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  2. Reserve n Ride

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Inferno,

    To answer your questions -

    - We are working on a project to improve the park experience for guests in dwell areas around the Park for next year

    - We would initially be implementing this on our most popular rides so it is unlikely that there will be seats going spare - but of course this is why we are trialling the system to see how it works and how we can troubleshoot any issues

    - The system is smart enough that the virtual queue would automatically be extended for the duration of the down time

    - We know it is risky it but we want to make it work for our guests which is why we are testing it out now :)

    Cheers Thorpe nice to see you on the forum

  3. Fright Nights 2013

    in The Past

    Posted

    Maybe not quite that obvious, but yes, that sort of idea. Maybe more like (from what I hear, not done it myself) the Vampire maze at Chessington, which I'm told is fun scary with a decent narrative, not YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE scary. As for the roaming actors they used to have these at Chessington, all sorts of terrifying things (the best of which were huge stilted three legged things which would chase people for ages), a skilled actor knows their target and how to chose them. Older families would be fine with that sort of thing.

    Surely anyway if families were there the roaming actors would avoid scaring them

  4. Fright Nights 2013

    in The Past

    Posted

    Sorry if not clear, I did mean families with slightly older children. Just because children are over 12 doesn't mean they are no longer a family. I mean family in the same sense as the park have done with their advertising - children who are still big enough to ride the big rides. I don't imagine we'll see anything like hocus pocus story time, or whatever it is called, but at least one maze which is 'fun' scary more than 'dark' scary, if you know what I mean.

    Like the comedy maze at HHN?

  5. Fright Nights 2013

    in The Past

    Posted

    CCR ghost train would be awesome, and it would be nice to see the return of CCR an hopefully have it running again for the 2014 season(maybe the farm could come back please thorpe?!)

    However, I really don't think even if there is a maze for families I doubt any will turn up:

    1. Roaming actors- kids will be scared to death of them.

    2. I don't think this appeals to families; 'The UK's most chilling Halloween event.' And 'Are you ready for the next level of fear this Halloween?.

    I think the families will be sticking to chessington.

    Also, It does say 'late night attractions are not suitable for under 12s'. Another reason why I don't think families will turn up.

    Farm animals have been sold/donated to other places so very unlikely but surely a ghost train would be a good idea as the train moves slow and actors could get close without h/s issues.

  6. X

    in The Past

    Posted

    Whilst queueing for X today, the spekers outside were playing this track, sort of piano/keyboard type track, but it kept cutting out and restarting every 10 seconds or so. Anyone know the name of it?

    It's just the theme music for X isn't it as they want it to be seen as ravey

  9. Fright Nights 2013

    in The Past

    Posted

    shame they don't go into the dead of the night

    Scare tour 12 year synopsis- 2003

    Over at the 4D cinema, the park experimented with the Horror Movie Bites show, which showed iconic clips from classic horror movies. This was a very lacklustre show with the only great effect coming when the film “broke down” during Texas Chainsaw Massacre and an actor dressed as Leatherface came out brandishing a chainsaw!

    So there are already connections with Texas chainsaw!

  10. Fright Nights 2013

    in The Past

    Posted

    Extended dates could it be possible to see 11pm-12pm closing as that would be great.

    Imagine if they had like 100 roaming actors and at the end of the night they all migrated on the beach. How creepy would that be.

  12. Fright Nights 2013

    in The Past

    Posted

    It was a good tunnel, very claustrophobic but just a bit too much, especially with the slope it was just a bit silly, and I thought the tunnel was actually the main part of the whole maze if you think about it! The other mazes were like always amazing though. Stick to the shorter, ex10 tunnel with scares at the end...

    Totally agree I think there was a guy at the end of the tunnel in the passing but only for a glance. TBH it was more fun watching people freak out about going through the tunnel

  13. Fright Nights 2013

    in The Past

    Posted

    Tbh last year I found the passing to be pretty tame.... It started off well until the end of the tunnel but then it just seemed like corridors placed together with hardly any scare actors. I think they could make a large improvement.

    I feel that they also need to add more scare actors around the park to make you feel vulnerable as the only time they gave me the creeps was right at the start of the night when we entered and they surrounded the doors into the dome. Making me have to walk through with no reaction so that I did not show any fear resulting in a scare.

  14. Fright Nights 2013

    in The Past

    Posted

    very good find, and I generally think this is a possibility. An IP maze based around a twisted picture's production. This really could be it, but who knows... Only thing is is that here the lines do not seem to seperate the top of the letters from the bottom, unlike with the thorpe park one?

    Twisted pictures are part of saw aren't they?

  15. Fright Nights 2013

    in The Past

    Posted

    Please say they bring back week nights when the park is pretty much dead.

    And the one thing that I think stands out for FN is that the actors touch you making the experience a lot more scary unlike the states were it is just a jump scare and going back to hiding in the mazes. At HHN for example.

  16. X

    in The Past

    Posted

    I was speaking to staff today and they were saying that they are waiting for the other two trains hence why the queue is longer at the moment I enjoyed it though.

  17. Crash Pad entertainment

    in Quick Questions

    Posted

    So Thorpe park are advertising that the Mend are playing tonight 8pm in the dome, I don't know who they are but I am more interested in seeing whether or not anyone can go to this entertainment. Even those not staying at the crash pad...and if there is a cost.

    Who's excited about watching The Mend play live tonight at THORPE PARK?
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    Interesting.....

  23. X

    in The Past

    Posted

    Posted this on 2013 changes as well, sorry for double post...

    I know the change of the name has been given... but we now have conformation that 'X' won't be opening for the start of the season, which leads to basically confirming that something is being changed.

    Comments from a status of Thorpe on facebook...

    Martin Cooper Looking at a few live streams from today, X doesn't look like it will be open tomorrow. Please prove me wrong Thorpe, as I'd love to see what has changed with the ride!

    THORPE PARK Official Hi Martin, we are working hard to get X ready for opening later in Spring - watch this space as we will bring you all the news of the changes soon

    Merlin theme parks just can't stick to deadlines...

  25. The Swarm

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The headache advert is brilliant. My only concern is that a massive billboard doesn't really fit in with a quiet town in the countryside... And also the advert isn't seared like the buildings are. :P

    but staiines isn't a quiet town in the countryside

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