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The soundtrack was just a naff mix of old pop tracks (who still listens to Gangnam Style in 2019?) with an annoying 'BOUNCEZILLA' jingle mashed in. The event is pretty typical for a low budget Merlin event, it's just a bit of trashy summer fun and that's fine. But for some strange reason (going off his rush to post about it online) Thorpe brought back Nick Hutson to do the soundtrack and even got John Burton from MMM involved. Seriously, they paid an ego-stroking podcaster/YouTuber just to do what 'Now That's What I Call Music 20546' does every year and for some reason MMM needed to be involved in a bouncy castle?? Do they not have their own events team anymore? Couldn't they hire a real DJ on location, ya know, like a real event would?

Fansites get free trip to Thorpe with nibbles and are positive about new addition they've been invited to review... [/Shocked.gif]

The course was designed by MMM and custom made with the features they wanted for the space they had.. hence their involvement! As for the soundtrack - again its cheese and fun by design - fits in with the whole thing really!

Personally, I really enjoyed this attraction. Would be happy to see it made permanent as a break in the day.

Happy 40th Birthday to a park like no other! It might not be my top park right now, but the place has a strong array of history and one of the first theme parks I ever visited. It’s crazy how much has changed and developed over the years! Had a lovely visit, hosted by the wonderful Memories Of Thorpe Park team, which also featured a tour from British Theme Park Archive, delivering an intruiging insight into the park’s history.

Gotta agree that soundtrack is just awful.

I did it today. It's fun. I mean it's a bloody bouncy castle course, of course it's going to be fun. But it looks awful, the soundtrack is cringey (think cringey pop songs mashed together poorly and an annoying American-style voiceover), it isn't what Thorpe need right now (or ever tbh), feels out of place... I guess it's a guilty pleasure type attraction. You'll come out smiling, but everything about it is so bad.

Did all the other parks close down?

When I used to operate it back in 2007/2008, I regularly had a recurring nightmare that I couldn't stop the train in the right place and it just went round and round forever. Genuinely the best ride to operate on park. It was second to none on guest interaction, I used to pretend to be parking it on two laps, before whacking it back up to full speed and giving another go.

I always make time to criticise thorpe x