The Flying Fish is a powered steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The ride was known as Space Station Zero when it was new in 1983 and was re-themed in 1990. It was removed in 2005 to make way for Stealth, a new roller coaster built for 2006, only to be reinstalled in 2007 in another area of the park.
Space Station Zero opened in 1983 at Thorpe Park in England and was Thorpe Park's first roller coaster. The indoor ride closed in...
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The Flying Fish is a powered steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The ride was known as Space Station Zero when it was new in 1983 and was re-themed in 1990. It was removed in 2005 to make way for Stealth, a new roller coaster built for 2006, only to be reinstalled in 2007 in another area of the park.
Space Station Zero opened in 1983 at Thorpe Park in England and was Thorpe Park's first roller coaster. The indoor ride closed in 1989 before the park moved it outside and renamed it The Flying Fish.
In early 2006, Thorpe Park submitted a planning application to rebuild the Flying Fish in a new location. It is installed in the Amity Cove area and is located 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. Previously the lap bars had been a single bar for two riders sitting next to each other, there is now an individual lap bar for each rider. When the ride was opened previously...
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