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Hopefully this page will answer any questions you have about Total Thorpe Park. If it doesn't and you'd like to know more, or if you have any comments or queries, then please do get in touch via email here.
All content is © Ben Case, Webmaster 2003 - present, and Total Thorpe Park, unless otherwise stated. TTP is best viewed with Mozilla Firefox, at 1024 x 768 Resolution (or higher). Total Thorpe Park is 100% unofficial, but is happy to credit Thorpe Park for images on the following pages: Colossus, Downloads, Events, Features, Flying Fish, Future, Games, Home, Logger's Leap, Nemesis Inferno, Quantum, Ribena Rumba Rapids, Samurai, SAW - The Ride, Slammer, Stealth, Trip Advice, Vortex and Zodiac. All official Thorpe Park images used with permission. Planning Application images on the site have been taken from Runnymede Online.
TTP links to many other websites, and cannot be held responsible for the content on these external sites. All of the opinions, comments and reviews expressed on Total Thorpe Park are those of the webmaster, and may not reflect public opinion.
Total Thorpe Park is a fan's website of Thorpe Park, Chertsey. Its aim is to enthuse and excite, and provide visitors with everything they need to know about Thorpe Park for a forthcoming trip.
The first version of Total Thorpe Park appeared on the web in the form of a a small pilot site, which was launched on 2nd September 2003 on Yahoo! Geocities with a ".tk" domain name. Following feedback from a handful of visitors, TTP went live again on 20th March 2004 with more content on more reliable servers. After just over a season online, TTP was again taken off the web in December 2004 for another redesign, and it opened again on 16th March 2005 with new look, and a new ".co.uk" domain name.
At the end of the 2005 season, the (good) decision was made to scrap the dark backgrounds and fonts that TTP had used since the beginning of the project. It was back to the drawing board for the biggest redesign yet, and Total Thorpe Park v.4 launched with lighter colours and a new logo on opening day 2006. This design served the website well with only a few cosmetic tweaks here and there over the years - including a new logo in 2009 and background design in 2010. The site's visitor numbers grew quickly in these years, with regular coverage of the construction of SAW - The Ride and of The Swarm ensuring a steady volume of traffic.
After five years of v.4, the design had gotton stale and the site badly needed a refresh. Over the closed season 2011/2012, version 5 of Total Thorpe Park was born, and is the one you are looking at today. Launched on 29th January 2012, TTP is now a bigger website with a warmer blue palette, more images, new font and new navigation tabs. All of the content has been rewritten and refreshed for this new version - we hope you like it!
Looking at the previous versions of the website below, it would be fair to say that Total Thorpe Park has come a long way since its early days. It enjoys its position as one of the longest running, and most popular, unofficial Thorpe Park fansites on the web.
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Q: Can I be part of the TTP Webmaster Team?
A: TTP does not need anyone else to help with the running of the site at present.
Q: Where is TTP hosted?
A: TTP is hosted by the lovely people over at Just Host.
Q: Can I use any pictures, media or text from this site?
A: This would infringe copyright laws. All content is © Ben Case and Total Thorpe Park, unless otherwise stated. In order to remain as original as possible, it is forbidden for any content from the site to be used or distributed without prior permission given.
Q: What fonts are you using?
A: The Total Thorpe Park logo font is Kristen ITC and our slogan font is PhatBold. Standard text is in Trebuchet.
Q: Does TTP collect personal information?
A: TTP itself does not collect personal information. However, we do use Google.co.uk, who use cookies to serve ads on TTP. These DART cookies enable Google to serve ads to you based on your visits to other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
TTP also uses StatCounter.com, which offers a free tracking and hit counter service, but StatCounter will not collect any personally identifiable information. StatCounter again uses cookies, but only records the date and time of your visit, IP address, browser, operating system version & screen resolution so TTP can best tailor the website to its visitors.
Q: What should I do if I've found a mistake on TTP?
A: Apologies if you have found a mistake! TTP endeavors that its content is as reliable as possible, however can accept no responsibility for out of date or incorrect information contained on the site. Please inform us of any errors you may have come across by e-mailing here.
Q: Can I link to TTP?
A: If you would like to link to TTP, then please use the following link: http://www.totalthorpepark.co.uk. Hotlinking directly to a photo or any other media is not permitted; it violates copyright laws and uses our bandwidth. If you would like a link in return, please email us here!
Q: Can I contact Thorpe Park?
A: Yes, but not through this website. Use the official site, here, to contact Thorpe Park directly.
Q: I have another question not listed here. How can I contact TTP?
A: Send all correspondence to us here. Ensure "TTP Feedback" is in the subject line. Thanks!
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