Thorpe Park don kick off di 25th anniversary of Fright Nights with a star-studded launch. JoJo Siwa, Chris Hughes, Katie Price and Princess Andre join oda famous faces wey brave di rides and scare mazes after dark.
Di launch event happen on Thursday, October 1, before di public opening of Europe‘s top theme park scare event. Fright Nights dey run on selected dates from October 2 to November 1 between 3pm and 9pm. Celebrities gather to experience packed line-up of scare mazes, live entertainment and iconic rides in di dark, including Hyperia. Katie Price and Princess Andre dey among guests wey experience rides after dark.
Among dose wey attend na Love Island star Chris Hughes and him partner JoJo Siwa, grime artist Lethal Bizzle, TV personality Dan Osborne, model and author Katie Piper, and footballer Emile Smith Rowe. Also inside attendance na Ekin Su, Casey O’Gorman, boyband December 10, and Katie Price with her daughter Princess Andre.
Ruth Storey, vice president at Thorpe Park, talk say: “What a night to kick off 25 years of Fright Nights.” She say seeing guests brave Tenement in near total darkness for di first time and hearing dia reactions di moment dem step out di oda side na exactly di energy dem want for dis milestone year. She add say building fully immersive, near darkness scare maze na one thing; watching it genuinely get di better of people wey think say dem don see everything na another. She talk say with oda fearsome Fright Nights mazes, scare zones and entertainment, plus epic rides in di dark, e be perfect way to launch wetin go be dia biggest and boldest Fright Nights yet.
At di centre of dis year event na di debut of Tenement, Thorpe Park’s first fully immersive pitch-black scare maze. Di experience dey challenge guests to navigate abandoned tenement using only failing shared handheld light. Inside, di power dead, di tenants don vanish, and something dey lurk in di shadows. Di maze design to disorient and terrify through reflections, illusions and sensory scares. Tenement join four returning fan-favourite mazes, creating di largest line-up in recent years.
Trailers return with new horror screening titled Blood Red Roses. Stitches reopen di unsettling Howell’s Toy Emporium. Survival Games offer maze of moving paths, assassins and deadly traps, while DeadBeat draw guests into relentless underground nightclub. Beyond di mazes, Purgatory Town return as di park interactive “speak-to-scare” zone, filled with sinister characters. Lucifer’s Lair pit guests against di Lord of Darkness, while The Crows haunt di shadows with silent menace. Creature Campus: Reunion Reckoning deliver high-energy live entertainment, and for 2026, di Rebel Ball sponsored by Fanta bring music, dance and fire performances to The Launch Pad.
As night fall, guests can experience Thorpe Park’s signature roller coasters in a whole new light—or darkness. Hyperia, The Swarm, SAW – The Ride, Stealth and Nemesis Inferno all dey operate after dark, adding extra layer of adrenaline to di evening.
Fright Nights tickets start at £39 online, with tickets wey include maze entry starting from £71. New for 2026, guests can stay overnight in Fright Nights-themed rooms, with one-shot entry to all five scare mazes included in dia stay.
Thorpe Park dey located at Staines Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 8PN. E dey accessible by car, train from London Waterloo in just 32 minutes, or by bus. Di event sponsored by Fanta, with Chupa Chups as di official sweet partner. Fright Nights experiences and attractions recommended for ages 13+, and Survival Games rated 15.
For more information and to buy tickets, visit di Thorpe Park website.
