{"id":19082,"date":"2017-12-01T20:33:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T20:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/?p=19082"},"modified":"2017-12-01T20:44:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T20:44:19","slug":"walking-dead-coaster-for-thorpe-park-2018-x-re-theme-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/?p=19082","title":{"rendered":"Walking Dead Coaster for Thorpe Park 2018? X Re-theme confirmed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In what could be one of the strangest moves for 2018 it looks as though Walking Dead id very much here to stay at Thorpe Park for the next season. X the parks ride and sound coaster and one which has been a family favourite for the past few years since its last re-theme is set for a re-theme in 2018 under the code name XNWO WD.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ride previously known as X Now Way Out (XNWO) was the worlds first and only backwards roller coaster in the dark until 2013 when it re-opened with new restraints and facing forwards, but could this mean the ride is in for a complete change once again and possibly a return to backwards?<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What we know<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The existing portal entrance to the building which has been there since 1996 will be removed and replaced with a watch tower standing at 8.57 meters which is slightly taller than the entrance portal which is there at the moment. The tower will have 2 levels at 5.28 meters and 7.38 meters although these are expected to be used in anyway will contain a fake generator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19083 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"842\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.jpg 842w, https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once inside the portal the bag drop off point will once again return to the entrance area meaning the one currently inside the ride will be removed, this isn&#8217;t the first time its been at the entrance however is likely to mean more a a themed walk to the attraction. From here a new Pre-show will be added just inside the building, its unknown if this is a stop pre show or something to queue through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A new exit will also be built to go along side a new queuing area, a huge over 3 meter chain linked fenced will go up with barbed wire across the top, think Saw queue and you will be close. This is in addition to a much larger queue outside the front.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19082 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1049\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2.jpg 1049w, https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-768x321.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1049px) 100vw, 1049px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1046\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3.jpg 1046w, https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1046px) 100vw, 1046px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So the WD in the code name and the clues by Thorpe of &#8220;See you in the safe zone&#8221; looks set that this will be a Walking Dead make over for 2018. This is a little sad given its the parks family roller coaster and we certainly hope that Loggers Leap and Slammer re-open\/replaced as family attractions. What are your thoughts? Head over to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UKThemepark\/\">Facebook page<\/a> and share your view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what could be one of the strangest moves for 2018 it looks as though Walking Dead id very much here to stay at Thorpe Park for the next season. X the parks ride and sound coaster and one which has been a family favourite for the past few years since its last re-theme is set for a re-theme in 2018 under the code name XNWO WD. The ride previously known as X Now Way Out (XNWO) was the worlds first and only backwards roller coaster in the dark until 2013 when it re-opened with new restraints and facing forwards, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[353,355,354,162,141,356,123,140],"class_list":["post-19082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-353","tag-new-ride","tag-roller-coaster","tag-theme-park","tag-thorpe-park","tag-thrill-ride","tag-uk-theme-parks","tag-walking-dead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19087,"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19082\/revisions\/19087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeuk.net\/themeparks\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}