Flying Fish (roller coaster)

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Flying Fish
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Flying Fish Entrance
Thorpe Park
Location Thorpe Park
Park section Amity
Coordinates 51°24′19″N0°30′50″W / 51.4052°N 0.5139°W / 51.4052; -0.5139
StatusOperating
Opening date1984 (1984) (Opened)
10 March 2007 (2007-03-10) (Re-opened)
Cost£1 million (Rebuild)
General statistics
Type Steel
Manufacturer Mack Rides
DesignerBlauer Enzian
ModelPowered
Lift/launch system Powered coaster
Height20 ft (6.1 m)
Drop13 ft (4.0 m)
Length767 ft (234 m)
Speed16.8 mph (27.0 km/h)
Inversions 0
Capacity1,100 riders per hour
G-force 2.1
Height restriction90 cm (2 ft 11 in)
Website Official website
Trains1 train containing 10 cars. Riders are seated 2 across in 2 rows, with only 1 row in the first car, for a total of 38 riders per train.
Merlin Entertainment Fastrack availability.svg Fastrack available
Wheelchair symbol.svg Wheelchair accessible
Attraction transfer icon.svg Must transfer from wheelchair
Flying Fish at RCDB

The Flying Fish is a powered steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The ride was known as Space Station Zero upon opening in 1984, until being moved outdoors in 1990. It was removed in 2005 to make way for Stealth, but reinstalled in a different location two years later.

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History

The coaster Thorpe Park flying fish 1.jpg
The coaster

Space Station Zero opened in 1984 at Thorpe Park in England and was the park's first roller coaster, themed as a flight through outer space. After boarding, the train travelled around a bend through a tunnel of flashing lights. The ride did two laps of the track, the first in the dark and the second lit by glitter balls to appear as stars. The attraction closed in 1989 before being moved outside and renamed The Flying Fish. [1] In 2005 the ride was removed in to make room for the construction of Stealth. [1]

Flying Fish was reinstalled in 2007. [1] It is located in the Amity area between Depth Charge and Tidal Wave. The ride opened on March 10, 2007 with a new colour scheme, on-ride camera, and new lap bar restraints.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Thorpe Park History". Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2008.