The Walking Dead: The Ride is a small Vekoma coaster at Thorpe Park, and it’s had a few lives. It opened in 1996 as X:\ No Way Out, running backwards in the dark, turned round in 2013 and got its current name in 2018.
The dark and the build-up do all the work. The queue’s a bunker overrun by zombies, so you feel a bit under siege by the time you sit down. The ride’s short and mild, but a little jolting, because you never see the next corner coming.
| opened | 1996 |
|---|---|
| manufacturer | Vekoma |
| height | 13 m |
| speed | 45 km/h |
| length | 400 m |
| intensity | mild |
| comfort | bumpy |
Once you're back out in the daylight, do something really normal straight away. Something cold and sugary is ideal.
The ride's themed on it, so this is the obvious one. Watch a few episodes first and the bunker in the queue will make a lot more sense.
A similar idea, just much slower: a sealed building, something in the dark, and no clear way out. Watch it the same night.