New for 2015: I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! Maze
Holey Moley is the first Bush Tucker Trial contestants will come up against – the deceptive rock face is home to more than just rolling moss, within dark crevices are openings for contestants to put in their hands to search for gold stars. If they are successful, they will unlock a secret corridor to the heart of the jungle.
Contestants will then enter shower cubicles in the next Trial to take part in a live game show experience, the Chambers of Horror. Don’t Look Up! Above the showers will be tanks loaded with slippery and slimy surprises that could drop at any moment should you answer a question wrong in the pot luck quiz show.
In the final trial, Celebrity Cyclone, camp mates must race against 56mph winds and water jets in search of stars to be crowned King or Queen of the jungle.
Six months in planning, the new attraction has been fitted with the latest technology and special effects to breathe animatronic life into the jungle. Features include multi-sensory ‘leg ticklers’ that simulate the feeling of being covered head-to-toe in bothersome bugs, a vibrating bridge walkway which will leave you feeling unsteady on your feet and moving trees and walls.
The new attraction will be located in the building previously used as The Hideaway and also Studio 13 during Fright Nights.
Mike Vallis, Thorpe Park Resort Divisional Director, commented:
After thirteen years of watching I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! on the small screen, we’re delighted to offer our guests the chance to brave Bush Tucker Trials inspired by the hit TV show – you don’t have to be a celebrity to grab a slice of the action on our island! And the good news is that we don’t expect any of our guests to chew on a kangaroo’s less palatable parts.
Claire Heys, Director of Commercial Brand Partnerships at ITV, said:
We’re thrilled to be able to bring the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Maze to the public and give them a chance to share in the fun we have on the set. THORPE PARK Resort is the perfect location to bring the hit series to life and we’re excited to be working with Merlin to launch the new attraction later this year.
Alongside the new Maze is the Bush BBQ where families can grab a bite to eat and choose between a selection of 'critter' sauces including meal worm mayo and critter coleslaw.
The new partnership with ITV follows on from the park’s 2014 collaboration with Rovio Entertainments Ltd to create the hugely popular Angry Birds Land which is home to the world’s first Angry Birds 4D experience, a 100ft drop tower ride and King Pig’s Wild Hog Dodgems.
With over 30 rides and attractions to enjoy, families and friends can also laugh louder, scream longer and experience Thorpe Park’s world-class coasters including The Swarm, the UK’s first winged rollercoaster, which guests can now brave backwards, Stealth, one of Europe’s fastest and tallest rollercoasters, Colossus, a ten loop rollercoaster and Nemesis Inferno, a feet-free, legs-dangling coaster experience, as well as SAW - The Ride.
Younger theme park fans can grab their adrenaline apprenticeship as they ride on a wave of light and sound on X, before enjoying rides like the gravity defying Zodiac and manic carpet ride of Quantum. There are also five water rides to excite the whole family including Tidal Wave, Storm Surge and Logger’s Leap.
