MattyMoo

Has anyone actually ever questioned their own perceptions and memories after riding DBGT?

I thought this was a weird flex - having a video scheduled just to prove the fact that you knew they were making this announcement... bitter much? 😆

I predict - no more VR, no more Derren... and I'm going for some sort of year-round horror type attraction, because those have definitely worked brilliantly before. Wouldn't surprise me if they called it Thorpe Junction. Or are they going to stick in The Crows into the attraction, hence the crows flying over...?

We need a new thread now to discuss the secrets as we are now allowed to speak about them, if the mods could please assist.

My new official name for it is NDBGTTDHAG: Not Derren Brown's Ghost Train The Demon Has Also Gone. Think it works.

Ding Dong Derren is dead 🥰 Calling it now, this is termed as a brand new attraction...

Yep, he is involved somehow or at least knows - he said so in his video. CALL YOURSELF FANS?!?!?!?!?? Video starts at the important bit.

Sort of a joke, but also getting in the mind of a Merlin decision maker 🤠 And yes, Thorpe's line up of flats is great, but as you say they don't last forever - I'm surprised Samurai is still going for one thing, but then it has had a lot of work done to it. I feel they've been quite fortunate with downtime with their other flats to be honest!

SLKSTN d r o p p p e d a new video last night with updates from inside the park - which is always very interesting to see and I like the fact he's allowed to do so Swarm station work is looking good, they've even repainted on the back of the console room on the bridge with the yellow and blue "police" squares, for example. From the video, I'm not convinced that they are going to box in those RSJs but we shall see! Not a mention of DBGTROTD in the video which is very interesting 👀 The world's first horror themed picnic area is going to be rather big when you can imagine that queue line gone - ideal for a retrosquad ride when a flat ride unexpectedly dies next year.

Consider me impressed. I wonder if they are going to box in those RSJs though to make them look like wooden beams as before.

Just leave the fencing and random props/junk there and it becomes the World's First Horror Themed Picnic Area: New for 2023. Merlin, sign me up! Talking of horror themes - that logo. Cripes. Bet they were tempted to even use Comic Sans.

I'm just pleased to see one of the best Fright Nights mazes back all year round.

If you rebrand to CSTRVRS you might be in with a shout 🙃

It's taboo mate, not sure if you know but we are supposed to keep the secrets, that's very important, Darren himself said so.

At least the marketing for Exodus shouldn't be tedious or far reaching - "The UK's tallest rollercoaster". Simple. No need for the "UK's first Walking Dead themed coaster" or some nonsense like that

Watching XODS deconstruction updates from SLKSTN, I can't help thinking how much better the newly exposed skyline would be without Slammer SBNO. Solution: get Slammer working again.

Surprised there's been nothing official teasing the 2023 season yet from Thorpe to be honest (other than messing about with things on the app to wind up enthoooosiasts).

I wouldn't read toooo much into it being given it's full title on the app. Whoever put it back on probably forgot it used to be just called Ghost Train on there.

You can just smell that upcharge and pop badge already.

For crying out loud, just give me the mod keys already, this is more of a SHAMBLES than my last ride on DBGTROTD. Please direct me to guest services. I mean, it probably will open in June by the time traditional delays get factored in - shout out to the Smiler.

Thorpe have said that they are retiring from the theme park industry but not industry in general, so I think Rocky might be coming back somehow.

Is that sarcasm m8? January 2023 plus 15 months = mid April 2024?

And that's just the headset straps. Derren hologram spotted on Thorpe Farm, I can confirm.

Looks in cracking condition to me. Rocky Expressodus confirmed 🤠

I am literally SO SICK(stone) of the phrase Easter Eggs. In EVERY. SINGLE. VLOG. AND. PIECE. OF. MARKETING.