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The Flying Fish is a powered steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The ride was known as Space Station Zero when it was new in 1983 and was re-themed in 1990. It was removed in 2005 to make way for Stealth, a new roller coaster built for 2006, only to be reinstalled in 2007 in another area of the park.

History

Space Station Zero opened in 1983 at Thorpe Park in England and was Thorpe Park's first roller coaster. The indoor ride closed in 1989 before the park moved it outside and renamed it The Flying Fish. From the outside the building appeared to be a Georgian house but inside was themed around a space station. After boarding the train it traveled around a bend before being launched into space through a tunnel of flashing lights. The ride did two laps of the track, the first in the dark and the second lit by glitter balls to appear as stars. The ride was removed in 2005 to make room for the construction of Stealth.
Flying Fish was reinstalled in 2007. In is located in the Amity Cove area between Depth Charge and Tidal Wave. The ride opened on March 10, 2007 with a new colour scheme, on-ride camera, and new lap bar restraints.

The Fish before 2005

The Fish after 2007

The reason why this topic is sticky because fish won a comp game on my first CFF

The fish is awesome.
It's nice to have a light hearted slow coaster after riding one of the faster coasters.

I have to agree. I normally like riding the Fish after Colossus.

I wish I liked roller coasters...

This thing is INTENSE.
Fun rides for the younger visitors, although a bit rough.

That thing is cool, but I normally only go on it while I'm waiting for the Nemisis and Colossus queues to go down after the post-lunch rush.

This is actually a very fun kids coaster. I went on not expecting much at all but while it didn't blow me away, it was still much better than expected. Could do with being a touch faster though.