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Thanks, very informative 👌 

Theming! 

I have to be honest. I thought it would look horrendous. But I actually really like it now it’s going in. 

And in an actually useful post, more supports:
 
 

Being serious for a moment though. I sense most of the negativity towards the name is because of it being similar sounding to Hyperion at Energylandia
 
Lets be real though, what percentage of the people walking through the gate at Thorpe on any given day actually have heard of even Energylandia let alone Hyperion??

God he's good. Must be why he's a mod.
 
Waff zooooooom splosh splish splash I was takin a bath rub a dub dub things are lookng UP.
I'm desperate, so where can I.P.
We need more time, lord.

This guy was doing it whilst I was using the picnic area 😂

Which definition of the term operational will it be using?

The Saw IP was very recently renewed and will be at the park for the foreseeable future.
 
And given there's another reboot of the franchise next year, the park would be stupid to get rid of it this year.

or maybe theme it to an abandoned saw mill

Whats actually scarier is that we had 4 coasters in 10 years.... now we have had 1 in ten years.....
 
sums up the investment and overall feel of the park of late

Can’t believe Saw will be 10 this year! It hurts my neck just thinking about it!
 
 

The one thing I do love about Jack's videos is how he always has to cut back to a previous video with a quote of him speculating something to assert that dominance over the enthusiast community when it is correct. Another good video though and a great way to get more exposure out there as to what the park is doing this year rather than traditional click bait articles, its almost a shame in a way that Thorpe or even MAP doesn't have an experienced community manager to act as a face to the ever growing community. Rather then what seems to generic tweets which can get lost in translation.
 
 
Another not, this partnership has nothing to do with Netflix other than being able to watch on that platform, rather the Uk production company are involved. If Netflix were involved we've have a stranger things attraction.
 

Black Mirror is an odd one IP wise, in not having a set structure or regular characters. It could mean anything so surely is just a name above the door? If this had had any creative input from Charlie Brooker, which in reality is the only real consistent which makes Black Mirror Black Mirror, they would clearly have been shouting about it from the off as it would be actually meaningful to the marketing.

Can't wait for sex education the experience xx
 
 

Merlin working with Netflix could potentially be huge for them - whilst I know IP’s are not everyone’s cup of tea merlin have publicly stated they see them as the future - and if done well there’s no reason why they can’t be as good as original ideas.

If it were The Goblin King, Sarah, Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didimus I'd have been interested.

Who remembers this image? I agree with this, Galactica was re-themed in 2016, and this image was released I believe in summer 2017, so thorpe potentially had something technological themed in the works at the time seeing what Merlin did with Galactica. That bridge does look like a hyper coaster, and they're still using that blue/tech theme this season. I'm probably over-speculating and over-hyping this all but I'm hoping theres definitely still something bigger in the works.

I remember the days when Rumba had Halloween decorations and horror audio around the entire layout, and actually operated into the night (closing at 10 along with the rest of the park).
 

I guess so yeah. But in the same way there's a possibility I could go on to win an Olympic Gold medal in the 100m.

Knock it down along with Storm Surge and Slammer and put a decent family coaster and flat in its place.

I've seen serious posts suggesting worse so you never know huh ?

Build a brand new coaster that isn't Knightmare would be my option.

Dead end scare zone several years ago, possibly one of thorpes worst ever offerings. 

Who remembers when Thorpe did Halloween like this?