The Walking Dead: The Ride
| The Walking Dead: The Ride | |
|---|---|
The entrance to The Walking Dead: The Ride | |
| Thorpe Park Resort | |
| Location | Thorpe Park Resort |
| Park section | The Dock Yard |
| Coordinates | 51°24′13″N 0°30′48″W / 51.4036°N 0.5132°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 1 July 1996 (X:/ No Way Out) 31 March 2018 (The Walking Dead: The Ride) |
| General statistics | |
| Manufacturer | Vekoma |
| Designer | Vekoma |
| Model | Enigma |
| Track layout | Modified Enigma |
| Lift/launch system | Drive tire lift hill |
| Height | 41.7 ft (12.7 m) |
| Drop | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Length | 1,312.3 ft (400.0 m) |
| Speed | 30 mph (48 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:10 |
| Capacity | 700 riders per hour |
| G-force | 3.0 |
| Height restriction | 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) |
| Trains | 5 trains each containing 3 cars. Riders are seated 2 across in 2 rows, with only 1 row in the last car, for a total of 10 riders per train. |
Fastrack available | |
Single rider line available | |
Must transfer from wheelchair | |
| The Walking Dead: The Ride at RCDB | |
The Walking Dead: The Ride (formerly known as X:\ No Way Out and X) is an enclosed roller coaster haunted attraction located at Thorpe Park, England. It was the park's first non-powered roller-coaster. It was themed around a rave and had the strapline "Ride on a wave of light and sound" — when it was titled X — but currently The Walking Dead: The Ride's slogan is "Those who ride, survive".
The X roller coaster combined a variety of lights, lasers and music with a completely indoor ride circuit, featured inside a large blue and terracotta pyramid structure.
On 1 December 2017, plans to drastically change the entrance of the attraction were filed. The name "X:\ NWO WD" written on the documents sparked rumours of a The Walking Dead re-theme.
On 20 February 2018, it was announced that the ride was to become The Walking Dead: The Ride. On 27 March 2018, Thorpe Park announced that the ride would open on 31 March 2018.
The ride (Along with Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise Of The Demon) was closed during the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was due to the inability to social distance with the attraction being indoors. It re-opened for the 2021 season on 17 May.