YOUR child’s first theme park ride is a big event. But the time your youngest is finally tall enough to ride all the Thorpe Park rollercoasters without an adult to cling to? Priceless. It had been ...

There's plenty to do at Thorpe Park for the whole family, such as the junior coaster Flying Fish, Quantum with its magic carpet flight, and water rides such as Tidal Wave, Storm Surge and Rumba ...

It meant no dare — from the dodgem-style Big Easy Bumpers to the park ... and white-water tyre caper Rumba Rapids are good places to start. If you have smaller kids, these rides ramp up ...