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Do you know who wrote the original story for Swan Lake, most famous of classical ballets? Well, neither does anybody else. The programmes for the original performances in 1877 gave no clue as to either author or sources – which, frustrating as it might be, has left the field open for those who like to speculate. It's also contributed to the ballet's fluidity; probably more than any other work in the art form Swan Lake has inspired a multitude of different readings, from Matthew Bourne's male-swan version to Darren Aronofsky's film Black Swan.
The easiest question to answer is over the identity of those uncredited authors at the 1877 premiere – almost certainly Bolshoi Theatre artistic manager Vladimir Petrovic Begichev and dancer Vasily Fedorovic Geltser, likely with input from composer Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky. The original story requires quite a bit of exposition that is not very ballet-friendly, and has been cited as one of the reasons that the ballet failed to take flight in its original staging. In this version, Odette is hiding from her wicked stepmother with her grandfather, a sorcerer. He allows her to roam at night disguised as a swan, and has given her a protective tiara. She falls in love with Siegfried; he betrays her at a ball; she refuses to forgive him and Siegfried angrily snatches the charmed crown off her head. The stepmother seizes her chance and sends a wave that sweeps the lovers to their deaths.
The story was simplified for the 1895 production that has gone on to become the primary source for all classical productions of the ballet today. Begichev and Gelster worked together to hone the ballet's narrative, this time with contributions from Tchaikovsky's brother Modest (Pyotr Il'yich having died in 1893). This pared-down story has a crucial difference from the original in its sympathetic depiction of Siegfried. He's now tricked into his treachery by an Odette-like apparition sent by Von Rothbart, the evil sorcerer who has Odette cursed as a swan. There's the same denouement of death by lake, as Odette and Siegfried fling themselves into its waters to escape Von Rothbart's power.
All this is very well – but where did that accursed swan maiden come from? The legend of the shapeshifting swan maiden is a long-standing folkloric trope that has countless manifestations. She is most commonly pursued by a mortal man, whose relationship with the swan maiden represents a weakening of her power. There's no evidence to suggest whether one version in particular inspired the 1877 libretto, but the one most commonly proposed is German writer Johann Karl August Musäus's story Der geraubte Schleier (The Stolen Veil) – one of the many versions in which the swan maiden's power is held by a veil, which is stolen from her by an amorous mortal.
Another potentially influential myth is that of the water nymph Undine or Melusine. She, like the swan maiden, appears in countless stories, many of which share elements with Swan Lake – a love triangle, where Undine's mortal lover is distracted by another; and the watery end, as the water nymph returns to her lover to give the kiss of death. Undine had been given a new lease of life in Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's 1811 novella (inspired by writings of Goethe and Paracelsus, among others) – iterations that followed included Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and Aleksandr Pushkin's 1830s unfinished verse drama Rusalka (and even Gilbert and Sullivan's 1882 fairytale-cum-political satire Iolanthe). Tchaikovsky had been working on an Undine opera at the time he wrote Swan Lake, and recycled some of its music in the ballet.
As it stands, there's no known precursor that exactly matches the story for Swan Lake. Perhaps we should consider it the amalgam of a number of different European and Russian folktales, collaboratively concocted by a small group at the Bolshoi. Whatever their sources, together they produced one of the most enduring stories in ballet history.
The production is given with generous philanthropic support from Celia Blakey, John and Susan Burns, Doug and Ceri King, Peter Lloyd and Gail Ronson. Original Production (1987) and revival (2000) supported by The Linbury Trust.]]>
The grand pas de deux from the third act of Swan Lake – widely known as the 'Black Swan' Pas de deux – is an iconic moment from a ballet that has come to define the art form. The duet is remarkable for its powerfully dramatic choreography and music, which, unusually, uses the five-part structure and virtuoso display typical of a grand pas de deux to progress the plot of the ballet.
Prince Siegfried has fallen for Odette, the victim of an evil spirit who has been condemned to live as a swan unless someone who has never loved before swears to love her forever. During a ball at the palace, Von Rothbart – the evil spirit in human form – arrives with his daughter Odile, who by magic resembles Odette. Not realizing that he is being deceived, the Prince falls under her spell.
Their duet begins, as is typical in a grand pas de deux, with an entrée – in which we are introduced to Odile and she to Siegfried. Amazed and puzzled at the appearance of the beautiful maiden he met in the forest, the Prince is transfixed as she performs a repeating sequence of steps, encircling him with attitudes derrière. To the side, Von Rothbart's gestures seem to control his daughter's every move, but Siegfried is oblivious. Hurrying after Odile as she beckons him with sensual, fluid movements of the wrists and arms that recall Odette's wings, he is unfazed even when the sorcerer whispers directions to his daughter. She performs a series of piqué tours en dehors – a notable feature of Odette's variation in Act II – as Siegfried gazes lovingly at her. Finally she bends provocatively backwards as he grasps her waist.
This carefully calibrated seduction continues in the adage. Offering her hand for Siegfried to kiss, Odile withdraws it coyly at the last moment. With her father's encouragement she returns to the Prince, fooling him into thinking that he is taking the lead as they dance together. For a brief moment the enchantment is broken – Tchaikovsky's yearning violin melody turns to agitated arpeggios as we see a vision of Odette struggling to catch Siegfried's attention. But Odile and her father hide the disturbance amid the hustle and bustle of the ball. As the adage continues, her movements become even more exaggeratedly 'swanlike' – shoulder blades drawn together, every joint supple and arms outstretched – as she urgently tries to convince the Prince that she is his Swan Queen.
And her efforts succeed. The choreography and music of Siegfried's variation demonstrate his sheer elation at the appearance of his beloved at the palace. Violins and trumpets accompany bounding brisés and grands jetés and, as his rapture builds, consecutive tours en l'air ending with multiple pirouettes onto one knee, head and arms flung joyfully back. By the end of Odile's ensuing variation, her seductive épaulement, stunning renversé (co-ordinated movement between the leg and the body) and beguiling glances have everyone fooled.
The final section of the pas de deux is an ecstatic celebration, with both Siegfried and Odile revelling in their partnership – for very different reasons! Amid Petipa's dazzling virtuoso choreography for the two dancers are Odile's famed 32 fouetté turns – which were first performed in 1895 by the Italian ballerina Pierina Legnani, and have since become one of the ballet's most awaited moments. With each fouetté, the besotted Prince is drawn closer to betraying Odette. As the coda builds to a climax, Odile performs a series of echappé sauté (or in some versions a high arabesque travelling backwards) as Siegfried gazes in awe, eventually kneeling at her feet in adoration – forsaking the doomed Odette.
The production is given with generous philanthropic support from Celia Blakey, John and Susan Burns, Doug and Ceri King, Peter Lloyd and Gail Ronson. Original Production (1987) and revival (2000) supported by The Linbury Trust.]]>
From some of the evidence available – at least in the arts – dancing can be very bad for your health (and often fatal). Occasionally it's self-induced: the Chosen One in The Rite of Spring has the honour of sacrificing his or her own life, pushing beyond the body's physical limits at the ecstatic climax to collapse in death.
Death through dance is transcendent for a willing sacrifice, but not a victim. In Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Red Shoes, a vain girl puts her obsession with a pair of shiny red shoes before her devotion to God. The shoes develop a life of their own, forcing her to dance without stopping. She even has her feet cut off – but still the shoes keep on dancing and only when she prays sincerely for forgiveness do they stop. The message is clear: God first, Manolo Blahniks second. But it is a psychological twist rather than a moral lesson in the film The Red Shoes, about a company performing a ballet based on Andersen's tale. The prima ballerina – played by Moira Shearer, who danced with Sadler's Wells Ballet (later The Royal Ballet) – is torn between jealous rivals for her love. As the strains become unbearable, the red shoes of her on-stage ballet character seem to dance her off stage, out of the theatre and straight under a train. Was it suicide, or the shoes bringing fiction into life? Michael Powell (co-director with Emeric Pressburger) relished the ambiguity.
A similar destructive blurring of fantasy and reality in a ballerina's mind brings death in Black Swan, with Natalie Portman's character Nina Sayers dancing the whole last act while fatally wounded. Sometimes, though, the ending is not entirely bleak. Heinrich Heine described a German folktale in which the spirits of vengeful women cause men to dance themselves to death, and this became the spur for Giselle. Two men are thus challenged – Hilarion is forced to dance himself to death, but Albrecht is saved by the spirit of his dead love.
The inevitability of these fatal endings stems from an association of dance and death that goes back some 1,500 years, if not longer. The skull-headed death figure leading mortals in a dance to hell was a long-standing representation of the mortality of all humans. That deep association re-emerged in the Gothic Romanticism of the 1800s with two musical ideas: the plainchant theme of the Dies irae from the Mass for the Dead, widely quoted in wild dances to suggest mortality (and later used in the opening credits of The Shining); and the tarantella, (wrongly) associated with a supposed cure for spider bite through energetic dancing. Such fatal hysteria and destructive energy appealed to the Romantic musical mind – composers latched on to its furious pace and seemingly perpetual fast, triplet melodies to evoke life-threatening frenzy.
Death seems to go in three-time – as in the Devil's violin of Camille Saint-Saëns's Danse macabre (familiar to many as the theme to 'Jonathan Creek'). By the early 1900s an air of decay and death also lingered around the waltz. The saturated atmosphere of Maurice Ravel's La Valse has often drawn associations with the spirit of its age – the aftermath of World War I – and the relentless ratcheting up of this whirling musical melée has widely been taken to suggest decadence leading to utter collapse. At the end of Ashton's ballet to Ravel's score the curtain closes on dancers still in motion. Should we think they are also condemned to dance till they drop?
Which dances to the death send a shiver down your spine?
Giselle runs from 26 February-15 April 2016. Tickets are still available.
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A while ago we asked some of our followers on Twitter to name their top films featuring ballet. Ahead of the live cinema relay of Romeo and Juliet, we take a look at some of their favourites...
Billy Elliot (2000)
A gritty tale of a young boy's transition from boxing to ballet set against the political and social unrest of the 1980s, Billy Elliot is a classic of modern British cinema. Jamie Bell is fantastic as 11 year old Billy, misunderstood by his family and struggling to hide his love of dance in a world dominated by macho prejudice. Not only does he execute some fantastic dance sequences on his quest to join The Royal Ballet School, but he shows improvement and progression in his dancing as the film develops. The directorial debut of renowned stage director Stephen Daldry, this is a touching coming-of-age film that showcases the physical demands and dedication required to make it in ballet.
The Red Shoes (1948)
Based loosely on the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen and said to have been inspired by the meeting between ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev and British ballerina Diana Gould, The Red Shoes tells the story of a young ballerina torn between love and her dancing career. One of the first feature-length colour films focused exclusively on ballet, it premiered to huge success, launching the film career of Scottish ballet dancer Moira Shearer. Featuring legendary ballet dancers of the era, including star of the Ballets Russes Leonid Massine and renowned French dancer Ludmilla Tchérina, the film includes some breathtaking dance sequences and made hundreds of girls want to become ballerinas.
White Nights (1985)
A Cold War thriller described by critic Roger Ebert as "a pas de deux between the KGB and the CIA", White Nights is loosely based on the life of lead dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. A complex story following the relationship between a Soviet ballet dancer (Baryshnikov) and an American tap dancer (Gregory Hines), the film is known for its red-hot dance sequences rather than its sharp script. The star of the film is undoubtedly Baryshnikov, considered by many to stand alongside Nijinsky and Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers in history. His dynamic dance sequences, at once passionate and elegant, made him a movie hero. An explosive combination of ballet and tap from two of the world's best dancers make this movie a dance classic.
The Turning Point (1977)
One of the most acclaimed dramas of the 1970s, The Turning Point follows the story of two dancers - one who left the stage for marriage and motherhood, and one who went on to become an international ballet icon – tackling the conflict between a career in dance and personal life. Starring Leslie Browne, who had just joined American Ballet Theatre, and Mikhail Baryshnikov - who dazzles with some characteristically impressive leaps - there are some beautiful dance sequences and a wealth of scenes from classic ballets.
Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky's brutal psycho-drama about a ballerina's descent into madness, is a controversial film amongst ballet-aficionados. The story, an inversion of Swan Lake, has been condemned for outrageously exaggerating clichés of the ballet world. Lauren Cuthbertson, principal of The Royal Ballet, noted at the time of release: "It makes ballet look all blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice… it doesn't show any of the pleasure". However, the film, when considered a portrait of obsession and madness rather than a reflection of ballet, is compelling, following in the footsteps of Aronofsky's previous releases Requiem for a Dream, Pi and The Wrestler.
What are your favourite examples of ballet in film?]]>


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Thorpe Park
|An Island Like No Other
|Between Chertsey and Staines, Surrey, England, UK
|51°24′17″N 0°30′47″W / 51.40472°N 0.51306°WCoordinates: 51°24′17″N 0°30′47″W / 51.40472°N 0.51306°W
|Prestbury Investment Holdings Ltd.
|Operated by
|Merlin Entertainments Group
|General Manager
|Mike Vallis
|24 May 1979
|Operating season
|March - November
|200 ha (2.0 km2)
200 ha (490 acres)
|Roller coasters
|Water rides
|Theme Park
Closed for Winter
Closed for Winter
Thorpe Park, styled THORPE PARK Resort, is a theme park with a temporary hotel in between the towns of Chertsey and Staines, Surrey, England, UK. It is operated and owned by Merlin Entertainments. After demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in the 1930s, the site became a gravel pit.
Thorpe Park was built in the 1970s on the gravel pit which was partially flooded, creating a water-based theme for the park. This essentially allows guests to view the park as an island, which is where the "island like no other" slogan originates from. It was officially opened to the public by the late Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1979.
Major attractions include Tidal Wave, Colossus, Nemesis Inferno, Stealth, SAW - The Ride, and The Swarm
The park is mainly geared towards a young adult/teenage audience due to the vast majority of signature attractions being roller coasters and thrill rides. The tallest of these being Stealth, an Intamin Accelerator Coaster, which launches riders from 0-80 mph in 1.8 seconds sending them 205 ft into the air. The newest is The Swarm, which is the only B&M wing coaster in the UK, has a total of 5 inversions and is 127 feet tall.
- 1 History
- 2 Events
- 3 Rides and Attractions
- 4 Theme Park areas
- 5 Records the park holds
- 6 Thorpe Shark Hotel
- 7 Developments
- 8 Incidents and controversies
- 9 Gallery
- 10 See also
- 11 References
- 12 External links
The demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in the 1930s saw the site transform into a gravel pit, originally owned by Ready Mixed Concrete Limited. In the late 1970s they decided to flood part of the site and create an educational theme park. The park opened as a small attraction, building slowly up to RMCs first large installation of "X:\No Way Out" in 1996. In 1998, The Tussauds Group bought the park (they also owned the nearby Chessington World of Adventures). From the outset the park started opening key attractions such as Tidal Wave in 2000, Colossus in 2002, Nemesis Inferno in 2003 and Stealth in 2006.[citation needed]
In 2007, Merlin Entertainments (a subsidiary of Blackstone Investment Group) bought the Tussauds Group;[1] the attraction target market was moved towards a teenage audience with large investment in the form of rides such as SAW: The Ride and THE SWARM. This was to prevent it competing with Legoland Windsor, and Chessington World of Adventures Resort, both within close proximity of Thorpe Park; Legoland was to cater for children and Chessington World of Adventures Resort was to have a variety of attractions.
As of 2014, Thorpe Park Resort operates three yearly events. Ministry of Sound club nights in the Port Atlantis Dome occur one Saturday night a month from April to September. These club nights feature well known music DJs playing a variety of themed nights. Summer Nights is when the park reopens after a normal day on Friday and Saturday Nights in July and August from 7pm-10pm for some late-night rides consisting of The Swarm, SAW - The Ride, Stealth, Colossus, Nemesis Inferno, X and others.
Fright Nights, formerly "Fright Nites" is Thorpe Park's halloween event and also its largest. It's an annual event that has been running at Thorpe Park since 2002, celebrating Halloween with the park staying open until late at night, as well as operating a range of temporary halloween attractions. Roaming actors in costume or with make up can also be found around the park.[2]
In 2013, Fright Nights was relaunched with a horror movie theme, courtesy of a three-year contract with Lionsgate. All of the pre-existing Fright Nights attractions were removed with the exception of The Asylum to make way for new horror-film themed attractions.
Rides and Attractions[edit]
|Additional Information
|The Swarm
|Wing Coaster
|Swarm Island
|Bolliger & Mabillard
|The UK's first winged coaster. Features an inverted drop with the rear two rows of each train reversed, allowing riders to experience the coaster backwards. Height Limit 1.4m
The Ride
|SAW - Island/Canada Creek
|A custom Eurofighter themed around the SAW horror movie franchise. Height Limit 1.4m.
|Intamin Launch
|Amity Cove
|An Intamin launch coaster themed around 1950s drag racing, stands at 205 ft tall and goes from 0 - 80 mph in 1.8 secs. Has the fastest acceleration of any coaster in Europe and is the tallest launched coaster in the UK. Height Limit 1.4
|Calypso Quay/ The Jungle
|Bolliger & Mabillard
|B&M inverted coaster themed around the eruption of a volcano, sequel ride to Nemesis at sister park Alton Towers. Height Limit 1.4m
|Steel Sit down
|Lost City
|World's first ten looping rollercoaster (record now beaten by The Smiler), and was the parks first major attraction. Height Limit 1.4m
|Steel sit down
|Lost City
|World's first, backwards in the dark rollercoaster, however now runs forward after being revamped for the 2013 season, the ride is themed around a night club. Height Limit 1m
|Flying Fish
|Steel powered coaster
|Amity Cove
|Mack Rides
|Powered coaster themed around a surfing fish, originally opened in 1983 as space station zero, rethemed and refurbished for 1990 as flying fish. Height Limit 0.9m
Flat rides[edit]
|Additional Information
|Detonator: Bombs Away
|Drop Tower
|Angry Birds Land
|Fabbri Group
|35m tall drop tower. Re-themed to Detonator: Bombs Away for the opening of Angry Birds Land in May 2014. Max speed 45 Mph. Height Limit 1.3m.
|S&S Screamin' Swing
|Lost City
|S&S Worldwide
|Giant swing Max speed 60 Mph Height Limit 1.3m
|Top Scan
|Lost City
|Top scan ride that use to be located at Chessington World of Adventures Resort. Height limit 1.4m
|Sky Swat
|Canada Creek
|S&S Worldwide
|The last S&S Skyswat in the world. Height limit 1.4m
|King Pig's Wild Hog Dodgems
|Dodgems Ride
|Angry Birds Land
|Dodgems ride added in 2014 for Angry Birds Land. Height limit 1.1m
|Rocky Express
|Sea Storm Ride
|Canada Creek
|Mack Rides
|Family friendly mock train ride. Height limit 0.9m
|Magic Carpet
|Lost City
|Fabbri Group
|Large magic Capet ride, more intense than it looks. Height Limit 1.2m
|Lost City
|KMG afterburner ride that opened in June 2001. Height limit 1.4m
|Lost City
|HUSS enterprise that opened in July 2000 after the fire. Height Limit 0.9m
Water rides[edit]
|Additional Information
|Loggers Leap
|Log Flume
|Canada Creek
|Mack Rides
|Currently the tallest log flume in the UK.
|Rumba Rapids
|River rafting ride
|Calypso Quay/ The Jungle
|It opened in 1987 under the name of Thunder River, and is the oldest ride currently still in service at Thorpe Park.
|Storm Surge
|Spinning Rapids Ride
|Amity Cove
|WhiteWater West
|The ride contains a 19.5 metre lift hill, and gradually 'spins' to the bottom of the slide.
|Tidal Wave
|Amity Cove
|Hopkins Rides
|When the ride was constructed in 2000 it was the tallest water ride in Europe.
|Depth Charge
|Water slide
|Amity Cove (Neptune's Kingdom)
|NV Aquatic
Other Attractions[edit]
|Additional Information
|Derren Brown's Ghost Train
|Dark Ride
|Centre of the Island
|Multi-sensory technologically advanced dark ride with heavy input by Derren Brown.
|Angry Birds 4D
|4D Cinema
|Angry Birds Land
|4D Cinema showing the Angry Birds 4D movie.
|Amity Beach
|Beach Area
|Amity Cove (Neptune's Kingdom)
|Ready Mixed Concrete
|Originally called 'Fantasy Reef".
|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Maze
|Themed Maze
|Calypso Quay/The Jungle
|ITV Studios & Merlin Entertainments Studios
|Maze based on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. Partnership between Merlin Entertainments and ITV Studios.
Theme Park areas[edit]
Thorpe Park is split into themed areas: Amity Cove, Calypso Quay/ The Jungle, Canada Creek, Lost City, Swarm Island and Angry Birds Land. Amity Cove is themed as a 1950s fishing village that has been left devastated by a tidal wave. The attractions in this area are: Tidal Wave, Stealth, Flying Fish Storm in a Teacup, Depth Charge, Wet Wet Wet, Amity Beach and Storm Surge. Canada Creek opened in 1989 themed around the Canadian Rockies. This area has the UK's tallest water ride, called Loggers Leap, the world's only Sky Swat: Slammer, and the small train ride named the Rocky Express. Canada Creek is also home to the now defunct Canada Creek Railway, which closed in late 2011. Also home to SAW-the ride. Calypso Quay/The Jungle is an area in the park themed around a tropical caribbean jungle, with a volcano as its centrepiece. Four rides reside within this area: Nemesis Inferno, Mr Monkey's Banana Ride, Rumba Rapids and the I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Maze. Lost City opened in 2001 and is themed around an ancient Aztec land. Main attractions include: Colossus, Quantum, Rush, X, Samurai, Vortex, Zodiac. The Swarm Island is a new area for 2012, it paints a picture of an apocalyptic end to the world with the roller coaster The Swarm. Angry Birds Land is the newest area and opened on 24 May 2014, and is themed around the Angry Birds video game franchise. Attractions include: Angry Birds 4D, Detonator: Bombs Away and King Pig's Wild Hog Dodgems.
Amity Cove[edit]
Amity Cove has an American 1950s fishing village rheme that has recently been hit by a tidal wave. With the attraction Tidal Wave as the key attraction. The Area, when opened in 2000 contained only a Tidal Wave, KFC and a games stand. It was extended in 2006 with the arrival of the Stealth rollercoaster located behind Tidal Wave, adding with the pre-existing Storm in a Tea Cup ride to Amity Cove's lineup. In 2007 the Flying Fish roller coaster was moved into Amity Cove, increasing the attraction list. In 2011 Storm Surge opened on the old Octopus Garden site. Storm in a Teacup is located near Stealth. Following the addition of Angry Birds Land in 2014, the area is now split in two, with guests having to go through Angry Birds Land in order to reach Stealth and Storm in a Teacup. Near the Flying fish there is Depth Charge, Wet Wet Wet, and the Amity Beach.
Calypso Quay[edit]
Calypso Quay/The Jungle is a Caribbean jungle themed area with four rides. The key attraction is Nemesis Inferno, a B&M inverted coaster themed around a volcano. Mr Monkey's Banana Ride is also in the area, near to the I'm a Celebrity Get Me out of Here Maze attraction. Rumba Rapids water rapids ride, and is the oldest attraction in the park. Part of the area was originally known as Ranger County, but after the removal of the Carousel in late 2014, the areas were merged due to having a similar theme. A new dark ride, Derren Brown's Ghost Train (previously codenamed WC16), is currently being built on the site of the former arena and Chief Ranger's Carousel.
Lost City[edit]
The Lost City theme is that of ruins of a recently unearthed Atlantean civilisation with the Colossus roller coaster as the main attraction opening in 2002. The area opened in 2001 with the Vortex and Zodiac rides as the only attractions. In 2003 Quantum, a magic carpet ride opened. Two more attractions have since joined the rides line up with Samurai opening after being moved from the also Merlin owned Chessington World of Adventures in 2004 and Rush an S&S Screamin' Swing opening in 2005. In 2013 the X roller coaster was renamed and moved to the area.
Canada Creek[edit]
Canada Creek opened in 1989 and is themed around the Canadian Rockies. It has three attractions, a Burger King and the Wild Wings Noodle Bar. The main ride in the area is Saw - The Ride a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter with a 100-degree drop and 3 inversions. It is based on the Saw franchise and the coaster's station and indoor area is themed as a sawmill. The second most major attraction is Logger's Leap, a Mack log flume with a double drop. The area also has the Rocky Express Sea Storm ride.
The Swarm Island[edit]
The Swarm Island only contains one attraction, The Swarm, an apocalyptic ride that interacts with the areas landscape.
Angry Birds Land[edit]
Angry Birds Land opened on 24 May 2014 and is based on the Angry Birds video game. Attractions include: Angry Birds 4D, King Pig's Wild Hog Dodgems, and Detonator: Bombs Away (previously known as Detonator).
Records the park holds[edit]
- Loggers Leap is the tallest log flume in the UK, although it lost that record for several years to The American Adventure's Nightmare Niagara, then regained the record when that ride closed.
- Nemesis Inferno has the longest pre lift section of any inverted B&M coaster in the world, and is the first inverted coaster to feature interlocking wingovers (corkscrews)
- The Swarm, is the only backward winged coaster in the world (back 2 rows), it is also the only winged coaster located in the United Kingdom.
- SAW – The Ride is the only rollercoaster themed around a horror movie, and is dubbed as the world's scariest ride.[3] It also holds the record for the rollercoaster with the steepest free-fall drop in the world, at 100 degrees, and sixth steepest drop overall in the world after Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach in the USA, Mumbo Jumbo at Flamingo Land in the UK, Timber Drop at Fraispertuis City in France, Green Lantern Coaster (with an angle of 120.5°) at Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia and Takabisha (with an angle of 121°) at Fuji-Q Highland in Japan. The drops on the proceeding S&S Worldwide manufactured roller coasters and Takabisha are controlled by braking fins, whereas the drop on Saw is not, hence it holds the title of steepest free-fall drop. It's also Gerstlauer's 2nd steepest rollercoaster, preceding Takabisha, the current world record holder for the steepest drop.
Thorpe Shark Hotel[edit]
The Thorpe Shark hotel is themed around a metal shark, made from scrap metal, that appears to be rising out of the lake. The hotel is linked to the Dome. It is also the entry point into the park.[citation needed]
In 2010, the park outlined a 5-year development plan. The development plan highlighted a potential developmental area for a new roller coaster, with a target opening year of 2015, but has since been delayed to at least 2016.
In October 2014, the park submitted plans for an indoor attraction, codenamed 'Project Whitechapel', or 'WC16', due to open in March 2016. Featuring a pre-show area and a post-ride shop, the ride is being constructed on the site of the old arena as well as Chief Ranger's Carousel. On 26 October it was confirmed that illusionist Derren Brown has partnered with Thorpe Park to create a world's first immersive, psychological experience.[4] recently Thorpe Park released a teaser website 'www.mindswanted.net' which shows project updates and new teasers for the new attraction. On the 18th of January 2016, it was officially announced the name for the attraction will be "Derren Brown's Ghost Train".
On 27 March 2015, Thorpe Park Resort opened the worlds first "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!" maze, set in the building which was home to Studio 13 during Fright Nights 2014. The attraction is home to three of the popular television programs Bushtucker Trails, including The Chambers Of Horror and Celebrity Cyclone. The attraction was announced on 11 February 2015 on social media websites, following a series of hints posted by Thorpe Park on their Twitter and Facebook pages. The maze has been fitted with the latest technology and special effects, including multisensory 'leg ticklers' and a vibrating bridge walk way.[5]
Incidents and controversies[edit]
- Main gallery: Thorpe Park Resort at WikiCommons
See also[edit]
Find more about
Thorpe Park
at Wikipedia's sister projects
|Media from Commons
|News stories from Wikinews
|Quotations from Wikiquote
|Source texts from Wikisource
|Textbooks from Wikibooks
|Travel guide from Wikivoyage
|Data from Wikidata
- Merlin Entertainments
- The Tussauds Group
- RMC Group
- "Thorpe Park", an episode of The Inbetweeners where the main characters visit Thorpe Park
- ^ BBC News (March 2007). "Tussauds purchased in £1bn deal" (Online). BBC News. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
- ^ "Haunted Attractions UK - Thorpe Park Fright Nights... an EVILution!". Retrieved 30 August 2007.
- ^ "Thorpe Park's Horror Rides For Halloween". What's Good?. 2014-10-01.
- ^ "2016 Attraction Plans Released". Thorpe Park Mania. 2014-10-30.
- ^ "Thorpe Park: I'm a Celeb". ThemeParks-UK. 2015-12-13.
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Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I bought this mascara because I love the Volum Express Turbo Boost and thought - if this has an even bigger brush, it will work even better!!
Unfortunately I was wrong. The actual product itself DID make my lashes look good. But it was the smell that made it unusable.
I usually like the smell of mascara - that clean almost soily smell - but this smelled like it almost had perfume added to it! I used it once and could still smell it hours later! I thought I must be imagining it, so I didn't use it for a few days, and then tried it again. Sure enough, I could STILL smell it after about 1.5 hours.
I called Maybelline and told them and they are sending me a coupon for any mascara of my choice. I'm disappointed, and won't be buying this again.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This was a great mascara. Lots of volume, no huge clumps of crap on my eyelashes..but....all good things must come to an end. I didn't even have this mascara a month, and when I went to go apply it the other day I pulled the wand out and this big blob of black soup just came out. It just..melted. It wasn't even near any source of heat. I just tossed it. Oh well.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
I had high hopes but found the formula to be thick and it clumped my lashes. Also, after using Intense XXL I was really disappointed in Colossal. It didn't lengthen and it gave the dreaded under-eye shadow. I thought the tube was cute and I didn't find the smell to be strong at all -when it was new. However, as my tube aged, the perfume grew stronger to the point that I can smell my lashes... ALL DAY!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
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Age: 44-55
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
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Eyes: Green
After years of searching, I've finally found a mascara to replace the old L'Oreal Voluminous (pre-"improved"). It makes my lashes look really lush and long, and the lashes themselves have actually thinned over the last few years. It doesn't smudge any more or less than any other mascara (I use non-waterproof), it's inexpensive and it works!!! I love this mascara!
Age: 44-55
Skin: Normal, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I admit, I fell for the ad even though I know better. I love Cover Girl's Lash Blast and thought this would be even better. I didn't like the brush, but I'm sure it's because I'm used to the Lash Blast brush, but I found the formula to be thick and it clumped my lashes. UGH! I'm going to stick to Cover Gir Lash Blast or Lancome Definicils from now on....or until I spy another cool ad!
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
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I have a million mascaras. And my routine is to pick one for the week and stick with it - then move on to something else the following week. For some reason, I keep using this one. The brush is similar to DiorShow but the consitancy of the mascara is like Chanel Inmitable. I love it. My lashs are already long and plentiful, but they need a little volume boost. This mascara is perfect for making my lashes look full, glossy and gorgeous. It stays on all day too - without smudging. I am really suprised by this drugstore diamond in the rough. Even worn on the bottom lashes, this stuff does not crumble or smear. Good work Maybelline.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
I too, really love this product! It does have a strong odor at first...it smells "flowery", somewhat like "flo-nase"..however, I love it! Quite simply, even though the brush is quite large, it does a wonderful job of making lashes look nice, full and no clumping! It cleans off very easily as well. The only problem I had with the packaging is the seal at the base has come loose a couple of times giving me a mess of a blob of mascara, however putting it back in, closing and re-opening it has fixed that. Other than that, I highly recommend! :)
Age: 19-24
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Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
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OH. MY. GOD. This mascara exceeded my expectations. I believe that this will now be my new HG...
And just to let you guys know, my lashes are Asian-cursed--rather short, downward-pointing, stick-straight...in other words, a mascara nightmare.
I've been previously using Shiseido Lasting Lift Mascara to keep those stubborn babies up, but it tends to stick two or three lashes together and makes them look so sparse... So after reading all these reviews for Colossal, I decided to give this yellow-tubed wonder a try...
I curled my lashes as per usual, with my Shiseido curler and then I whipped this baby out... I was a little scared of the huge brush and afraid that because it smelled the way it did, it would sting. But I was scared of nothing! The smell goes away and this mascara volumizes, separates, lengthens... it does everything! Including curl-holding! I wore this mascara over 14 hours and it has not smudged and my lashes are still lifted up! The only problem is maybe the minor flaking--about 7 in total for both eyes by 14 hours...but that's almost negligible.
And the other great thing is that it's washable...water will get rid of a good bunch, I also went to the gym in this mascara and it was still pristine. I just finish off the leftover with Cetaphil and it cleans extremely well. No stinging either!
And to think I wasted 27.00CAD on Shiseido when I go this one that outperforms for only 6.77CAD... so... totally HG! I hope Maybelline keeps this thing around for a long time!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I've been using Urban Decay Big Fatty Lash and Prescriptives False Eyelashes Mascara interchangably for the past year. So i've been on a mission to find a good cheap mascara. and Maybelline's Colossal Volume Express isn't it. the only mascaras i've found so far that work for me are pretty much the $20 or so mascaras that you can find at Sephora or department stores. and i'm tired of spending that much money on a product i'm gonna throw out in 3 months or less anyways. so i was at Target today and i saw Maybelline's Colossal Volume Express mascara. It comes in a tube that looks similar to the regular volume express but it's fatter and NEON YELLOW. you can't even miss it. the brush is really fat. unfortunately, that fat brush didn't do anything for my lashes. i usually don't mind mascaras with a fat brush. but this brush is ridiculous. First of all, i end up with more mascara on my eyelids than my actual lashes! and the thing with me is, i do have lots of lashes but as with all the hair on my body, my lashes are very fine and a little short. so with any mascara, i have to apply several coats before i start to see any results. but with this mascara i keep applying coat after coat and nothing happens. i get a little bit of volume when i let it dry in between coats but then it starts to clump a little. if anything, it gave me length instead of volume. and to top it off... it has this awful smell. it's like a weird mix of floral and raw honey. it claims to have "volume-pumping collagen" in it and that you'll get 9x the volume in one coat. but i think i got more volume out of the regular Volum' Express than i got out of this. i say, if you see it in stores, don't let the bright yellow tube lure you in. just walk away.
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Anything and everything can take place in a dream.
As far as it being real conversations...it's possible but in this scenario I don't think it's happening.
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Sounds to me much like visitations from 'friends' that happen to me during the OOBE state.......you can have huge conversations with folks via OOBE and they never remember, as its happening on a whole other level. At this other level, you will have friends that are not friends in the physical, but in the etherical. Sometimes our friends are close to us on BOTH levels, and that makes for some very close emotional ties, but you would still not be able to clearly remember what information was shared in the OOBE state......I remember things more on an emotional level, than informational one.


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We now have designed a new touch screen karaoke system, an all in one karaoke player and screen.
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Karaoke is fun for everyone if you do it right. Our karaoke business is a service. We bring the equipment to you. We set up the equipment, show you how to operate it. Very easy to use. Song lists available on line with your smart phone, tablet and computer. Song list also in the books we deliver with the equipment so you can view without standing at equipment. No need to worry about slow internet downloads. We use media. We do what no one else does, We are ready to assist you at any time during your party. Even late night. Just call.
Try Sing Along! Karaoke.. Now that most people have flat screens on the wall. Everyone sees the words together and nobody is shy. We are not standing in front of an audience worried how well we do. We just do it and it's fun. If someone says they don't like karaoke, what they really mean is, they are afraid to get up in front of their friends or strangers. First they are singing along without a mic. Next thing you know they are grabbing for the mic. Next thing you know they won't let the microphone go. I've heard the story over and over again.My equipment used by many of the picture studios including the commercial for Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Bold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHQcdvqWuM8
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March, 2015 by KaraokeGuy (Edit)