Flying Fish (roller coaster)

Flying Fish
Flying Fish Entrance
Thorpe Park
Location	Thorpe Park
Park section	Amity
Coordinates	51.4052°N 0.5139°W / 51.4052; -0.5139
Status	Operating
Opening date	1984 (1984) (Opened) 10 March 2007 (2007-03-10) (Re-opened)
Cost	£1 million (Rebuild)
General statistics
Type	Steel
Manufacturer	Mack Rides
Designer	Blauer Enzian
Model	Powered
Lift/launch system	Powered coaster
Height	20 ft (6.1 m)
Drop	13 ft (4.0 m)
Length	767 ft (234 m)
Speed	16.8 mph (27.0 km/h)
Inversions	0
Capacity	1,100 riders per hour
G-force	2.1
Height restriction	90 cm (2 ft 11 in)
Website	Official website
Trains	1 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.
Fastrack available
Wheelchair accessible
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.

History

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. In 2005 the ride was removed in to make room for the construction of Stealth.

Flying Fish was reinstalled in 2007. 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.

External links

• Flying Fish at Total Thorpe Park Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
• Flying Fish at ThemeParks-UK