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Flying Fish

Flying Fish is a compact Mack powered coaster at Thorpe Park, aimed at younger thrill-seekers and families.

Flying Fish is Thorpe Park's approachable family coaster. The current version returned in 2007 in the Amity area, wrapping a compact Mack powered coaster in a breezy beach-and-surf look. The ride is short, low and just quick enough to give children a first taste of coasters without jumping straight to Thorpe Park's bigger thrill rides.

Normal 15 min
Average 14 min
Highest measurement 50 min Measured at 15-07 14:33
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
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RCDB

Coaster profile

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Classification

RCDB #847
RCDB status Operating since March 10, 2007
Classification Powered Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Sit Down
Scale Family
Layout Powered Coaster Version 2
Categories Powered Coaster, Steel, Sit Down, Family
Officiële topsnelheid 19.0 mph (30.6 km/h)

Tracks

Length 767.7 ft (234.0 m)
Height 20.7 ft (6.3 m)
Speed 18.8 mph (30.3 km/h)
Inversions 0

Trains

Arrangement 1 trein met 10 wagens; rijders zitten 2 naast elkaar in 2 rijen, behalve in de voorste wagen met 1 rij, samen 38 rijders per trein.
Trains 1
Cars per train 10
Riders per row 2
Riders per train 38
Capacity per hour 1,000

Location

Flying Fish now sits in the Amity area. RCDB notes that the ride originally stood on the spot now occupied by Stealth.

Notes

RCDB lists Flying Fish as a Mack Powered Coaster / Version 2 with 767.7 feet of track, a height of 20.7 feet, a top speed of 18.8 mph, 0 inversions, 1 train with 10 cars and 38 riders per train. Thorpe Park sets the minimum height at 3 feet; riders between 3 and 3.6 feet need an adult aged 16 or over to ride with them. Thorpe Park and Coasterpedia say the attraction started life in 1984 as Space Station Zero and reopened in 2007 as Flying Fish with a beach-and-surf look.

Theming

The current presentation leans into a light beach-and-surf theme, which suits an introductory family coaster in Amity.

History

Thorpe Park says the attraction opened in 1984 as the indoor coaster Space Station Zero. The current Flying Fish version reopened in 2007 in Amity.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 15 min
Average 14 min
Highest measurement 50 min Measured at 15-07 14:33
Measurements 1301
Outage measurements 0
Avg. outage duration -
Often busy 12:00 20 min average
Often quiet 10:00 5 min average
Reliability High 1375 measurements, 8 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

1301 measurements

0 min 15 min 30 min 45 min 60 min
Min
5 min
Q1
5 min
Median
15 min
Q3
20 min
Max
50 min

Typical wait time: around 15 min.

It usually falls between 5 min and 20 min.

See more than 20 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 5 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

Not enough data yet for a boxplot.

This attraction has not reported any outages to us yet. We cannot say anything meaningful about it here.

Outages per day

Not enough data yet for a boxplot.

This attraction has not reported any outages to us yet. We cannot say anything meaningful about it here.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 19:00