The Walking Dead coaster in an English theme park
Thorpe Park converted the existing indoor coaster X into The Walking Dead - The Ride, adding a horror story, preshow and bunker-style queue.
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The Looopings article describes the major repositioning of Thorpe Park’s existing indoor coaster X. The ride, which opened in 1996 as X: No Way Out and later operated simply as X, was converted for the 2018 season into The Walking Dead - The Ride. That gave the attraction a much clearer horror identity: guests would ride in darkness inside the world of the television series, supported by a preshow and a queue themed as a troubled bunker. For Thorpe Park, this was more than a name change. The project attached a known media property to an older Vekoma coaster and turned an established indoor ride back into a headline attraction. For visitors, the biggest change was the context around the ride: suspense, story and themed build-up became more important than the technical coaster statistics alone. The article also preserves useful historical layers, including the former names, the manufacturer and the role of the attraction within a wider Walking Dead year at the park.