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Thomas Land was a Thomas & Friends-inspired theme park located at the Edaville Railroad in Carver, Massachusetts. The park opened on 15 August 2015, less than a year after ground had been broken the previous year. It was opened in 2015 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of both The Railway Series and Edaville. It was chosen partly because Day Out with Thomas events in Edaville had proved successful for a number of years.

After a long period of closure, Edaville announced in January 2023 that they had not renewed their license with Mattel, citing reasons from the Coronavirus Pandemic and that the deal "hadn't worked". In November 2023, and much like the rebrands in Six Flags and Drusillas Park, Thomas Land reopened as "Alpine Village", being deemed as a "complete rebuild" of the area.

Attractions

Main Park (Edaville USA)

Thomas Train Ride

A train ride around Edaville USA fronted by Thomas the Tank Engine himself.

Knapford

Knapford Station Gift Co.

A gift shop selling various Thomas-related merchandise and exclusive items.

Bertie's Bus Tours

A Crazy Bus ride where riders go on a wild journey through the Island of Sodor with Bertie.

The ride was rebranded as the "Kinderbus" for the Alpine Village retooling in 2023. The unit was repainted to resemble a North American-style School Bus.

Toby's Tilting Tracks

The ride was rebranded as the "Cuckoo Caboose" for the Alpine Village retooling in 2023.

Sodor Balloon Station

Sodor Sweet Shop

Old Post Office

Vicarstown

Winston's Skyline Express

The ride was rebranded as the "Alpine Autobahn" for the Alpine Village retooling in 2023.

Softplay Area

Sodor's Cranberry Carousel

The ride will be rebranded in the future for the Alpine Village retooling.

Diesel Derby

The ride was rebranded as the "Alpine Railworks" for the Alpine Village retooling in 2023.

Brendam

Fire Fighting Flynn

The ride was rebranded as the "Mountain Fire Brigade" for the Alpine Village retooling in 2023.

Harold's Lift-Off

The ride was rebranded as the "Alpine Air" for the Alpine Village retooling in 2023.

Cranky's Crane Drop

The ride was rebranded as the "Tannenbaum Drop" for the Alpine Village retooling in 2023.

Dockside Diner

Thomas Land Party Rooms

For the Alpine Village retooling in 2023, the rooms were redecorated to remove all Thomas theming.

Sir Topham Hatt Statue

Tidmouth

Tidmouth Sheds

A Meet and Greet/Live Show. The engines were removed from the sheds for possible retheming as part of the Alpine Village retooling in 2023.

Troublesome Trucks Runaway Coaster

A junior Roller Coaster giving the feeling of what it's like going down the hills with the trucks being troublesome.

The ride was rebranded as the "Matterhorn Mining Co."

Sodor Windmill Ferris Wheel

The ride was rebranded as the "Dutch Windmill" for the Alpine Village retooling in 2023.

Rocking Bulstrode

The ride was rebranded as the "Rockin’ on the Rhine" for the Alpine Village retooling in 2023.

Sodor Ice Cream Company

Trivia

  • Most of the rides at the park are based on the ones at the Drayton Manor Theme Park, with some (such as the Diesel Derby) being based on ones used for the short-lived Thomas Town at Six Flags America, with the designers of the Drayton Manor Park (DJ Pope Creative) serving as the designers for this park.
  • Thomas (via recordings by Joseph May) recounts the events of Thomas the Tank Engine, although, in the order of the book, Thomas Gets His Own Branch Line, including his race with Bertie.
  • The park was originally planned to open in June 2015 but was delayed due to the 2015 North American Blizzard, which held back construction. Because of this, several things were officially opened with the 2016 season, which included:
    • Winston's Skyline Express/Softplay Area (although the ride was opened during the Christmas 2015 season with its station completed without the Softplay Area and decals).
    • The Vicarstown Dieselworks (during the opening season, it was merely the ride with the scrap decals lying around).
    • Figurines (similar to the ones in Drayton Manor) added throughout the park.
    • A pond near the Dockside Diner/Cranky's Crane Drop to serve as Brendam Bay.
    • The Watermill's interior was opened as the Sodor Balloon Station, a balloon shop/model railway layout.
    • Various decals around Knapford Station.
    • Dockyard theming around Brendam Bay (including a themed shed, a "dock" near "Brendam Bay" and various kinds of cargo scattered around the site).
    • A railway observation deck near Winston's Skyline Express
    • An ice cream shop behind the Sodor Windmill called the Sodor Ice Cream Company was added (it was just a plain shed the year prior).
  • Originally, Tidmouth Sheds was planned to be built with the original seven berths and Edward was planned to be included. This was scaled down to five berths and Edward was removed, for budgetary reasons.
  • The Bus Depot at Bertie's Bus Tours was planned to house a queuing area but was scrapped for unknown reasons.
  • An early planning map revealed a few things:
    • Jeremy's Flying Academy, an Antique Car ride and an "electric train" (most likely a rethemed Zamperla Rio Grande Train) were planned to be included.
    • Tidmouth Sheds was planned to be a functioning roundhouse, with only three engine berths.
  • Knapford Station was, during early planning, considered to serve as a working station (ala Drayton Manor). It was scrapped due to the location of the station.
  • The animatronic engines of Tidmouth Sheds were built by Garner Holt Productions, who also created the animatronic faces for the revamped Day Out with Thomas replicas.
  • This is the only standard gauge Thomas that Joseph May voiced.
  • The engines at Tidmouth Sheds (except Percy, who serves as an interactive attraction) were gated in late 2015, to prevent them from being damaged or climbed on.
  • This is the first Thomas theme park to:
    • Feature a four-arched Knapford Station.
    • Not use a custom-built theme park train for the Thomas ride; instead, it utilises a former Day Out with Thomas replica which now works full time for the park.
    • Have a full-scale Tidmouth Sheds (Six Flags' Thomas Towns had scaled-down versions).
  • All of the diesels at the park share the same mould with minor differences, including Rusty and Mavis.
  • For the Sodor's Cranberry Carousel, all the narrow gauge engines use Sir Handel's shape, with minor changes to make them resemble their television series designs, due to reusing Sir Handel's mould from the Blue Mountain Engines ride at Drayton Manor. Peter Sam was also originally going to be involved in this ride, but he was instead replaced by Millie.
  • The park won 3rd place for Best New Amusement Park Attraction of 2015.
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