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I suppose, although the most immersive ones like Gringotts don't... Saying that I think they work well if there's something dramatic happening at the time of the photo. With Duel, I just kinda felt it was placed randomly and I always look either bored or constipated in the photos, even though I love the ride! However I definitely don't expect anything as immersive or thrilling as Gringotts, and I agree with you that it'll probably be more of a thrill ride than a narrative-based ride!

Don't get my wrong, I don't think Thorpe Park is the best place in the world, but I do really like visiting, which is why I joined this site. What I don't understand is why you would join a Thorpe Park site, only to post things like "I can't wait to see the park fail" Or "I'll just sit back and watch the complaints roll in" LC you obviously hate the park and don't want them to succeed, which is why I'm confused as to why you get angry when people here disagree with you. Yes, quite a few of the park's services do need their kinks ironed out I agree, but quite frankly you're just miserable.

^ Ok and Tomb Blaster, but that wasn't my point. What I mean is I don't think of dark rides having ORPs, I'm not sure why though. Maybe it's because I'd imagine it would distract you from the storyline of the ride? I know it's a small detail in the plans, but it's just made me think it might be more of a thrill ride (N:ST) than a normal dark ride. Who knows...

^ Trust me, it's scary when you've drank a bottle of water in the queue beforehand.

Tbh anyone that volunteers to enter must be slightly wrong in the head, so I don't trust most of what the people say when they come out.

^ Yeah two days / the 15 years it's been open... That's the same. If you hate Thorpe Park so much, why don't you move to another forum which isn't a specific fan site? That way you can be miserable about everything and not have us disagreeing with (most) things you post. Not trying to be rude, I just don't understand tbh.

What Josh said about on ride photos interests me quite a bit. Surely it must mean the ride is exciting enough to photograph people's reaction? Saying that, Duel has an ORP :/

^ But it makes perfect sense given Thorpe's new audience! Plus how does Escape from Gringotts look slow and boring? It's paced so well and the "coaster choreography" is just perfection <3

Some people here appreciate good narratives, special effects and immersive surroundings? I get your point, but it is a theme park after all, they're not "taking the piss".

One more thing, if you read the entrance sign, it reads "THORPE DEPOT". I guess that guides us towards the theme a bit!

Well it can't be a coaster, at least not a good one! Looking at the post above, the building will be huge, so I really don't know what it could be!

And let the sh**storm of speculation commence! I joke. I'm actually so excited to see what it turns out to be! C'mon Thorpe, don't let us down!

It's just a matter of time before somebody inside has a sudden heart attack. The fact the owner "doesn't let them out" unless they pass out is ridiculous, actually it's sick. If I was there and I thought I was about to be seriously ill or injured, there would be no way to let an "actor" know. I use the word "acting" loosely because I don't believe dunking a person's head in water and throwing blood over them is acting or a talent.

I feel really sorry for the staff tbh, not being allowed to keep the idiot locked in that seat forever must have been so hard!

The amount of shade being thrown here is fabulous <3

^ Alton Towers does make you walk through most of the shops though?

God you really hate Thorpe Park don't you!

Last night there was only one person doing Face It Alone in Saw Alive, I felt kinda sorry for them tbh! Not because I think the maze sucks, just because the woman I was talking to said Face in Alone in Saw is more horrific than the others!

Has Saw Alive been good this year? I haven't done it since it opened in 2010 I think.

18 I believe.

I think, at least for other scare attractions, training and auditions are more about creating a character and sticking with it. Like what to say, body language, and other things to convey personality and characteristics. As for jump scares, I can't imagine that take much training. I was chatting to one after my Face it Alone last night and he said they had to watch a video on how to do it professionally without being punched yourself or punching the guests! Not sure how much of that video story is true though! He could have been chatting from his arse tbh.

I think it's tough because when you're an actor in one of these attractions it must be very tiring, very quickly. It only bothers me when actors and actresses go out of 'character', not that some have much character anyway, and ruin the immersion. In Studio 13 yesterday, one actress just seemed completely uninterested and simply stood in front of my group, and said "stop" with no expression on her face. Then she just stared at her feet for a second like she was bored to death, before finally just moving out of the way and stood plainly next to us. I know she was probably very tired, but she could have added something extra like taunting us, circling us etc... On the other hand, some of the actors (not in Studio 13) were fantastic, especially the Face it Alone team. So well done them, it's just not very consistent. Oh and don't get me wrong, I know not everyone can act like an Oscar-winner, but in my opinion a couple of them were awful, and people tend to remember bad experiences more than positive ones.

^ Agreed. Yesterday we joined the Studio 13 queue at 2:25, only a few people used fastrack and we still waited about 30 minutes after opening. Definitely not a fastrack issue! Oh and for the record, Studio 13 was awful.

Did the queue boards say 3 hours? Because all of the times were incorrect on all the major coasters and the mazes yesterday. I asked the woman at the fastrack booth when I was there, and she just said it's open when it gets dark, so I couldn't tell you. We only went in Blair Witch yesterday because I was already in Canada Creek to buy noodles, and the queue was long but moved very quickly.

Josh your last point is very true. When we were held up in Blair Witch last night, lots of people were considering going to complain just for fastpass/free tickets, even though we we're only sat there 20 minutes (after a short 20 minute queue). Yes, it was cold, but not worth complaining about!