JoshuaA

Nice supporting coaster but the comfort collars? Seaworld I love you, but OTSR for no reason?

Honestly Merlin should just sell Thorpe to Six Flags. Give a trashy park to a trashy chain.

Nice addition! Really like what the park have been doing recently investment-wise, Ghost and Ninjago is pretty solid tbf. Its funny how every Merlin park is heading in a bright direction at the moment, then there is Thorpe..

I think it would be quite difficult for the park to replicate Twisted due to the very intricate paint job it has alongside the funhouse elements which compliment the 3D. The park did have Freakshow 3D though so it could happen but I think it would have to be in a permanent building so they wouldn't have paint the walls every year. With Tulleys I think the rides really are secondary, especially nowadays when there is 9 haunts+ Circus of Horrors! It also doesn't help that most Tulleys mazes are 10 minutes or longer.

That might kill some poor men! I think that would cause way too many heart attacks! I actually worked there last year and I live down the road, its pretty much my halloween home 😂

There's more guys.. Announcement coming Monday.. Tulleys this year is going to be something you cannot miss.

More chance of me getting a six pack..

I think it depends. Screamland do this with their lineup, pretty much all the mazes get either completely replaced or built completely differently to the year before. This is good though some mazes that were bloody excellent only lasted a year, When a scare attraction is so polished and works (Asylum, Haunted Hayride, Creepy Cottage) there is no point in changing it for a decent while. With Thorpe I think the quality of the event and the mazes has just dipped in general, even if they got a completely new lineup every year it would still be bad. You can pump new attractions like crazy but if there is no creativity or heart involved then there is no point..

Honestly I would pay 15 pounds for the street at Tulleys, the street actors there are literally hilarious! You could easily spend the night just soaking in the atmosphere.

I think this will be in a new space around Twisted's exit. I presume this will be a new maze and a show to go with. Maybe that show will be the 'area'? I'm pretty certain this will be a prison themed maze, Scaretour basically have already confirmed it. I am very excited to see the trailer for this though, going to be a cool one!

I think Corkscrew is generally perceived as bad, going into it I saw a lot of bad reviews and people calling it awful. I actually really liked it, better than Valravn! Valravn is a tough one though I don't think many people rank it as low as I do, I would call Valravn one of the worst coasters at the park. Rough, boring, bad throughput, restraints that literally try to strangle you. I also think people generally don't give Gemini and Blue Streak enough credit, both brilliant rides in my top 10 at the park. I think these coasters tend to not get enough love.

Got a few for Cedar Point and Great America Corkscrew, Rougarou, Gemini, and Blue Streak are all way better than Valravn Valravn is worse than Oblivion; rough and boring Corkscrew is a good ride Gemini and Blue Streak are underated S&S freespins are fun rides

I think Big Top will be announced along with the new RMC single rail hyper that is replacing Loggers next year.

Gina from guest services told me it is returning so it must be true.

I doubt they would use that space where Sanctum was again, I remember Sanctum used to be very muddy. The ground literally was a mud bath and I presume it must of been hell for the actors to work in! If Do Or Die was to go in Sanctum's spot they would really need to sort out the mud. I think that location like Amity Beach just isn't optimal anymore.

Tulleys are pretty reluctant to add touch scares and for good reason. I think touch scares works best in mazes like Sub Species, I wouldn't say any other maze to date bar Skin Snatchers has used touch scares effectively tbh.. JoshC pretty much summed it up, touch scares can actually break immersion instead of their desired effect if used incorrectly. It also can put actors at direct risk touching guests, some guests can react badly to it and there is nowhere to hide when you are directly in contact with the guest.. I think Tulleys works without the need for touch scares.

I presume this will replace The Colony and I have to admit that I LOVE this idea. The Colony has so many structures that can be tweaked to accommodate this unique theme, the tone of the attraction could also be more on the wacky side like Twisted. This type of theme gives actors so much freedom to make this completely unlike anything else., I really hope Tulleys run with it.

Only opened for a short while though.. I honestly see this opening in late october for a day or so before closing again and sitting stationary until 2020..

Yeah.. RIP I guess.. Toadstools, Submission, Ripsaw, Slammer, Merlin sure do hate flat rides. They are the ones missing out though as flat rides can be fairly cheap to install and can be a decent draw.. Like even a larson loop would be good right now!

*Double Post!** One of the new mazes will be announced on the 26th at 19:00. This was announced via their Facebook! Very exciting!

Europa certainly have that advantage but I think a lot of it does come down to the fact that they just know how to run a theme park efficiently. Look at the fire, what would of been a huge setback for most other parks (masses of burnt space and theming ruined) is now being redone and made even better. The operations on all the rides also I think speaks volumes about how competent Europa are at running the place.. Barely any downtime, unthinkable dispatches, etc! Sure they have a lot of resources due to being owned by Mack but I do think they still deserve some slack..

Props to Europa for being amazing as usual. The park has had it kinda rough considering the fire, the way the park react to some of this stuff is truly incredible.

Sceamland is a odd event for me. I like every year feels so different but in some ways I feel a little miffed that mazes such as Paradise Foundation, Crank Jack, or Festino (2016) end up completely on the chopping block. Some of these mazes I just listed had some brilliant unique ideas that I think really justified more than just one year of operation. The event certainly never gets stale due to this but I really wish they would keep the stuff that does work like Paradise, which was such a awesome attraction that should of been a staple at the event! I didn't get to visit last year but can't wait until my next visit, I really think Screamland is something different from the usual.

I have to admit Zadra looks very impressive from the POV. Looks like Goliath on complete steriods, RMC never fail to impress me when it comes to pacing and layouts. Energylandia is certainly a must do now for enthusiasts with that pretty amazing top 2.

Wildfire and Outlaw were around the 10 million mark. I assume the topper track is a tad cheaper than IBox. Wildfire cost 110 million Sek which is about half of what Helix cost! Wildfire isn’t a small coaster by any means earns either.. 18-20 is pushing it even with inflation and Merlin. I think with free spins they make a good supporting coaster. They also fit into spaces that other coasters can’t squeeze into. A bit like a skyrocket 2 or a impulse, not the best rides but it’s fun, cheap, and compact. With simworx I don’t think they could of done anything to deliver what Merlin wanted for the Ghost Train. Also not forgetting that every Tom idiot and Harry manufactured that mess. I think no company or nobody on this entire planet could of delivered the ghost train without changing the current idea of the attraction. The VR just doesn’t work, it didn’t fail because of Simworx, it failed because it was a bad idea to begin with.