alexander

Thank you!

Does anyone know where the annual pass office is in chessington, I have to take a detour there to sort mine out!

I just don't think we capture enough interest with the dark rides we have on offer. I see people rave about Valhalla a lot, and a lot of British people go to Disney which is composed of nearly all dark rides. Obviously they have the IP which you could argue makes them popular, same with Spiderman and Harry Potter from my experience being considered the best attractions, but those rides are renowned for being amazing rides with extensive theming and story to them, which, a lot of UK dark rides don't have. I wouldn't consider a dark ride a major addition to a park but maybe if it was advertised as one, people would have more interest in them, but I do recognise it's hard to capture an audience without a strong IP behind it. This posts full of contradictions, I'm just a bit stuck

OH YOU! totally didn't work

The puberty that requires you to go through several plastic surgeries

Don't you like the Wanted though? Who are just as, if not, even worse?

If people go to tulleys they can probably stay at mine considering I only live like 15 mins from there

Monday and Tuesdays tend to be quieter, but of course, being half term, it's completely unpredictable. I find Tuesdays usually quieter because everyone has the same idea that 'Monday's are the first work day of the week and will be the quietest', meaning more go. The mazes are definitely worth doing, just do them at the beginning of the evening or before park close. If you just want to ride the rides in the dark, why not do Summer Nights?

in no order 1. the swarm 2. stealth 3. nemesis inferno 4. Colossus 5. depth charge 6. tidal wave 7. loggers leap 8. rush 9. detonator 10. samurai

Don't forget travel jack

Hopefully! That's so annoying about your car

Or get crudely drunk and rambles about crap

Boo at the people who now can't go! But yes Alex! It's been ages since your last one!

False alarm, I can still go!

Thank god gerst deliberately made it rough for that purpose

Rita, but it's not that bad

I've said that's in my opinion throughout my post. I've never said it was fact. It's a good IP in a sense for the business that was rewarding for Merlin, but generally there are a lot better ones out there. That wasn't me saying that every thing that goes #1 on the charts is bad, I'm just saying bulk sales in something doesn't make it good. Merlin is a business, and I understand why they've put the IP on because it's going to pull the GP in, I just think it's lazy and the ride itself isn't great. There's only so many ways I could portray my point as I seem to be repeating it. I don't have anything against liking SAW because that's their preference, but you've gotta recognise the flaws it has. Because it's ridiculous to excuse a rides flaws as a way of making out it's meant to be like that. 'Fitting in with the theme' is not an excuse to have the ride looking like it's falling apart. I actually like Colossus, and I like Smiler, both rides which I don't find as atrocious as SAW. But, as already expressed, is all opinion, if you like SAW, that's great, but I don't agree with you and that's fine cos everyone has a different opinion. No, it doesn't have to be current, and I've already stated that it has pulled the crowds in, and Thorpe have actually given it a new form of life, I'm just not a fan of the IP and in my opinion (although I shouldn't have to state this as it's pretty obvious my posts are opinionated) it's not a good one, not because of it's performance being tagged onto a ride, but as it affecting the ride it was going to be, and not being a great (opinion) film franchise. But that's another story...

It is a complete pile of ****e. The layout is probably the biggest redeeming factor, I didn't mean to say that it was good, it's like a polished turd, the layout being the polish. Not when I've visited does SAW have the longest queues, it's usually Inferno or Stealth. Also, regarding people coming to ride it: did I mean that it didn't bring in crowds for the park? No. Does that make it a good IP as well as a good ride? No. It's like saying any song that has gone to #1 is good because it's sold a lot of copies. Nemesis doesn't usually have a longer queue than Rita, does that make Rita a better ride? I have the same attitude to most IP 'themed rides' outside Universal/Disney, they stick out like a sore thumb, and aren't usually pulled off well. Merlin did probably the best they could with it and with the budget but I prefer rides that are a bit more original and haven't had half the work done for them already.

No one was talking about Stealth, plus, despite being an uninspired layout, it actually works as it does. It doesn't try to be anything than it's not. Stealth's theme and general idea for the coaster is that of Merlin, whereas SAW is just a poor attempt of recreating the films and the ride it self is awful (opinion, not fact). The fluidity and general roughness is the main part that makes it poor, along with the horrific IP. Had they actually gone with an original idea, they would've got more for their buck considering a lot of the budget was probably acquiring it in the first place. The general layout isn't that bad and is probably the best part about the ride itself, but that's not saying much. Also, people trying to act as if the 'roughness' works in the aid of the theme is like saying Colossus is better rusty because it wouldn't look good clean and fresh as it wouldn't fit in with theme of Lost City (real quote from someone on Tower Times, god bless them).

It's not just the fact that's it 'rough', it's just a very boring uninspired layout and frankly a pile of ****e with a dead IP attached to it

This is what I'm hoping for, but whether they decide this is justice enough to put the budget to working on its presentation is questionable.

Difference between Thorpe and cedar is they don't have a tonne of theming to upkeep unless you want to count the concrete on their car parks. I do agree that Thorpe should have a massive clean and overhaul personally, but given that might not attract crowds: new for 2015: a spring cleaned Thorpe park - it's possible that won't happen.

The IPS probably have a huge impact on why dark rides are so popular stateside, especially given how huge they are (Harry Potter, Disney), plus they are renowned for being known for these type of rides, where you have parks here which aren't known for these experiences, especially when Thorpe was advertising themselves as the nations thrill capital which screams roller coasters and thrill rides. Because it's being created around a company that manufactures and disributes films, hopefully it will be seen like Universal and not just be recognised for coasters like other UK counterparts.

The theming tho