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Has anyone created a coaster themed around literal Easter Eggs yet? Seems like a very Merlin idea since they love them so much.

Love it, it's a real Hoot Hoot of a theme.
 
Genuinely though, looks good, hope the concept art comes to fruition. Makes sense with the surrounding area too.

Love it, it's a real Hoot Hoot of a theme.
 
Genuinely though, looks good, hope the concept art comes to fruition. Makes sense with the surrounding area too.

Love it, it's a real Hoot Hoot of a theme.
 
Genuinely though, looks good, hope the concept art comes to fruition. Makes sense with the surrounding area too.

Love it, it's a real Hoot Hoot of a theme.
 
Genuinely though, looks good, hope the concept art comes to fruition. Makes sense with the surrounding area too.

Here's a screenshot from when our 2004 website was full of American bikers calling guests mummy's boy.

Tegridy Farm will be the new land for 2024, confirmed by the manufacturers of the Tidal Wave new flame effect in leaked Whatsapp Message. 

Parm Pap Park.

Has anyone created a coaster themed around literal Easter Eggs yet? Seems like a very Merlin idea since they love them so much.

The only person who knows what the new logo looks like is @Parm Pap

Fake as no broken/stuck pixels visible on screen.

Clearly for when they invite their vlogger mates to show off the "secrets" within behind a very brightly lit camera.

It's what happens when enthusiasts end up in high ranking positions within that side of the industry.
 
Though Disney have been doing such things for far longer.

Yes. 😔

The only person who knows what the new logo looks like is @Parm Pap

The only person who knows what the new logo looks like is @Parm Pap

The only person who knows what the new logo looks like is @Parm Pap

The only person who knows what the new logo looks like is @Parm Pap

How SLKSTN manages to curate Fright Nights and manage this project as well as advising on construction changes is absolutely beyond me.

So it looks like I'm finally heading down tomorrow night (30th) and I can't wait. Only issue is I can see it being mad busy. 
 
As someone who's never been, from what I've read here and seen elsewhere it seems like the ones to make sure I get done are Cellar, chop shop, wastelands, doom town and creepy cottage? 
 
Assuming I don't have time for all of the mazes is there any I should give a miss to make sure I get the better ones in? Hellements seems like one of those. 

Was just saying on Twitter, I think part of the problem is a lack in number of mazes too vs previous years. Yes, quantity doesn't always mean quantity (See Vulcan Peak), but as someone who has been going to Thorpe for donkeys, paying out £30 to do 3 mazes (on Friday 13th) and then nearly not getting all 3 done (with 5 mins to spare) shouldn't be a thing... Ok, so we got to Stitches queue at about 6.15, and we stopped for 10 mins to grab food and walk, but honestly, I was not expecting it to be a stress. I don't think that makes me stupid, and I genuinely did not expect queue levels to be the size they were on that Friday. That said, our queues on 13/10 pale in comparison to those over the weekend. Reading online of people getting just 2 or 3 rides completed in a day - that's nuts to me, sorry. Something is wrong somewhere - I genuinely can't recall queues like those seen over the weekend on previous Fright Nights, unless I'm mistaken? 120+ minutes on anything significant - 100 mins on some flats. Bonkers.

Seeing some people defending half term will always be busy.
At what point will Thorpe take action and improve guest experience whilst perhaps upping the prices or adding more attractions 

Ahhh yes, that's our tactic too - either be at the front, or hang back and wait for everyone to get through. It amazes me how slowly some people go through the haunts (another reason not to do Hellements!)
 
 
Definitely the most actors, agreed! Some great moments of hands jumping out from walls, actors appearing from seemingly nowhere in some of the rooms when just looking into the darkness - was so impressed and they are to be commended. Top notch.  As I say - Cottage, Coven at Cellar were highlights for us. 
 
 
We literally said the same! People genuinely don't realise that Cottage is there - similarly, Wastelands had some very very short queues too, and again, I think people would oddly not realise it's there and just think that area was for the fire and dance show.
 
 
Agreed. We always give The Island (or whatever it's called that year) a go and just generally find it long and not up to par with the rest. Hellements as I say does not scare me in the slightest, though I guess it may for some - I just find it tedious and frustrating, and whilst on it all I can think is, when can I get out so I can go and see the Coven again haha.
 
Wonder what 2024 will bring - the rumoured second maze in Wastelands?
 
Oh - forgot to mention - loved the changes to Hayride, especially Bad Santa!

Loved Stitches on Friday 13th, didn't love the 70+ minute queue meaning we were unsure if we'd get all 3 mazes - THAT WE HAD PAID FOR - done.
We did, just about, but only because Josh was oN PaRk and told us Trailers had no queue so ended up going on at 8.55pm as a group of 4, and was an incredible run.
 
Will probably sit out Fright Nights next year unless I can get a ticket for Blue Light day as I begrudge pay-per-maze anyway, and would imagine just the 1 new maze next year.

Oh really? Haha! It was one of our very early mazes. Was wearing a Tulleys hoodie and a black Vault City t shirt last night.
After cutting short our visit on Saturday 7th October due to it being "a certain day" ahem, and complaining to guest services, we got our VIP bands reissued (and vouchers!) and came back last night - was so so different. Fantastic atmosphere and some incredibly intense runs on mazes with lots of actors. Was followed each run through by a blonde actress in the Cellar in the strobe maze section, getting proper close... similarly, was split off in Doom Town by two actresses in the kitchen scene, and Coven was top notch, never seen the witches getting so close and climbing onto the walls so much in the laser swamp, as I call it. If you were on the same first run through of Coven with us, the house scene in particular was very intense, the witches went absolutely bonkers, shouting and ganging up from nowhere, was absolutely superb.
 
I would genuinely go as far as saying our visit last night was one of the best we've ever had in all the years we've been going, and so glad that was the case. Top notch street theatre too, Fanny & Fanny, Brian the Accountant, Romeo & Juliet and also the vampire and vampiress couple all chatted to us, and they are all so so good. Fanny was showing us her pussy which she said now needed two fingers instead of one, and Juliet was proud of her gash which she - and I jest not - said that Romeo had unfortunately double fisted by accident. Lost for words/nearly spat my drink out everywhere 😂🥵
 
Particular highlights also included the zombie with "Choose Life" on his tshirt in Doom Town saying "NO - choose Death!", one of the roaming zombies pointing out to us this was our 3rd run through in disbelief... also, some absolute stonking scares in Creepy Cottage & Cellar (as mentioned previously) - I must reiterate again, actors last night were on absolute top form.
 
We didn't do The Island last night as we'd done it in our aborted visit on the 7th, and it's looooong, and we didn't do Hellements again as - no offence - it doesn't scare me in the slightest to be honest! Only minor comment/suggestion is that Chop Shop is a little dated now perhaps, though again the actors were good last night! Would love that to be changed up a bit next year. I always feel Cottage & Cellar are under-rated by the masses, as we often have the best scares of the night in them, personally!
 
Maze tallies last night (we have VIP, just an FYI!)
Creepy Cottage: 3
Coven of 13: 3
Island: 0
Chop Shop: 1
Clowns: 1
Wastelands: 2
Cellar: 4
Haunted Hayride: 2
Hellements: 0
Doom Town: 4
 
...and from our aborted visit on the 7th, leaving the park about 8pmish for fear of the atmosphere turning more sour considering they'd shut all the bars...:
 
Creepy Cottage: 3
Coven of 13: 1
Island: 1
Chop Shop: 1
Clowns: 1
Wastelands: 2
Cellar: 3
Haunted Hayride: 0
Hellements: 1
Doom Town: 2