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Sounds good, I do worry though as to what happens if they get hit with a Covid outbreak.

Lots of positive reviews coming from staff previews. I still wonder if their opinion would change if they were charged £10 to go through a maze..... for me nowadays the press night preview videos is enough.

Little Easter egg, your favourite vloggers seem to know a tad bit more than what's in their construction updates. In all seriousness we have one new maze, which I assume will also be an upcharge but this really doesn't do the 20 years justice. Comments on socials say bring back XXXX maze and we want this, yet Thorpe never deliver on these comments. We do get a nostalgia light and fire show which I assume will be at the Fearstival stage, another great park of last years event why get rid of it but keep the family friendly cringeworthy dance acts, probably budget? Only good is finally removing the Walking dead but man do I miss the Asylum, Cabin, Experiment 10, Big Top and the other old tented mazes or even Saw, why can't we do what the fans want and bring some of these back rather than having a nostalgia show, hopefully there will be some visuals of POV'S etc rather than just the music, but I even think here a museum, like what what they did for X would be better suited. Then the scare zones, will they be doubling the actors for Creek Freak for example or will the outside just have a few actors on the quiet short staff days while the main cast are inside. Overall Fright nights for me has just lost the scare factor tbh as it takes more of a family friendly path, while charging consumers for the mazes so they won't have time to find all the little easter eggs included.

I just dream for a tent maze to come back, the Curse, 7 something in a white marquee. I think that the cinema will have a history of FN. POV's of old mazes etc, wouldn't be surprised to see highlight reel of our favourite youtubers POV's.

my bet is we see the return of the old X-no way out voltage theming included somewhere.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/woman-struck-small-metal-object-cedar-point-amusement-park Is Cedar point safe? Is their maintenance team up to scratch? So many questions, so little answers. I do hope the woman involved is ok and have thoughts for her family and friends.

https://www.kentlive.news/whats-on/family-kids/thorpe-park-fanatic-medway-visits-5804534

This is why enthusiasts are cringe. They complain all the time and then mess with important listings for SEO etc....

I wonder if this year or next, you will be able to pay a small fortune to get an eater egg of your own within the mazes.

Did they give you a mask to wear over your eyes.

So much positivity on this thread! Be happy for a new coaster. RE the IP, perhaps Jumanji will have a new film coming out in the next few years, apparently the budget is significant so hopefully we will be getting an excellent immersive experience. The rollercoaster looks different and I look forward to trying it. * Pending restraints don't discriminate against tall people.

What do you get if you mix the London Dungeons, Derren Brown's Ghost train and a £70 (average) price per person ticket? Glad you asked.... You get a 2hour, 20 odd scene story rendition of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, an excellent story with a premise of these metal alien human killing robot machines, as seen in Woking. As a fan of the story seeing the arena show and music maybe 3 times now, it was refreshing to see the concept transformed into an interactive experience promising VR, simulators and live actors. But why do I compare to the Ghost train and dungeons? Well because many of the scenes were a bit like something I had experienced in the London dungeons before and the attraction relied on using the bulky VR headsets 4 times throughout the attraction including the finale, and as with VR the technology can be very hit and miss. With a £70 pp price tag this isn't your average MAP holder group attraction, I'm sure they would be complaining about the price alone, but that does mean the groups are smaller around 12 say and are generally engaged with the story rather than focusing on what they can complain about to report back to the 1000's of followers on the MAP group. Oh and one last thing before I go into spoiler mode, @Martin Doyle and @Mattgwise would be proud to know that they give you robber style masks to cover around your eye's, for what I can only assume is to block out vision to the unthemed ceilings or perhaps a Covid protocol for VR. If you do go let me know your thoughts, ok in spoiler mode... (I still don't know how to add spoilers so sorry) THINGS I LIKED: A really well themed bar greeted you on what looks to be an office block building in the heart of the city of London (Ledinhall Street) The artillery man scene was excellent as a peppers ghost effect somehow transformed a live actor into a ball of fire. Excellent use of mini planetarium style cinemas to project a scene in 360. Props, we used a telescope with projections to look at the planets and see the red mist come in. A slide Isolation booths + VR, now this really did up the scare factor, you started in isolated booths, pretending to be a confessional in a church, the alien then comes and sets fire to the church and starts to probe people, heighten by the litter picker effect of staff prodding you and the scream's around making you know what is coming... I really think Thorpe could do something like this to make DBGT a better attraction. Engaged cast, really passionate about their roles. THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE SO MUCH: Some scenes were carbon copies of what you would get at the Dungeons for example sitting around a table in the pitch black etc... they could of been a bit more creative. An over reliance on VR including the finale which was a balloon ride / motion simulator, by this point I was getting a bit sick of faffing around with a headset and would of preferred a live action finale. Ended within obligatory green screen photo, that will be another £25 please.... Price, not worth £70+ So overall is was a bit of an upmarket London dungeons with new technology, hopefully Merlin will go, test it and incorporate it into their concepts or even do one better and buy the place, hopefully making it a bit more affordable. Tickets and images are available here: https://thewaroftheworldsimmersive.com/ Overall: 7/10

Lets be honest that doesn't really matter. 1) If your double vaxxed, and still have Covid, the pass will let you in no test needed. 2) They are easy to just screenshot and share. - So no vax required,. 3) Nowhere I have been yet scans the QR code and thats been about * events so far.

That's the thing, of course its good and a convenience, however I can't imagine the take-up to be worth the time of the people there. Would the resource be better used elsewhere? It's a nice thing but I can just imagine staff sitting around doing nothing all day.

Seems to be becoming a regular occurrence at theme parks. Didn't Drayton Manor flood recently?

Probably good, tbh all the Mazes bar the hayride, clown, prison, chainsaw and mask one, the rest all just blend into one.

the legroom looks beautiful, hopefully this see's the end of those Spinball type torture devices.

I wonder if this was planned before or after everyone complaining about the plain wall?

Have TPM considered asking for an easter egg on every new item or attraction placed in the park yet? Its a trend I don't mind for nostalgia or people who have worked on designing the project but really when are we going to stop placing Youtubers names across these things.....

I'd like to see the return of tent based mazes this year, however with Covid I don't see that happening.

I personally would get Merlin to either sell Thorpe, which won't happen or reinvent the theme park into a Netflix exclusive IP attractions. IP's work to make money in merch sales etc, perhaps to the enthusiasts hatred, but I'm just wondering when Netflix will truly get into the Themepark space to compete with Disney or Universal, seems like the next step for them. With a solid budget I'm sure something cool could happen to reinvent Thorpe. Although this will never happen, I'm just dreaming.

Not a fan of the new Swarm audio, would just prefer an extended loop of the Swarm song.

Sorted it....

TBH I saw the London resort as being prime real estate for a Merlin Midway hub, if they wanted to expand on their central London offerings.

Yeah, this is sad if true, all I can say is lets hope London resort take a trip to chessington.