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14 minutes ago, InfernoLOVER said:
I'd love to know where people have got this idea that X is going to be themed to The Walking Dead? I'm not saying that it's not going to happen but is there any evidence behind this so called rumor or are people assuming because X's entrance has been removed. We may just be seeing a TLC of things being replaced and brought back to life. I wouldn't look to deeply into it till we know more of have more images confirming the rumor.
Other than the fact that X is having work and it shares a building with TWD maze - No !
But hey closed season is made for this stuff
With that said - X is obviously getting some significant work, the fact they've removed the entire entrance is a fair amount of work in its self.
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Towers have released opening days (not times for some reason!) for next year.
Park opens for season on Saturday 17th March and closes on Sunday 4th November
Scarefest runs 6th - 7th, 13th - 14th, 19th Oct - 2nd Nov.
Fireworks over 2 days again on 3rd and 4th November.
Number of closed days throughout the quieter times like this year.
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^True
I was more referring to A horror theme can work on a family coaster if its done in the correct way, like Thirteen.
I feel sure IF they do do something with Walking Dead it would be appropriate for those who are able to ride it.
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To be fair to Thirteen it gets pretty decent reviews - maybe its not all that "stupid"?
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^ Would make sense if it is indeed related to walking dead - living nightmare could become a queue / exit - could possibly use some of Slammers queue too.
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1 hour ago, Project LC said:
BPB have started selling icon boarding cards. The VIP lets you ride before the park opens on a booked day.
Surprised Merlin don't do that sort of thing on new rides tbh.
Everyone would just complain how they are ripping people off making as much money as possible etc
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I think plans did actually show space for another room, but I can’t see it happening now after all this time!
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Good to see it get some recognition - personally, when the whole thing works from start to finish I do genuinely enjoy it.
As time goes on its reliability will get better, hopefully we will start to see it offering a more consistent experience throughout the season - and maybe a few more plaudits among enthusiasts!
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22 hours ago, Timber Creek said:
Can someone let me know when the date is again? I know nothing.
Meet is Saturday 16th!
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Wouldnt get your hopes up about CCR ever returning, im pretty sure all of the 90% of track has been taken up now, along with that the trains which have sat there for 4 years or so now would probably take a lot of work to get going again.
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2 minutes ago, Martin.C said:
The fact there's no price rise for the standard pass (for the time being) means I'm fine with this change, even though it's not a desirable one. But I can't blame people being disappointed by this, especially if you bought a standard pass within these last 10.5 weeks thinking you were going to get unlimited access to the parks in August 2018 but now you aren't for half of the month.Just to point out this change only affects passes purchased on or after November 28th. Passes purchased before then are not affected.
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I think a big problem merlin have with passes is they are actually probably too cheap for what they offer, especially the standard one, they need to add more value to the Premium Pass over the standard one and unfortunately this is one of the ways to do so.
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I Agree on X if closing it, retheme on the other hand I wouldn't be against. I doubt Loggers reopening is in anyway affected by the AMC deals, Fright Nights will have totally separate budgets than money to work on loggers leap.
As for TWD being permanent, I hear a lot of people say Saw alive / Sub Terra failed, but these attractions didn't close due to them being unpopular, they closed in periods of the respective parks having to save money, NST was just one of 5 closures last year?
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2 hours ago, Coaster said:
^ If the above has any truth it, I think Thorpe really need to sort their priorities out!
Out of interest what on that list would you be against?
Not saying it’s true, but...
Slammer removal would be good, it’s not reopening.
X seeing some sort of retheme, again not a bad thing, depending on the quality of course.
Loggers reopening / Work starting, would you be against that?
Walking dead open all year round - no issue with that, on busy days the park needs all the capacity it can get.
Only bad thing on there id say was Swarm VR.
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12 minutes ago, Stuntman707 said:
I think Thorpe Shark is really going to suffer when Premier Inn in Staines upon Thames is completed. Arguably superior purpose built spacious double rooms and unlimited breakfast at literally half the cost of Thorpe Shark a stones throw away from the park with restaurants around the corner is a no brainer for people looking to stay for a few days at Thorpe.
It don’t think it will - just like travelodges in Chertsey / staines / egham don’t affect Shark.
The hotels around the area charge a significant amount more during the season because of Thorpe, Premier inn won’t do any different. Shark also has a tonne of advantages, especially to those who don’t have an annual pass, you can get som me real good value deals, being on site and the hour fastrack really help too.
I’d quite like them to get a full scale hotel, and keep Shark making it the budget option, think would work quite well.
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I think the hotel investments fall outside of the standard theme park 4 year cycle, so its still possible we could see one at Thorpe at some point, it is abit of a strange one why Thorpe is the only one left without a full size hotel, Towers obviously got their new hotel this year but then we saw Splash Landings hotel closed for most of the year and only open in the peak times, I guess the reason being is the other hotels are more profitable - is a odd one when Shark hotel seems to at least do pretty well for the park.
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^Surely its depends on what the worlds first is??
I think people do forget that it was only last year Thorpe opened Ghost train - regardless of how successful/ how much you like it, its still a significant investment for the park, and by going by Merlins usual 4 yearly cycle it won't be till 2019 we start to see plans for the next big thing opening at the park.
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The point I was making is more that we know loggers won’t be opening next season, any work it needs hasn’t started (visibly atleast) - that’s what I meant by being realistic - but as I said it woud be nice if we heard something more concrete on what ever future it has.
I don’t agree Slammer should reopen - I enjoyed the ride, it was unique and quite fun, but it was unreliable, unpopular and had a low throughput, if the money pot was unlimited yeah sure reopen it, but IMO it’s not worth them throwing money at, id like to see it removed as soon as possible so the area can be ready for its replacement what ever that may be.
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Agree the entrance needs work - it’s unfortunate how extra / higher level security checks were forced on them with such little notice but understandable after events across the U.K. - I can’t see the entrance being totally flattened, especially not this closed season I’ve always seen this be done as part of the hotel, but improvements to the security queue system to make sure it’s quick and efficient are needed.
As Mark says, loggers won’t be open next year we have to be realistic, but some firmer idea or what’s going to happen to it will be nice, same with slammer , Cant see that returning would be nice for it to be removed over closed season but we will see.
Some parts of the park need some TLC, the path between Detonator and Stealth is looking pretty worn and needs some paint / repair work, and in general where queue lines have been damaged etc would be good to see them looking nicer. Following on with the audio / queue line tv improvements we’ve seen over the year will be good too, getting some more of the quieter areas of the park fixed etc.
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It was open last year but the head in the jar photos were not ready, mid way through this season picsolve seemed to have jars what the photo could fit into, maybe we will see it return next year!
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For all of Ghost Trains issues, i wouldn’t say it’s unpopular.
To be fair I don’t think Saw Alive was un-popular either - I think that closed mid way in 2012 when visitor numbers took a bit of a dip, rather than a result of Saw alive being unpopular.
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I *think* it was the 2008/9 closed season vortex was totally dismantled and maybe even sent to KMG over closed season (of course starting panic all round it have been removed!) interesting to see see it from this angle though!!