Saw: The Ride

SAW - The Ride
Thorpe Park
Location	Thorpe Park
Park section	Canada Creek
Status	Under construction
General statistics
Type	Steel
Manufacturer	Gerstlauer
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Inversions	3
Duration	1:40
Max vertical angle	'Beyond vertical' 100°

Saw: The Ride is the name of a new custom Eurofighter roller coaster due to open in the Canada Creek area of Thorpe Park, a UK theme park, in 2009. It will be themed around the Saw horror film franchise. Features of the ride include an indoor section at the beginning which will include a steep drop and barrel roll; an estimated 30 seconds of ride time will be spent inside the station building. This section is followed by a vertical lift and the 'beyond vertical' 100 degree drop. The track will also include three inversions - a barrel roll, Immelmann loop and a dive loop as well as an 'airtime' hill. The roller coaster will be similar in style to Speed, located at Oakwood Theme Park and Mystery Mine at Dollywood. The codename 'Project Dylan' was used during construction, the real name and details of the ride being revealed on 13 October 2008. The ride is scheduled to open on Saturday 14th March 2009.

Theming

The ride is to be themed entirely around the "Saw" film series. It will be the only roller coaster in the world to be themed on a horror movie. The original plans to theme it around a sawmill have not been scrapped completely; the sawmill is now being used as 'the home' of the Saw movie character - "Jigsaw".

External links

• Official SAW: The Ride minisite
• Thorpe Park's official website
• Latest Construction Updates and News on the Ride
• Ride Construction on Thorpe Park Insider