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I COMPLETELY want to - who wouldn't? But they said there's a fixed ride team for SAW until Easter. Boooo! Still, maybe then? I'll just have to try and be scary on other rides, which will be totally out of context. But hey, hippos might use escalators, and that'd be too. WTF?! (Oh and sorry for completely spamming up your comments bit xD)
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With the whole actor changeover thing, did anyone see how they changed the victim over. The hooded person can just go and come back (and have miraculously changed actors) and we saw a new hooded figure bring in a "acting sedated" victim. But I just wondered how the victim gets out of the trap and they swap them over. On Friday there was a woman and a guy who swapped three times. If this hooded person (is it a character from SAW, I feel such an idiot keep calling them the hooded person) was to unstrap the victim and lead them out, it kinda takes away the reality of this trap being the last thing the person is ever going to be in....*BREATHE* So did anyone see "the changeover"?
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Recordings.... surely not those of an uploadable type?! Didn't you just LOVE (this may just be a me thing) the way the platform guys did the thumbs up ready for dispatch and as the train started, put their thumbs down. That did it for me! haha
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Aha "approve comments", that'd explain it. Now this 400 character limit left your last line as "but I'm lo". Lovin' it? You can't be that McDonald's cheesy?! Did you notice any music as you entered the SAW queueline? There was definately something bassy, and you're officially a BOSE expert guy!
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Hey, this is SO childish, but EVERYTIME I read your name JackD, I think 'Live At The Apollo'. Excuse the blatant cheesyness, it had to be said!
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Ok... I just posted a comment which hasn't appeared. Spooky. But not as insanely thrilling as SAW. I start tomorrow in Thrills, cool stuff, but I got a cool this evening asking if I could start Tuesday instead... it was more a "you will start Tuesday ok" to which I replied in the nicest of voices 'of course, that's fine'. What do you think of SAW?!
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Helloooo! I start tomorrow! (Or so I thought... got a call just past 5 and was told "there's a few rides down at the moment, so are you ok to start Tuesday!"). I've probably just broken every TP law, but hey, it's nothing earth shattering. Interesting start, but hey, I actually can't wait to get started xD
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I was lucky enough to ride SAW on the 13th... VERRY bumpy, totally intense and theming I'd enjoy queuing for. Not as crazy as that sounds. As we were going in the entrance though, there was some immense bassy track playing, for SAW. I can't remember how the heck it went... but I wanted to hear it... I was pulled along to actually ride though! Haha, a muppet I am. I know for everything beyond the entering the building section, there's no music but the music at the entrance did exist right..? I suppose it could have been for those weird tall people in leather who got some guilty pleasure out of anglegrinding their chests and wearing bat wings?Plus, I've just worked out that Marc and Mark9 are two different people. The spelling's pretty damn obvious, but I thought Marc just enjoyed signing in with two accounts! Woo. Impressed.When we re-rode... for the sixth time on Friday, there were two girls stood outside the building section who were adamant they weren't going back in "cos the had grabbed her ankle". I'd love to know how, 'cos there's a fence separating the normal queue from the fastrack queue, and another between fastrack and ."Oh and we heard some velcro on the leg bits. Atmosphere temporarily lost there!
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This picture is on the "blueprint for torture" bit off SAWTHERIDE.com. I wondered whether there'll be bits that aren't really queueline and you'd have to get, say, from the entrance of this room, out the other side maybe trying to avoid a live actor... or two on the way. Or not? Were there ever any plans showing the queueline inside the building?L'image:
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Went to see Avenue Q this evening. Well, I was actually dragged along.Best drag-along ever. I thought it was awesome.Daniel Boys was amazing. It was all amazing. And I covered some lucky people down in the stalls with m&ms. It was one of those explosive packets that never opens. Did I mention I was up on the balcony? Haha, good times.I swear some guys on here were talking about the totally catchy music in it, and did some one post a link to an Avenue Q Zip on Rapidshare... or something? I remember it somewhere, and have just been through 13 pages of songs and lyrics. All I found was that James wrote the Avenue Q lyrics on there... nicely done.
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Oh but there will There's a sign next to the main ride sign that says "Please be aware that there will be live actors in the queueline today..." ClickyActually IN the queueline, or NEXT to the queueline is to be seen. I want to be scared.. but not that scared.Cleverly that stuff isn't printed on the main board, so I'd imagine they'll just cover it up/remove it when the park is DEAD. Mwahahaha. Dead right.I'll stop with the dead jokes.
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This SAW topic is hotting up!!Does anyone else think that the live actors will be behind/out of the queue line for example if you walk through a bathroom and there's a guy on the floor screaming out in pain and warning you to GET OUT, if somewhat jumpily. Or like there's someone with their head in some trap... a strobe flickers as a timer counts down and then cuts out all together and you hear it snap open?Do you think they'll actually be IN the queueline (similar to if they walked up and down the queue like in XNWO and hide and jump out) or whether they'll be beyond whatever fence/railing/divide that's inside. But then it says the 'don't touch the actors'... so maybe they'll be close enough for that to be possible... (or it could just be general signage with live actors). If the actors are AS scary as Jigsaw it'd take some of the credit from Jigsaw... They'll CERTAINLY invoke a real sense of fear. You might have guessed I'm *not* a fan of live actors! Or perhaps... they'll be the victims of traps, like a guy that lays on the floor and you think 'that's just a dead person, I'd better step over him' and he does the typical last minute RARGH. Hopefully there's the whole safety in numbers with the whole section of the queue experiencing the scare together... But then what if there's a Thorpe Park guy batching a set of so many people every now and then into the inside FEAR queue. Bye bye life. Haha. (At least it doesn't say they can touch you or give you a warning about Latex...I think).
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Yarrgggggghhh. Mine expired last Sunday. I thought there was little point in renewing if you work there! But... I don't start 'till the 16th. So, yeah, just yaaaaaarrg. Tpkapz, you were successful right? Hoping so!But...1. Proper damn good idea, making it just Annual Pass holders. Makes them feel special and totally value-for-moneyed.2. Ride it first competition = failure ? (So far Zombie McBride and her hubby have had a photo on it, but that's all... )
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Arrghhh! Things just keep getting better! Good advice there Outfit, thanks! I can't WAIT! XP
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I'm actually thinking of naming this post Quote Post Gone Mad. I just couldn't stop clicking quote. Wey heeyyyyyy. (Yep, I'm 18). + =A la train. *Gasp*. I hadn't been gasping at that, but everyone else I've told has gasped. So the gasp is really there to give you an accurate representation of the situation, without admission of guilt. Sorry, I swear I had that in a reply from Vodafone once.My company induction is the 7th March. My rides one is the 8th March. And just for heart attack purposes, I actually got *two* calls yesterday! The first one I swear I sounded like some stupid little girl on helium. The second, was an adjustment of dates so the two inductions were nearer each other. And then the FANTASTICAL person said "shall I just e-mail you these?". Hahaha. Good times. Excitingness rating has increased. God knows why! I think I seriously have a Thorpe Park problem. I love it WAYYYY too much.So for an attempt at spreading the joy... there's Haha!And Release the hugs.
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Hey James,
I got the call from Thorpe Park today! It was a YES! I've gotta say a HUGE thank you for stopping me from dying from the wait. You are fab. *High five*.
Rich
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Thaaaaanks guys!I applied for Rides & Attractions, was told about the Experience / Thrills divide, and mentioned I was particularly interested in Thrills.The loooovely lady on the phone said 'Rides Host' which I'm guessing covers every aspect of rides possible, from filtering the queue (I mean like that Nemesis Inferno bit before you go up all those stairs), to platforming and maybe even (grins cheekily) operating them?But seriously. Wow. This is just great. And great is an understatement. Now, to resign. (Not from Thorpe, obviously!)
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I got the call. I got the job. And I am soooooo ridonkeylessly excited. Thrill buds set to explode, love all you guys! Thanks for getting me through the waiting!
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Hey Sheepie,Those statues certainly do have their fair share of creepiness. Doctor Who anyone? But I'm intrigued -what forum was this on (if you don't mind me asking). It's mysteriously clever.deracs tib a m'I
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Hey thanks for asking. My answer is.... *tumbleweed*. Still nothing. But I wonder whether any of them went in today as it was a bit mental with the ol' snow! What do you think?! Shall I ring again! Rich
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Cue the world's easiest. A plane crashes exactly on the equator. Officials from the countries either side of the equator decide in a meeting upon which side to bury the survivors. Which side of the equator did they choose?
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Ok I still never heard anything back. Is anyone else thinking they've completely forgotton me?I rang in, left a message on the recruitment voicemail and am now awaiting...still.Honestly honestly honestly. I am still positive, but should I be ready to feel like a ride on detonator without any restraints?
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*BUMP*14 days expiring in 6 hours... Commence worrying.In other news, has anyone else who applied heard back yet?RyanbeatsMinty07 said something about three weeks....While over on SouthParks, someone went to an assessment on the 24th (Sat) and got a call on the 28th (today...) Nice 4 days turn around.I sound like a complete whinging seven year old. Do you think all hope is lost? Should I call them?
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Ooh, who are HB Leisure?
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Is 'Crust' an annual-pass-discountable food outlet? It just always seemed less "donut + hotdog", so I assumed it wasn't. Is it run by Thorpe?
