coaster like dragons fury. I know it would be great for some new thrill coasters, but I went there about 4 years ago with my parents and my parents hated the place because it was just full of rude teenagers and had no families. Plus I was just about a centimetre too short for the top 5 coasters so I was really missing out on what the park has to offer. I haven't been there since, and to be honest, I would like to go desperately; but I would prefer to go back to alton towers again!!!
Great video! Much more info and quality much better. It's interesting to see that Thorpe was more of a family park before Collosus opened. I'm going on Friday and hopefully shouldn't be very busy.
I personally think there’s a huge shield, which displays what would be on the other side of it covering a part of Thorpe park where a new ride will open. The shield would effectively be a disguise, taken from the year 2194
Thebro_wolf to host the rides you can be 16 (maybe even 15 but definitely 16) and to operate you must be 18+. I'm not sure about engineering - I'd presume you need some sort of engineering qualification first.
Plus What do you think their next coaster will be? I think a hyper or an rmc hybrid either on the land next to swarm or close loggers leap and put it there.
On 24th May 1980, Thorpe Park was officially opened to the public by Lord Louis Mountbatten. It included a number of smaller attractions, including the large entrance dome named after Lord Mountbatten himself.
I wish this guy would come back, I remember when he used to do Q and As and actually talked about the parks etc.
I see that you have deleted that Return video.
I used to work during my school Easter and Summer holidays at Thorpe Park from around 1981-83. I worked as a litter picker, walking around the park with a black bin bag and a grabber on a pole. It was amazing exercise, I reckon I did about 12-15 miles a day and had the freedom of the park. I never got used to how filthy the habits were of the visitors. I used to follow behind some families picking up their discarded trash. I also had a summer working the rides for the small kids and also had various roles in the ghost house ride. This ride comprises of seats for up to 4 in the shape of a black sea shell. The linked shells would wind around and even go to a second level past an array of sets to frighten the visitors. Upstairs there was a large glass panel that the shells passed that looked down on to a Tudor feast made up of animatronics moving robotically. I remember having to clean the panel with colleagues at the end of each day with a bucket and cloth as it was covered in spittle. We decided to catch these people in the act. When teenage suspects clambered on we followed by standing on the platform next to the shell which was like a cowl. They were not even aware we were there looking directly at them because their eyes had not adjusted to the dark. Sure enough when we got to the Tudor scene they began with the spitting, I leaned over turned on the torch to uplight my face and bellowed ‘STOP THAT!’
Their reaction was priceless, no doubt some wet themselves, but hey, they were there to be frightened no?
Please return I need an updated Thorpe park and Alton towers history :(
It's such a shame he hasn't uploaded since! Still some of the best theme park videos ever! And I'm sure we all would love to see him upload again!
I’m sorry but he.. yeah I’m sorry
@@samuelsweet4312 he passed away?
@@LucasNinoMusic 😞
7:34 this is stealthy and it's so so good
How lovely . Thank You for this . My late Uncle and his wife took me and my cousins here in 1979/80 . So different to what it is Today.
I've Used To Love Thorpe Park When I Was A Kid. Thanks Theme Park Callum Mate. X
Ahh man, recently come back into the theme park community to see what’s going down, and I see theme park Callum hasn’t posted in 2 years! He was the main up there with Shaun sanbrooke!
Benjamin Catling shame as he was doing so well, he could have had some massive subscribers by now
Lots of people are saying that they wish that wicked witch and rabbits tropical travel was not burned however if it wasn't for the fire Detonator and Nemesis inferno would not be in the park
Actually, almost ALL of the thrill rides would NOT be there because that's what catalysed the change in audience for the park
Itz Yasin_Islam they would of moved some thrill rides in, as the majority didn’t come to Thorpe Park because the ‘not much thrilling rides.’ You can find this when you buy a picture book on any ride.
Too many similar types of rollercoaster rides now.The balance of rides has gone too far the other way I think.Magic Mill/Wicked Witch was timeless but did take up a lot of land!
scorbunny auttp yes I know
Remove angry birds land it’s useless
Where did Callum go? We need him back !
Thorpe Park Is Celebrating Is 40th Birthday By Next Year In 2019. Thanks Theme Park Callum Mate. X
Really love these history videos Callum, especially for my home park! Keep up the great work :D
Thank you very much!
watched your vids a few years ago, wondering if your doing alright and have any plans to come back to youtube?
Theme park Callum? if your reading this why did you give up UA-cam you still have loads of more theme park videos to post and we miss you😢😢
Any new fresh content? It been yonks without a video
Theme Park Callum hope you’re doing well and read this message. We hope you make videos again because your videos were amazing! And so much has changed in the UK’s Rollercoaster Industry since 2017 🎉
Awesome video! Thanks for making me more confident and better at my UA-cam!
Man your an inspiration! I'll never forget you!
You couldn’t have put it better I’ve subbed btw haha
@@themeparkcredits1303 Haha true! Thanks!
I loved wicked witches haunt! Scared the life out of me when I was a kid
Really enjoyed this. I noticed a couple of my own photos from when I worked there in 1993 and was chuffed you gave me a credit in the end titles.
Omg this trailer video is over a year old now 😮 are you ever coming back Callum ??
Coaster Crazy Its been deleted, I don’t think he’s coming back..
Heyyitscharlyy MSP sad really as he was doing so well
Just 2 weeks ago I was at Thorpe Park in our trip to London and me and my sister both had Ultimate Fast Passes! It was great fun, We went on Derren Brown's Ghost Train, Rush, Zodiac, Quantum, Rumba Rapids, Flying Fish (lol), X (two times), Nemesis Inferno, Colossus, The Swarm (two times) and I probably missed some. By the way, I was expecting our visit to Thorpe Park for about 2 months before we went there, and it just happened to be that the day before we went there I had 39° Celsius fever for the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. I had to stay in the hotel while my family went out to some museums that day. I was so scared that I wouldn't go to Thorpe, but luckily in the morning, my fever dropped to 37.5° Celsius, and I was just really careful in the park not to accidentally kill myself, but it turned out fine and I had lots if fun...
Whoo... that was a lot of typing. Congrats if you made it to here.
Thank you for sharing your visit!
As a child of the 90’s it’s kind of sad to see what I loved as a child disappear but that’s being sentimental times Change
This is exactly how I feel, but about Callum. :(
13:26 the swan music track
I Been To Thorpe Park In London Back In 2008 And I Was About 15. This Is Were Learn With Sooty Down On The Farm Was Filmed In 1991. Thanks Theme Park Callum Mate. X
Not a problem Luke!
Thanks Mate. X
Oh Thanks Mate.
Excavation concluded in 1971 and the site was flooded. RMC decided to plan a leisure attraction in which planning permission was granted for the part of the site to be filled with land.
Callum, if you are reading this, what are your thoughts on Icon and Wickerman? What are your thoughts on Wild Mouse’s closure at Blackpool? What are your thoughts on G Force’s closure at Drayton Manor? Are you excited about the upcoming Colossus clone opening at Flamingo Land this year? There’s so much to catch up on.
Love Wicker Man, enjoy Icon. It's a shame about Wild Mouse and G Force and hope the sites are redeveloped soon. Very excited about the new coaster at Flamingo Land, a very good investment for the family park.
@@ThemeParkCallum OMG CALLUM YOU ARE STILL HERE!!! PLEASE UPLOAD MORE VIDEOS BECAUSE WE MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!
Theme Park Callum we miss you
5:58 #notmyfire
[The reason why l did that hashtag is l see a animated series on UA-cam and there is a fire scene that l love]
I remeber the roller skating rink at thorpe Park but there are barely any mentions and no pictures or videos that I can find.
Coincidentally, I went to Thorpe Park on Monday! I went on X for the first time and I LOVED the ride! I went on Vortex for the first time and it was probably the most intense flat ride I have done, I went on Tidal Wave for the first time and got Drenched (no pun intended), the second time I went on X I hit my elbow really hard and hurt like hell (ha. Vekoma!), had a pizza buffet where I had 6 pizzas and 2 garlic breads and was disappointed with I'm A Celebrity maze. There was also an event themed to Transformers where they gave out free comics, let us play a little game where I got 12th (or 12nd as it said on the screen XD) out of the whole park! And you go up stairs, a table with transformers toys and masks, and get out by going down a slide was way better than I'm A Celebrity!
Thank you for sharing your visit, it is a great park!
In 1976, the World Water Ski Championships were held on site and the park was well under construction.
Really great video because it shows how has Thorpe park developed and changed over the years. And it’s interesting to see how it started and how it is now
Here Lies Theme Park Callum
27/06-13 - 23/08/17
Please Come Back
I visited once, my dad and I (10/11yo) walked from Egham (through woods), we arrived to find it was not yet open to the public, I think parts were still under construction. Needless to say, I was rather upset!
The people were very nice though, and asked if I'd give my opinion. I remember telling them off that the pirate ship had a metal bridge, it should be wood; I got to see a few WW2 planes up close in the hanger, I sat in the fighter which I thought was made for a child to fly, the leg room perfect size for me! I also got to use the fire hose, the guy had to hold the hose, taking the majority of the weight, and if he hadn't been stood behind me I would have been catapulted back! I also got to shoot a pistol at paper cups. They shared their sandwiches, and provided me with pop and dad with tea. It was the most fun I've ever had at any park!
Thanks for sharing your visit
Whats the music at 2:59?
tbh the last five years at Thorpe park have been very terrible:
2013: Off year with X refurbishment
2014: Angry birds land, not that impressive
2015 Another off year with the Celeb Maze
2016: Okay year when DBGT ACTUALLY worked
2017: The 3rd off year in the last 5 years with DBGT refurbishment
Yeah, I hope we see something big soon!
Damo Coaster hyper coaster incoming for 2020. So hope you look forward to that.
I'm hoping for either a 2019 RMC or 2020 hyper, or why not both?
Jack George, Maby an RMC Raptor coaster, 2 of them are being built this year.
Damo Coaster! I really liked X but DBGT was a total train wreck (haha get it? 😜)
R.I.P. Waterbus Trips 1980-2004
Those waterbuses can get to that farm in that theme park!
After the demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in years prior, the site wars used as a gravel pit between 1941 and 1971, owned and operated by the Ready Mix Concrete Group.
5:56 is it just me or does that sad music hit *hard*
R.I.P. Carousel Kingdom 1990-1999
That’s really just a classic!
The music at 00:00 is the same song theme park callum used in the alton towers video
Can't wait for the Chessington and Legoland one!
Coming soon!
Well chess was made.
Where have you gone we want you back
Great video again!!! This was so much better than the one before and I have no idea how that would be possible!!! You should start a discord server it would be great! ;)
Thank you very much for the kind words!
when will you post again i miss your videos so much :(
The most gutting thing is a couple of years after this video was made, Thorpe Park confirmed that logger’s leap was permanently closed. There is a rumour floating around that there will be a new roller coaster coming in 2024 where the water ride was. Personally, I think they should have built a new water ride that was at logger’s leap’s standards. I know they have depth charge, rumba rapids, tidal wave and storm surge, but you don’t get the real excitement value. Especially if they don’t end up running at certain times.
This must be my fifth or sixth time watching this because I love it so much 😂. What music did you use at the start?
1:40 I noticed something VERY annoying in that picture.
It has Shoulder restraints! It's a Mack powered coaster! XD
I know, very strange!
ST SNSGT YEH I WAS THINKING THE SAME
I've Might Go To Thorpe Park This Year And Go On The Rides. Thanks Mate. X
I really like your videos!! May I ask what you edit with thx Keep up the good work!! And maybe you could do Lightwater Valley.
Cool! Thorpe park really needed some kiddie rides: Now we need some family rides like duel at Alton towers and a spinning coaster like dragons fury. I know it would be great for some new thrill coasters, but I went there about 4 years ago with my parents and my parents hated the place because it was just full of rude teenagers and had no families. Plus I was just about a centimetre too short for the top 5 coasters so I was really missing out on what the park has to offer. I haven't been there since, and to be honest, I would like to go desperately; but I would prefer to go back to alton towers again!!!
I am sure Thorpe will invest in more family rides soon. This year they opened Timber Tug Boat and Lumber Jump!
It’s been 63 years since your last video
X rethemed to the walking dead the ride in 2018 and Loggers Leap and Slammer being permanently removed during the 2018-2019 off-season
Great video! Much more info and quality much better. It's interesting to see that Thorpe was more of a family park before Collosus opened. I'm going on Friday and hopefully shouldn't be very busy.
Thank you. That is why I wanted to do these updated videos to improve on quality. Have a great time on Friday!
having nemesis INFERNO replace a ride that got burned down is accidentally hilarious and i love it
3:44 what's that music
@themeparkmedia7211 thanks
I personally think there’s a huge shield, which displays what would be on the other side of it covering a part of Thorpe park where a new ride will open. The shield would effectively be a disguise, taken from the year 2194
Will you be do fright night vids 4 all uk parks?
R.I.P. Dino Boats 1998-2000
Dinos are special just the way they are, weak or strong
I love these videos so much!
Thank you, appreciate that!
R.I.P Slammer
ITZ YASIN I know I'm so sad 😭😭😭
Indeed
Wait slammer is gone no 😪😪😪😪 I was gonna go on it
I Wonder Whats Going To Happen To Slammer. Are They Going To Destroy it or Give It To Another theme park. Because its the only S&S Sky Swat.
I think it will be put into storage for a while or scrapped!
R.I.P. Thorpe Farm 1982-2006
Farms are cool, even when they’re closed!
Hi just wandering was it you working on the entrance of project 42 today at Alton towers
He works at the Alton Towers Hotel I'm pretty sure.
2:13 This Music Is So Funky. Thanks Mate. X
It’s October and the return video is gone ?
UK Funfairs ://
Whats the music at 3:24
R.I.P. Mr Rabbit’s Tropical Travels 1995-2001
You should try to do Phantasialand's history. Might be difficult to research though since most of it might be in german
Great suggestion, I will give it a go!
Joel-er-tron-Your wrong some of it is in German and some of it is in English
I know you posted that a long time ago btw
Do lightwater valley and fantasy island
I hope to do these parks soon!
R.I.P. Miss Hippo’s Fungle Safari 1990-2009
I'm thinking of joining Thorpe park as a job how old do you have to be to work as a ride safely person
You have to be around 18 to work on the rides and probably 21 to work in maintenance!
Theme Park Callum ok I was wondering wanted to work there
Thebro_wolf to host the rides you can be 16 (maybe even 15 but definitely 16) and to operate you must be 18+. I'm not sure about engineering - I'd presume you need some sort of engineering qualification first.
Plus What do you think their next coaster will be? I think a hyper or an rmc hybrid either on the land next to swarm or close loggers leap and put it there.
I'm really hoping for a B&M hyper as I loved Mako when I rode it a few months ago!
Theme Park Callum yeah same, because I've never ridden a ride based on airtime.
Can you do
Disneyland Paris Or Legoland Windsor
He's done lego land
Are you going to do Theme Park History For the rest of the Walt Disney World Parks Callum?
Absolutely, Animal Kingdom will be online next week!
Very good video. They definitely need a new coaster.
Was it Intamin who made the moving train system for DBGT? ;D
Yes, alongside Severn Lamb!
What if I told you the train doesn't move? ;)
Here’s hoping mr Callum remembers his damn password
When did the big top come
R.I.P. Cap’n Andy’s Revue 1985-1998
We aren’t standing together, are we?
never clicked on a video so fast!! i love thorpe!
It's a great park!
Please someone help me what is the music at 11:22 ?
0:29 what's the music?
It amazes me more that they have enough money to organise orchestras to create themes for their rides.
This was the last we saw of Callum
2008 equals my own version of Pirates 4D
Did you forget about tigers Busch Gardens it new roller coaster
Have you seen the news few days ago . Can you add that for Busch Gardens video
It's been a year he isn't comming back
R.I.P. Treasure Island Railway 1983-1993
Oh No, Not The Black Spot!
R.I.P. CINEMA 180
What about Efteling History of other dutch parks?
What's the song called at 3.00
Please tell me that the models from Model World weren't destroyed.
Somebody somewhere has the Statue of Liberty and she's restoring it
I'm surprised that the last time you posted a video was over a month. What happened?
Unfortunately I have decided to stop doing UA-cam for the time being. I may return in the future though!
Chessington Samurai and Thorpe Park Samurai rides look familiar
🏴🏴🏴
R.I.P. Calgary Stampede 1993-2003
Canadian Cowboys Live in Calgary!
On 24th May 1980, Thorpe Park was officially opened to the public by Lord Louis Mountbatten. It included a number of smaller attractions, including the large entrance dome named after Lord Mountbatten himself.
What happened to you doing Phantasialand in Germany?? That was a long time ago now when you said you would do it like a year ago lol
R.I.P. Hudson River Rafters 1992-1997
R.I.P. Dare Devil Drivers 1998-2000
Yeah Right It Is Coming Soon. Thanks Theme Park Callum Mate. X