Loggers Leap 3.55

Loggers Leap is a log flume ride in Thorpe Park, UK. It it is the tallest log flume ride in the UK when it opened, and although the park does not advertise the fact, it regained that record in 2005 with the removal of "Nightmare Niagara" from the now-defunct American Adventure theme park near Derby. The ride has been standing but not operating since the end of the 2015 season.HistoryLogger's Leap, opened in 1989, was manufactured by Mack and was the first major attraction in the Canada Creek corner of the park . The ride is themed around logging in the Canadian countryside and had a soundtrack of country and western music including 5,6,7,8 by Steps, Cotton-Eyed Joe by Rednex, Southern Nights by Glen Campbell and 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton which plays outside the ride, in the outside queueing area and in the ride station itself.The ride was well known for being featured in photographs of the Royal family with Princess Diana in 1993. A dedication plaque was erected next to the attraction following her death.Logger's Leap riders also hear a range of messages recorded by an enthusiastic announcer, including one declaring Logger's Leap to be "the wildest ride in the wilderness", a feature which was added in 2004.