MattyMoo

I really hope Thorpe having something decent planned for 2021 so they can start teasing next year, because who's to say that Paulton's don't extend their new land even further in 2021 if it's received well? BounceZilla has been surprisingly popular but it's a short term fix (or at least, a poorly applied plaster) when it's clear that Thorpe is crying out for a worthwhile investment.... but I don't think Merlin are looking to splash the cash. Also, to being the thread back on track - I really loved Slammer and kudos where it's due for the Island like No Other keeping it alive for as long as they did.

It features Merlin's favourite word: eXPeRiENCeS

Yes I agree too - the fake shop part is the best bit. When it's operational. The main issue though for me is that putting on the headset and trying to get it to work is never simple and seems clunky for everyone involved. I often have to hold the headset up to stop it slipping - I'm sure you can probably adjust the straps etc but it all just seems a faff and you're in a rush anyway. If the headsets weren't so heavy it'd be far more enjoyable and seamless. Far from creating the "magic", the headsets seem to take it away in some respects - the great pre-show, the awesome IMAScore iMMErSivE audio in the queue, the fantastic hanging train, the spot on recreation of a tube carriage - and then you get in and have to put this thing on that weighs a tonne. Maybe in a few years time when the headsets aren't so heavy and tempermental, it could work well, you never know.

Can relate. 10/10 would experience Bouncezilla with.

Like I always say - the hanging train, the building itself, the pre-show, the likeness of the tube trains are all top notch. It promises so much from that. Genuinely impressed when I saw it first - and since - with the scene when you walk on in particular. Not much left of those queue line posters against fracking etc. now though. I guess people get bored when a 20 minute queue becomes 60 for no real reason

Cheers for the advice bruv.

Seeing those old maze photos has made me sad. I'm off to go melt some pop badges.

DBGTROTD has a lot to answer for. The lack of any brand new, not recycled investments since, for one thing I reckon Bouncezilla will be back for 2020, bigger and bouncier than before.

I like the bit where he says "My Ghost Train" and hope Thorpe release merch with this on next year.

That might explain that pass-aggy tweet the other day from IMAScore referring to Paulton's Park as a family resort like no other

If The Colony gets longer it'll take half an hour to get through Had some awful run throughs on Colony last year... Then all was forgiven when I somehow fluked it and ended up in a group of 3 at the end of the night, so let the pair in front go off by themselves. Was incredible by myself, remember posting here at the time - got completely stuck at the mist/white bright light part with an actor making me go the wrong way time and time again

Dear Thorpe, please don't make the same mistake/mistakes of last year - my biggest bug bear being that when about to start Dead Creek Woods (from memory), you could see the actor on Platform 15 through a poorly covered (with see through fabric) herras fencing on the left - starting his/her spiel to the next batch of guests, kinda ruining the iMmErSiVe experience.

Hahaha, the forum was playing up so it must have cached - let me go back and delete them

New for 2019: The Chip Shop. Completely original idea where you enter what appears to be an innocent looking potato farm in Old Town but all is not what it seems, and the workers there are not happy about you interfering with their Maris Pipers

Big Top is not coming back... but whether they try and shoe-horn the legacy of it into proceedings this year remains to be seen.

And also my bruise has gone.

I'm calling it now, new maze "Loggers Freaks" coming this year for Fright Nights. Would be very Thorpe.

You haven't allowed for the cost of the fire on the outside m8.

That quick fix on that poster is laughable.

Touch wood (no pun intended), Wickerman has had a pretty reliable couple of years - fingers crossed it's back up soon.

Maybe now Project 2020 will go ahead?!?!?!?1111!!!

It's odd isn't it - it's almost as if people come to a theme park, and expect to pay an entrance fee and everything is covered other than food and drink. Strange.

I like the comic book style signs on the entrance.

I can't see a sign that says "Do not climb on fence" therefore I will climb on fence to get to rocks.

Yep, what @JoshC. said. Bit sad really when you compare what Thorpe is offering for 2019 season vs Paulton's for 2020. And yes, I know that it's not 2020 yet... but if Thorpe had anything big up their sleeves (which I'm pretty darn certain they don't), it would be "out there" by now.