Thorpe Park opened its gates to Annual Pass holders today to give us all an exclusive peak at the park before opening to the public on Thursday and we were there to bring you an exciting update!

As you already know, for 2010 the park has undergone a huge rebranding, love it or hate it there's no denying the park has clearly spent a lot of money, and it does show with much signage across the entire park being replaced to either fit in with the new brand, or just to neaten things up with gets a big thumbs up from us!

Along with this, from walking around you can tell a lot of time has gone into freshening up the park, the entire park has been "de-gummed" over the closed period, theming, which is often a hot subject between the parks biggest fans has been worked on, replaced and looking nice and fresh again. It's also nice to see many buildings and rides across the park have been repainted, giving the park a real fresh feel as you walk around.

But we don't expect you to take our word for it! Take a look below from photos from the weekend!