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Petition to bring back the Nemesis inferno whipping theme….

New soundtracks for rides too? As long as they don’t touch Colossus or WWTP…!
 
So happy the logo’s changing, it’s been awful since they ruined it in 2008

Really excited of the new logo launch. This will be the icing on the cake for silkstones crew ownership of thorpe park!

Unlikely that any of the ride hardware will be for Rumba since they're different manufacturers.
 
I guess theoretically some parts could be used if they're cross-compatible, although I'm not what could potentially be.

It’s 4am. The park have left the music on load. Nice for the locals.

Unpopular opinion but I wish Thorpe had some sort of embargo on enthusiast reviews / cameras in mazes say till Saturday so others can get the true spoiler free experience.
For me there really was something magical in not knowing what was behind the doors of the asylum or curse because they hadn’t been documented to death.
 
I think Thorpe have one goal with the inviting of z listers, yes they may post about it however the stock photos used for articles across the year with the Thorpe park logo is much more valuable.

Being serious for a moment though. I sense most of the negativity towards the name is because of it being similar sounding to Hyperion at Energylandia
 
Lets be real though, what percentage of the people walking through the gate at Thorpe on any given day actually have heard of even Energylandia let alone Hyperion??

the the the the drum. the the the the drum. the the the the the, the, the, the the thethethe drum. the the the the drum 
 
 
bang bong, bong bang, bang bong, bong bang bo bo bo bo bo 
 
 
waruuuuuuuuuuuuuup, wuuuuuuuuurpplllllllpppppppppppppppppp, electro part, eclectic part, de de de de de ch ch ch ch ch ch hc hchch hcc hchchhchchchchchch 

I like it, it's cool. Is it the best name ever? No. Would I have preferred Icarus? Sure. But it sounds cool, rolls off the tongue and is punchy enough. Sure it sounds similar to Hyperion (which was named after a moon of Saturn), but heyho, 90% of people won't know or care. And loads of names are met with resistance at first...in a year, most people don't mind. A couple of years, and no one cares.
 
The style is fab. The music is fab. The 'find your fearless' seems to be a spin on phrases like 'find your happy', which I'm fine with. Marketing a 236ft tall, inverting coaster with lap bars with an upbeat theme to the UK market is no easy task. This seems like the best way forward.
 
In short, happy with this. And VERY excited.

Yay the press night so we can all hear that the event is the best it’s ever been then go ourselves hand over £50 and find out it’s utter rubbish

I like to think I keep my forum reviews from Press Night as reasonable and level-headed as possible!

Yay the press night so we can all hear that the event is the best it’s ever been then go ourselves hand over £50 and find out it’s utter rubbish

Yay the press night so we can all hear that the event is the best it’s ever been then go ourselves hand over £50 and find out it’s utter rubbish

Yay the press night so we can all hear that the event is the best it’s ever been then go ourselves hand over £50 and find out it’s utter rubbish

Important question - did anyone ever find out who the real Shane Sandwich and Park Pixie were in the Theme Park Fok videos? True icons, the pair of them.

There’s a lot of channels because you need a channel as a guise to be invited by friends to a press event

Wouldn’t cost a lot though to rip it all out put some chain link fences in and strobe it all out and then bring back what fright nights was known for…..
 
I would love an anniversary year, when is the next one, whereby we got:
Asylum 
Curse
Ex10
Cabin - maybe reimagined with the black mirror theme 
Actors in animal masks - minus the movie theme
Big top 
Some nod to creek perhaps just a scare zone or a walk down by the still accessible part of monks walk.
 
And some sorta freak show or scary show which isn’t a dance party to top it all off.
 
For me fright nights became boring when it opened the doors to a family audience and the MAP group used it as childcare for a few extra hours in the evening…. You really shouldn’t see prams at this event that’s what Chessingtons for. I was watching Jacks video the other day where he remember the 2013 event I want to say and oh man do I miss those days.
Dance parties just don’t do it for me neither do entertainers pretending to be freaks. Get the real thing or don’t bother.

Is SAW the best IP Merlin have got? Who would have thought we'd still be here releasing Saw Movies..... Whoever decided to pick this IP should be held at the same level of respect as John Wardley.
 

Wouldn’t cost a lot though to rip it all out put some chain link fences in and strobe it all out and then bring back what fright nights was known for…..
 
I would love an anniversary year, when is the next one, whereby we got:
Asylum 
Curse
Ex10
Cabin - maybe reimagined with the black mirror theme 
Actors in animal masks - minus the movie theme
Big top 
Some nod to creek perhaps just a scare zone or a walk down by the still accessible part of monks walk.
 
And some sorta freak show or scary show which isn’t a dance party to top it all off.
 
For me fright nights became boring when it opened the doors to a family audience and the MAP group used it as childcare for a few extra hours in the evening…. You really shouldn’t see prams at this event that’s what Chessingtons for. I was watching Jacks video the other day where he remember the 2013 event I want to say and oh man do I miss those days.
Dance parties just don’t do it for me neither do entertainers pretending to be freaks. Get the real thing or don’t bother.

Look forward to watching a reaction video to a stream of the THORPE PARK RESORT Youtube video later on tonight on the big screen.

Wouldn’t cost a lot though to rip it all out put some chain link fences in and strobe it all out and then bring back what fright nights was known for…..
 
I would love an anniversary year, when is the next one, whereby we got:
Asylum 
Curse
Ex10
Cabin - maybe reimagined with the black mirror theme 
Actors in animal masks - minus the movie theme
Big top 
Some nod to creek perhaps just a scare zone or a walk down by the still accessible part of monks walk.
 
And some sorta freak show or scary show which isn’t a dance party to top it all off.
 
For me fright nights became boring when it opened the doors to a family audience and the MAP group used it as childcare for a few extra hours in the evening…. You really shouldn’t see prams at this event that’s what Chessingtons for. I was watching Jacks video the other day where he remember the 2013 event I want to say and oh man do I miss those days.
Dance parties just don’t do it for me neither do entertainers pretending to be freaks. Get the real thing or don’t bother.

I can’t lie, this lineup is cringing me out more by the day. I obviously will remain optimistic but this does not feel like Fright Nights at all. Along with the reimagined Lycanthorpe/Amity it just seems so family friendly. I do need to stop comparing to the past but when we’ve had the likes of The Asylum, Experiment 10 and My Bloody Valentine this does not excite me. 
 
I understand this is likely to be a show and not necessarily a scare attraction so obviously the theme doesn’t have to be as scary. 
 
I am looking forward to the other announcements but for now I am reluctant.

BAN THIS MEMBER FOR BEING ANTI-MERLIN. You must not criticize this incredible ALL NEW addition to 2023 FRIGHT NIGHTS.

Please just let it die already.
 
It's not coming back. It's never coming back. The more you speculate it coming back, the less of a chance it will happen. 
 
Get over it. It's not going to happen. Ever.

Jack Silkstone has released the first half of his Fright Nights documentary / BTS, where he details about his involvement with the teaser videos, marketing, etc:
 
 
 
I haven't watched it all, nor the second half (which is released tomorrow). But, the amount of work that has gone into the teaser campaign is obscene. And I'm not sure I mean that as a compliment.
 
The park had early ideas for Survival Games, the locksmith character, etc. shortly after last year's event finish. Which is great. And then Jack and Kieran and marketing had ideas for the teaser campaign.
 
Jack and Kieran pushed for the teaser reveal campaign, with videos for each attraction. The corridor of locked doors was a custom-built set from scratch. The sheer number of man hours that went into building it, doing scenic work for it, having staff on hand for the shoot and so forth is insane. On top of that, each video had multiple hours of filming work put into it; prep work would start during the day, filming in the early afternoon and then go past midnight. 
 
I don't know how it works in terms of pay, but Thorpe actors tend to be on hourly wages, so just paying them for several hours adds up. Then whatever hours the permanent marketing members put in, plus whatever rate Jack and Kieran command. 
 
I absolutely admire Jack and Kieran's creativity, effort and the passion they clearly have for making the content they make for the park as fantastic as possible. But they themselves must have been running themselves into the ground creating this content. It's crazy.
 
And for what? They created some cool videos, which have details and Easter Eggs far beyond noticeable comprehension. The videos created a world-building far beyond what the attractions can tell. Enthusiasts like the videos. But they don't do an accurate job of portraying what the attractions will be like. And they have next-to-no impact on the actual quality of the event.
 
Again, it's very admirable what they have done, the scope given by the park and the preparedness of the park to put in the time and effort to create a high quality teaser campaign for the park's premiere event. And it's great that the park continue to give nods to geeks. But at the same time, one can't help but wonder if this is misplaced time, effort and (most importantly) money from the park. Especially when they could create a much more modest campaign for a significantly less effort and get similar results.
 
And as mentioned, Jack and Kieran especially were putting in tons of hours of work into this. Definitely feels like they ran themselves into the ground a bit doing this. Clearly a labour of love for the cause.