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Yeah, I don’t think Quantum will be open anytime soon On a different note - I hope The Swarm’s effects will be back on soon! At the moment, the area feels a bit incomplete without them, especially after how well they were working last year.

Yay, new pins I like that they’re doing pins for the flat/dark rides at Merlin parks now. Hopefully we’ll see Rush and Detty pins soon?

This was my thinking too (and yes it does appear to always do the same movement)! Plus I just didn’t think that Thorpe would actually pay someone to do that when they could just use an animatronic Kudos to them if they actually do

What? Confused... Also @MattyMoo - yep, I have that same issue with not having time to adjust the headsets! However, I did notice that the staff on Saturday were helping adjust headsets once they were on, which was good

So, here’s my experience of DBGT yesterday: First VR section: Well my headset was beyond broken; aside from the video being really faint/dark (could just about make out the train windows and seats, then it got worse and I pretty much saw nothing)...when I looked down, I saw a “Now Playing” bar with the play button, etc Live action section: Either there weren’t any actors during our go, or there were, but they weren’t obvious/clearly visible (it wasn’t just me, others noticed this too). So that interrupted the flow of the experience for me, as I left the scene wondering what was going on and where the actors were. However, I do understand why they’ve had to change it/can’t fix the train, so hopefully this will reduce the number of shutdowns. Second VR section: This is easily the best part of the attraction! It’s had more stuff added which works really well, and I did actually jump a little at one of the new parts! And my headset worked perfectly! The only other issue I had was that none of the actors touched me during the VR scenes. Not only did this take something away from the experience, but after the issues during the first VR and then the confusion/anti-climax of the new live action scene, it just added to the inconsistency and confusion. The animatronic getting stuck in the shop was just brilliant Also I’ve never had the floor move before (guess it depends where you stand?) so that was a nice surprise. Overall, I am glad they vastly improved the ride last year and added more stuff to the second VR this year. But I’m getting fed up of VR headset roulette and just the general inconsistency this attraction has.

Seems like quite a few of us were there! Was feeling a bit delicate after a lot of alcohol the night before and it was bloody freezing I think we only spent about 2 hours there before we had to go home to defrost The staff in general seemed cheery despite the weather, in particular the staff on Tomb were good fun Although I didn’t appreciate the miserable looking guy at Hocus Pocus closing the door as we approached and making us freeze outside for no reason (I mean there’s no way it would’ve been full or the people inside would’ve been waiting long, if at all)! Still, it was nice to actually go to Chessie on a completely dead day, rather than having to constantly meander around kids and endless buggies Was weird/quite eerie walking around a silent Transylvania (I’ll always call it that)! Here’s some snowy tigery rocky photos: New, extremely lifelike theming outside Vampire... Also, do you think I was given enough of these? Sorted.

Oh wow I love how the mummies at the end just don’t move, but then the last one does!

I imagine it was because of this eight-vehicle collision, which included a 500 litre fuel spillage https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/m23-crash-closure-remain-place-14295986 Thankfully the M23 is back open now!

Track is complete

I beg to differ I now have a bathroom advert at the bottom for “Commercial sanitary ware” *Heads to App Store to search for ad blocker*

The "smart casual" dress code. UGH. The most ambiguous, frustrating piece of crap to ever exist!

Hmm...

Aww thanks guys Gotta love the two Martins though

^ Agreed Plus Tussauds has a few new additions this year, so it's worth doing more than Shrek/SeaLife are.

Great blog! I'm hoping to go back this year for the fireworks event and redo some of the haunts Did you have a normal ticket or fastrack?

Lots of updates on the unofficial page so far! I'm excited to see they're getting a Top Scan (Whitelegg's) this year - I missed out on Chessie Samurai so I've always wanted to experience a decent, intense Top Scan

Meant to post this much sooner! Just wanted to thank Ryan for organising this meet and ensuring it went smoothly, and to say how much I enjoyed it It was nice that the group pretty much stayed together the whole day/evening too Think it's the first FN meet where we haven't split off at all later on in the day! Big Top was so disorientating And Platform 15 is much better this year! Even with Mr Fish randomly walking sideways in the tunnel Walking Dead mazes seemed a bit meh. Living Nightmare is nicely themed though! Sanctum was more amusing than scary - oh and apparently I looked "Very tasty" or something along those lines! A few of us managed to get the final viewing of the day of Final Cut too, which was interesting with the special treatment we got Looking forward to the Christmas meet!

I'm chuckling to myself at the thought of experiencing those extreme turns whilst wearing a VR headset... Just...what? Also, as I'm sure those who follow the unofficial FB page are aware - Olympia Looping is returning This had probably been asked/explained before, but why does the name change to Munich Looping?

It does seem unfair that the mazes always seem to be their best on press night, but they can't even put that same effort in for MAP holders on preview night. Of course, mazes run the risk of being inconsistent/varying each time, but it was dead in there!

Don't know if it's just tonight, but Big Top was awful, such a bore. No actors in the strobe section. You can now go through different routes, and the way we went had only 2 actors and minimal theming, before we got to the corridor with the chainsaw person. It was a lot shorter as well It's a shame as it had been my favourite maze since it opened.

The confusion continues...

According to someone who's there, staff on site are saying 10pm too. Yet they're still saying 9pm on Twitter. FFS.

Me and Stuntman are going on preview night I will no doubt write a review, with spoiler tags of course I popped down there today to a look round, which got me even more hyped for it! I could hear some sound effects playing from The Cellar (or near there), and I'm pretty sure the actors were rehearsing. There was quite a bit going on around the place, the food places in the main square are up too. The saloon bar door was open so I peeked in, it looks so good!

Oh dear. I've just been looking at their tweets, and they replied with "Apologies 9pm" after someone told them Eventbrite said 9pm And apparently Thorpe's FB said 4-10pm too (although I can't find any posts or comment replies that say that, perhaps they removed/edited it).